July, 2022

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Hidden Costs that can Doom a Project

Brad Egeland

Every project has the obvious costs associated with it. The project manager or creative director, the resources charging time to it, materials that will be expended. Meetings. Did I mention meetings? Third party vendors. Those project stakeholders that need things and provide things. More meetings.

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How To Decide What Projects To Do

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I bet there are not enough resources in your company to Do All The Things. Right? You have a finite amount of money. You have a flexible (but ultimately limited by money) pool of people to do the work.

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Increase Project Success With A Risk Register + Easy Template

The Digital Project Manager

“Why didn’t we know about this sooner?” Have you heard this question from a client and felt the stress build up inside you? Finding a solution to an issue after the fact may cause major delays and unnecessary budget increases and no one EVER wants that.

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How to Write a Business Case (Template Included)

ProjectManager.com

What Is a Business Case? A business case is a project management document that explains how the benefits of a project overweigh its costs and why it should be executed.

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ERM Program Fundamentals for Success in the Banking Industry

Speaker: William Hord, Senior VP of Risk & Professional Services

This exclusive webinar with William Hord, Senior VP of Risk & Professional Services, will explore the foundational elements you need to start or validate your ERM program. He will also dive into topic definitions, governance structures, and framework components for success.

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5 Things To Share When Onboarding Team Members

Project Risk Coach

From time to time, project team members are replaced or additional members are added. How can project managers ensure that the new members are on the same page with the other team members? In this article, I will present five questions that I answer with new team members in the onboarding process.

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What does self-management mean anyway?

Scrum.org

I had an encounter, many years ago now, that has stayed with me. I was the Scrum Master for a Scrum Team and Jon (not his real name) was the Scrum Master with another team at the company I was at. The teams’ Sprints were synchronised, so the Scrum events usually took place at the same time.

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How to List Projects on Your Resume: A No Stress Guide

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Listing projects on your resume helps make your job application stand out. You can draw a recruiter’s attention to your skills, teamwork, leadership, and achievements.

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Enterprise Project Portfolio Management: Definition & Best Tools

The Digital Project Manager

Growing pains aren’t only for teenagers. The larger an organization becomes, the greater the risk that it will lose sight of what is needed to continue to cultivate a healthy business. What strategic goals should you set? How do you know they are the right goals?

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What Is Preconstruction? Activities, Checklist & More

ProjectManager.com

If you’re not in construction, you might assume that projects start with bulldozers, front loaders and cranes rolling onto the site. Although this equipment may be used, preconstruction must take place before you break ground.

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The Definitive Guide to Dashboard Design

Why does dashboard design matter? Because it can be the difference between users embracing your product or ignoring it altogether. Avoid common pitfalls by mastering these dashboard design best practices.

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The Stakeholder Performance Domain

Project Risk Coach

The PMBOK® Guide, Seventh Edition contains eight performance domains including the Stakeholder Performance Domain. In this article, we will explore this domain, why it's critical to projects, how to engage stakeholders, and some common stakeholder risks. What is the Stakeholder Performance Domain?

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How does your team run their standups?

Kiron Bondale

Whether you call them Scrums, standups or huddles, one way to plan-as-you-go with an adaptive approach is to hold coordination events on a regular basis to ensure that everyone is working in an aligned manner and on the most important work.

2022 177
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Project Estimating Skills: How to Master Successful Project Estimation

Online PM Courses

Why is Project Estimation a big deal? It's very hard to do well & poor estimates are often a major reason for cost or schedule over-runs. The post Project Estimating Skills: How to Master Successful Project Estimation appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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How to Earn Power Skills PDUs for PMP Renewal in 2022

Rebel’s Guide to PM

If you are like many Project Management Professional ( PMP )® certification holders, you might be finding it hard to source enough quality learning materials for your Power Skills PDUs. Panic no more, I have all the details you need below.

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The Power of Storytelling in Risk Management

Speaker: Dr. Karen Hardy, CEO and Chief Risk Officer of Strategic Leadership Advisors LLC

Join this exclusive webinar with Dr. Karen Hardy, where she will explore the power of storytelling in risk communication as a core component of a resilient organization's management framework!

