Fri.Mar 02, 2018

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Demand Management Tools 101

Planview

For the PMO, saying “yes” to the hundreds of requests that flood their pipeline is not a long-term, scalable strategy. Sure, in the short-term, you may end up making a few people happy, but without proper project prioritization it will likely be challenging to manage that much incoming demand across the entire portfolio. Organizations often turn to demand management tools to support this process.

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Team using “Waiting for Release” column on their kanban board

Digite

Here’s is another question that I recently answered on a discussion forum –. “My team is using Kanban board but they seem to prefer to collate a couple of tickets then ‘do a release’ as appose to releasing each ticket. i.e. they move tickets through the workflow and then put them in a waiting column for days on end and then they do sporadic releases.

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The “ScrumAnd” Stance (requiring thought and discipline)

Gunther Verheyen

Try organizing a party in a “Yes, but…” atmosphere. The result is probably a zillion obstacles identified, but no party. Try moving through a door with your eyes stubbornly fixated on the door frame. People seemingly can become deeply obsessed with frames-as-obstacles. Try benefiting from Scrum in a “Yes, but…” environment, where the primary response is to raise concerns and hindrances, where the conversation is all about obstacles, and that what cannot be done.

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Kanban = Continuous Delivery? Not Necessarily

Digite

Here’s is a question that I recently answered on a discussion forum –. “My team is using Kanban board but they seem to prefer to collate a couple of tickets then ‘do a release’ as appose to releasing each ticket. i.e. they move tickets through the workflow and then put them in a waiting column for days on end and then they do sporadic releases.

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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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Agile: It’s Not Just for Software Developers Anymore

GanttPRO Project Management

Agile is a huge buzzword in software development. Other terms include “Scrum,” sprint, iteration, stand-up meetings, project charter, etc. While non-software development enterprises may not be using these terms, they […].

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Agile: It’s Not Just for Software Developers Anymore

GanttPRO Project Management

Agile is a huge buzzword in software development. Other terms include “Scrum,” sprint, iteration, stand-up meetings, project charter, etc.

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Making search a little more intuitive

Resource Guru

It sure does, buddy. This week has been mostly spent fighting off snow blizzards, with some of our UK developers escaping to Iceland to avoid the freeze. For the rest of us, we were busy spot-checking the new read-only version of the Schedule code and finalising designs before we start a final QA run, which will be followed by a release in the next couple of weeks.

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How to give Effective feedback to employees Without Causing Offense

Taskque

Employee feedback can be really unnerving for project managers. But clever leaders maintain a balance between constructive criticism & praise. One of the core responsibilities of project managers is to give feedback to their employees. However, giving feedback is a sensitive process. A positive feedback can improve the performance of an employee, while a negative feedback may lead to a lack of motivation, anger, and most importantly deteriorate the relationship with the employee.

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Customer spotlight – scheduling projects at Isobel London

Resource Guru

Isobel are an independent creative agency based in London, UK. When they’re not producing award-winning work for clients like Brewdog, National History Museum and Harrods, you might find them hosting what is quite possibly the world’s only comedy club held regularly within an ad agency. How Isobel schedule projects with Resource Guru. In the video below, Marketing Director Christi Tronetti and Studio Manager Rob Wilson discuss how Resource Guru is helping Isobel to become more efficient with the

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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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Quote of the Day

Herding Cats

. But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown. — Carl Sagan. .

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