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What Does Project Governance Really Mean?

ProjectManager.com

Projects like anything that involves a lot of people working together need governance. The government runs a nation and project governance in the same fashion runs the project. What Is Project Governance? The Three Pillars of Project Governance.

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The Importance of Data Governance for Business

ProjectManager.com

Not being able to find or protect data makes for a dangerous precedent. While companies might hire someone with a library science degree to help them organize large amounts of data, that is only a part of what is needed. The process of maintaining the integrity of your data, protecting it and making it available as needed, requires a plan of action. That plan is called data governance. What Is Data Governance? Data Governance Goals.

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Data-Informed Retrospectives

Scrum.org

TL; DR: Data-Informed Retrospectives. The second stage refers to gathering data so that the Scrum Team can have data-informed Retrospectives. Read on and learn how you can avoid falling victim to both scenarios by gathering data continuously and asynchronously. ??

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IT Governance: Definitions, Frameworks and Planning

ProjectManager.com

IT governance ensures that IT departments are prepared for what’s next, without losing focus on what matters. What is IT Governance? If you ask the business world, IT governance is all about managing performance for efficiency. Key Terms in IT Governance.

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A Practical Guide to Business Intelligence Governance

Speaker: Marius Moscovici, CEO Metric Insights & Mike Smitheman, VP Metric Insights

This presentation will provide a practical step-by-step guide for implementing effective BI governance and a toolkit for addressing the three critical aspects of any program.

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Top 5 Best Data Management Software Of 2021

nTask

With the increase in online traffic and internet businesses taking the world by storm, digital data has also reached a record high. Unlike olden times, digital data is no longer limited to megabytes or gigabytes, around 2.5 quintillion bytes of data is created every day.

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What is Agile Governance: 4 Guiding Principles for Good Governance in Agile

Agilemania

Agile governance is a process that focuses on bringing the most value by focusing on what matters. But before we explore more on good agile governance, let’s talk about agile governance. . What is Agile Governance. Guiding Principles for Agile Governance.

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Everything You Need to Know About Project Management Governance

ProProfs Project Management

One of the major reasons is the lack of project management governance. . This is precisely where project governance comes to the picture. . Meaning & Definition of Governance. The first of which is to have a solid understanding of what project governance is.

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Digital Transformation in Government Organizations: Tips from Microsoft, IBM, McKinsey, and PwC

Epicflow Blog

Though government organizations are not facing a threat of rivalry, one of the biggest challenges is meeting citizens’ requirements and bringing better results with smaller expenses and amount of time. Microsoft’s Vision of Government’s Digital Transformation Journey .

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Five Best Governance and Security Practices for PMs using MS Teams

MPUG

To help you out, here are some helpful practices for governance and security which you may want to implement when using MS Teams. The first governance tip is the obvious one—identify who will manage MS Teams for your company. Turn on Data Security Features.

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Big Data and Risk Management

Brad Egeland

The Big Data age is finally here. In fact, the IDC revealed that global data would increase from 23ZB in 2017 to 174 Zettabytes by 2025. Depending on the type of your organization or the industry you are in, you could be having massive volumes of internal and external data readily available for creating viable projections, mining, and applying predictive analytics. Generally, the health of your organization improves significantly when data is assessed accurately.

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Data Science in Agile: Is Your Data Analytics Problem Actually a Backlog Problem?

Leading Agile

Data science is fundamental to success—and leveraging it effectively with data analytics is imperative to being competitive in the market. As we covered in the first conversation in this series with Adam and Dan, the way your organization uses data is important.

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Why Data Governance For Business Is a Big Deal In Project Management

nTask

Businesses need to have a standard process for managing their operational data. It sets a dangerous precedent when one cannot find data or safeguard it from harm. That is why data governance is such a vital aspect of any firm. […].

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All Project Data is at Risk

Brad Egeland

IT is responsible for the security of the data in the organization, right? As employees of an organization, we generally assume that the data we are working with is being appropriately handled within the IT and security groups and is as secure or non-secure as it actually should be. I can say that during my application developer and tech lead days I didn’t worry much about the data. First, if the consultant is working with sensitive data, liability insurance is a must.

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Don’t Let Data Loss Be the Demise Of Your Enterprise

Trello

It may not be the spiciest item on the agenda, but data security is the backbone of any online business. When we think of cybersecurity, we often think of major data breaches aimed at governments, hospitals, and large corporations.

