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10 Common Project Management Mistakes You Can Easily Correct Today

Taskque

You are a project manager who has to juggle multiple projects simultaneously without messing up any one of them. Despite that, the projects you oversee end up taking longer to complete and cost you much more than the original budget. This gives you sleepless nights and even when you sleep, you get nightmares. Does all this ring a bell? If yes, you need to think about the reasons why projects fail.

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The Problem with Story Points

Leading Agile

For starters, let me just say there’s no problem with story points. Story points are a way of expressing the relative sizes of stories. They can be helpful for short-term planning of software development activities. Unfortunately, sometimes people get hung up on the numbers, and they lose track of the substance. People can get into the habit of repeating the buzzwords and marketing phrases that go along with a particular named or branded Thing.

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Project Risks and Issues – What’s the Difference?

Project Risk Coach

Do you find yourself working overtime, trying to deal with unexpected disruptions? Some negative events that you thought might happen has now occurred. And it's costing you more time and energy than you thought possible. Overwhelmed? Well, let's talk about project risks and issues, the differences, and why it's so important to manage risks. What is Risk?

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How to Become a Senior Project Manager

ProjectManager.com

Want to become a senior project manager? First you must know how one differs from a typical project manager. Jennifer Bridges, PMP, explains and provides you with practical steps to achieve your career goals. Here’s a screenshot of the whiteboard for your reference! In Review – How to Become a Senior Project Manager. Jennifer said she often receives questions about how to become a senior manager.

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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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How to Run a Successful Brainstorming Session for Productive Problem-Solving

Project Bliss

Brainstorming is an approach that teams can use to generate many ideas quickly. The goal is to inspire more creative thoughts to generate many ideas quickly and often build from there. While it feels very relaxed and informal, there’s a structure you can apply to increase the productivity of your brainstorming session. Read on to learn how to have the most successful brainstorming sessions possible.

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French version of the Scrum Values poster

Gunther Verheyen

While developing my book “ Scrum – A Pocket Guide ” (2013) I described how there is value in the Scrum Values. In 2016 the Scrum Values were added to the Scrum Guide. I am gratified that Fabio Panzavolta delivered the work for a poster of the French version of the Scrum Values, available as a free download (PNG): The Scrum Values (French poster).

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Is Proggio Right for Your Team? An Independent Review

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Full disclosure: Proggio were kind enough to pay for my time to do this piece of work, but all opinions are my own. This is a review of Proggio software using Firefox browser, in November 2018. General Information. Name: Proggio. Vendor: Projectmap Ltd. Hosting options: Cloud only. Languages: I didn’t see any options to change the software language.

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7 Team Building Games for Remote Teams

GanttPRO Project Management

Every team leader knows this: the bonds between team members are important. You have to keep everyone involved in the team processes. You want them to be more than coworkers. […].

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The Best Todoist Alternatives to Try in 2019

nTask

Among hundreds of productivity apps and task management tools , Todoist stands as one of the best to-do list apps amongst millions of people. However, is a to-do list app enough? There are some areas where this tool can be a little uneasy to work with. To each their own, but in general, some of the most prominent areas where Todoist misses out include: No Issue Management.

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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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7 Team Building Games for Remote Teams

GanttPRO Project Management

Every team leader knows this: the bonds between team members are important. You have to keep everyone involved in the team processes. You want them to be more than coworkers.

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From Googlewhack to Gazillion!

The IIL Blog

By Judith W. Umlas | IIL Senior Vice President, Author, and Facilitator. When McGraw-Hill first decided to publish my second book (the first was The Power of Acknowledgment , published by IIL Publishing), I thought it should be called Leadership and The Power of Acknowledgment. It felt right due to all of the positive experiences and wonderful stories that emerged training leaders in this initiative. “What would you think of a different title — Grateful Leadership ?

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The Open Door Policy: 5 Improvements You Can Make Today

Teamweek

In the past, we’ve mentioned how effective an open door policy can be if used properly. While many managers find great success with this strategy, others will find it has negative effects on their ability to lead their team. When deciding whether to have this approach become part of your management style, you should be aware of the issues that arise when it isn’t set up correctly.

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