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The Death of Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Bryan Barrow. This is a guest post by Bryan Barrow. After several years we seem, at last, to be over our fixation with zombies. Again. It’s not the first time and it won’t be the last time that the zombie movie genre comes around, each time bringing a new generation into its cold, dead clutches. I am reminded of the zombie movie each time I have a discussion about project management versus project leadership.

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Schedule merge: the biggest hazard of all

Musings on Project Management

Do you understand the risk you are running when two events come to a merging point in your schedule?Here's the situation:There's a series of tasks running along on one path, call it "A"There's another series of tasks, not dependent on "A", running along on path "B"But, all the events set to begin on path "C" can't begin until everything on paths "A" and "B" finish.

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Securing contingency reserves is the responsible thing to do!

Kiron Bondale

If you have ever taken a course in project management, you may have learned the differences between contingency and management reserves. The former are used to protect project cost or schedule objectives from the impacts of identified, realized risks whereas the latter are used to address the impacts of unidentified risks. Project managers usually have the authority to utilize contingency reserves as identified risks are realized whereas they would normally seek approval from a higher authority

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PMI Certification Options: Is One Right for You?

Online PM Courses

It's too easy to thing of PMI certification as a one-trick pony: PMP. But, the range of PMI certificate options can often be a surprise. The post PMI Certification Options: Is One Right for You? appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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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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What is a breakout room really for

Lynne Cazaly

So many online meetings! So many breakout rooms! And there’s too much “break into a room and have a chat” going on. While yes, connection, conversation and support are wonderful, there comes a point where more structure is needed. When used lazily, breakout rooms waste time, disengage people and fail to bring out valuable contribution.

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99 Reasons to Love (and Join) MPUG Now!

MPUG

Live weekly training webinars on project management using Microsoft applications. Webinars featuring time for Q&A with expert presenters. Many, many opportunities to earn PMI® PDUs. Over 550 hours of on-demand training eligible for PMI® PDU credit. More webinars than you can handle! Even if you watch three webinars a week, you still won’t get through our entire library in a year.

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