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Herding Cats
APRIL 16, 2018
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GirlsGuideToPM: My Top 10 Articles of All Time
Girl's Guide to PM
SEPTEMBER 21, 2016
In 2008 I was living and working in Paris, France, which involved several office moves. In case you’ve only just stumbled across this blog, this year I’m celebrating 10 years of blogging about project management.
Track time easily from your Desktop
Paymo App
APRIL 4, 2018
Since launching Paymo in 2008, we have been on a mission to create the best time tracking experience for freelancers & small businesses. From the get go, a key part of our strategy was to offer a mix of cloud and desktop apps that enable you to work seamlessly across different mediums.
Project Management Census 2017
Arras People
DECEMBER 15, 2017
It’s that time of year again when we ask for your time to help us put together the latest Project Management Benchmark Report. We know many of you look forward to reading through the report too so hopefully you’ll be able to give us your input again this year. >>
When projects go wrong and it's the worst possible moment
Susanne Madsen - Developing Project Leaders
MAY 23, 2018
At the time of opening in March 2008, only 85% of project deliverables had been completed. A project is a unique undertaking that’s full of risk and uncertainty, because it has never been done before in that exact way.
The Project Management Benchmark Report 2016
Arras People
FEBRUARY 8, 2016
The numbers of practitioners under 34 years of age has consistently fallen since the 2008 recession. We launch the latest annual report on the UK and Global Programme and Project Management domain today.
Behind The Scenes At PMCamp Barcelona
Girl's Guide to PM
JULY 31, 2017
Video diary: PMI Global Congress This video shows highlights from the 2008 PMI Global Congress in Denver. This article, Behind The Scenes At PMCamp Barcelona , first appeared on Girl's Guide to PM.
How to Improve Your Project Interpersonal Skills
Project Risk Coach
MARCH 6, 2017
If you wish to be a great project manager, focus not only on your technical skills but seek to improve your project interpersonal skills. Extraordinary project managers know how to relate to others when things are going as planned as well as on days filled with undesirable events.
Can the Words “Innovation” and “Project Management” Be Used In The Same Sentence?
The IIL Blog
JUNE 28, 2018
According to management guru Peter Drucker, there are only two sources for growth: marketing and innovation [Drucker, 2008]. 2008). By Harold Kerzner, Ph.D. Senior Executive Director for Project Management, IIL. INTRODUCTION. Companies need growth for survival. Companies cannot grow simply through cost reduction and reengineering efforts.
Personal awareness for project managers
Ron Rosenhead
AUGUST 14, 2017
This blog was first published in 2008! Over the last 12 months I have had many conversations with project managers and personal awareness does not seem to be as high as it could be. I have therefore slightly amended the original blog below. I hope you find it useful. . .
The Only Place for PMO People to Be This Summer
Arras People
MAY 17, 2017
Around 2008 there was the introduction of P3O – Project, Programme and Portfolio Offices – the guidance from – as was OGC at the time and now is AXELOS.
How To Help Teams Make Group Decisions
Girl's Guide to PM
JUNE 3, 2016
Snap decisions One Saturday in 2008 I made Monica Enand, CEO and Founder of Zapproved, get up extra early to demo her new software for me. This is a guest article by author Edoardo Binda Zane. If you are a project manager, making tough calls and decisions is part of your everyday life.
Encryption is not Binary
Tyner Blain
APRIL 6, 2016
As an example, in 2008 the iPhone 3G’s user storage was not encrypted. If you ask someone if they require encryption on their device, first of all, you will likely get one of two answers – yes or no – useful for segmenting your market or developing persona.
What Do We Do When Project Management Experience Runs Out?
Arras People
JANUARY 11, 2018
Looking at the data for the last 10 year, since 2008 and the impact of the financial crisis all tree groups have a distinct trend which suggests that there may be troubles ahead.
Putting Free back into Freelancing
Paymo App
JANUARY 16, 2018
Some of our earliest users might still remember that Paymo initially started out as a free tool back in 2008, mainly used by the freelance community to track time. Years have passed and the software matured as well as the company and the team developing it. We grew in complexity, size, user-base, and over time the free version of the software was phased out.
A Real-World Success Story: New Zealand Government Improves Project Delivery
Planview
APRIL 12, 2018
In 2008, New Zealand experienced a significant government shift in leadership. Meeting the demands of ever-changing priorities within a government can lead to inconsistent processes, departments with limited visibility into what is being worked on, and no ability to monitor investments.
