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A Complete Guide To Requirements Gathering

The Digital Project Manager

Dealing with misaligned client expectations? Follow a thorough requirements gathering process—use this free requirements document template to make sure your deliverables are well-defined. The post A Complete Guide To Requirements Gathering appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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Mastering the Decision-Making Process: A Practical Guide

ProjectManager.com

Our mastery of the decision-making process plays a big part in the outcome of our lives, as life could be easily defined as a series of decisions. Each step on life’s journey is taken after considering where to put your foot. It’s true that some just march forward without much thought, but even that is a decision. While serendipitous discovery often follows those that accept a more organic, nonlinear path, that creative approach is the luxury of those with time to spare.

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Risk-aware Product Development (a.k.a. Scrum)

Scrum.org

"There's no predictability/commitment in Agile/Scrum". Over the years I've heard my share of these kinds of statements from various levels of executives: "When my guys run a product development release I really want to know what I will get at the end so I can make business plans accordingly". "In the old days when we ran projects we knew the timeline, we knew the scope, there were no surprises.

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Risk Management Examples: 9 Behind the Scenes Stories

PM Basics

It is hard to imagine what you can do with a project risk. Yes. Avoid, mitigate, transfer and so on. But what does it mean? What specific actions can you take to avoid something? What can you, as a project manager, do to mitigate a risk? Adding some risk reserves and removing requirements from the scope are not the only options. I want to share some stories of risk management with you.

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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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Lowering Work in Process (WIP) in the Real-world

Scrum.org

The gap between deciding to Limit WIP and actually lowering WIP. One of the key Kanban practices we discuss in the Kanban Guide for Scrum Teams is Limiting Work in Process. . Some of us have the luxury of designing processes for greenfield systems meaning there is no history/legacy to deal with. Typically though, we are dealing with Brownfield/Legacy systems - This usually means there is some work in the system already, there are outstanding commitments, and some existing queues between steps in

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Everything You Need to Know About Timekeeping Apps for Employees

TimeCamp

Time Keeper for Employees Timekeeper brings to mind a stopwatch used in sports or a person.

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What Project Managers Need to Know about GDPR (Even If You Don’t Work in Europe)

LiquidPlanner

It seems like every week a company is in the news for misusing data. Whether it’s concern with how our data is being used by marketing firms or about companies “losing” thousands of credit card records to a hacker, data is regularly making the news—and not in a good way. Amongst all the database dramas and security scandals is a set of standards that goes some way to help, and project managers who work with individuals’ personal data as part of their projects should be taking notice.

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Quote of the Day

Herding Cats

Strategies are intellectually simple; their execution is not. From " The CEO as Coach: An Interview with Allied Signal's Lawrence A. Bossidy," N. M. Tichy and R. Charan , Harvard Business Review , Mar-Apr, 1994, pp. 68-78.

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Project Management 101: Strategies to Grow Your Creative Agency Now

Teamweek

Normally, you love your job as a project manager at a creative agency in London. Today you don’t. You’re even wondering if you’re in the wrong calling. Despite your best efforts, a photo shoot in Notting Hill for a new line of women’s wear was a complete disaster. Two of the models showed up late. The courier delivered the clothing to the wrong location.

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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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Management Training Programs to Consider in 2019

Appfluence

Management Training Programs to Accelerate Professional Success. Whether you are fresh off the single contributor track and into management role or simply want to learn how to become better at your job and rise through the hierarchy, there are many great opportunities to develop your management skills. A management training program can be a great option because it is like taking a short elevator ride to get yourself higher up the ladder of success.

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The Ultimate Guide to Surviving the Cold and Maximizing Your Productivity

Inloox

Many people look forward to fall and winter with the colorful leaves and ski-season awaiting them. Others hate the idea of the weather getting colder and the days getting shorter. If you identify with the latter group and can’t seem to motivate yourself to get anything done, the following guide will help you make it through the dark times and maintain motivation and a good mood.

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Announcing Workzone’s New Zapier Integration

Workzone

It’s an exciting day at Workzone HQ. We’re always looking for ways to extend Workzone’s capabilities and make project management easier for our users. That’s why we’re so excited to announce our new integration partnership with Zapier! Starting today, Workzone customers with API access will be able to use Zapier to connect Workzone with hundreds of other apps.