ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 30, 2024

If you’re researching which project management software to use, you’ve probably already compared Asana vs. ClickUp. However, as project management tools, they both fall short. Asana’s timeline is no substitute for a Gantt chart and ClickUp is more focused on productivity than project management. What Is Asana?

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Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 1, 2018

I recently had a project manager ask me which of the PMI certifications he should pursue. That depends—it depends on your goals as a project manager. Certainly, the Project Management Professional (PMP) ® and the Project Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP) ® certifications supercharged my project management career.

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Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Risk issues that can be identified early in the program, which will potentially impact the program later, termed Known Unknowns and can be alleviated with good risk management. Effective Risk Management 2 nd Edition , Edmund Conrow, AIAA, 2003.

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Leading Answers

JANUARY 16, 2021

This article explains what a risk-adjusted backlog is, why they are useful, how to create one and how teams work with them. What is a Risk-Adjusted Backlog? A risk-adjusted backlog is a backlog that contains activities relating to managing risk in addition to the usual features associated with delivering value.

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Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. Making these decisions in the presence Uncertainty ?

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The IIL Blog

JANUARY 24, 2024

Nielsen, PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, CSM I have visited many companies over my 20 plus years of project and program management training and consulting. Time and time again, I see organizations are not dealing with risk appropriately. In this article, let’s look at a few ways we can change from risk managing us to us managing the risk.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

They let you know whether you can go overspent or what risk mitigation actions are the right ones for this point in the project. Often an internal senior department manager, client account manager or supplier project manager/representative. Project manager: the person leading the project (you).

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

By Eugene Bounds and Steve Ackert Recently, the buzzword artificial intelligence (AI) has been on everyone’s minds, not just in the tech world but across many industries, including project management. Over twenty AI-enhanced tools today focus on project management capabilities and features (e.g., While some tools (e.g.,

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Moira Alexander

APRIL 24, 2017

Founded by Harvard University and MIT in 2012, edX is one of the biggest MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) platforms available and offers many project management (PM) courses. Introductory project management courses. Intermediate project management courses. Related Video.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 28, 2020

The idea of the organization as a machine has become so ingrained and pervasive in management practices and theories in the past fifty years, that it is hard to even be aware of it. The mechanical perspective draws attention to the structure and processes of organizations. and attributes much of it to scientific management.

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Leading Answers

AUGUST 25, 2020

Project managers generally like plans and estimates so we can forecast when things should be done and how much they may cost. It helps manage client expectations and answer the type of questions they ask, such as " When will it be done? As an experiment, three teams substituted planning poker for their in-house estimation process.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 17, 2019

Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management. Managment Processes. Nine Best Practices of Project Management , Software Program Managers Network (SPMN). Top Habits of Successful Project Managers. The Nine "I's" of Program Success ," College of Performance Management.

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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?

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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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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 29, 2019

This means conveying confidence is an essential trait for a project manager because a large part of our work is in winning over team members, stakeholders, and clients to our point of view. Often, the stereotype of a project manager can be one of a brash, arrogant professional. But we know the truth of it. I don’t like this.

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nTask

DECEMBER 29, 2020

These trends have left companies exposed to a variety of risks. Using a Business Continuity Plan to manage these risks is key to the survival of any organization in the face of these risks. The business continuity plan covers business processes, human resources, assets, business partners, among other things.

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nTask

DECEMBER 29, 2020

These trends have left companies exposed to a variety of risks. Using a Business Continuity Plan to manage these risks is key to the survival of any organization in the face of these risks. The business continuity plan covers business processes, human resources, assets, business partners, among other things.

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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. Not only are they getting better at implementing PM processes and methods, they are also finally seeing the fruits of their labor. Management and professional services: 1.7

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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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Resource Guru

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

As a project manager, you know time is money. This clash between expectations and reality quickly leads to project issues and failure, causing stress for everyone involved and putting you at risk of losing revenue, or even clients. But each of these processes serves a distinct purpose. So, what’s causing this disconnect?

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Workamajig

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

As we step into 2019, what project management statistics should you be aware of? The field of project management is changing, and it’s changing fast. To answer these questions, we’ve compiled a comprehensive list of the latest project management statistics. Project Management Adoption Statistics. Wellingtone ).

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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 5, 2018

The beginning of all business critical software development projects is the point in time when performing organizations are least certain about the project, yet it is also the time when top management expects to be delivered project estimates that are very precise. Here's a very short reading list for this topic (88 more items on Request).

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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. Design Thinking – follow a rigorous process to precisely deliver what customers want, not what demographics show.

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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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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. In the second part, we now dive deeper into the strengths and weaknesses of the Stage-Gate® process as well as potential pitfalls and responsibilities. Strengths of the Stage-Gate® process.

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 1, 2018

We're writing two chapters in an upcoming Project Management Book, with a working title, The Gower Handbook of Project Performance for Agile, Waterfall and Everything in Between , edited by Mark Phillips. One chapter on the Principles of Risk Management and the second chapter on the Practices of Risk Management.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2017

This quote demonstrates a lack of understanding of making decisions in the presence of uncertainty and the processes and events that create uncertainty. There is naturally occurring variability from uncontrolled processes. The risk is created when we have not accounted for this natural variances in our management plan for the project.

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Wrike

OCTOBER 9, 2019

A few standouts : Back in 2012, Best Buy seemed to be on its deathbed. But a seven-year digital transformation process brought the retail giant back to life — and boosted its stock a whopping 198%. Digital transformation and project management. 4 ways digital transformation is changing project management. postbanner].

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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.

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International Institute for Learning

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

To enter a negotiating engagement without thorough prep exposes you to too much risk and too many surprises. She has written three books including, “Win New Business” (2012), which focuses on the sales process, and managing customer relationships. Be bold here.

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The IIL Blog

APRIL 27, 2018

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. Here are some examples of SMILEs that I began to create in 2004 in conjunction with my dissertation that focused specifically on project management.

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Herding Cats

DECEMBER 3, 2017

The planned uncertainty not only needs to decrease over time passing, but this reduction diminishes any impacts of risk on the decision-making processes. That is an Immutable Principle of good project management. Remember Risk Management is How Adults Manage Projects - Tim Lister.

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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. Compensate for cost variation by including risk reduction metrics. The Agile Cannon is composed of 5 elements. Forces on WIP .

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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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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 16, 2018

This ignores the principles of predictive analytics, and the direct management actions taken to produce outcomes from those analytical models found everywhere from project management to grocery store management and the model-based systems engineering. In ISO 15288 this is the role of the Risk Management Processes.

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Herding Cats

JULY 24, 2017

Traditional project management approaches, several of which are based on a strong belief in the cone of uncertainty, advocate stronger project control and greater planning. In that case, the competitor will win nearly every time, and the prize for “good” project management might be losing market share. If not, that's another issue.

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nTask

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

It’ll be worth your time, especially if you are looking to start for the first time as an aspiring project manager. I call newbies, the misguided project managers because there are tons of certifications to choose from. Colin Bentley put up a very interesting question about the dilemma of project management in his book.

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