Planning a Budget for a Proposal in 5 Easy Steps (+ Example)
Girl's Guide to PM
FEBRUARY 1, 2017
SmartDraw 2008: planning the garden SmartDraw is, according to the manufacturer, the world’s most popular business graphics software. This is a guest article by author Edoardo Binda Zane.
The Eight Constants of Change – An Interview with Stacy Aaron
Guerrilla Project Management
JULY 28, 2010
In this edition of the Guerrilla Project Management podcast, I interview Stacy Aaron co-author of two books on organizational change: The Change Management Pocket Guide published in 2005 and The Eight Constants of Change published in 2008. In this edition of the Guerrilla Project Management podcast, I interview Stacy Aaron co-author of two books on organizational change: The Change Management Pocket Guide published in 2005 and The Eight Constants of Change published in 2008.
DIPMF Review
Leading Answers
NOVEMBER 27, 2017
The financial slow down of 2008 -2009 saw its share of cancelled projects in Dubai. I have just returned from the Dubai International Project Management Forum ( DIPMF ). It was a very enjoyable and impressive conference, focussed on innovation in project management.
Treat Cause Not The Symptom
Herding Cats
JANUARY 8, 2018
1] Apollo Root Cause Analysis: Effective Solutions to Everyday Problems Every Time, 3rd Edition, Dean Gano, Atlas Books, 2008. [2] When gaps in performance, benefits shortfalls, unanticipated cost, schedule, and performance variances, faulty products, or any undesirable outcome, blame the process, not people. Root Cause Analysis is the means to fix the cause, rather than treat the symptom. [1][2]. 1][2].
Real Options and Decision Making for ICT Projects
Herding Cats
APRIL 13, 2018
72, 2nd Quarter, 2008, pp. Olagbemiro, Dissertation, Naval Postgraduate School, December 2008. "A There was a classic #Noestimates post this week that said. Estimation locks down choices early through upfront t decision making, #NoEstimates preserves options. And attached the hashtag #RealOption. A real option is a choice made available with business investment opportunities, referred to as “real” because it typically references a tangible asset instead of a financial instrument.
Project Management Lessons from Mavenlink CEO Ray Grainger
MavenLink
OCTOBER 5, 2017
When we decided to start Mavenlink, it was the fall of 2008. Two weeks later, October 2008 arrived and everything started to crater. Mavenlink's Founder and CEO, Ray Grainger, has recently been featured in Bruce Harpham's book Project Managers at Work.
Clarifying Misconceptions of the Big Launch
Girl's Guide to PM
JUNE 22, 2016
In 2008, the Democratic Party made the decision to move Obama’s speech at their convention in Denver from the Pepsi Center (capacity 18,007) to the larger outdoor venue of Invesco Field (capacity 76,125). Do you think that your project should have a ‘launch’ event?
Basis of Estimating Software Development
Herding Cats
DECEMBER 16, 2017
Scaling Lean & Agle Development: Thinking and Organizational Tools for Large-Scale Scrum , Craig Larman and Bas Voode, Addison Wesley, 2008. The estimating of software development is both straightforward and complex. When it is suggested that estimating is hard, of no value, and unnecessary, always ask what principle is used to support that claim? Don't hear one? Then it's likely just a personal anecdote made without any principles. .
How to Lie With Statistics
Herding Cats
NOVEMBER 13, 2016
This approach makes it look like the voter turnout is dramatically different between 2008 and 2016. The book How To Lie With Statistics , Darrell Huff tells us how the make the numbers look the way we want them to look, without actually changing the numbers.
DIPMF Review
Leading Answers
NOVEMBER 27, 2017
The financial slow down of 2008 -2009 saw its share of cancelled projects in Dubai. I have just returned from the Dubai International Project Management Forum ( DIPMF ). It was a very enjoyable and impressive conference, focussed on innovation in project management. Mark Langley, president and CEO of the PMI, gave a keynote presentation on the importance of innovation.
The Agile Cannon
Herding Cats
NOVEMBER 12, 2016
Alleman, "Product & Process Development Kaizen for Software Development, Project, and Program Management, LPPDE, Denver Colorado, April 2008. [5]
Assume a Spherical Cow
Leading Agile
JUNE 27, 2018
In a conversation with the presenters of a study of pair programming given at XP 2008, I learned that the things they had observed under the heading of “pair programming” were random behaviors that didn’t resemble pair programming much at all.
