ProjectManager.com

MAY 23, 2024

Scheduling production, planning a budget and allocating resources only sets up manufacturing for success. Monitoring and controlling that process ensures that deadlines are met and costs aren’t exceeded. One way to keep track of the manufacturing process is with a production report. To take advantage of this useful manufacturing tool means first understanding what production reporting and a production report are.

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Scrum.org

MAY 21, 2024

Most of us have the same image of a good Developer in our minds: someone who puts their head down and diligently types away, checking tasks off a list: ticket in, ticket out. They are reliable, productive, and usually keep themselves out of the way. This is all well and good, but we want to challenge this notion by showing how a great Developer can be something more.

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Green Project Management

MAY 13, 2024

In recent years, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria have rapidly moved from the fringes to the forefront of global investment strategies, profoundly influencing how projects are evaluated, financed, and implemented. This seismic shift reflects a broader acknowledgment within the investment community of the significant impact that sustainable practices have on long-term profitability and risk […] The post Interim Investing and ESG: The Evolution of Investment Strategies in

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 16, 2024

Businesses are always straining to look around the corner and see what the future has in store for them. Being able to prepare for the changes in the market can set up a business to take advantage of these opportunities and grow larger and more profitable. This is called scenario planning. To better position a business to be prepared to respond to the unknown, learn what scenario planning is and what the different types of scenario planning are.

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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.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 8, 2024

Do you want to better understand your project finances under control, even if you don’t have much experience managing money on projects? You might have studied project budgeting as part of a training course. You might have read a lot about how to manage the finances, but now you feel more confused than ever, trying to piece it all together on your own!

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Online PM Courses

MAY 8, 2024

In this video, I answer the question, what is an Agile Release Train (ART) in the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)? The post What is an Agile Release Train? (ART) appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 14, 2024

Key performance indicators (KPIs) provide projects with a lot of data. But to know whether those KPIs are on target requires more than just a gut feeling. You need a way to quickly and expertly evaluate whether project goals are being met. That’s what a RAG status does. RAG status begins with understanding the acronym and how RAG status is used in project management.

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Leading Agile

MAY 23, 2024

You moved a critical application to the cloud, expecting infrastructure and operational expenses to decrease. It didn’t play out like you thought. You are paying much more than you planned, making you reconsider why you moved it to the cloud in the first place. But there was a reason you moved to the cloud, and running an application on your infrastructure just puts you right back where you started. 3 Major Components Driving Cloud Costs The major components of your cloud cost are compute, st

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Scrum.org

MAY 10, 2024

Ever felt like your agile game is more of a sluggish shuffle? You’re not alone. Imagine you’ve just rolled out what should be a game-changing agile transformation. Yet, things are somehow just as slow—if not slower—than before. Frustrating, right? It’s like prepping a gourmet meal and having everyone just pick at their food. Here’s the truth: keeping the agile flame alive can be a real headache.

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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, unveiling how deliverables translate into measurable outputs.

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Musings on Project Management

MAY 8, 2024

What to make of chains and funnels? And, if I also stick in anchors, does it help? What I'm actually talking about is conjunctive events, disjunctive events, and anchor bias:Conjunctive events are chains of event for which every link in the chain must be a success or the chain fails. Success of the chain is the product of each link's success metric.

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Ganttic

MAY 14, 2024

As we get to the midpoint of 2024, we’ve been hard at work developing new features that make your Ganttic planning even better. Our latest update includes an easy way to duplicate your account settings. Perfect for managers in charge of multiple accounts, or those looking for a clean planner for sandbox style planning and API testing. Read on to find out about the Create New Account function in Ganttic.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 15, 2024

Project planning, execution, monitoring and controlling are often the focus of project management. Even project initiation gets attention, but project completion is usually mentioned as an afterthought. That’s a mistake. Every phase of a project is important. Project completion is more than delivering on time, within budget and meeting quality expectations.

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The IIL Blog

MAY 14, 2024

By Olivia LE JEUNE and Jean-Roch HOULLIER Change management can be defined as all the operations carried out within an organization to enable it to adapt to change and environmental evolution. It is particularly human-centered, with cultural, behavioral, and social components for the individuals and teams affected. Here’s an insight based on our experience of change management within our projects.

