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The Advantages of Conflict in Projects

Green Project Management

“The absence of conflict is not harmony, it’s apathy” (Eisenhardt) “God does not play dice” (Einstein)… would God be so cruel to structure so much conflict if it could not be constructive (Tjosvold)? I come from a Canadian middle class family with a British lineage. At a young age we were taught to be quiet […]. The post The Advantages of Conflict in Projects appeared first on Delivering a better world, one project at a time.

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Generalizing specialists put the T back in teams!

Kiron Bondale

Whether your company is adopting agile delivery approaches or not, there are a number of benefits to encouraging your team members to become generalizing specialists. These include: Improved understanding and closer collaboration between roles which historically would have operated within siloes. Gaining first-hand experience with someone else’s job is a great way to increase empathy and break down barriers.

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Big Batch, Small Batch, Right Sized Batch

Herding Cats

It is popular in the agile community to speak about small batches delivered rapidly. Ignoring for the moment the ability of the business to absorb these deliverables, and when they are not put to use their aging properties , I had an experience today with batch size. It's a beautiful day here in Colorado (Thanksgiving Weekend), 70 degrees. Time to get started on the Christmas lights.

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Project Management Certification: A Complete Guide To Getting Qualified

The Digital Project Manager

One of the questions we frequently get asked at the Digital Project Manager is “Will a project management certification actually help my career?” Perhaps controversially. The post Project Management Certification: A Complete Guide To Getting Qualified appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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Understand Digital Debt, Form a Team, Set Goals, and Plan Roadmap for Transformation

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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Project Management Tool Is Not an Employee Monitoring Software

ActiveCollab

Change can be hard to swallow, especially if your team isn’t familiar with the benefits it brings. Be proactive and help your team realize that a new project management tool is not a means of control but a perfect way to move the business forward. Propelled by the idea that one tool would minimise multitasking and serve as a perfect substitute for all the tools your team is using, you’ve finally decided to invest in a project management tool.