Process Reduces Agility? Only on De Minimis Projects
Herding Cats
OCTOBER 15, 2017
VanderLeest GLSEC 2008. "A A popular toss off aphrase in some agile circles is process reduces agility. This is course is stated in the absence of any domain or context.
Decision Making in the Presence of Uncertainty
Herding Cats
JUNE 25, 2016
Theory of Decision under Uncertainty, Itzhak Gilboa, July 2008. There's another rash of Twitter posters supporting the conjecture that decisions can be made about how to spend other people's money without estimating the impact and outcome of that decision. This is a core premise of #NoEstimates from the Original Poster. Here's a starting point to learn that simply not true . Decision Analysis for the Professional. Managerial Decision Making Under Risk and Uncertainty Ari Riabacke.
5 Steps to Planning and Running Fast, Efficient Meetings (Including Agendas and Templates for 4 Common Meetings)
Planio
MARCH 7, 2018
While on average, 15% of your company’s time is spent in meetings —a number that has grown every single year since 2008. The humble meeting gets a bad rap. Like email, Slack, and smartphones, meetings were never intended to take over every minute of our waking lives. But somehow they have.
Black Swans
Herding Cats
JULY 8, 2018
Here's a book review from 2008, about Black Swans and Fooled By Randomness in the context of managing software development in the presence of uncertainty. One of the books used by a vocal No Estimates advocate is Black Swans by Nassim Taleb.
Lean Change Management – 4 Years Later
Agile Coach
APRIL 19, 2018
That’s the reader’s digest of my life from 2008 to 2014. A friend of mine asked me on twitter what my 3 main things I’ve learned teaching my Lean Change Agent workshops and what the main takeaways from attendees were.
Black Swans
Herding Cats
JULY 8, 2018
Here's a book review from 2008, about Black Swans and Fooled By Randomness in the context of managing software development in the presence of uncertainty. One of the books used by a vocal No Estimates advocate is Black Swans by Nassim Taleb. This advocate continually confuses Macroeconomics of financial markets and sovereign finance with Microeconomics of software development. They are not the same, the processes of decision making are not the same.
A Seriously Challenged Project
The Tao of Project Management
DECEMBER 4, 2015
Disputes between the various parties, quality issues and changes in design plagued the project and between 2008 and 2009 it became clear that the project had some deep seated issues. Another one from the Why Do Projects Fail website: Edinburgh City Council: Tram Network (Sep 2003 to May 2014) When originally conceived the project was intended to reduce traffic congestion, reduce carbon emissions and help the city cope with the increased demand for public transport in the next decade.
The Best Time Tracking Software of 2018
Paymo App
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
The company has been around since 2008 and started out initially as a time tracking and invoicing app. Published: February 2018. If you’re here, it means that you’re looking for time tracking software that you will use yourself or with your team.
Estimating is a Learned Skill
Herding Cats
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
Sjøberg1, and Magne Jørgensen, IEEE Software , Volume 25, Issues 3, May-June, 2008. Protecting Software Development Projects Against Underestimation,” Eduardo Miranda and Alain Abran, Project Management Journal , Volume 39, Issue 3, Pages 75-85, September, 2008. Riehle, September 2008, Naval Postgraduate School. Naval Postgraduate School, 2008. Ross, Journal of Cost Analysis and Parametrics , Volume 1, 2008 - Issue 2. “A 81, issue 12 (2008) pp.
Cone of Uncertainty Bibliography
Herding Cats
DECEMBER 8, 2017
Olagbemiro, Naval Postgraduate School Dissertation, December 2008. There seems to still be confusion about what the Cone of Uncertainty means for some in the #NoEstimates community.
JP Morgan Chase & Co Project Manager Profile: Paul Rezaie
Project Management Hacks
AUGUST 11, 2016
Thanks to him, we were one of the few major banks to earn a during the 2008 recession. Paul Rezaie, PMP. Modern banks offer a wide variety of products and services: commercial banking, loans, credit cards, investment services and more. How do project managers contribute to banking success?
Smarter Faster Better Book Review: 4 Lessons Learned
Project Management Hacks
MAY 5, 2016
Quote: “In 2008, the Elementary Initiative was launched. In March, I met Charles Duhigg at the Rotman School of Management in Toronto when he spoke about his new book, “ Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business.”
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