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Five Gantt Chart Alternatives

ProjectManager.com

If you’re a certified project manager, then you likely use Gantt chart software. A Gantt chart is a good tool to show the bigger picture on a project and work well for people who like things displayed graphically, and that’s why we love them. But not everyone loves them. Gantt charts have their downsides. Let’s be honest—once you start adding milestones and dependencies, they get messy.

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Parametric Estimating: A Project Manager’s Guide with Examples

Rebel’s Guide to PM

What is parametric estimation? Parametric estimating is a top-down form of project estimation that works for time, resource and cost estimates. It uses parameters (characteristics) to create estimates based on what you already know, so in that respect it’s useful for a project manager because it’s reliable. You get accurate data because they are data-based and thought-through – it’ a quantitative approach.

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Change Request: How to Submit, Manage and Execute

ProjectManager.com

We say it all the time — change is inevitable. This adage is as true for projects and organizations as it is for everything else. Change can feel like an inconvenience or a response to unexpected trouble. And while this does happen, a change request can also be completely natural, and even a positive, in the grand scheme of things. Because, ultimately, change is evolution.

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Real Cross-functional Teams for Creating Real and Better Products

Scrum.org

TL; DR: Real Cross-functional Teams for Creating Real and Better Products — ACB21. In this highly engaging speaker session from the Agile Camp Berlin 2021, Jutta Eckstein and Maryse Meinen point out the advantages of creating diverse, cross-functional teams to benefit your customers and your organization. ?? Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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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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The Ultimate Guide to Project Leadership in 2021

nTask

Leadership in any way of life is the most crucial aspect of keeping yourself and everyone around you on course. Be that self-leadership or leading a team, you should always be equipped with the knowledge and courage, to ensure that you and everyone around you are not aimlessly sailing in the unknown ocean. And when it comes to project management , leadership is everything that a company needs, otherwise all of the different projects that they have on their roster are going to be failures.

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Best Tips and Tricks on How to Work Across Time Zones

nTask

Remote work and satellite offices are on the rise. And with the COVID-19 Pandemic changing the way offices and the work culture are structured you need to know how to work across time zones. Global teams are incredibly beneficial, in fact, studies predict that by 2022, 75% of businesses that employ diverse front-line decision-makers will be able to exceed the financial targets they set.

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Common Time Management Problems and Solutions

ActiveCollab

How many times have you told yourself, “I want to excel in time management?” Probably too many to remember! Smart time management allows you to work smarter, not harder, which means you get to complete a project in less time. Unfortunately, time is the only thing you can’t reverse, and if you want to accomplish more, you need to learn how to make the most of it.

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The Advantages and Disadvantages of Being a Freelance Project Manager

GanttPRO Project Management

There are lots of benefits to becoming a freelancer, flexibility and independence being the most prominent ones. Making the decision to become a freelance project manager is something that is […]. The post The Advantages and Disadvantages of Being a Freelance Project Manager first appeared on GanttPRO.

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5 Genius Ways to Become More Creative in 2021

nTask

According to a world-renowned Author and psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi : “Creativity is any act, idea, or product that changes an existing domain, or that transforms an existing domain into a new one… What counts is whether the novelty he or she produces is accepted for inclusion in the domain.”. What this means is that creativity is not something that you are born with or something that you can get through sheer dumb luck.

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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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Webinar Recap: Project-Accelerator’s Powerful Instance of Power Apps – Supporting Project Management with Project for the web

MPUG

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Nenad Trajkovski’s session, Project-Accelerator’s Powerful Instance of Power Apps – Supporting Project Management with Project for the web, 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.