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Soar Higher in 2020 – Learn and Develop New Skills

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

A major part of effective project leadership involves understanding the importance of continuing to learn and develop new skills. In particular, the constantly shifting world of work requires more adaptive leadership skills, so that projects can be successfully managed, even in the most unpredictable environments. Research published in the Adaptive Leadership Skills: What’s Needed Today e-book from Strategy Execution highlights several recent shifts in the way work is done, which have all

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Why the agile process is here to stay (and why it should!)

Runrun.it

Granted that the agile process isn’t the only effective workflow management methodology out there today, but it certainly is worth understanding more; organizations should at least consider how it can affect the way they work and produce in this day and age. Especially today, when many companies struggle to operate in a highly dynamic market that is in many ways different from what was the status quo for many years, it is only prudent to look at the possibilities the agile process can bring abou

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So, you need a System Integrator -- SI

Musings on Project Management

You've got a big (big!) project with a lot of moving parts (different contractors doing different stuff). You've been told: Get yourself an SI! The questions at hand: what is a System Integrator (aka SI), and what do they do? Point 1: the term is "SI"; and the SI is an independent team, separate from the system engineer "SE" and the architect.

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How much autonomy should teams get from their agile leader?

Scrum.org

The agile movement really has changed the way we lead our people. Giving them more freedom and autonomy to do their job often improves the quality, productivity ánd happiness of the people. Because knowledge workers (or highly educated people) don't need a boss to tell them what to do, they only need a healthy context or environment in which they can do their job.

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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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Stop, Drop and Roll: Ways to Prevent and Cure Employee Burnout

LiquidPlanner

In a competitive marketplace, businesses depend on high levels of productivity from their employees. There are orders to fill and deadlines to meet. However, your employees are human beings who can only work at a fast pace for so long. If the demands of the workplace become overwhelming, your staff will begin to show the signs of employee burnout. The Consequences of Employee Burnout.

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Work Bifurcation and Change Control w/ Ross Buermann

Leading Agile

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Google Play. Spotify. Soundcloud. RSS. HAPPY NEW YEAR! In this episode, LeadingAgile Senior Consultant, Ross Buermann shares an approach that involves bifurcating the work of creating the documentation so that we can create and deliver in smaller increments.

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How to Make Sure Your VoIP Software is Hearing Aid Ready

TrustRadius Project Management

The ability of VoIP technology to connect data, audio and visual elements all into one platform allows access to assistive and accessibility features that were not once achievable. With things like audio-to-text conversions and automated voicemail transcriptions, VoIP software has been supplying hearing impaired and deaf individuals with effective and essential communication tools for years.

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Sitetracker’s first release of 2020

Sitetracker

Sitetracker’s latest release, Release 37, delivers numerous enhancements and overall improved user experience in key parts of the platform. As a true Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution, Sitetracker delivers routine improvements and ensures enterprise functionality and security. You can find the official release notes here. To sum it up, our first release of 2020 includes the following new features and enhancements: Trackers, Maps, Sitetracker Mobile, Form Designer, Timetracker, Work Man

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Making sense of the bushfires in Australia

Lynne Cazaly

Trying to make sense of the bushfires in my beautiful Australia - I can only map emotions. A spiraling and ongoing crisis that lurches from shock to deep sadness and then anger. on again, to shock and disbelief, sadness, anger. Breaking this pattern via donations, reading and learning, being with and checking in on friends and family, grateful for every little thing.

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Strategic Project Finance Essentials: A Project Manager’s Guide to Financial Metrics

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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What Really Causes Technical Debt?

Scrum.org

Advances in Technology, Maintenance & Updates are not Technical Debt. Although I am going to use the term technical debt in this discussion. I am actively forming the opinion that this is the wrong term to be used both in how various assessments assess understanding and by practitioners in the agile community. The Scrum Guide does not contain the term technical debt.

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Webinar Recap: They Finally Did It! Microsoft Releases a Brand-New Version of Microsoft Project

MPUG

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Tim Runcie’s They Finally Did It! Microsoft Releases a Brand-New Version of Microsoft Project webinar being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. You may wish to use this transcript for the purposes of self-paced learning, searching for specific information, and/or performing a quick review of webinar content.

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[VLOG] How to Order the Product Backlog in Scrum

Scrum.org

Hey everyone. First of all I would like to thank you for your support spreading out my last week's vlog on the differences between Project Manager and Scrum Master. Thanks to you, more people now understand the differences between Project Manager and Scrum Master and have another perspectives on both roles. But what's exciting is some people even told me they are inspired to become an awesome Scrum Master. :).

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4 Corporate LMS Software Trends in 2020

TrustRadius Project Management

Mobile accessibility to your learning platform is a must-have, not a luxury. Professional skills, like communication and conflict resolution, are an increasingly robust content area often tailored to Gen Z. Microlearning isn’t new- figure out whether it’s useful to you before factoring it into your buying decision. Artificial Intelligence can be beneficial, but don’t get FOMO- ask vendors the hard questions to figure out how much it actually matters for you.

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Acclaim Projects Helps Deliver Innovation Projects on Time and on Budget

This large intercity transportation company for people and freight employs 100+ IT employees and contractors across North America and Europe and spends $10MM annually for approximately 50 inflight projects. The company needed the right financial tools to budget for innovation initiatives and real-time information on spending and forecasting. This transportation company turned to Acclaim Projects by Sopheon to help deliver projects on time and within budget.