MPUG

OCTOBER 16, 2023

First, our last article touched on waste in the context of lean. Second, I am the father of a recent engineering graduate who is now working as an engineer, and part of the onboarding was a class on lean. The need to complete projects on time, within budget, and to the highest standards is ever-present. The overarching goal?

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 29, 2023

Arrow Diagramming Method A network diagramming technique that represents the start and end of activities with arrows to help with scheduling in the project planning phase. Baseline A baseline is an estimate of the project’s scope, schedule and costs that is created during the planning stage. It is also called a Business Case.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

As a project manager, you are expected to have all-round skills encompassing the technical fields of project management like planning and scheduling, through to the interpersonal skills like communicating up and influencing others. And I don’t have them all – I’m aware of that. It’s juggling dependencies. It’s crashing.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 3, 2021

Why perfect is the enemy of good - using lean change to apply agile in context. The senior execs that we work with in banks, financial organisations and asset management firms are massively time-poor, operating in lean resource environments. Agile, in contrast, offers a far more honest, risk-averse and transparent approach.

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Planview

JULY 26, 2022

We’ve learned to write our plans in pencil, and to keep our erasers nearby. We have all been taking a crash course in dynamic planning – being ready for, hypothetically, anything: Finding ways to minimize losses and maximize opportunities while moving forward into the unknown. Failing to plan is planning to fail.” – Benjamin Franklin.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

A project management methodology is a set of principles, tools and techniques that are used to plan, execute and manage projects. The waterfall method makes use of Gantt charts for planning and scheduling; an example is below. The PMBOK provides definitions and guidelines for project planning, scheduling, executing and controlling.

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Project Accelerator News

APRIL 18, 2024

I always think of this proverb when a project leader tells me about their new, more senior role and the radical plans they have to “shake things up”. When new to a role (in many business environments, not just IT Project Management), new managers tend to lean into making sweeping changes, it’s human nature. Less broom, more polish!

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Inloox

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

In the last blog post on process optimization in project management we introduced you to the 5-S framework, which is also very popular in Lean Management. Therefore, we will now deepen the topic Lean Project Management. In a nutshell, these are the goals of Lean Project Management: Increase quality and customer benefit.

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Techno-PM

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The lean portfolio management is a new way to look at the old problem of balancing cost vs. value in product development projects. The use of Lean portfolio management agile has exploded in the last decade as more and more companies have found that it is a powerful tool for structuring their product development processes.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 10, 2021

Many organisations wrestle with the seeming incompatibility between agile and release management, and they struggle with release planning and predictable delivery. Release planning and predictable delivery. In lean manufacturing, we can optimise the production of pre-developed products through the nature of its predictable production.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

It also links all four task dependencies to avoid costly delays, filters for the critical path to identify essential tasks and sets a baseline to track your planned effort against your actual effort. Neither Trello nor Asana can do that, which helps you deliver projects on time and within budget. Here are some use cases.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 31, 2023

Project management software can help you plan for continuous improvement in your projects. That’s the initials for each of the four steps in that process: plan, do, check and act. Plan To begin, brainstorm with your team and identify areas for improvement. Do This is the stage where you implement that plan.

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Planview

JULY 9, 2019

This blog is part of a series on Lean portfolio management for the enterprise. If you haven’t already, we recommend reading: Part 1: What is Lean Portfolio Management? Part 2: Lean Portfolio Management: Lean Budgets and Investment Funding.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 12, 2023

The software integrates project and portfolio planning with teams, resourcing and risk management as well as scheduling. All of these features can be found in ProjectManager , an award-winning project and portfolio management software that empowers teams to plan, manage and track projects in real time.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Whereas product managers might rely on agile product development, lean manufacturing processes or lean software development methodologies. Project managers are in charge of managing teams during the initiating, planning, scheduling, monitoring and closing phases of a project. Develop a project plan. Certifications.

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Inloox

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

In the last blog post on process optimization in project management we introduced you to the 5-S framework, which is also very popular in Lean Management. Therefore, we will now deepen the topic Lean Project Management. In a nutshell, these are the goals of Lean Project Management: Increase quality and customer benefit.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 19, 2022

It’s a great tool for determining the costs of your project because, though it’s not 100 percent accurate, it’s statistically on target and better than basing the budget on your gut. Whatever estimate you come up with after doing a rough order of magnitude, you’ll need to track those costs as they accrue to keep to your budget.

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ProProfs Project Management

DECEMBER 9, 2019

With that in mind – lean project methodology is a great example! . Taking a few pages out of the book of lean manufacturing, we’ll have a look at what lean project management is in the first place. Following that, we’ll also see the benefits of lean project management in the modern project-oriented workplace. .

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Resource Guru

MAY 27, 2022

And just like the far-reaching impact of an earthquake, the shockwaves that result from poor human resource planning are felt throughout the organization—in the form of missed deadlines, stressed employees, and unhappy customers. Simply put, you need enough coverage for the projects you have planned. Great tool & easy to use.”

