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True North PMO leadership

PM Times

Written by: Yasar Ajlouni Bill George wrote a book in 2007 about leaders who have internal compasses that guides them to life success. The book was called True North. [link] True north leadership was described as a fixed point based on one’s values, passions, motivations and satisfaction. If one is detoured out of her true north for any reason, the internal compass puts her back on track.

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Request for Quote (RFQ) Template

ProjectManager.com

Projects aren’t completed without help. Outside of the project team, there are materials and supplies necessary to create the project deliverables. Contracting with suppliers requires negotiating and paperwork. A request for quote (FRQ) is part of that process with the request for proposal (RFP) and request for information (RFI). Using this free RFQ template for Word makes that part of the process easier.

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YDS: What Does a Scrum Team Do When They Deliver Early?

Scrum.org

On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: What does a Scrum Team do when they deliver early? A Scrum Master wrote in and asked Ryan and Todd what should a Scrum Team do when they finish their work early during a Sprint. This is such a great problem to have! Our first step is to CELEBRATE. It's great that value has been delivered, but now there are some important choices to make.

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9 Excellent Methods to Prioritize Your Work

nTask

The ‘prioritize your work’ agenda often comes with its fair share of roadblocks. As a result, you may find a hard time juggling several important tasks at the same time. This, in turn, often becomes a recipe for disaster. Nowadays, you can try to be productive in your personal life by using any productivity app available on your mobile device. Alternatively, you can also use a project management application like nTask to prioritize and manage your work aspect.

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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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Are You Failing to Adapt?

Scrum.org

I sat, as an observing consultant, in my third retrospective of the day. I noticed high energy and openness as the room's buzz showed me signs that this team was genuinely collaborative. As the Scrum event came to a close, an eerily familiar pattern became clear: the team had not agreed to any improvements for the next Sprint. There was no adaptation to improve as a Scrum Team despite the energy in the room.

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Como deixar meu time mais ágil? Técnica que todo líder que trabalha com times ágeis deve conhecer

Scrum.org

Se você é ou busca ser um Líder Ágil, você precisa conhecer essa técnica de como deixar seu time mais ágil. Antes de falar da técnica, é importante você entender o que é um Líder Ágil. Quer saber mais sobre Líder Ágil, veja esse artigo. Essa e outras técnicas fazem parte do treinamento Professional Agile Leadership (PAL-e) , oficial da Scrum.org, que é focado em formar líderes que atuam com times ágeis. .

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Get Your Outlook Calendar In A Snapshot

Teamweek

Toggl integrates with tens of the most used tools on the internet. We recently launched Toggl’s Outlook Integration. This integration works specifically for Outlook’s Calendar functionality. What Does Toggl Track’s Outlook Integration Do? This integration allows you to see your upcoming Outlook Calendar events within Toggl’s “Calendar” view. You won’t have to waste time switching between Outlook and Toggl, trying to remember when various meetings and events took place.

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All you need to know about Change Readiness Assessment

Techno-PM

Readiness Assessment Simply put, people don’t like change. Have you ever tried to move desks in the office, for instance? It’s a small change in the grand scheme of things and yet it can be a disaster to manage. This is why it is fundamental to assess the readiness of the organization and of individuals for that change – so that the necessary support, mechanisms, and structure can be put in place to make change easier.

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Why I Need to See Your Face…And Not on a Screen

Clinton M. Padgett

As we come to the close of an unprecedented year, it is interesting to consider the challenges, changes, and new normal that will carry into the new year. Over the last several months, many corporations have been forced to implement a remote working environment due to the global pandemic. As a result, there have undoubtedly been a number of findings realized due to this shift – one perhaps being a growing view that physical meeting sites may not be as critical as previously thought when it com

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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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A Step-By-Step Resource Allocation Example For Project Managers

The Digital Project Manager

The post A Step-By-Step Resource Allocation Example For Project Managers appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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Leading Through Change: 5 Ways to Help Your Team Cope With A Crisis (Or Any Other Major Transition)

Planio

Leading a team through the triple-pronged crisis of a global pandemic, massive economic recession, and widespread social unrest was something I never imagined myself doing. But clearly, 2020 had different plans. The past year has been full of uncertainty, stress, and above all else, the need for change. The only thing anyone knows for sure is that what worked 12, 6, or even 3 months ago doesn’t necessarily work now.

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Top Down vs Bottom Up Approach: Which is Best for Your Organization?

nTask

The management structure prevalent in any organization paves the way for many elements, which are part of obstacles, growth patterns, and other variants down the road. One such management style has essentially dominated workplaces throughout history, especially in American businesses. This management style is the Top-down approach. However, with shifts in the economy and work culture in recent years, more companies can be seen to be adopting a bottom-up management approach.