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Top 8 Benefits of Project Management Software for Your Company

Inloox

Content. Benefits for team members. Benefits for project managers. Benefits for executives. Benefits of project management software Every company, large or small, is faced with a multitude of projects on a daily basis. The complexity of projects requires teams to take a structured approach.

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What Is a Capital Improvement Plan & How to Create One

ProjectManager.com

It’s not uncommon for organizations to have more plans than they have funds. That creates a dilemma: how to spend their budget. A capital improvement plan can guide an organization when it’s trying to figure out which large projects or purchases in which they should invest.

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Empiricism is not just a fancy word

Scrum.org

I confess that the first time someone told me that Scrum is based upon empiricism, I thought they were a little pretentious. After all, it’s a five-syllable word for a framework with only five events. Why make it so complicated? .

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Applying project management to an election run (part three)

Kiron Bondale

The final (pre-election) article in my series covering my election run for city councilor of Ward 4 in Welland, Ontario shares some of the key risks I’ve identified with this project and how I’m responding to them.

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The Definitive Guide to Embedded Analytics

Data-driven decisions are no longer reserved for the few. Everyone needs data insights from the applications they use every day. Learn how embedded analytics is boosting user adoption, creating apps people love, and changing the game for software and SaaS providers.

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5 Reasons Why Everyone Needs Project Management Skills

LiquidPlanner

Your organization probably has people doing project management. Are you one of them? Perhaps you run a team or provide expertise as an individual contributor. More and more people are involved in project-based work, even if they don’t have the job title ‘project manager.’

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3 Ways to Use Stories on Your Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Stories create engagement on projects, as I’ve written about before. But knowing that as fact and being able to use them on your projects are two different things.

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Planning Your Project Like a Pro

Brad Egeland

Planning. It’s a word that makes project managers, excited project team members, and enthusiastic project customer cringe, as they consider moving forward on a hot project.

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CM at Risk (CMAR): Pros & Cons of Construction Management at Risk Delivery Method

ProjectManager.com

There are different ways to deliver a construction project. The elements of any construction project delivery include design, planning, construction and financing.

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Everything You Need to Know About Crypto

Speaker: Ryan McInerny, CAMS, FRM, MSBA - Principal, Product Strategy

This exclusive webinar with Ryan McInerny will teach you all about cryptocurrency and NFTs! Register to learn more about identifying crypto transactions, crypto asset market trends, managing risk and compliance, and supporting customers and partners using crypto-based payments.

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Stakeholder Trust — How Can We Earn Our Stakeholders’ Trust as a Team?

Scrum.org

TL; DR: Stakeholder Trust. Trust is the beginning of everything. I am hesitant to recycle an old slogan of a banking institute.

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Are your PMs drowning in paperwork?

Kiron Bondale

One of the unfortunate perceptions which many project managers face when trying to do their jobs is that some stakeholders perceive that they are just bureaucratic paper-pushers.

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A Complete Guide To Project Estimation Techniques

Agilemania

Project Estimation is an underrated skill that has not been talked about much. Despite 35,00,00,000 search results for the query as we speak, project estimation still remains a topic that needs education. If you’re an aspiring Product Manager, you need to be proficient in project estimation.

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Tips for Before, During & After Meetings

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Guillermo Solis. Managing successful meetings is not a new subject, but neither is it a waste of time to refresh ourselves about how best to manage meetings.

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Monetizing Analytics Features: Why Data Visualization Will Never Be Enough

Five years ago, data visualizations were a powerful way to differentiate a software application. Today, free visualizations seem to be everywhere. Two trends are forcing application providers to rethink how they offer analytics in their products.

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What is the PMI-ACP? The Agile Certified Professional | Video

Online PM Courses

PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) is PMI’s certification for Agile Practitioners. So, What is the PMI-ACP? The post What is the PMI-ACP? The Agile Certified Professional | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses. Agile Project Management Project Management: What is. PMI-ACP video

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What Is Design Development (DD) In Architecture?

ProjectManager.com

Before setting foot on the construction site, a long process has already unfolded. The architecture design process allows a concept to become a reality. It takes place over several phases, one of the most important being design development.

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Why teams adopted Scrum during the pandemic

Scrum.org

The human cost of the pandemic has been devastating. We lost loved ones. Many of us lost businesses and jobs. Many more are still working from home two years after the pandemic's start. Our lives have changed forever, and they cannot change back. .

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