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Mind Mapping Supercharges Project Management

The Digital Project Manager

Mention Project Management software and most people’s thoughts will automatically go to Microsoft Project or. The post Mind Mapping Supercharges Project Management appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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How to Improve Interpersonal Project Management Skills

Project Risk Coach

Think of the project managers you admire most. Often, these are individuals who possess more than the technical skills such as developing project schedules and performing risk analysis. These project managers have strong interpersonal project management skills. So, what are interpersonal skills? Why are they important? And, how can we improve these critical skills?

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Should You Be Friends With Your Employees?

ProjectManager.com

Leading a team strikes a difficult balance between being cordial and commanding. Are you strictly a boss or can you have a more friendly relationship with your employees? Jennifer Bridges, PMP, shows you the pros and cons. Here’s a screenshot of the whiteboard for your reference! In Review – Should You Be Friends with Your Employees? Can you be friends with your employees, and still be a successful leader?

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Agile and R/D

Musings on Project Management

I was recently asked if Agile and 'R/D' go together. The issue at hand: how do you reconcile agile's call for product delivery to users every few weeks with the unknowns and false starts in a real R/D project? Good question! I'm glad you asked. Let's start with OPM. Other people's money. And the first question: What have you committed to do? There are two possible answers: (1).

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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 Journey of Merging Scrum with Kanban in My Context

Scrum.org

During the last year and a half, I was working as a Scrum Master with a team that was working on a product with a history of about ten years. When I started working with the team, they finalized a platform migration and were still struggling with a lot of remaining work. There was a climate of mutual blame between product management and the development team.

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The journey of emerging Scrum with Kanban in my context

Scrum.org

During the last one and a half year, I was working as a Scrum Master with a team that is working on a product with a history of about ten years. When I started working with the team, they finalized a platform migration and where still struggling with a lot of remaining work. There was a climate of mutual blame between product management and the development team.

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Time Management Tips to Reduce Stress and Boost Workplace Productivity

Proofhub

Even if you are the most diligent planner, there are times when you might find yourself overwhelmed by the count and complexity of the tasks in your to-do list. In today’s business world, everyone lives a busy work life, project come and go and it becomes almost impossible to keep a track of everything. The only way to get to the best possible outcome is to manage your time more wisely.

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Inspiration from outside the Scrum world

Scrum.org

. I am listening to the audiobook “ the subtle art of not giving a fck ” from Mark Manson and I am learning awesome things that can relate to our world of “Agile” and “Product Ownership.” The style of the writing doesn’t suit me well, but I can appreciate many points he's making. . The book defends a position on how to choose and prioritize the things we give a fck to.

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Congruence Between Agile Process and Ecosystem

Leading Agile

In a recent SoundNotes Q&A with Mike Cottmeyer , our Fearless Leader fielded questions on a range of topics related to organizational transformation and agility. One key point he made was that any process or method, such as Scrum, LeSS, SAFe, etc., is designed to operate under certain conditions. Each process or method assumes it will be used in an ecosystem that has certain characteristics.

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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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The international Scrum Glossary is now available in 19 languages

Gunther Verheyen

The international Scrum Glossary has been expanded to 19 languages. The updated version is available for you as a free download (PDF): Scrum Glossary (International versions) -Feb 2019. This new version holds following changes: New languages: Greek, Ukrainian. Updated language: Polish. I originally described the Scrum Values in English as part of the first edition of my (accidentally created) book “Scrum – A Pocket Guide” (2013).

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Do You want To Know About PMP Certification Experience?

PM by PM

You will find many articles on PMP certification experience but this one is unique. In this post, I am sharing the journey of a Reddit user. He passed the exam without using any of the popular methods. It is hard to believe but he did not take a formal training, did not follow Rita’s book, […]. The post Do You want To Know About PMP Certification Experience?

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Challenging project leaders to lead confidently in uncertain times

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This is a guest post by Nadine Rochester, technical marketing director at Strategy Execution. Strategy Execution’s Top 10 Trends for 2019. At the beginning of every New Year, Strategy Execution aims to release its Top 10 Trends list to help guide you and your teams through the constantly changing business landscape. We understand the exceptionally fast growth and complexity businesses witness these days, whether that be expansion across geographical boundaries, or organizational ones.

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5 Ways To Process Feedback At Work Without Triggering A Stress Response

Trello

It’s never easy taking criticism. You spent so much time and poured in so much effort—only to have your hard work ripped apart.

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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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Changing the World of Digital Marketing With ActiveCollab

ActiveCollab

_STORY WRITTEN BY GURO GRØNBAKKEN, HEAD OF CONTENT AT AVIDLY NORWAY_ _ _ HOW ARE YOU (YOUR ORGANIZATION) MAKING AN IMPACT ON THE WORLD? Our purpose is to help other companies grow in terms of obtaining new customers. We fully believe that the inbound marketing methodology - which we live and breathe - is the key to creating real results and assisting others to achieve success with their marketing.