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 3, 2024

Order processing is the workflow that helps manufacturers plan their production schedule to ensure that customer orders are prepared and delivered to the right place. There are various techniques for inventory management such as the 2-bin inventory control system, lean manufacturing, just-in-time manufacturing or kanban inventory management.

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Taskque

JANUARY 23, 2020

You are planning to launch a new product. This would not have happened if you have implemented lean six sigma or paid attention to improving the quality of the product. So what’s lean six sigma all about? What is Lean Six Sigma? Lean Six Sigma is a methodology used to minimize defects and errors and improve the process.

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Planio

OCTOBER 24, 2022

But while there are countless reasons why projects fail — scope creep , budget overrun, lack of stakeholder support — there’s one roadblock that’s easily avoided. A proper project plan is the most critical element when it comes to delivering success. Planning is one of the first skills every project manager learns.

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Resource Guru

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Workload planning ( or “ workload management ”) is your fast track to meeting project goals without causing team burnout. Dive into your project head first without a solid plan? Completing work on time and on budget just got further out of reach. What is workload planning? Get this stage right?

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 15, 2021

Project managers plan, budget, monitor and report on the project with project management tools , sometimes pitching the idea of the project or being assigned to it once it’s already been approved. Project Planning. What Does a Project Manager Do? > Give Your New PM The Best Tools For The Job. Stakeholder Management.

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Project Pulse Journal

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

While project planning is the backbone of successful project management, it can often feel like it overburdens a team if it is not executed effectively. Imagine an environment where your projects are planned effectively and efficiently to stay on track and energize and inspire your team. What is Project Planning?

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LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

This software isn’t just critical for enterprise organizations, but any company that manages shared resources and has complex projects with succession planning components. Project management is a process used to plan, organize and execute a task, event or project. What is Project Portfolio Management? Portfolio Balancing.

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Planview

APRIL 24, 2020

In our first two posts in this blog series, we provided examples of how organizations are using dynamic planning and rapid reprioritization to pivot quickly in response to disruptive change and new opportunities. Part 2: Dynamic Planning: Refocus, Reprioritize, and Reallocate Rapidly. What’s the next level of dynamic planning?

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Planio

APRIL 6, 2021

However, an increasing number of Agile teams are starting to see the value of adding more planning to their process. Agile is all about staying lean and adapting to user feedback, right? The essential elements of a lean, mean one-pager PRD. Get your free template and plan your products like a pro. Jump to a section.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 17, 2023

Businesses need to make strategic plans if they want to remain competitive and profitable. From this visual tool, you can make a viable strategic plan for your business. Project Budget Template. Budgets are estimates of the costs that you’ll spend over a period of time. Making an accurate forecast for a budget is hard.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 20, 2024

The guardrails may differ based on the Scrum team’s maturity level, organizational needs, and budget.) Below are a few guardrails from the Scrum framework described in the Scrum Guide. how many Scrum teams do we need, who should be on each Scrum team) Artifacts: Where should the artifacts be stored in alignment with organizational policies?

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Planview

MARCH 9, 2021

One of the most important: our planning cycles were not just wrong and ineffective — they were wasteful. It also represents an opportunity to leverage this inflection point and doing so will help your business transcend traditional planning cycles to become a strategic powerhouse. The flaw with annual planning.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 4, 2022

Our robust Gantt charts help you organize tasks, plan resources and costs, link dependencies, filter for the critical path and set a baseline to monitor project variance and keep your construction project on track. To help guide you, look at the project budget, design, risks, schedule and owner’s expertise. Next, is design.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 18, 2023

Production is done through a sequence of actions called a production plan. You can see your whole production cycle on a visual timeline, create a production plan and link all four task dependencies and avoid costly bottlenecks. ProjectManager has Gantt charts to create production plans and track them in real time.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 21, 2024

It operates on the principle that project scopes and objectives may shift, prioritizing agility over strict adherence to predefined plans. Scrum relies heavily on regular team meetings, such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives, to adapt processes and outputs based on ongoing feedback and results.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 14, 2023

To deliver goods to market on time, manufacturing teams have to consider the supply chain, inventory management, resource planning and production planning, to name a few. If you’re looking for an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system that can also manage your product scheduling, you’ve come to the right place.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 25, 2023

The cost of quality is a method by which an organization calculates how much it will cost to deliver a product or service that meets the quality expectation standard set in the project plan. It’s also part of Lean Six Sigma, a philosophy of improvement built on the prevention of defects over defect detection.

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MPUG

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

We are not suggesting that every formalized project artifact or plan be adopted and employed for every project. There is a pretense of planning or control, with documents, artifacts, and processes at the would-be project manager’s disposal. Lack of Planning Ad hoc project management epitomizes “winging it.”

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