Mon.Aug 28, 2017

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How Change Management Fits Into Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This article, How Change Management Fits Into Projects , first appeared on Girl's Guide to PM. Way back when I started managing projects, change management was a specific role in large organisations. Big projects – and lucky project managers – had their own Business Change Manager. This person’s role was to integrate the change delivered by a project into the operations of the company.

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How to Engage Stakeholders Through An Internal Blog

Project Risk Coach

Project Stakeholder Management There are many ways to engage stakeholders. You can facilitate discussions in your project meetings. A business analyst may elicit requirements. The lead tester may develop a team for testing. Let’s look at a different form of engagement–the use of an internal blog. Engage: occupy, attract, or involve (someone’s interest or attention).

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The Future Of Professional Services Is Powered By AI Technology

The Digital Project Manager

Forecast takes a radically new approach to project management with a tool that’s tailored for project managers working in professional services, and powered by artificial. The post The Future Of Professional Services Is Powered By AI Technology appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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How to Engage Stakeholders Through An Internal Blog

Project Risk Coach

Project Stakeholder Management There are many ways to engage stakeholders. You can facilitate discussions in your project meetings. A business analyst may elicit requirements. The lead tester may develop a team for testing. Let’s look at a different form of engagement–the use of an internal blog. Engage: occupy, attract, or involve (someone’s interest or attention).

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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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Basecamp Gantt Chart Plugin

GanttPRO Project Management

Basecamp is a very popular widespread tool used in project management. Does Basecamp have Gantt charts? The thing is that it is not based on a classical Gantt chart approach […].

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Conflicts Within the Team and How to Handle Them

ActiveCollab

When we say “a conflict within the team”, we do not mean a superficial quarrel about what should be ordered for lunch. Oh no. By team conflicts we mean those rooted misunderstandings that are on the way to become “apple of discord” that will break your team into tiny “impossible-to-reattach” pieces, costing your company money and manpower. Similarly, we are not going to waste a lot of your time on constructive conflicts.

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Basecamp Gantt Chart Plugin

GanttPRO Project Management

Basecamp is a very popular widespread tool used in project management. Does Basecamp have Gantt charts?

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Creative constraints

Musings on Project Management

Most of us are familiar with the Theory of Constraints as postulated by Eliyahu Goldratt in his famous book: "The Goal". In ToC, constraints are not good; they're the bad guy Now, comes along a TED talk that sets up the opposite proposition: Constraints are 'somewhat' the good guy because they frame the issue, estabish a target, and get us beyond "writer's block".

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5 Effective Techniques For Building Strong Relationships In Virtual Teams

The Digital Project Manager

When I was first hired to my current position, I was tasked with managing a large, complex rebuild project. Our full team met with the. The post 5 Effective Techniques For Building Strong Relationships In Virtual Teams appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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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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Why do You Need to Worry About Imposter Syndrome?

Brightwork

The exaggerated esteem in which my lifework is held makes me feel very ill at ease. I feel compelled to think of myself as an involuntary swindler – Albert Einstein. At some point in your career, you’ve probably felt like you didn’t belong. Like you had ‘swindled’ your employer into believing you were an expert and were likely to be escorted off the premises at any moment.

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DPM Podcast: How To Be An Invisible Project Manager (with Justin Handler)

The Digital Project Manager

Audio Transcription Ben Aston: Thanks for tuning in. I’m Ben Aston and this is The Digital Project Manager Podcast from TheDigitalProjectManager.com. So, today I’m joined. The post DPM Podcast: How To Be An Invisible Project Manager (with Justin Handler) appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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Facebook Storytelling: Get More Readers to Your Page Using These 10 Rules

Boost by Brightpod

In 2014, the Facebook Marketing Science team published the results of a study that showed how brands that told stories before i.

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Quote of the Day

Herding Cats

In physical science, the first essential step in the direction of learning any subject is to find principles of numerical reckoning and practicable methods for measuring some quality connected with it. I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind; it may be the beginning of knowledge, but you h

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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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Aug Wrap Up

Stepping Into Project Management

I hope you have been doing great this month, mine has been a mish mash. While work has gotten me busier and happier with more challenging stuff everyday; my personal life has become more and more difficult to manage. My son started day care and he falls sick more often than before. I have been trying meditation and some quiet time (if I am lucky to manage some), trying to keep sane.

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