Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 20, 2024

by Meredith Malinawan, PMP In the fast-evolving landscape of project management, one cannot merely rely on a one-size-fits-all approach. Even as an experienced project manager looking to improve your methodology, it can be challenging to tailor your approach to meet the unique needs of every project. What is Tailoring?

Governance 52

Governance Government Technical Review Software Review 52

Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 16, 2016

This time last year I reviewed the trends in social and collaborative technology in the project management space: some of my predictions had come to nothing and it was interesting to look backward and hold myself accountable for what I said would happen. The APM has already made huge inroads to gaining Chartered status for Project Managers.

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2017 2015 Technical Review 2012 150

Inloox

JULY 11, 2017

Reasons for the widening gap The PMI has shown in his latest Pulse of the Profession Report that the project management maturity of organizations is increasing. This means that organizations are acknowledging the benefits of implementing project management, particularly as a driver for more efficiency and innovation.

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2027 2017 PMI 2012 116

The IIL Blog

JULY 19, 2023

Also, the employee may be interfacing with other employees, including other project managers, that they never worked with before and might never work with again. In the early years of modern project management, most companies used a matrix management organizational structure for staffing projects. Schaufeli et al. Liao et al.

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2002 2023 Leadership 2007 78

The Strategic Project Manager

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Stable industries require a well-defined, largely predictive approach to managing projects. Less stable environments, by contrast, require a more adaptive approach – to both strategy and project management. Lean Innovation – discover and build a business around the hotpots for customers and markets.

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Executing Planning 2012 Lean 97

The Strategic Project Manager

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Lean Innovation – Build adaptive processes to learn and build business around the hotpots for customers and markets. Check out the new Project Management Handbook (paid link): —————————————-. BCG Classics Revisited: The Rule of Three and Four , 2012.

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International Institute for Learning

APRIL 19, 2023

The Project Management Institute acquired DA in 2019 to extend its agile capabilities. Dean Leffingwell released the first version of SAFe in 2012. Full SAFe extends the framework to Large Solutions that require coordinating many ARTs and implementing Lean Portfolio Management. Interestingly, Dean also worked at Rational.

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Agile Cadence Certification Lean 59

The IIL Blog

APRIL 27, 2018

Building High-Performance Teams necessitates that we utilize innovative tools and techniques to engage the audience. So COMMON SENSE should be at the forefront to manage the perception of how these activities are facilitated. Risk: Uncertainties that may be encountered in implementation. Quality: Complexity – how challenging.

Software Review 121

Software Review 2004 2012 PMI 121

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

Plans don't guarantee creative success - creative efforts operate in an economy - as system where people manage limited resources to maximize return and growth. Loss of control creates risk of failure. Quest for control (in manufacturing sense) makes innovation harder [2]. Innovation causes variability.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2017

Uncertainty is related to three aspects of the management of projects: The external world - the activities of the project itself. The risk is created when we have not accounted for this natural variances in our management plan for the project. An aleatory risk is expressed as a relation to a value.

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Wrike

AUGUST 22, 2018

Project management is a discipline loaded with acronyms: PMP, PRINCE2, CPM, WBS, PMBOK, PMI… and about 150 others. Whether or not you’re a project manager by title, one acronym you’re sure to hear more often is PMO. PMO stands for “project management office.” Project and Program Managers. What is PMO?”

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PMO Artificial Inteligence 2016 2018 64

Inloox

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The Stage-Gate® process is a process model for the targeted development of innovations - for example, in the form of products and services. Because generally, the process can be used for all innovation projects of any size and complexity, but it should be clarified in advance whether the approach really meets the requirements of the company.

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Underperforming Technical Team Process 2012 Innovation 216

Online PM Courses

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Are you a Project Manager or a Project Leader? One way I like to think of the difference between Project Management and Project Leadership is that: Project Management gets things done. One way I like to think of the difference between Project Management and Project Leadership is that: Project Management gets things done.

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PMI Leadership Governance Government 68

ActiveCollab

JULY 18, 2017

The most successful people in the business have 5 things in common: They have laser focus; They are excellent short and long term organizers; They learn from their mistakes; They adapt easily; They take calculated risks. Steve Jobs](([link] used to spend his mornings in meetings with his product and management teams. Steve Jobs.

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Underperforming Technical Team 2015 2004 Risk Management 44

Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2018

If we look at the discipline of software engineering, we see that the microeconomics branch of economics deals more with the types of decisions we need to make as software engineers or managers. Now To Risk Management. Risk is the effect of uncertainty of objectives.

Software Developers 34

Software Developers Software Development Risk Management Risk 34

Scrum.org

APRIL 7, 2022

Edmondson (2012) argues that dynamic teaming is important to share and encourage learning. This is also what inspired Edmondson (2012) in her academic work on “teaming”. They also tend to perform better (Evans & Dion, 2012), are better able to deal with stress and pressure (Salas, Driskell & Hughes, 1996).

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Underperforming Technical Team 2007 2006 2009 188

MPUG

JUNE 26, 2020

Kyle: Currently he works as a consultant, for the implementation of business systems, and as a project manager. He is a trainer for project management, and risk management in the Microsoft Innovation Center, he is a certified accountant, PMI, PMP and RMP, Microsoft Certified Professional, and a Microsoft Certified Trainer.

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SCRUM Technical Review PMI 2026 59

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

As far as a Scrum of Scrums goes for example, an appealing value proposition could be the management of immediate pain-points such as dependencies, or the sharing of knowledge which attendees need now. In fact, most organizations only pay lip service to agility and they are not very innovative to begin with.

Governance 143

Governance Government Lean Sustainability 143

Wrike

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

With the ongoing expansion of the distributed workforce, this topic seems to be gaining even more importance among fellow project managers. Later, the presentation will focus on efficiency tips for managers of virtual teams, based on my own experience of working with globally dispersed employees. What are the keynotes?

2012 28

2012 PMI 2011 Leadership 28

Runrun.it

OCTOBER 1, 2019

With many organizations today looking to boost their productivity and efficiency while also keeping employees happy, motivated and creative, many have tried different workforce management and team management styles and methods. One of these methods is the use of the agile squad. The agile organization and the agile squad.

Agile 20

Agile Software Review Leadership Technical Review 20

Teamweek

JUNE 25, 2020

And, while Asana is a great tool for micro-managing work, more creative teams are looking for Asana alternatives that allow better freedom at work. This article also covers: Features to look for in a project management tool for creative teams And, reasons why you may want to look at Asana alternatives. Let’s begin. Ease of use.

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Planning Development Team Review 97

Herding Cats

MAY 7, 2019

One of our clients, a retired USAF Col Program Manager at an NNSA Weapons Testing Site has a statement that is applicable here: If you lack academic basis and validated experience, your advice is simply unsubstantiated opinion without any basis in fact or principle. Flint, School of Management, Working Paper Series, September 2005.”.

Estimate 40

Estimate Software Review Software 2012 40

PM That Works

AUGUST 22, 2020

He's a proven brand builder, builder, an entrepreneur with deep experience in innovative media ventures and consumer products. And for those of you that are Shark Tank nerds like myself, we know the story of books and I can't wait to get into it in 2012 along with co founder, Juan Pablo and I want to say man too far.

Leadership 40

Leadership Underperforming Technical Team Executing Sustainability 40

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Estimating is a learned skill, used for any purpose from every-day life to management of projects. Information Technology and Computer Science , 2012, 8, 43–50. 3, August 2012. Using Performance Indices to Evaluate the Estimate at Completion ,” David Christensen, Journal of Cost Analysis and Management , Spring 17–24.

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