The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

So, picture this: you are transitioning from your current position into a project management career. The industry didn’t matter; it was about translating my work experience into specific project management industry-recognized terms and managing projects. What are the Essential Project Management Buzzwords?

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Planio

MAY 8, 2023

If you’re used to shipping features and new products, IT project management (ITPM) probably isn’t on your radar. IT project managers play a critical role in ensuring their company’s IT capability is dependable, up-to-date, and secure. Jump to a section: What is IT project management? The 5 phases of IT project management 1.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Do you have a release manager on the team? It wasn’t until I worked in IT as a project manager that I had a lot of contact with the release management process. In this article, I’ll explain what a release manager does and what skills you need to make a success of this role. What does a release manager do?

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Inloox

APRIL 16, 2024

SWOT analysis in the project management context Why should I conduct a SWOT analysis? How to perform a SWOT analysis Once the SWOT analysis is completed: 5 key approaches for strategy development Concrete example: SWOT analysis in a software development project Conclusion 1. Content What is a SWOT analysis?

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Scrum.org

APRIL 27, 2020

TL; DR: A Remote Sprint Review with a Distributed Team. This seventh article now looks into organizing a remote Sprint Review with a distributed team: How to practice the review with virtual Liberating Structures, including and giving a voice to team members, stakeholders, and customers.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Product management is a way to organize the development, position and pricing of your product. It helps you manage every step of the process that sees your product go from concept to market. ProjectManager is award-winning project management software, but we understand that not everyone is ready to upgrade right away.

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Project Bliss

JANUARY 30, 2022

Many organizations don’t fully understand the benefits of project management. Can you easily explain the value you provide to an organization as a project manager? When I was a newer project manager working at a startup company, the president asked me to come into his office and explain what I did. What do you do?”

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Planio

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Contrary to what most product teams have heard, annual planning isn’t just reserved for senior executives and finance teams. Instead, it’s a core part of the project and product management process. If you’re a project manager or team leader gearing up to build a long-term product roadmap, this article is for you.

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nTask

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Resource Planning in project management has been gaining traction for a while now. Moreover, since the concept of resource planning is generating so much noise, the project management has responded in kind and that’s why the qualifications regarding the people that are considered experts in the field have evolved and become more complex.

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Kiron Bondale

JULY 25, 2021

But what about changes to the team’s way of working (WoW)? Whether a team uses a scheduled cadence for reviewing their WoW such as the use of retrospectives in Scrum, or they use a just-in-time approach they will come up with improvement ideas. The team might eliminate some of these based on their context.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The ability to measure progress is how project managers keep projects on track. But if you’re working in an agile environment, the Gantt chart isn’t the right tool for your iterative approach to project management. A burn up chart is a tool used in agile project management to measure progress. What Is a Burn Up Chart?

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The ChatGPT Job Interview for a Product Owner Position Initial Prompt of the ChatGPT Product Owner job interview I used the following initial prompt to start the ChatGPT Product Owner job interview: I want you to act as a professional product manager and Product Owner. You want to get the vacant Product Owner position!

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 2, 2022

Projects are designed to deliver a product or a service within a specific timeframe and budget, a process that the project manager oversees. If that person is a product manager , he or she may apply a product breakdown structure (PBS). But what is a product breakdown structure? Get started with ProjectManager today for free!

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MPUG

JUNE 19, 2023

This learning may require adapting, and change orders are the mechanism to manage those changes. What is a Change Order In project management, a change order refers to a documented request that modifies a project’s original scope, schedule, or budget. However, there are some fundamentals from which we can start.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

In most project management software, there are four ways to link tasks together to build a schedule. It includes a dependency log as well as ways to track risks, issues, actions and more. You have to develop the software within brand guidelines. The brand guidelines are a constraint on the creativity of the development team.

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nTask

JUNE 21, 2021

If you are reading this post, then most probably you are looking to change the project management tool that you are using right now, and you have heard somewhere about the potential of Zoho project management software. Resource Management. Timesheet Management. Resource Management. Timesheet Management.

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Proofhub

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Ecommerce project management entails the systematic strategy of planning, organizing, coordinating, and regulating the numerous activities involved in building and running a store online. The article explains the key stages of eCommerce project management and provides tips on implementing it in the best possible way.

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NimbleWork

APRIL 11, 2024

In project management, effective planning is paramount to success. Among the myriad tools at a project manager’s disposal, the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) stands out as a foundational element, especially for traditional or waterfall projects. What is a WBS? Here are the 6 key elements of a WBS: 1.

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Planio

APRIL 24, 2023

Creative features, successful product ideas, wild marketing stunts, full rebrands, or massive IT projects — none of them work without the project managers that tirelessly make sure everyone’s on the same page and making progress towards a shared goal. Assessing and mitigating project risks 7. But there’s a problem.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

This was also my first time utilizing an offshore development team. However, there was a New Product Development team of 4 people that had been missed. This small 4 person team had the power to terminate my project, which they did within 48 hours of finding out it was in progress. Project Management Institute.