2021 116
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Why is Data Science Important?

Leading Agile

LeadingAgile’s Adam Jennison and Dan Smith have collectively spent decades in product management roles in multiple organizations for data-driven products. In a time where it’s nearly impossible to separate products and services from data science, data science is fundamental to success.

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A Digital Service Canvas for Government and Enterprise

Scrum.org

If there is to be a game-changer, it will have to come from the market, or from government, or both. For example, the UK Government’s Digital Service Standard has promoted digital services as an enabler for “Government as a Platform”. W]e will transform many existing Government transactions in this way”. The stewardship of performance-related data is expected (ToR 8).

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So you want to be a CISO: Critical Need-to-Knows About Data Protection

Brad Egeland

Data is the lifeblood of any organization. Whether you’re a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) or aspiring to become one, protecting sensitive business data will be your main priority. In 2021, the number of data breaches climbed 68 percent to 1,862, costing an average of USD4.24 ” Many of those transitioning employees will, intentionally or not, be leaving with sensitive data stored on personal devices or accessed through a third-party cloud.

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Vendor Showcase Recap: Triskell Software for Enterprise Governance

MPUG

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Rich Murphy’s showcase session, Triskell Software for Enterprise Governance, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. We have a lot… We’ve got several European government agencies.

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Vendor Showcase Recap: Triskell Software for Enterprise Governance

MPUG

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Rich Murphy’s showcase session, Triskell Software for Enterprise Governance, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. We have a lot… We’ve got several European government agencies.

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System of Delivery: An Intro to Our Governance Model

Leading Agile

Our governance model and team design may look a little complicated at first glance. In this presentation, our Chief Methodologist, Dennis Stevens will remove the noise and walk you through our governance model and team design to help you better understand the LeadingAgile system of delivery. When you first look at our governance model or some of our team designs, it might look complicated, it might look really busy. The governance model makes that actionable.

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Which estimation methods are favored for adaptive delivery?

Kiron Bondale

For every person who adamantly insists that estimates are needed to support proper governance, someone else will argue that the inherent wrongness of an estimate and how estimates are abused will wipe out any benefits of defining them.

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What You Need to Know About Governance, Risk & Compliance

Wrike

Perhaps you’ve heard of governance, risk, and compliance, also known as GRC, before, but you aren’t sure how important it is to you or your business. What is governance risk and compliance (GRC)? What exactly is governance, risk, and compliance, or GRC for short?

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Top 5 Consequences of Cybersecurity Data Breaches

Brad Egeland

For example, a data breach may have more financial consequences for the financial sector than, say, in manufacturing. Cyber-enabled fraud leads to monetary losses, but stolen data can be worth far more to hackers, especially when sold on the Dark Web.

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A Real-World Success Story: New Zealand Government Improves Project Delivery

Planview

Meeting the demands of ever-changing priorities within a government can lead to inconsistent processes, departments with limited visibility into what is being worked on, and no ability to monitor investments. New Zealand Government, like many other government agencies, was tasked with overcoming these obstacles to develop and manage project and investment portfolios to grow the economy to deliver greater prosperity, security, and opportunities for all citizens.

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Does your board need a business agility committee?

Kiron Bondale

The authors assert that the typical annual reviews of people data conducted by most boards are insufficient as these only provide lagging evidence of where corrective change might be needed. Agile Facilitating Organization Change Governance management failure transformational projects

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Becoming An Effective Leader In Government & Beyond: An Interview With Steve Ressler, Founder of GovLoop

Project Management Hacks

Have you ever considered the public sector and government for your next career move? Governments face interesting problems and that means there are opportunities to deliver new projects. government to launching his own venture, GovLoop. My thanks to Winnie Liem and the PMI-SOC Government Community for introducing me to Steve. Where do you see major opportunities in government to improve productivity, service and other improvements?

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25% of Organizations and Projects have been Affected by Cybercrime or Data Breaches

Brad Egeland

And even if you employ one individual running your security, an entire certified staff of cybercrime experts or a 3rd party outside vendor securing your important data and IT processed, don't let any of them convince you that you are 100% safe. Nearly one in four - almost 25% - had experienced some sort of hack, data breach or security violation in the past 12 months. Has your organization experienced a data breach or be the victim of a cybercrime.no

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Data Shows Number of Workers in Gig Economy Declined

Runrun.it

While the idea of alternative work arrangements and the gig economy may seem innovative and the next best thing, recent data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the number of people working in alternative work arrangements is decreasing instead of growing, according to an article published by Quartz. The data shows that the number of Americans participating in gig work decreased to 10.1% The gig economy has been a field of growing interest for employers worldwide.

