Kiron Bondale
DECEMBER 15, 2019
(As is often the case, one of the learners in a course I taught this week provided the inspiration for this article, so thanks Maca!). The PMBOK® Guide, Sixth Edition defines Earned Value as “ The measure of work performed expressed in terms of the budget authorized for that work. ” Notice that the word “value” does not show up anywhere in that definition.
Project Bliss
DECEMBER 15, 2019
Meeting people and socializing during the holidays at work parties and social events can be stressful. These great conversation-starter questions can make meeting new people much easier. When you’re meeting someone new, it can be hard to think of what to say. If you’re at a conference, holiday party, or other social setting it can be stressful to try and think of something to talk about.
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Scrum.org
DECEMBER 15, 2019
If there is one trend that has surpassed Agile in our profession over the last five years, I would say DevOps would be a good culprit. As we’ve seen an explosion of tools to implement CI/CD in our Scrum teams, we’ve also seen some of our Agile practices being challenged by this new reality. I would say those practices are the story points/relative estimation/poker planning.
iZenBridge
DECEMBER 15, 2019
Fast-tracking and crashing are techniques without which a project manager can’t survive. I know many of Project managers out there reading this blog will agree with me. These are schedule compression techniques, and we are not supposed to used commonly. But, these are very common in real life. There are many driving forces which need compressing the schedule.
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Scrum.org
DECEMBER 15, 2019
The other day I had a conversation with a colleague. He was looking for an opener for a talk. Something catchy to illustrate to his audience (mostly finance and banking) that there could well be a need to change their current ways of working. I told him: Ask your audience to think of a product they feel really passionate about. Something that makes their life so much better than it would be without it.
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iZenBridge
DECEMBER 15, 2019
In this blog. I am providing details to earn PDUs under the Strategic category of Talent Triangle. Let’s begin with a brief insight around Strategic PDUS: Strategic PDUs represents skills helps to deliver better business outcomes. These are the processes; tools & techniques contribute to the larger organizational strategy. Following are the few examples of strategic business management (but not limited to): Benefits Management and Realization.
Workzone
DECEMBER 15, 2019
Clunky. Frustrating to learn. Unfriendly. Who wants to talk that way about their project management software? I think we could all agree that there has to be another option. If that’s the way you’re feeling, then it’s time to try a Microsoft Project alternative. In reality, Microsoft Project is meant for actual PMPs. And on today’s teams, many people aren’t professional project managers but are building projects and teams.
Musings on Project Management
DECEMBER 15, 2019
A few weeks ago, I posted about "they" as the new gender-neutral singular pronoun, as in this usage: "When the project manager establishes a schedule, they really mean it" Fair enough But now, here's news you can use: OK has new partners For the older set, it's still ok to use OK in text and email For the younger set, KK often replaces OK, but sometimes K replaces KK Got it?
Bridge the Gap Consulting
DECEMBER 15, 2019
Almost daily, there are questions posted in various project management groups asking for information about the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. How do I obtain it? Is it worth it? Will it make me a better project manager? Will my job pay me more once I get certified? And the list goes on and on. Some people want to get certified because they’ve chosen project management as their long-term career path.
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MPUG
DECEMBER 15, 2019
Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Tad Haas’ How Innovation & Portfolio Management Office Underpins Corporate Success webinar being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. You may wish to use this transcript for the purposes of self-paced learning, searching for specific information, and/or performing a quick review of webinar content.
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