ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 1, 2019

But leadership is the x-factor in managing a successful project , and unlike planning, monitoring and reporting, it’s less easily defined. The following are some of our best blog posts on leadership in 2018 and a couple that we found on the web. Best Blogs Posts on Leadership from ProjectManager.com. Probably a little of both.

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2018 Leadership Influencer Software Review 242

ProjectManager.com

APRIL 19, 2024

Kanban and scrum are agile project management methodologies that can be used for similar purposes, but each has its unique pros and cons. As a project manager, it’s important to understand the difference between kanban and scrum so you can determine the best approach for your team. And certainly, both methodologies have their value.

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SCRUM Manufacturing 2001 Agile 412

Scrum.org

MARCH 18, 2022

Prior to reading this blog, please read the introduction to this series here. Presence of senior management matters because it provides the support and willingness to hear about problems and provides empowerment to improve the current situation. Did you set the agenda OR did you collaborate on the intended outcomes?

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SCRUM Technical Review Defining Consulting 168

nTask

MAY 27, 2019

Productivity blogs & other related content gained infamy with the advent of the internet. Things were a little different several decades ago; the management formula was old; people truly believed in the “Just Do It” mantra. Our Obsession with Productivity Blogs. Use Case: The nTask Blog.

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2019 Technical Review 2011 Innovation 137

Taskque

JUNE 19, 2019

Project management has evolved from few basic principles into a domain of knowledge. Thankfully, many bloggers are helping project managers to stay updated with the latest tools, techniques, methodologies, processes and much more through their blogs. It offers everything a project manager needs. Brad Egeland’s Blog.

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2019 Risk Management Certification Influencer 118

ProjectManager.com

APRIL 5, 2024

Implementing a maintenance schedule will solve problems before they can risk breaking down machinery and stopping production, which leads to delays and added costs. Project management software can help organizations keep to their maintenance schedule. Maintenance is an essential part of industries from construction to manufacturing.

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Manufacturing Construction Software Review Healthcare 317

Scrum.org

MARCH 19, 2024

The project management principle "Navigating Complexity" finds a natural ally in the Scrum framework. For Project Managers transitioning to Scrum Masters, understanding how Scrum excels in navigating complexity is crucial. This approach allows teams to respond effectively to the unpredictable nature of complex problems.

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SCRUM Agile Initiating Controlling 173

ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 24, 2023

IT service management (ITSM) is the process of how those services meet the needs of the end users who employ them. Over the course of this blog, we’ll discuss how ITSM is implemented, managed and delivered to meet the needs of an organization and how project management software can help facilitate those processes.

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Process Infrastructure Information Technology Monitoring 330

Function Point

JULY 4, 2023

In our last blog post we spoke about why your creative agency should have a blog. Now that you are hopefully convinced that it is worthwhile to start producing content online to highlight your expertise, we will present some key success factors that will help you develop a successful blogging strategy.

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Underperforming Technical Team Influencer Engineering Leadership 40

ProjectManager.com

APRIL 23, 2024

This is called operational project management. To better understand operational project management requires defining what an operational project is, how it differs from strategic projects and what operational project management is. What Is Operational Project Management? That doesn’t mean they’re the same.

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Software Review Monitoring Technical Review Budget 268

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In the past series of mails we covered the three pillars of Empiricism, the Scrum Values, and Self-Management. A self-managing team is taking decisions about who does what, when, and how. Problem Solving: what is the real problem behind difficulties? Don't want to miss any of these blog posts?

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SCRUM Process Planning 157

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 10, 2023

If you’re not working from an agenda or you don’t manage those meetings, that can be true. Let’s take a look at 10 different types of project management meetings and define them, and we’ll start with the definition of what a project meeting is. But meetings are critical for project planning and team collaboration.

