Planio

JUNE 8, 2022

As products become more complex, technical project managers have quickly become the holy grail for growing businesses. Technical project managers (TPM) bridge the gap between understanding what’s technically possible in a project and managing the resources, timelines, and expectations to get it done. First, learn the basics.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 25, 2020

Anchoring occurs when a project manager adjusts an estimate closer to a number she previously heard or saw. ” Even if the project manager disbelieves the two-week estimate, she would be unlikely to stick to her two-month plan. Role play can help.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In the dynamic business environment, companies need accurate estimations for timely decision-making and futureproofing workforce availability against market volatilities. It is a step-by-step process that project managers can implement to estimate and allocate resources effectively.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 22, 2023

At this early stage in the project, we’re mainly dealing with ballpark figures like a rough order of magnitude estimate and educated guesses based on previous similar projects, so we need to keep the plan as high level as possible and avoid going into specifics. Read next: My review of Office Timeline.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 17, 2023

At this point, there will be a selection of the project delivery method, construction cost estimating and permitting. When the site is complete, the plans and findings are reviewed by local government officials. A construction change order will be used to manage any changes whether due to equipment failure, weather or client requests.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 11, 2021

I’m not convinced that 2030 is a realistic target, though, given the project management maturity levels and willingness to adopt new tech that I see on a daily basis. Of course not – life moves on). Lloyd seems to feel the same. Every company is different.”. How can artificial intelligence help project managers?

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Epicflow Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

And in this publication, we discuss the role of industry, product, and technical knowledge in the work of a project manager. . PMs can use this knowledge to estimate the time needed for accomplishing tasks, order them, and allocate resources adequately. Of course, they can. Here we’re talking about non-technical experts.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 13, 2022

It can be helpful to compare estimates back to actuals to review how accurate the estimates were and inform future task planning. Organize regular training sessions for your team, and encourage them to spend time completing courses like PMI Kickoff that will help them to do their job better or broaden their skills.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Other parts of the organization looked from afar and were only involved when their department interfaced with the technology part of the organization. Many of the people in those departments looked bemused when they were told to start using terms like Sprint, Product Owner, Sprint Review, and Retrospective. That is a good thing, right?

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

You’ll never be able to anticipate every risk event that could occur in a project, but by doing the due diligence, you’re able to have a risk management plan in place to respond quickly before project risks become real problems and sidetrack the whole project. Estimate Risk Impact. It’s a great risk register example.

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MPUG

JANUARY 8, 2024

The solution, of course, is estimating. There is a whole science to estimation, and it would be possible to go very deeply into this. But before we start, let’s tackle the Estimation Elephant in the Room…. The estimation techniques they use are a deliberate trade-off between speed and accuracy.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Of course, it’s easy to say you’re going to keep a tight budget, but cost overruns can happen in so many places, so actually keeping costs down can sometimes feel like a game of whack-a-mole. Cost overrun is not cost escalation; that term is used to describe an anticipated increase in a budgeted cost, say due to inflation.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 15, 2023

Construction Estimator Before any work can be done, the construction estimator is needed. The construction estimator estimates the materials to determine how much the construction project will cost. They’re tasked with the management of the technical functions and infrastructure on site.

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LiquidPlanner

MAY 24, 2023

A practical project risk management strategy accounts for team member miscommunications and mistakes, scope creep and shifting client expectations, and any technical difficulties along the way. While you can’t account for everything, you can create a project plan that should prevent you from veering off course in the face of disruptions.

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Scrum.org

MAY 15, 2023

Explain the benefits and drawbacks of different estimation techniques. Suggest how to help the Scrum team balance technical debt and new feature development. Balance technical debt and new feature development based on: [Your work item list]. Compare [tech A] and [tech B]: performance, ease, scalability.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 29, 2021

This could be due to staffing levels or other projects being staffed instead due to higher business priority. External risks can occur due to a variety of factors, often caused by influences more outside of our immediate control. This can cause some tasks to take more time than normal due to starting and stopping multiple times.

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Planio

MAY 8, 2023

In fact, the digital transformation market was estimated at a whopping $731.1 On average, IT projects come with more complexity and risk, and can quickly fall to pieces without proper due diligence, management, and leadership. billion in 2022 — with no signs of slowing down. And that’s no simple job.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 17, 2021

Project management is affecting how humans perform or adopt technology. There’s an acceleration due to covid but there are going to be initiatives where you are engineering people out of a role to be replaced with tech. Typically, the challenge is infrastructure and tech. PM always affects a human.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Information technology (IT) runs most businesses. This will include an accurate estimate of decentralized IT spending and shadow IT spending, the former being the distribution of functions, control and information, while the latter is IT-related hardware and software use without the knowledge of the IT department.

