The Digital Project Manager
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
As project managers, it’s easy to fall in love with one tool and let it define the way we manage projects. Perhaps in the rush. The post Why Our Project Management Tools Don’t Matter appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
LiquidPlanner
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
It doesn’t matter what field you operate in, as soon as you bring in creative experts the potential for both personality and technical conflict increases. The why is understandable: truly creative designers and engineers who have established themselves as experts will tend to have a very strong mental model of what should happen on a project. Sometimes this vision of the future conflicts with the reality of the project scope, schedule and cost.
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Celoxis
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
An average adult makes about 35000 decisions a day. If one had to summarize a day at work, it would something like: Decisions, Decisions, and Decisions! In fact, a manager’s competency is measured by the quality of decisions made and the outcomes achieved. As you go higher up the ladder, decision making is all you do and every decision is crucial.
Herding Cats
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
It's become the mantra of some in agile development community recently to count stories and stop counting Story Points. Story Points are Ordinal numbers and have several flaws at their core. Let's start with Cardinal and Ordinal numbers. When we hear about adding Story Points, caution is needed. An Ordinal number ‒ a Story Points ‒ denote the position of an element in an ordered sequence.
Speaker: Kat Conner
The challenge of delivering the right product at the right time while aligning with strategic objectives is more pressing than ever. Product management is evolving and gaining greater recognition as the means to creating this connection. Join our upcoming webinar and learn how to streamline your product development processes, infuse product thinking across the organization, and bridge the gap between vision and delivery.
Musings on Project Management
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
Developing A.I. stuff? Many are What about the rules of behavior for A.I. capabilities? Oren Etzioni has an opinion on this The A.I. system must be subject to the full gamut of laws that apply to its human operators and developer The A.I. system must clearly disclose that it is not human (*) The A.I.
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Project-Management.pm
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
When a project is almost to the finish line, the project manager would find out if it’s a success or a failure. We used to think that success happens when submitting the project on time or you stick to the budget, but now the tables have turned and such factors are not as effective as they used to be. You might deliver your project by sticking to your guns–followed the schedule and stay within budget—but still, your project failed.
Hydra
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
5 challenges caused by a lack of visibility in the project economy Project visibility is a vital ingredient in the successful management of every project. In an organisation where projects regularly intertwine and interweave, the health of a project can quickly deteriorate as soon it fails to receive the organisational exposure it needs. A project that’s no longer visible will not be able to run efficiently or successfully, wasting the time, money and resources it has received.
TeamGantt
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
Learn how to use TeamGantt and Trello to super-charge your projects with the new TeamGantt Power-Up for Trello.
Brightwork
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
In the second season of Billions, psychiatrist and performance coach, Dr. Wendy Rhodes is asked to assess a candidate for a private manned mission to Mars. Seemingly impeccable on paper, Dr. Rhodes rejects the candidate as she has carefully avoided adversity throughout her life and thus lacks the resilience to deal with the unknown. At Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, students can enroll in a new initiative, Failing Well, which aims to cultivate resilience among students by celebrating
Speaker: Ketan Jahagirdar
Picture your projects as patients, each with its own unique rhythm and pulse, thriving under your care 🥼 🩺 Step into the role of an innovative project doctor in our upcoming webinar! This session is your guide to evaluating the health of your projects through Waterfall and Agile practices like Scrum and Kanban. We’ll explore the vital signs of project success through the lens of the “iron triangle” metrics, using deliverables as tracers.
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