Wed.May 09, 2018

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Project Quality Management – A Quick Guide

ProjectManager.com

When you’re managing a project, the Triple Constraint is always foremost in your head. How can you control the scope, schedule and cost of the project? But there is a fourth concern that is just as important and is sometimes forgotten in the maelstrom of project management, and that is quality. It doesn’t matter if you got the best project management tools , met every milestone and completed the project under budget if the deliverable didn’t meet quality standards.

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6 Easy Ways to Manage Group Think and Risk at Work

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This is a guest article by Dr Mike Clayton , the brains behind Online PM Courses.com. It’s an edited extract from his book Risk Happens ! Dr Mike Clayton. In the 1970s, the social psychologist Irving Janis examined how groups make decisions. He found that a group’s dynamic often inhibits exploration of alternatives. People find disagreement uncomfortable, so the group seeks consensus before it has reached a satisfactory conclusion.

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OFFICIAL! Project sponsorship has been declared null and void.

Ron Rosenhead

At a meeting of the International Project Management Convocation (IProMco) this month, the Board ruled there was no need for projects to have a project sponsor. The Board suggested that as the role was not being played out fully by project sponsors then it was ‘unnecessary.’ In addition, the amount of project sponsorship training has fallen dramatically over the last 24 months.

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What is Agile and Scrum?

The IIL Blog

By J. LeRoy Ward, PMP, PgMP, PfMP, CSM, GWCPM, SCPM | Executive Vice President – Enterprise Solutions, IIL . The Nuts and Bolts of Agile and Scrum. Agile and Scrum: What’s the difference? It seems like almost every company, regardless of their industry, is practicing Agile and Scrum in some way and at some level of proficiency. If you’re new to Agile and Scrum, you may be scratching your head wondering first, what are they?

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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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Portfolio and Resource Management: Satisfy Your Spring Fever

Planview

Ah, spring, the time for blooming flowers, warmer weather, and new beginnings. The most important new beginning for businesses? Advancing the PMO with portfolio and resource management. Seriously, you’ll thank me later when your PMO is able to not only meet goals and deadlines more effectively, but also deliver products to the market faster. Your competition will be left behind in winter, as only 62% of organizations have strategic programs that meet their original goals and business intent.

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SwiftEnterprise 4.0 Release

Digite

We are happy to announce the release of SwiftEnterprise 4.0. It is the next generation of our SwiftALM product with the focus to deliver Enterprise Class Agility. It will continue to offer the complex capabilities of multiple organization structures, roles, hierarchies, custom processes, custom rules, custom metrics – all that an Enterprise-class ALM tool should have.

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The ShowMe column #agileWeeklyTip

Growing Agile

Add a ShowMe column to your board. . Bob has just completed a task. His task was to create the test case for a successful credit card transaction. He moves the task into ShowMe and finds someone on his team. In 5 minutes Bob has showed Julia (a developer on his team) his test case and made a few modifications based on feedback from Julia. The task can now move to done. .

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What are ITTOs Part 2: Definitions | Video

Online PM Courses

ITTO: Inputs, Tools, Techniques, Outputs. So, what do each of those terms mean? Dr Mike Clayton is founder of Online PM Courses.com. Here, he answers this question, in under 5 minutes. Project Management in Under 5. What are the ITTO Definitions? You may also like… What are ITTOs. What is the PMI? . What is the PMBOK? Please: subscribe to our YouTube Channel by clicking here.

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The ShowMe column #agileWeeklyTip

Growing Agile

Add a ShowMe column to your board. . Bob has just completed a task. His task was to create the test case for a successful credit card transaction. He moves the task into ShowMe and finds someone on his team. In 5 minutes Bob has showed Julia (a developer on his team) his test case and made a few modifications based on feedback from Julia. The task can now move to done. .

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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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Leading Organizational Change

Velociteach

I spent most of my career in management, leading teams in fast-paced, ever-changing companies. I have a lot of experience with organizational change. I led teams through reorganizations. I have also been reorganized. Change is often necessary. Today’s business environment is disruptive. Enterprises must adapt. However, the vast majority of change efforts fail to meet […] The post Leading Organizational Change appeared first on PMP Certification Exam Prep & Training - Velociteach.

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How SunCo Sunspaces Transformed Their Project Delivery

Leankor

How SunCo Sunspaces Transformed Their Project Delivery. The logistics of project delivery for manufacturing companies involves a great deal of moving parts. Much like the actual manufacturing process, a part that is out of sync, outdated, or incompatible with the rest of machine can delay or even halt the entire project. SunCo Sunspaces Inc. is a leading manufacturer of three-season sunrooms that works with dealers across North America.

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Top 5 Tips for Managing a Cross-Functional Team Project [Guest Post]

Brightwork

Team projects can be a hassle to keep on top of, but you know what’s even worse? A cross-functional project that requires several teams to deliver it. Between differing priorities, work styles, deadlines for deliverables, and so on, there’s basically a 100% chance that something is not going to work out exactly how you’d planned it.

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Teamweek Update: We’re Reviving Facebook Support (and One Other Surprise)

Teamweek

It’s been well over a year since we offered support via Facebook. If you’ve sent us a message, you were greeted with an automated response that looked like this: Hey YOU! We unfortunately no longer provide support via Facebook. However, if you have any questions or feedback, we’d be happy to hear them. Please write an email to support@teamweek.com and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.

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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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Stay on Top of Your Work With Helena Demuynck! [PODCAST EPISODE #21]

TimeCamp

Another Wednesday, another episode of our podcast! Today’s guest is Helena Demuynck. She started her.

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Holding out for a hero

ActiveCollab

Since the dawn of time, humans have crafted fantastical stories in which they revered extraordinary individuals and their heroic deeds. Oftentimes these were the offspring of gods, but some were mortals who, through sheer dedication, skill, or whims of fate - possessed uncanny abilities that forever set them apart and made them into legends. Without exception, every culture across the globe, regardless of location, level of technological progress, and spiritual beliefs, has them.