Project Risk Coach
JANUARY 20, 2020
The Project Management Institute says, "high-performing companies manage risk in conjunction with projects and programs far more often than low performers do." How can you help your company manage risks and become a high performer? Let's look at ways to become a project risk management evangelist. The lack of senior management support is one of the primary barriers to effective organizational risk management.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
JANUARY 20, 2020
Do you want to improve communication on your projects? And yet make it easier to do at the same time? In this article I’ll share 15 tried-and-tested tips for effective project communications. 1. Use a milestone tracker. The milestone tracker I use is a simple Excel spreadsheet. It lists the milestones in one column, organised by project phase.
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Musings on Project Management
JANUARY 20, 2020
Many tell me: "I hate statistics", or they tell me: "I don't know anything about statistics, so I don't use statistics in projects" Hello! actually you do use statistics; you're just not that aware of it. Let's all cluster around the center One of the most prominent principles you apply probably unwittingly and unconsciously is the Central Limit Theorem, affectionately: CLT.
ProjectManager.com
JANUARY 20, 2020
At the beginning of each year we all reflect on the past and make resolutions for the future. It’s not a bad practice, but why save it for once a year? There is no time like the present for looking backwards and planning forwards. Luckily for project management professionals, there are ample opportunities throughout the year to hunker down with colleagues, network and learn about new techniques and project management technologies in the industry.
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Project Bliss
JANUARY 20, 2020
Communication skills are critical for your career. And great active listening skills can serve you in valuable ways you may not have considered. It seems everyone spends a good chunk of their day with their eyes glued to a cell phone. Even when co-workers, spouses, or – saddest of all – kids are speaking, we’re not really engaged. And often, even when someone is speaking to us about something important, we’re often not really listening, but instead thinking about what we&
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MPUG
JANUARY 20, 2020
Gantt charts are very popular with project managers and senior managers. They are primarily used to create and communicate project schedules but they can also be used for preparing status reports and giving presentations. They can be combined with project milestones to create richer status reports and presentations. Gantt charts can be easily prepared in MS Project (MSP), but they are very plain and rudimentary in their default form.
Proofhub
JANUARY 20, 2020
What Are Project Activities In Project Management There is no point in oversimplifying project management. It’s rarely simple and straightforward. There are so many factors and activities involved that it often becomes impossible for the manager and the team to deliver quality performance and outcome. In this particular post, we’re going to dig deep into various fundamentals and activities that are a great deal of consideration for everyone during the project management life cycle.
Online PM Courses
JANUARY 20, 2020
As project managers, we are constantly faced with the Need for Speed. Because one of the biggest challenges is the pace of change. The post The Need for Speed: How to Increase the Pace of Your Project | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.
Agilemania
JANUARY 20, 2020
What is Coaching? There are multiple definitions out there to answer this question. Put it all together in simple words- Coaching is a collective involvement of multiple attributes. The post What is an Agile coach and how do I become one? appeared first on Agilemania.
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
Teamweek
JANUARY 20, 2020
Meet Sam. Sam used to be a wonderful employee, but he spent the last three weeks soaking up the sun while lounging around at a beachside pool. Now, the last thing Sam wants to do is head back to work after vacation and do paperwork, read his backdated emails, and play catch up all week. Let’s face it. When it comes down to it, most of us feel like Sam in our day-to-day lives.
The Digital Project Manager
JANUARY 20, 2020
The post Video: Kelly Tears Down My Project Manager Resume So You Can Make Yours Better appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
Teamweek
JANUARY 20, 2020
Meet Sam. Sam used to be a wonderful employee, but he spent the last three weeks soaking up the sun while lounging around at a beachside pool. Now, the last thing Sam wants to do is head back to work after vacation and do paperwork, read his backdated emails, and play catch up all week. Let’s face it. When it comes down to it, most of us feel like Sam in our day-to-day lives.
Scrum.org
JANUARY 20, 2020
Often, when I facilitate a Professional Scrum Training, I'm asked about how a Scrum Team can work without someone telling them what to do. A discussion about one of the fundamental peculiarity of a Scrum Team is discussed: self-organization. A Scrum Team will be able to self-organize when the accountabilities of each role are correctly understood by everyone.
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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.
TeamGantt
JANUARY 20, 2020
Keep the feedback process from becoming a project bottleneck. See how to manage review and approval—and what to do if stakeholders miss a deadline.
Trello
JANUARY 20, 2020
France is a secular country, but there sure is one religion that all French people share—food and eating.
Teamweek
JANUARY 20, 2020
We have some exciting news for our Mac Desktop App users! We recently launched a brand new timeline view , which allows you to easily compare your actual tracked time to recorded programs. Previously, this data was static and visible only the web app – now, we’ve supercharged it just in time for the new year. Thanks to this new feature, quickly see where your tracking gaps are and add manual entries to fill in missing information as needed.
Scrum.org
JANUARY 20, 2020
TL; DR: Scrum Mastery. How to make Scrum work? Read on to learn more about my top three objectives for Scrum Masters striving to achieve Scrum Mastery. Do you want to get this article in your inbox? You can sign up here and join 24k other subscribers. The Top Three Objectives. Achieving Scrum Mastery is no rocket-science: Make sure that the Scrum Team delivers a valuable, potentially shippable Product Increment every single Sprint with the precision of a Swiss clockwork.
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You’ve read the PMBOK® Guide several times, taken the certification exam for project managers, passed, and you are now a PMP®. So why do you keep making rookie mistakes? This whitepaper shows 20 of the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make, issues that can cost significant time and money. It's a good starting point for understanding how and why many PMs get themsleves into trouble, and provides guidance on the types of issues that PMs need to understand.
Teamweek
JANUARY 20, 2020
How many hours in a week should you work? As it turns out, the answer has less to do with your schedule and more to do with your time management skills. . Jonah works the same schedule almost every single week. He clocks in at around 8:30 a.m. Monday through Friday, and wraps up his workday around 4:30 p.m. Here’s a pop quiz: how many hours per week does Jonah work?
Scrum.org
JANUARY 20, 2020
Liberating Structures are a collection of interaction patterns that allow you to unleash and involve everyone in a group — from extroverted to introverted and from leaders to followers. In this series of posts , we show how to use them in your work. How do you change a complex system? This is the quintessential question facing the people eager to change systems — like politicians, Scrum Masters, thought leaders, and other change agents.
Resource Guru
JANUARY 20, 2020
After listening to your feedback, we’ve introduced some more efficient ways to edit and delete bookings. You can now edit or delete a single day within a multi-day event with just a couple of clicks. Just click on the day of the event you want to change, and you will see new options in the actions menu as shown above. If you opt to delete or edit a single day within the multi-day event, the system will automatically split that day out for you.
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