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The objective of this research is to dispel misunderstandings about crucial project management terms and their definitions. It aims to accurately place these terms and facilitate a comprehensive global understanding of their meanings.

Scrum.org

MAY 14, 2024

When companies dip their toe in Agile waters, they often start by simply trying out an Agile framework such as Scrum to deliver something relatively small, such as a project. And that's a great way to start. However, with this comes the question: Can a Project Manager be a Scrum Master? The answer is yes - but with caution. While the transition may require some adjustment and a shift in mindset, Project Managers possess a wealth of experience and skills that can - for many - actually be benefici

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Online PM Courses

MAY 15, 2024

Arriving at a robust project schedule is hard. But, in this video, I will break it down into a simple process with three phases and 10 steps The post How to Estimate Your Project Schedule appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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Leading Agile

MAY 17, 2024

After extensive evaluation and comparison of multiple vendors’ proposals, your team selected a cloud vendor and began migrating workloads to the cloud. You expected to have a bump in costs during the transition, but now you’re in what is supposed to be the “to be” state of your cloud migration , and the benefits in your benefits case aren’t materializing.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 8, 2024

Businesses need to thrive, grow more profitably and stay competitive in a marketplace that is constantly changing. That means increasing their output to the greatest extent possible. The process of achieving that goal is called capacity management. To understand capacity management, we’ll first fully define the term, list the different types and explain why it’s so important in operations management.

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The IIL Blog

MAY 22, 2024

By Lucy Grimwade IT Service Management (ITSM) and leadership plays a pivotal role in steering organisations towards success. All businesses, no matter their size or industry, rely on technology for their day-to-day operations. So, the significance of effective leadership within ITSM cannot be overlooked. Leadership in this context not only guides strategic direction and technogical adoption but also supports the teams responsible for implementing and managing IT services.

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Scrum.org

MAY 22, 2024

Estimates are notoriously bad. In the world of agile development, inaccurate estimates can lead to missed deadlines, blown budgets, and frustrated teams. But why is estimation so challenging? Estimates are predictions, and predictions are inherently uncertain. Human biases, lack of historical data, and the complex nature of software development add layers of difficulty.

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Online PM Courses

MAY 22, 2024

How does a Scrum Master differ from a Project Manager? Let’s look at why they may seem similar and how the roles are very different. The post What’s the Difference between a Scrum Master and a Project Manager appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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Green Project Management

MAY 20, 2024

As a student of project management, it’s fascinating to explore the earliest discussions of projects and their societal impacts. Understanding the origins of project management provides some insights into how early thinkers conceptualized organized tasks for the benefit of society. This post shares the foundational ideas that have influenced modern practices, showcasing the evolution of […] The post From Utopia to Reality: Project Management’s Origins in Literature to Our Mandate app

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 22, 2024

Manufacturers have a handful of processes they use to make their products. There are five types of manufacturing processes: repetitive, discrete, job shop, continuous process and batch process manufacturing. Let’s take a closer look at the last one, batch production. First, we’ll define batch production and list examples of industries that use it to manufacture their products.

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The IIL Blog

MAY 8, 2024

By Steven Briggs May 8, 2024 Learning and development are crucial for professionals seeking to advance their careers, as it equips them with the necessary tools and skills needed to facilitate professional growth and reach their goals. Project managers keen on levelling up in this field are well aware of the future benefits this industry offers. At present, project management is a high-income field, with many employment opportunities in various industries such as Information Technology (IT), fin

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Scrum.org

MAY 20, 2024

I really can’t let this incremental delivery topic go. According to the 2020 Scrum Guide , “Scrum employs an iterative, incremental approach to optimize predictability and to control risk.” This means that Scrum teams deliver a done, usable increment of working product frequently. Here's an analogy to explain incremental delivery in a simple way. Imagine if you needed to deliver a giant hexagon.

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Velociteach

MAY 9, 2024

Managing multiple projects simultaneously is a common challenge for most project managers. Balancing competing priorities, aligning different project teams, and maintaining productivity can seem daunting. Drawing insights from Elizabeth Harrin’s expertise as shared in the podcast episode from “Manage This,” along with additional strategies and tools, this blog explores effective ways to juggle multiple projects […] The post How to Manage Several Projects at Once appeared first on PMP Certi

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