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So, you are about to start a project….?

Ron Rosenhead

There was a massive amount of activity, people asking for data (sometime twice of the same person), people in the team doing the same work, lots of meetings and lots of ‘activity.’ project management governance benefits management project management project manager project risks project sponsor project start upThe project started with a real bang. It was like watching the rush hour at a major London railway station.

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A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Project Governance. Agile Software Development for Government Software Intensive System of Systems (SISoS) , Boulder Agile Meetup, 27 July 2016. Big Data Meets Earned Value Management , ICEAA 2015 Professional Development & Traning Workshop , June 10-13, 2014. How Should We Estimate Agile Software Development Projects and What Data Do We Need ?, Governance. Program Governance Roadmap. Principles of Program Governance.

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How to Build a Robust Project Risk Culture [8 Steps]

Online PM Courses

You get better decisions when they can draw upon more data, and a deeper understanding of the nature of risk and uncertainty. Your biggest wins will come from better governance, with little or no extra cost and time overhead. Your sponsor must win support across the top of your project’s governance structure, and among other senior people who need to be a part of your project process. And what about governance?

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Governance (#Governance). Six Business System Rule - defines the assessment of the integrated business systems for Federal procurement and their integrity in providing information to the Government contracting office. . Managing Government Grant Projects at Arizona Public Service - APS management process for Department of Energy grant for algae CO2 capture project. How Should We Estimate Agile Software Development Projects and What Data Do We Need ? Governance.

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Why the Stage Gate Process will Make You a Better Project Manager

Online PM Courses

It is an important part of project governance that looks both backwards and forwards. Examine a specific set of evidence and data. Let’s set aside the very important governance imperative. But what if governance were unimportant to you… or your organization? ’ PRINCE2 and the UK Government refer to Gate 0 – Strategic Assessment. PRINCE2 and the UK Government refer to Gate 1 – Business Justification.

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Webinar Recap: Power BI for Business Users and Project Managers – Part 2: Deep Dive into Shaping Data using Power Query

MPUG

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Ben Howard’s session, Power BI for Business Users and Project Managers – Part 2: Deep Dive into Shaping Data using Power Query, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. I could have too much data.

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Estimates, Forecasts, Projections

Herding Cats

An Estimate is a value inferred for a population of values based on data collected from a sample of data from that population. We can estimate the total cost, total duration, and the probability that all the Features will be delivered on the program we are working for the US Government. Project Management Analytics: A Data-Driven Approach to Making Rational and Effective Project Decisions , Harjit Singh, Pearson FT Press; 1st Edition, November 12, 2015. .

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Why Business Analysts and Digital Project Managers are Needed Now, More Than Ever

International Institute for Learning

Today, it seems it’s all about data: collecting it, analyzing it, making sense of it, and then using it in a variety of ways – for example, to gain more insight into consumer behavior, social behavior, or voting preferences, and to make better business decisions.

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Cost and Value Management for Software Development

Herding Cats

Data shows there are a number of sources for these overruns: Low initial cost estimates - result from underestimating the magnitude and complexity of the work. NoEstimates Agile Economics Estimating Governance Management Planning Principles Project Management Requirements Risk Root Cause AnalysisThere's a popular notion going around the agile community that says. we focus on Value and don't need to worry about Cost.

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AI in Project Management: An Interview with Lloyd Skinner

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AI can automate many of the repetitive tasks involved in managing projects, like data collection, reporting and status tracking. To start applying AI in project management, you need to know what you are using it for and how the data can help you. Lloyd Skinner.

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Quote of the Day

Herding Cats

From past data used to construct a reference class forecast to Monte Carlo Simulation (and similar) methods using a model of the future to assess the possible outcomes. . NoEstimates Decision Making Estimating Governance IMP/IMS Management Mathematics Performance-Based Project Management® Planning Principles Quotes Risk SchedulingNo sensible decision can be made without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it might be — Isaac Asimov.

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