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nTask

JULY 7, 2021

There are many tools and techniques in the project management paradigm that help in the planning and coordination of resources and tasks. In this article, we will talk about what a PERT chart is and why the project managers of the organizational paradigm use it so often. PERT stands for the Project Evaluation and Review Technique.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 2, 2020

The conflict at the stakeholder level in such legacy organizations is apparent: mostly, the stakeholder is a manager of a functional silo with objectives that do not necessarily align with those of a product or Scrum Team. Probably, many of these managers will not adapt and even quit the organization sooner or later.

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nTask

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

This “foe” is the stakeholders’ approvals and reviews. After these three main roles, the department managers are broken off from the top leadership roles , and below them are the project managers that are appointed for each specific project that the company is executing. But what is a matrix organization?

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 21, 2024

By: Hajime Estanislao, PMP, CSM Adaptive project management is a vital strategy in a world where project landscapes are shifting. It allows teams to adjust schedules and tasks and embraces a philosophy of flexibility and continuous improvement that allows teams to pivot quickly and efficiently when the unexpected happens.

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Proofhub

JUNE 26, 2023

Hire Remote Full Stack Developers For Startups, especially when they are starting out, it is exceptionally hard to hire developers. They are already short on employees and budget and technically in no position to compete with established companies in the market. But is saving budget the only parameter to hire these developers?

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Planio

OCTOBER 19, 2021

And whether you’re a designer, developer, team lead, or administrator, your job requires many of the same skills that separate the best project managers: organization, effective collaboration, and being goal-oriented. Unfortunately, project management has become unnecessarily complicated over the years. Phase 2: Planning.

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nTask

OCTOBER 11, 2021

A web design workflow is perfect for keeping the development team on track so that they can meet all of the deadlines which are expected of them. When clients know exactly what is being done by the development team about their projects, they are bound to come back to your company from time to time. Reviewing and Approval.

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MPUG

APRIL 2, 2024

Project Management is a systematic and organized approach to planning, coordinating, and overseeing the work of a team to achieve a specific goal. Key to understanding Project Management, is to understand what a project is. Key to understanding Project Management, is to understand what a project is.

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Planio

AUGUST 15, 2022

Unfortunately, too many product teams ignore non-functional requirements (NFRs) until it’s too late. Even worse, updating NFRs after building your software is costly and can blow out your budget. How NFRs help development teams. How NFRs help project managers. Assess the impact of NFRs through user research.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 15, 2024

But why settle for a one-size-fits-all approach when the landscape of your projects is as varied as the team behind them? Ready to transform your approach to project management and software development? Let’s dive into the Agile world and discover the methodology that best aligns with your goals, team, and projects.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Usually, the organization’s people management department will create the job advertisement’s final text and post it to the chosen job sites. Sometimes, the people management department copies from other Product Owner job ads that they believe correctly reflect the organization’s requirements. How Large Organizations Create Job Ads.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 26, 2024

By: Hajime Estanislao, PMP, CSM Are you struggling to manage complex projects in an increasingly fast-paced and digital environment? Do you find yourself overwhelmed by the demands of integrating new technologies and leading remote teams? Digital project management is a skill requiring competency in our technology-driven workplace.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 31, 2021

Gathering the metrics for Evidence-based Management in software organisations can be a strenuous task and I have a number of customers that are fretting on what to collect and from where. Evidence-based Management: Gathering the metrics. delivered on budget. Updated to reflect the 2020 Scrum Guide! Subscribe to A Wee Dram!

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

What are the differences between a Scrum Master and Project Manager? Isn’t a Scrum Master some kind of an Agile Project Manager? Before we dive into an overview of the differences between a Scrum Master and a Project Project Manager, let’s start with the conclusion, which is: The Scrum Master is not an Agile Project Manager.

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LiquidPlanner

AUGUST 25, 2022

In the project management world, we’re boldly aware of how crucial team synergy is to the project at large. . No project team has time for that. . To truly thrive and meet stakeholder and organizational expectations, team project engagement must be a top priority. . Better project engagement can lead to better outcomes.

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NimbleWork

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

The community largely accepted Agile and Waterfall as mutually exclusive project management paradigms. Critics of Waterfall believed that the world for a phase-gated and static project management style no longer exists. So, what is the Waterfall methodology for project management?

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Wrike

APRIL 12, 2023

When it comes to managing projects, Scrum and Project Management are the two most commonly utilized approaches. In this article, we will explore the differences between a Scrum Master and a Project Manager and provide insights into their roles, responsibilities, and skill sets.

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