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Planio

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Despite our best intentions, human beings are terrible at estimating how long a project or task will take to complete. But as a project manager, it’s your job to properly estimate a project’s time and cost so that your team knows what they’re working towards (and you know when you’re going off the rails!). Poor estimating.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

You’re estimating costs, duration and more. This is a key piece of data for creating your project plan and reviewing it throughout the course of the project. Though you create the project assumption log during an early stage of the project, it should be regularly reviewed and revised. Set date for next assumption review.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 13, 2021

Contract lifecycle management is a strategic approach to contract management that gets greater efficiencies out of the activity by combining people, processes and technology. Remember, the contract is legally binding, so due diligence is important. Of course, there’s more. Why is Contract Management Important?

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Scrum.org

MAY 8, 2023

Product Backlog refinement : The Product Owner and Developers collaborate to refine, estimate, and order the Product Backlog items based on value, risk, and dependencies. Technical decisions : Developers negotiate architectural choices, design patterns, and code practices to implement the best technical solutions.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2024

Also, if you have internal auditors or a Quality Assurance function, or someone in the PMO who can do an informal (or formal) project review, book that in as well. Quality assurance reviews, peer reviews, health checks and quality audits might sound scary for project managers – they’re not.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 5, 2024

This article reviews and explains the 10 project management Knowledge Areas from the PMBOK® Guide -- Sixth Edition. In this KA, you cover everything to do with defining the work required to deliver the scope, putting those tasks in the right order, estimating how long they will take to do and building the project schedule.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 11, 2023

Construction is, of course, a project, one that tends to be long, complex and involves many different parties to deliver. The bidding process in construction allows the construction manager to review contractors to hire for the project. Of course, price is a factor, but risk is also assessed. Construction Estimate.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 28, 2023

Determining the most crucial features and establishing a starting point from a technical perspective presented challenges. The Product Owner may choose to order their Product Backlog to reduce risk, consider technical or business dependencies or may decide that certain features are more important to the customer than stakeholders believed.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 2, 2022

Then there’s the schematic design, which is a rough drawing of the project’s basic features and cost estimates. This schematic design phase includes a rough estimate of costs for each of the options, as budgetary concerns are usually paramount. In construction, there’s so much that takes place before the build begins.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 9, 2023

The Scrum Master can encourage stakeholder participation in Scrum events, such as the sprint review and retrospective. What level of address technical debt do we need to address? Follow-up question : What about technical debt and available skills? Do we have all the tools necessary, and are we familiar with those?

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Scrum.org

APRIL 30, 2021

It happens in Sprint Review, after Daily Scrum, in Sprint Planning, and as part of development. estimating the work in size and value. estimating the work in size and value. Estimating Product Backlog items. Customers change their minds, and technologies are changing. Estimating Product Backlog items.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 2, 2020

Cost estimates. It is in the estimation of costs and duration of the project where controls are essential. Therefore, it’s key for making accurate estimates. Cost estimates are developed into budgets and time estimates become project schedules. In fact, it works throughout the entire life cycle of a project.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The knowledge areas are the core technical subject matter, which are necessary for effective project management. The scope statement is likely going to change over the course of the project to control the scope, such as if a project falls behind schedule. The knowledge areas take place during anyone of these process groups.

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Teamweek

DECEMBER 20, 2023

We’ve crunched some numbers and sourced statistics to help you estimate the true cost of hiring an employee for your company in 2024. To estimate the true cost of a new employee, you should also factor in the employee’s wages, payroll taxes, benefits, bonuses, and other corporate perks.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 29, 2020

For example, if there is a change in the business environment, marketing conditions or technical demands, the product backlog will reflect those changes. When changes are added they can include more detail, estimates or a change in priority. Then as the work is completed, the estimate for what work remains to be done is updated.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2018

Let’s assume you’re running out of time and need to meet a certain due date. When you estimate probability, a risk will have a certain impact on your project. Perhaps you’re creating a wireframe for your website, and you decide to skip the client-review step because you’re running late. Tool for Handling Quality.

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Teamweek

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Common causes for skills mismatches are poorly written job description ads, gaps in the hiring procedures, overemphasizing job experience over skills, and emerging technologies. they have the skills needed to succeed in a tech-focused manager-level position and their employer isn’t using those skills effectively). More than 1.3

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 21, 2023

I teach this strategy in my course, Mastering Multiple Projects , but a simple way to implement it is to color-code your list or add sub-headings. Use your technology Technology can be a great tool for increasing productivity in the office, as long as you know how to use it!

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