Wed.Jan 06, 2021

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Epicflow 2020 Updates: What’s New in Project Management Software, Team, and Work Arrangements?

Epicflow Blog

You’ll probably agree that 2020 was tough and challenging, won’t you? But despite it, we kept our pace and launched some really useful features and made some great improvements. Besides, our family has grown and we’re still looking for talents. Let’s have a closer look at what happened to Epicflow in 2020. 2020 Dictates Its Terms: Now We All Work from Home.

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Why Are Project Proposals Important?

The Digital Project Manager

The post Why Are Project Proposals Important? appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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A very short course in PM

Musings on Project Management

Take a look at this slideshare.net presentation for a very short course in project management Five tools for managing projects from John Goodpasture. Buy them at any online book retailer!

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Don't fret too much - It's all about transparency, inspection and adaptation

Scrum.org

Don't fuss too much about your training routine. Whether it's strength training, yoga, resistance training, high intensity interval training, animal flow movement, walking or core work, your body doesn't care where you train ( terrace, garage, field track, 4 feet space in your living room etc.) or what you use to create resistance. You don't need costly gym membership, hyped supplements or ill informed Coaches to keep you fit and healthy.

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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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Review Standish Group – CHAOS 2020: Beyond Infinity

Henny Portman

A few weeks ago, I received the latest report from the Standish Group – CHAOS 2020: Beyond Infinity – written by Jim Johnson. Every two years the Standish Group publish a new CHAOS Report. These reports include classic CHAOS data in different forms with many charts. Most of the charts come from the CHAOS database of over 50,000 in-depth project profiles of the previous 5 years.

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Coach Them Well: What birds can teach us about leadership…

PM Times

Written by: Kevin Torf In nature, mother birds coax their chicks in learning to fly with food and other tools.

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6 Plan Templates to Get Your Project Started Right

ProjectManager.com

Planning a project involves a lot of coordination of time, tasks and costs. It can feel like an insurmountable job, but just remember that plenty of projects are planned and executed every single day. You can do it too! You just have to bite it off in digestible bits—and suddenly what seemed impossible is not only possible, it’s a success. One way to start organizing all those disparate pieces is by using plan templates.

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Best of Productivity Software 2021

TrustRadius Project Management

The Productivity Software category for the Best Of Awards encompasses a wide range of applications that help better facilitate time management, as well as the organization of tasks and information. In the fast-paced world of business where there are many moving parts, it is absolutely critical for users to be able to stay organized and on top of their tasks.

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Project Management Blog Roundup: The Best of 2021

Ganttic

Tuck into some of the best project management blogs of 2021. Recently we reached out to PMs around the web who submitted some of their personal recommendations. Adding to the content that we at Ganttic enjoy reading, we’ve put together a roundup of the 15 best PM blogs for the new year. Gain some new insights, sharpen your skills, and read what some of the most influential minds in the industry have to share.

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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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Why Would I Hire a Project Management Consultant?

Bridge the Gap Consulting

“Why would I want to hire a project management consultant? I’m trying to build a family within my company and to rattle everyone with bringing in someone from the outside, only for them to leave again, would be detrimental. I just don’t see the point.” In the back of my mind I’m thinking, families are dysfunctional as hell!!

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Best of Document Management Software 2021

TrustRadius Project Management

Document Management Systems (DMS) provide enterprises with the capability to digitally capture and convert documents and files. Features of document management software may also extend to document storage, search and retrieval, and sharing. DMS reduces enterprise dependence upon space-consuming document printing hardware, printed paper, and file drawers.

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Accountabilities in Scrum: It's A Complete Picture Now

Scrum.org

What is up awesome people? I hope you had an awesome holiday break. As you may have noticed, there have been several changes introduced in Scrum Guide 2020. Scrum no longer emphasizes roles but instead accountabilities. Before Scrum Guide 2020, the Scrum Master accountabilities was unclear and not explicit. Organisations gave people job titles like Product Owner and Scrum Master to their people but just remapping from the old role.

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With Hindsight: Toggl Plan’s Quarter 4, 2020

Teamweek

What a year! So many changes in both the product and our company as a whole. We’ve rebranded, added whole new views and functionalities to Toggl Plan, had some awesome new team members join us, changed the way we structure our work and much more. Read on to learn about the last months of 2020 in Toggl Plan, everything we’ve done and learned. The Product.

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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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What Career is Right For Me?

Scrum.org

Which Role is right for me? One question I frequently get from my students which role should I pursue? Should I become a Product Owner or Scrum Master? While there is no binary answer, I tried to put some of my thoughts as a blog. I hope you will find this useful. If you, – enjoy creating value by helping people develop themselves. – enjoy protecting the team from distractions. - enjoy being a true leader without using your authority . - enjoy letting loose of collective intelligence. – enjoy be