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How to write an executive summary stakeholders will love

Planio

According to some estimates , PMs spend 90% of their time communicating with team members, sponsors, and stakeholders. An executive summary is your secret weapon when it comes to project communication. Jump to a section: What is an executive summary? How is an executive summary different from other project documents?

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Agile Infrastructure Transformation and TBM

Leading Agile

My experience is that in a TBM implementation that is driven by a CTO or even a CIO in a defense mode (“Why are your costs so high?”) A prior CTO gave an excellent explanation of what it looks like to truly understand TCO. Over time it became used for only the executives in the company.

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Is JIRA a Counterproductive Project Management Software In Today’s Market?

nTask

At the same time, if that company does not have a managerial process regardless of a qualified project manager on board, the software is just what it is… a mere tool. As a result, when they send in a request to the IT team and the CTO to buy task management tools, a lot of wrong things happen. They said, “Jira sucks.”

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How to Control Project Scope and Avoid Scope Creep

PM Basics

Control Scope is a set of processes and tools that help you to ensure the scope of work doesn’t change much compared with the initial project plan. Also, these processes help you to include changes that you agreed with the project owners. Imagine that a newly hired editor for this blog comes to you one day.

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Creating the Conditions for High-Performance Development Teams

Leading Agile

Today, Mike Cottmeyer brings in our CTO and one of the main architects of our Studios offering to discuss the conditions that must be present for solid technical practices and software craftsmanship to thrive. So I have Chris Beale who is on my executive team. Video Transcript Mike Cottmeyer: Hey everybody. Chris Beale: Seven.

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How to identify stakeholders? (+Identification Cheatsheet)

PM Basics

Identifying stakeholders can be seen as an inside-out process. It will help you kick start the identification process. You can now think about ways to negate the potential threat they bring, perhaps by contracting the lunch preparation work to them instead. What Are The Processes In Identifying Stakeholders?

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Agency tech stack: 44 solutions to supercharge your teams

Resource Guru

Between personal preferences and processes, it will seem impossible to please everyone. For example, if your plan includes hiring a sales team, you’ll want to consider how the tech you choose now will benefit them later. Perhaps it’s the CTO, Head of Technology, or even Head of Project Management?