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Software Review Technical Review SCRUM Risk Management 480

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 21, 2024

The ability to keep teams working at capacity, but not overworked and threaten burnout and poor morale requires project management software. The ability to keep teams working at capacity, but not overworked and threaten burnout and poor morale requires project management software. What do we mean when we say maintenance planning?

Manufacturing 335

Manufacturing Planning Construction Software Review 335

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 10, 2022

A good governance model requires every project to have a project sponsor and while you read about sponsorship all the time on blogs like these in reality I still come across people who don’t know who their sponsor is. We recommend: Project Management Plan Template. But what does governance on projects actually look like?

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Governance Government PMO 2016 427

Scrum.org

JANUARY 29, 2024

For professional Project Managers transitioning to a Scrum Master role, the project management principle of creating a collaborative project team environment, takes on a nuanced and vital role. In Scrum, the concept of a collaborative team is central, not just as a functional unit but as a self-managing and cross-functional entity.

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SCRUM Leadership Lean Construction 173

Paymo App

APRIL 2, 2018

People are gradually becoming more interested in project management as an independent topic and as a possible career. But through this clutter, how easy is it to find the most valuable blog feeds out there? Additionally, we analyzed their Ahrefs Domain Rating (DR) that shows the strength of the blog’s backlink profile.

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Influencer Prince2 Software Review SCRUM 112

Workzone

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Project management is no exception, and there’s tons you can learn and share by browsing project management blogs across the web. It can be nearly impossible to sort through it all, which is why we’ve collected our favorite project management blogs and put them all in one place. Guerilla Project Management.

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Software Review Technical Review 2017 Software 49

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

Shiny new tech is always a topic of conversation, and there’s a lot of chatter around AI in project management at the moment. For project managers , in particular, smart glasses have the potential to change the way you juggle tasks, access and visualize data, and communicate with teammates and stakeholders.

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Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT Generative AI Logistics 343

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

I bet you have plenty of project management processes, don’t you? Let’s look at 5 common reasons why processes fail to serve you when managing projects and what you can do about them. Informal processes cause you lots of problems. We couldn’t work without them. But they don’t always work. Processes are too informal. “Oh,

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Process PMO Risk Management Software Review 377

Scrum.org

MAY 29, 2023

That’s roughly the flow of this blog post. Hence the title of this blog post. They lack the support from management to resolve persistent impediments. And what can you say about the relationships between the team and its supporters (managers, leaders, coaches) and its stakeholders? Zombie Scrum?

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Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Planning Estimate 241

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 15, 2021

In this series of blogs, we’ll talk about leadership outside the Scrum Team. The first blog post will focus on what Scrum means for you as a leader. Future blogs will explore: How to create the conditions in which Scrum can thrive. Let's manage this risk by doing the work in small increments. The Key Ideas in Scrum.

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SCRUM Leadership Risk Management Governance 244

LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Whether you’re making the move to Agile project management in your development group or creating an Agile process for your in-house project management methodology, chances are you’re going to have to sell this change to executives in your organization. Align Agile project management with your organization’s strategy.

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Agile Executing Development Team Review Technical Review 755

Scrum.org

MARCH 21, 2024

By breaking down our big visions into achievable outcomes, we not only make progress manageable but also ensure that every step is meaningful. This perspective is core to both creative problem-solving and the Scrum framework. This journey is exhilarating, filled with opportunities for innovation and moments of genuine connection.

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SCRUM Innovation Energy Closing 180

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 8, 2024

We’ll also note the difference between an RFI in construction and other construction project management documents before going into the construction RFI process, the different types of RFIs and more. Get your free RFI Template Use this free RFI Template for Word to manage your projects better. What Is an RFI in Construction?

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Construction Software Review Engineering Budget 318

ProjectManager.com

JUNE 16, 2021

If you’re missing deadlines and the quality of your product or service is suffering, there’s a problem. To fix the issue, you need to use techniques that gives your team a space to be open and honest so that you can discuss ways of solving the problem. Of course, problems in a project are not the result of a single cause.

