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Project Management Process Groups: A Quick Guide

ProjectManager.com

Projects are complicated. There are a thousand things that constantly impact the project and require you to reallocate resources to stay on track. To keep to your schedule and manage costs, you need to gather and process project data throughout the five PMBOK project management groups. What Are the 5 PMBOK Project Management Process Groups? To begin, let’s look at the five project management process groups defined in the Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK), published by the Project Mana

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Beyond Agile Gratitude #2 - Lean Thinking and the Kanban Method

Leading Answers

Now that my Beyond Agile book has been published, I would like to thank people who helped shape its content and ideas. David Anderson has done much to popularize and explain lean and the Theory of Constraints thinking. The Kanban Method can teach agile practitioners many useful ideas about incremental improvement, successful organizational change, and improved team performance.

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Retrospectives and Intraspectives for Agile Practitioners

Management Yogi

Two woodcutters were assigned to chop wood in a forest. Both formed a team and started early and earnestly. Although working a distance from each other, they felt the competition to produce the best results.On that first day, the first woodcutter heard his counterpart stop cutting before the day was really finished. He was surprised, but continued none-the-less.

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Will The Agile Pillars Lead to Agility?

Leading Agile

In this video, we’re going to define the Agile Pillars and take a quick look at the Scrum Pillars, too. But then, we’re going to talk about the three things that are even more fundamental to the success of your Agile Transformation—teams, backlogs, and working tested product. Because in the absence of those three things, nothing in Agile works.

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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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Cómo crear una visión clara

Scrum.org

En la agilidad empresarial, como en la gestión del cambio, la planificación estratégica y en la vida en general, debemos crear una visión clar del estado futuro para mostrar a los demás hacia dónde se dirige. . Pero tiene que ser vivida ya que la visión nos guia, nos inspira y nos dirige. Demasiados líderes lanzan sus campañas de transformación sin saber realmente cómo será el cambio, cómo se sentirá, por qué importará día a día, a quién afectará.,….

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Project Goals vs. Objectives

ActiveCollab

Aren't project goals and objectives the same thing? You may hear these terms used interchangeably in everyday language, although there is a distinct difference between them. Setting up objectives and goals early on enables you to motivate team members, establish primary progress indicators, and create a road map for the project team. On the other hand, failing to do so can delay your project.

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6 Advantages of Fostering an Effective Project Team

Project Smart

If you're like most project managers, you know cooperation will promote productivity and works well for various teams. Cooperation ultimately means good teamwork, which allows you to smoothly run different projects and helps the pros on project teams overcome obstacles and achieve objectives.

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What Does a Project Manager Do?

Project Smart

A project manager must have a combination of skills, including asking penetrating questions, detecting unstated assumptions, resolving conflicts, and possessing good general management skills. In this video, we talk about the role of a project manager and the skills needed for a career in project management.

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Project Managers on Project Management: Our Favourite Inspirational Quotes

Project Smart

At Project Smart, it's no secret that we love project management. We especially like when project managers share their experiences and insights on project management, giving us a glimpse into their world and day-to-day experience of being a project manager because it gives us glimpses into how their perspectives shape their work.

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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