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Episode 185 – Redefining Project Success through Sustainable Project Management

Velociteach

Projects are instrumental in defining an organization’s vision for a more sustainable future. Dr. Joel Carboni talks about Sustainable Project Management, and the goal to achieve a stated objective while considering the project outcome’s entire lifecycle to ensure a net positive environmental, social, and economic impact.

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15 Non-Academic Project Management Books to Earn PDUs

Rebel’s Guide to PM

One hour of reading equals one PDU , so it’s a great way of keeping up your informal learning. Business Resilience is a longer read, but it’s a really interesting guide to how to make sustained progress at pace, whatever pace is appropriate to your organization. For example, read on your commute or listen to an audiobook at the gym.

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In-Depth: How To Create Better Work Agreements For Your Team

Scrum.org

Butchibabu and her colleagues (2016) performed an experiment with 13 teams. We’ve always found the following sentences useful to complete for work agreements in this area: “We encourage each other to maintain a sustainable pace by …”. In fact, a lot of implicit coordination happens without any overt communication at all. References.

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Working Remotely? This Will Hit You Next!

Scrum.org

The question on my mind is, if we can sustain this feeling of “it works” in the future. During the Ebola outbreak 2013-2016, people exhibited anxiety-invoked behavior to a large extent. Personal assessment of risk is hampered by lack of information. Individuals’ risk assessments are poor even with good information.

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In-Depth: The Evidence-Based Business Case For Agile

Scrum.org

Several empirical studies have indeed found that teams with a frequent delivery strategy are more likely to deliver successful project outcomes and satisfy stakeholders than teams that do not ( Chow & Cao, 2008 , Jørgensen, 2016 ). Ultimately, the role of (top) management is to keep their business healthy and economically sustainable.

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Understanding the Organizational Governance System as Project Managers

Project Pulse Journal

They transform project initiatives from isolated endeavors into integral components of the organization's broader strategic roadmap, laying the groundwork for sustained success and growth. Collaboration Enhancement Digital workplaces rely heavily on collaboration, a good communication plan, and information sharing.

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2020 Challenges and Trends in Construction

Epicflow Blog

Many of you have heard about a $140,000 3D printed house in China in 2016 and probably read the news about the popularity of this approach for constructing buildings in Dubai. Sustainability in Construction: Green Building Trends. Building Information Modelling. Changes in Construction Industry Due to COVID-19.