Proofhub

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

As a project leader, you’re faced with the mammoth task of being the intermediary between clients and your team. As such, you must ensure that both parties are happy with the way the project is going. One particular area that clients and project teams tend to be at loggerheads is that of project deadlines. Sometimes clients want their projects completed in unrealistic time frames, while project teams want as much time as possible to produce the best results.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Projects are prone to change. There might be inclement weather that causes delays, stakeholders with changing expectations or supply chain issues that strain your schedule and budget. Change is almost certainly going to occur, so how do you manage it and keep your project from going off the rails? The answer is by using a change request form. Capturing the change, defining it and then having it authorized or rejected keeps the scope of the project in check.

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Ganttic

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

COVID-19 has had a significant and long-lasting impact on businesses and workers around the world. And as a result, there have been some major shifts in work trends from remote working and flexible hours, to how to monitor and manage productivity and performance. Although some businesses have adapted quickly and emphasized employee wellbeing during the pandemic, others have struggled to adjust to restrictions and new ways of working.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Personal Agility System a coaching and prioritization framework, co-created by the scrum coaches Peter Stevens and Maria Matarelli, which helps people who to do more what matters and with a greater impact through their actions. In today’s life, many of us… rather I should say almost all of us have more things to do than the time we have, to do them.

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Understanding digital debt is crucial before digital transformation. Assemble a team to assess internal operations, market pressures, and digital debt's impact. Define future digital vision with measurable goals. Refine hypotheses and conduct market analysis. Develop a roadmap for transformation with defined projects, cost estimates, and governance.

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ActiveCollab

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

How many times have you been more engaged in pointing fingers and blaming other teams for project failure than actually trying to solve the problem? Post mortem meetings are tricky because people tend to be more focused on blame than learning from their mistakes. Post mortem analysis helps your project stay on track, but what if you had one before initiating a new project?

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

As a Professional Scrum Trainer and a Scrum Master, I often get this question – What is the difference between the Definition of Done and Acceptance Criteria? Though the question might sound very simple to some, it still exists, appears now and then on many platforms, and at times is a point of discussion. Let me start with a short and smart answer that was once shared with me by a fellow PST, and then I will dive into some more explanation on each term.

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GanttPRO Project Management

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Efficient resource management requires detailed planning so that each resource would be aware of what and when they should do to bring the most value to the project. In theory, […]. The post How to Professionally Manage Resource Workload with GanttPRO first appeared on GanttPRO.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

You can also listen to this post in this episode of our podcast . The Scrum framework exists to deliver value to stakeholders sooner. Sounds good, right? But when is something “valuable”? For something that seems so central to Scrum, there is little guidance on what “value” means. And we fear that it remains only a word if there is no meaningful definition for it.

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GanttPRO Project Management

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Efficient resource management requires detailed planning so that each resource would be aware of what and when they should do to bring the most value to the project. In theory, […]. The post How to Professionally Manage Resource Workload with GanttPRO first appeared on GanttPRO.

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Speaker: Ketan Jahagirdar - Sopheon’s Director of Product Management

Empower yourself as a project manager with insights that directly influence the financial landscape and strategic direction of your organization! Join us for a deep dive into the world of financial strategy, as we dissect key metrics that drive CFOs and business leaders’ investment decisions. This session will equip you with the necessary tools to craft compelling business cases as well as a comprehensive understanding of the crucial distinction between capital expenditure and operational expend

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PM Times

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Written by: Marcus Udokang 1. Established leadership qualities shared by some modern entrepreneurs. Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Ma all share some similar leadership traits which are worth examining.

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nTask

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

No matter the profession you are in, work is about getting things done. Both task management and project management are ways to achieve this. These two terms, project management, and task management get tossed around a lot. Often, they are even used interchangeably. But what do they really mean? We are here to help. We have broken down what task management is, what project management is and how they are similar.

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Stepping Into Project Management

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Hi You, Just popping by to say hello. I know I haven't written in a while and I am guilty in a way to keep you waiting. I have been writing here for so long that it should come naturally to me. Some days I am not sure what to write, I have more ideas than I can count swimming in my little head. Yet, I write in my head every night :) I am like you (or not), I tend to procrastinate.

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Wrike

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

As a project manager, project tracking is one of the most critical duties under your charge. At any given time, you should be able to give an accurate project status report that includes how much actual progress has been made compared to planned progress. Additionally, you should know what major tasks and milestones have been achieved and whether the project is on pace to meet its scheduled completion date.

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Techno-PM

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Change Impact Assessment The clue is in the name – you guessed it right: a Change Impact Assessment assesses the impact of a change initiative. This means identifying the current and future state of the organization and evaluating the extent of the change – the who, what, and how of change – that is, what it will imply for each of the different groups of stakeholders impacted.

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