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PM in Practice: Improving the Project Management Plan

LiquidPlanner

Do you use a project management plan? The project management plan documents all the project management processes used to manage the project. Remember, the project management plan is not the project schedule. New project managers often confuse the project management plan with the project schedule. The project schedule is the list of tasks needed to deliver the project; although it’s easy to intermix the terms because stakeholders often ask about the “plan.”.

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7 Tips to Successfully Lead a Remote Team During Challenging Times

Project Bliss

Photo by Chris Montgomery on Unsplash. This is a guest post Annie-Mei Forster. Many team leaders and managers have been leading their teams remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic and it hasn’t come without its challenges. Many things that were once taken for granted, such as face-to-face interactions at the office and after-work drinks, are now only a distant memory.

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Is Kanban Linear?

Scrum.org

. A typical Kanban board usually shows a series of steps or activities that work passes through. In software development, this may take the form of work items passing through some sort of discovery step when analysis or design happens, to a building or development activity, before it passes through a validation or testing stage. Such a visualisation often shows that work items move from the left hand side of the board to the right.

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5 Reasons to Stop Using Excel for Virtual Team Project Management

Ganttic

Excel is a ubiquitous office tool. And with good reason! Beloved for its versatility, it can be used in just about any industry - from design to engineering to managing lab equipment. However there are a few things that those spreadsheets, mind the pun, just do not excel at. One of these is managing projects virtually. An ever increasing trend in the modern workplace, remote and virtual work is being turned to more and more.

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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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Le meilleur de Scrum: "Conseils pour les roadmaps produit agiles & exemples" par Robbin Schuurman

Scrum.org

Lors de mes formations Scrum ou coachings en entreprise, il n’est pas rare que les participants expriment leur souhait d’accéder à davantage du contenu Scrum de qualité en français. Cette série « Le meilleur de Scrum » répond à ce besoin en proposant des traductions d’une sélection d’articles de référence écrits par d’autres PSTs de chez Scrum.org. .

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Video: How To Manage Sloppy Teams

The Digital Project Manager

The post Video: How To Manage Sloppy Teams appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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¿Cómo podemos ser ágiles en tiempos de pandemia global?

Scrum.org

Os situo en marzo de 2020. Volved atrás mentalmente a la semana del 15 a 20 de Marzo de 2020. Inicio del flashback. Tuve otra semana intensa. Es que no aprendo. Al final pude volar sin problemas de Ciudad de Mexico a Barcelona. Llegué el miércoles por la mañana. No sabia que me iba a encontrar, llevaba 3 días en CDMX recibiendo noticias de lo más variopinto y tampoco sabia cuales eran de verdad.

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Is CAPM Certification Worth It? Spoiler Alert: Yes

GoSkills

If you're pursuing a project management career, is getting a CAPM certification worth it? Read on to find out.

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GanttPRO Achieves High Performer Award in G2’s Summer 2020 Report

GanttPRO Project Management

G2, the world’s largest tech marketplace, has released their summer reports. As usual, GanttPRO online Gantt chart software has been awarded as a winner in the project management category. To […]. The post GanttPRO Achieves High Performer Award in G2’s Summer 2020 Report first appeared on GanttPRO.

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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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How to Choose the Right SaaS Product: Project Management Tool Selection Guide (Part 1)

Epicflow Blog

Software as a service is a tool usually maintained by a third party. It’s not installed on your PC but stored in a cloud. You apply its services by means of an internet browser. . If you want to prevent capital investments on independent tool development and fully concentrate on your core business activities but at the same time have high-quality service, consider purchasing a SaaS product. .

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GanttPRO Achieves High Performer Award in G2’s Summer 2020 Report

GanttPRO Project Management

G2, the world’s largest tech marketplace, has released their summer reports. As usual, GanttPRO online Gantt chart software has been awarded as a winner in the project management category.

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2-part series: Want to Really Understand Business Needs? Sharpen your Root Cause Analysis Skills

PM Times

Written by: Richard Larson Part 1: What are Business Needs and why are they so Important?

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GanttPRO Achieves High Performer Award in G2’s Summer 2020 Report

GanttPRO Project Management

G2, the world’s largest tech marketplace, has released their summer reports. As usual, GanttPRO online Gantt chart software has been awarded as a winner in the project management category. To […].

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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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Too smart for ourselves

Lynne Cazaly

We are such clever beasts! We solve complex problems, generate ingenious solutions and juggle multiple roles to make our own world work. Yet I think we are also SO smart, that we can occasionally sometimes maybe. over-complicate things. I know I can! If something appears too straightforward or plain and simple, it couldn’t possibly work well. could it?

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With Hindsight: Toggl Plan’s Quarter 2, 2020

Teamweek

The 2nd quarter of 2020 has flown by quickly, but at the same time it also feels like a lifetime. Remember all the changes from the beginning of the year? Boards, comments, multi-assign… It feels like they’ve been here forever. With the huge rebranding and boards launch in the 1st quarter , our focus over the past few months has been on continuation of ongoing projects and interface improvements.

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Business Requirements Document Template | BRD vs FRD

Techno-PM

Business Requirements Document There are many use-cases for a business requirements document. A business requirements document, or BRD, details a high-level overview of a business-project. The BRD acts as a tool in planning and executing business plans. Emphasizing the business needs of an organization, a BRD provides project managers an eagle-eye view of business projects.

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Swift Navigation utilizes Sitetracker to manage the global expansion of its network of reference stations

Sitetracker

Posted on PR Newswire. Swift Navigation is utilizing Sitetracker to track its Skylark™ precise positioning network as it scales across the world Swift is using Sitetracker to manage the deployment of its projects by establishing a single source of truth, increasing visibility into projects and empowering real-time collaboration Swift regards Sitetracker as a great resource to help globally scale its cloud corrections service PALO ALTO, Calif., July 14, 2020 — Sitetracker, the global standard for

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

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.