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Encapsulation of Value

Leading Agile

Agile transformations are hard. Creating an ecosystem where teams with the appropriate skills and resources are able to organize around a well-prioritized backlog to build working, tested product sounds simple but can quickly become mired in the nuances and details that manifest as all sorts of complexities in product development organizations. Those organizations that invest the blood, sweat, tears (and money!

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Best Smartsheet Alternatives of 2021

ProjectManager.com

Smartsheet is a popular project management tool that describes itself as a “work execution platform.” This web-based application is best known for its unique use of spreadsheets. These spreadsheets or “sheets” are the foundation of the tool’s project management capabilities. But Smartsheet isn’t the only spreadsheet software on the block. There are many project management software tools on the market that offer similar feature sets.

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12 - Éléments associés à Scrum

Scrum.org

Les éléments associés à Scrum sont des outils, des pratiques et plus généralement des "tactiques de jeu", qui ne sont pas obligatoires en Scrum et se sont révélées utiles au fil du temps. Cependant, dans un contexte de complexité et imprévisibilité, il n'est pas automatique que ces éléments associés à Scrum vous soient utiles. Notre conseil est de les expérimenter et, éventuellement, de les adapter à votre contexte de manière empirique.

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What Is Poka Yoke | How to Use It & Why Is It Important?

nTask

Mistakes are an inevitable part of production and management. Companies, all over the world, at one time or another, face issues that need immediate attention and resolution. To make sure that the results are perfect, these businesses go over the whole process with a fine-tooth comb to ensure the impeccability of their products and services. Proofing and error analysis are important parts of end-stage management.

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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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The online workshop of Gunther Verheyen to discover “The value in the Scrum Values” is now available

Gunther Verheyen

I have created a new, 3-hours workshop to guide people in the discovery of the value in the Scrum Values. The workshop includes cases I selected from my “Scrum Caretaker Book of Exercises” and will be followed by an informal, 30 minutes after-chat. Find all planned sessions of this specific Scrum Values workshop at my webshop. Allow me to share why I created this workshop.

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Smart Supervising Strategies: Leading Your Team to Success

Proofhub

Being a business owner, a project manager, or a department head is both rewarding and challenging. It is rewarding because you wake up every day to new opportunities for improving lives, particularly your employees’ and clients’ lives. But then that can be a lot of weight to carry on your shoulders. No matter how many managerial courses you take or how many supervisory tools you utilize, leading people and supervising top-level projects will always present new challenges every morning.

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Dealing with Unrealistic Expectations in Project Management

Epicflow Blog

One of the challenging aspects of project management is setting and then managing expectations of both clients and stakeholders. As a rule, everyone comes into a project with some kind of expectations. However, a number of factors often lead to the situation when one side is left expecting more than the other side can offer. Let’s take a look where unrealistic expectations come from and what can be done to overcome this issue.

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Five Ways Leankor’s Enterprise Work and Project Management Solution Transforms Complexity to Profitability

PM Times

Written by: Brad Egeland My next installment in this exclusive Project Times series on project management related tools and services looks at Leankor's offering that promises to make projects more profitable while also making them easier to manage during these remote PM and virtual project teams real world times.

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The Best PMP Exam Simulators for 2021

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Here’s the TL;DR: the best PMP exam simulator is the PM Exam Simulator from the team at the Project Management PrepCast. I have used it and can vouch for it, and that’s what I’d buy if I were you. If you want to know why that’s my top choice, and check out some other options, read on for my independent reviews! It won’t come as a surprise to you that using an exam simulator for your Project Management Professional® exam is a key criteria for successful prep and a massive boost to your chances of

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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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Hiring Tests: 5 Practices Every Business Should Know

Teamweek

Hiring new team members shouldn’t be difficult. You don’t want to spend energy on a job search that takes a lot of time, costs big money, and leaves you with a large pool of candidates to search through when it may not even result in you finding the person you are looking for. Today’s businesses can use hiring tests to help them tap into the wide world of workers that are out there.

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Email vs. Instant Messaging [Differences and Benefits]

ActiveCollab

Communication is essential for a productive business. Naturally, we're all busy people and don't always have time to respond to emails. Luckily, instant messaging is one way to always be up to date, and almost every company around the world uses these types of apps. On the other hand, email has been much longer in use and represents one of the pillars of business communication.

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Are Google Stories the Next SEO Trend? Here’s what my experiments say…

Proofhub

First Snapchat, then Instagram, and now Google. The Internet’s obsession with the fifteen-second fascination is never-ending?—?the reason why as a marketer, I couldn’t keep my hands off Google Web Stories. By now, Social Media users astutely understand how to create flashy stories with dancing text and bite-sized video clips. In marketing terms, Stories are no joke.

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Top 9 Freedcamp Alternatives to Use In 2021 (Free & Paid)

nTask

Freedcamp is a free project management software launched in 2010. The software offers a multitude of features at an inexpensive price. It helps PMs keep everything at once place. In this article, we will highlight the best Freedcamp alternatives you can start using today. With Freedcamp, you can not only manage files, have discussions with your team members, create invoices but can also add extra tools through upgradation.

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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.

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19 Expert Hacks for Jumpstarting Your Personal Productivity

ProProfs Project Management

No matter what type of job you have, productivity is essential to your success. Accomplishing more work in less time helps you stay on top of things throughout the day and makes you more likely to earn more. However, staying productive is often easier said than done. You may set out to have a genuinely efficient workday, only to discover later in the evening that you hardly managed to make a dent in your to-do list.

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27 Best Organizational Tools to Enhance Your Work

Scoro

Being chaotic is not an option in today’s fast-paced world, and businesses need to focus on what really matters – getting work done. But as we’re constantly pushed to get more done in less time, it’s no longer possible to do everything manually. Therefore, it’s crucial to find tools that enable you to automate your workflows and boost efficiency.

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What to Expect from Pre-Employment Assessment Tests

Teamweek

How does a company improve the candidates that they actually assess? Many sites and platforms offer solutions, some claiming to get the right candidate in less than 24 hours, but these often don’t account for quality. The best way to find that perfect candidate, and make it easier in the process, is through pre-employment assessment tests. Pre-employment assessment tests are a fast, simple way to assess a candidate before you go through their resume.

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