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Monitoring Sustainability Defining Process 541

Scrum.org

DECEMBER 7, 2023

In the past series of blog posts we covered the three pillars of Empiricism, and we covered the Scrum Values. Now that we understand that we need trust, which is built up by living the Scrum Values, to bring transparency and as such have a good basis to inspect and adapt, we can have a look at the self-managing aspect of the Scrum Team. ?

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SCRUM 181

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 10, 2023

If you’ve been on LinkedIn recently, you’ve probably seen someone in your network sharing that they have earned the Generative AI Overview for Project Managers badge by completing a PMI training course. It’s not aimed at any particular job type or role, and you don’t need any project management experience. The short answer is yes.

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Generative AI PMI Artificial Inteligence Technical Review 302

LiquidPlanner

AUGUST 28, 2018

Chris could make Excel do anything, except he never used spreadsheets to manage a project. Since then I’ve come across too many project professionals, teams and organizations who stretch Microsoft Excel into a project management tool, and unsuccessfully so. He was a wise man. Related: 5 Ways Cloud-Based PM Tools Save Time and Money.

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Developers Software Development Agile 772

Scrum.org

AUGUST 13, 2023

At the beginning mostly as a project manager, and afterward as a Scrum Master. One of the patterns I’ve noticed in all these years is how teams, management, and stakeholders respond to complexity. In this blog post, I’ll share a rough outline of the exercise, in which I’ll focus on one part in specific.

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Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review SCRUM 167

ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 31, 2023

A bug is a problem with a feature or the functionality of the software, which needs to be fixed before it can be shipped to customers. A software tester will usually create the bug report and pass it on to the development team so they can understand and resolve the problem. ProjectManager’s kanban boards manage bug reporting.

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Software Review Software Developers Software Development Software 314

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Better risk management 4. Good team leadership means poor performers are put under performance management so they are weeded out. Again, in the workplace, consensus-based decision-making is less of a problem, because normally there is someone with a greater stake in the decision. Table of Contents Disadvantages of Teamwork 1.

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Risk Management Risk Closing Leadership 436

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 9, 2021

An alternative analysis is how project managers choose how they’re going to approach a project. An analysis of alternatives is required, and today’s blog will guide you through the tools and methods you should use to get the data you need. When Should Alternative Analysis Be Used in Project Management?

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Risk Management Defining Risk Initiating 334

ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 1, 2021

To reach their target customers, marketers use content marketing tactics like blog posts, eBooks, case studies and social media. That includes all the digital marketing channels and tools that you’ll need to create, publish and manage your content. Do you need a content management system? It can seem like magic. Learn More!

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Planning Defining Engineering Initiating 329

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 4, 2024

Bottom-up budgeting is, as its name suggests, budgeting that starts from the departments in an organization and then moves up to senior management. Therefore, the company allows each of its departments to set its budgets, including a list of expenses and cost projections, which are then submitted to senior management for review.

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Budget Software Review Estimate Executing 329

ProjectManager.com

MAY 24, 2023

The last thing a project manager wants is a schedule conflict. But a scheduling conflict is an eventuality in project management. While it’s the project manager’s job to ensure that the workflow is unobstructed, it’s also their responsibility to resolve scheduling conflicts when they arise—a problem that’s unavoidable.

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Controlling Software Review Executing Risk Management 301

Project Risk Coach

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

So you’ve got a problem. Sometimes, the answer to a problem is staring you in the face. I’ve been involved on many projects where seemingly simple problems turned out to be vast caverns of knotty issues, and unpicking one led to something else unravelling. Problems have roots that go deep! It’s on the issue log.

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Risk Management Risk Process Controlling 413

Scrum.org

MARCH 4, 2024

Write articles or blog posts : Choose a specific principle each month and write an article or blog post on how it can be applied effectively. Participate in advanced workshops or training sessions : Identify workshops that offer interactive, real-world problem-solving scenarios. Deal with it.)

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