Mon.Jun 26, 2017

article thumbnail

30 Team Building Activities

ProjectManager.com

Teams don’t just come together and click into well-oiled productivity machines, at least not always. There’s often a period of time when the team members have to get to know one another and develop a rapport. Even teams that have been working together for years might need a bit of team-building to reinforce their strengths and minimize their weaknesses.

article thumbnail

The 10 Risk Management Commandments You’re Breaking Every Day

Project Risk Coach

Do you live in fear of not getting results in your projects? Risk management is such an effective vehicle for climbing the tallest mountain or swimming the deepest sea. However, the risk management pitfalls are many, rendering us completely ineffective in our attempt to fulfill our dreams. I fear that many project managers live by the letter of the law and may fail to gain the true benefits of risk management.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Allocating WIP Limits for a Kanban System

Digite

I have seen people focus a lot on what the WIP limit should be for a Value Stream stage of a Kanban system. However, once the WIP limit is known, I haven’t seen much thought going into where to put those WIP limits. Hence, this blog! Consider a simple value stream: ToDo -> Design -> Development -> Testing -> Done. Further, break the activity value stream stages, into “InProgress” and “Done”.

Closing 97
article thumbnail

What Are The Pros and Cons of Time Tracking?

TimeCamp

We tend to write a lot about time tracking on our blog. We have a list of Top 100 Time Tracking Software, we have created a Complete Guide to Time Tracking that is supposed to explain all its intricacies, but it also includes some of the most popular project management methodologies, and is packed with the time tracking and productivity tips. Here are some of the examples: Thoroughly described Project Management for Companies, including most popular project management methodologies, like Agile a

Budget 48
article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Principles of Project Success

Herding Cats

Projects produce products, services, solutions. Projects deliver capabilities that fulfill Missions and Vision, Projects are a vehicle to accomplish and outcome. Every project should have a goal, an objective, and outcome. Projects in various domains have different practices and processes. But each of those should be anchored on a set of Immutable Principles.

More Trending

article thumbnail

How To Successfully Start A New Project Management Job

The Digital Project Manager

Starting a new project management gig is as exciting as it is nerve-wracking. You’ve found a project management job, nailed the interview, and done the. The post How To Successfully Start A New Project Management Job appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

179
179
article thumbnail

The Skills to Build Social Media Influence & How You Can Acquire Them

Boost by Brightpod

Influence is valuable as a social currency, on social media and off. More business are on social networks now than ever, and social users have begun to see t.

article thumbnail

The Cheeseburger Talk with Payson Hall

Fix my Project Chaos

One of the most important meetings in the life of a project should happen at the project’s inception. I call it the “Cheeseburger Talk.” This blog post describes the purpose and process of the cheeseburger talk so that you can consider the trade-offs between your cholesterol levels and effective sponsor orientation and project definition. Anyone […].

Process 48
article thumbnail

Add Context to Recurring Tasks with Dynamic Variables

Avaza

Differentiating between tasks just became easier with our recurring tasks dynamic variables! Dynamic variables are smart tags that are replaced with actual data when the recurring task is generated. These tags can be used in the Task Title and Task Description. Using Recurring Tasks with Dynamic Variables. When setting up recurring tasks with dynamic variables, it’s important to use the tag exactly as noted below and to remove any formatting (Right Click > Paste as Text).

2017 28
article thumbnail

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

article thumbnail

The Cheeseburger Talk with Payson Hall

Fix my Project Chaos

One of the most important meetings in the life of a project should happen at the project’s inception. I call it the “Cheeseburger Talk.” This blog post describes the purpose and process of the cheeseburger talk so that you can consider the trade-offs between your cholesterol levels and effective sponsor orientation and project definition. Anyone […].

Process 43
article thumbnail

Use Status Reports to Better Manage Expectations

TeamGantt

What is the single-most difficult task for project managers? It’s certainly not creating a project plan or running a budget report. That’s the easy part. Most project managers find the tasks that involve communications and project commitments that involve other people—team members and stakeholders the most difficult. It has to do with setting and managing […].

Budget 60