Growing Agile
JULY 18, 2017
Recently we attended the SUGSA Coaching Day where we presented a session on Coaching Tools. In preparation for this we did a silent brainstorm. When we say ‘tools’ we mean anything that can help you be a better coach. We quickly came up with 33 tools that we think help us be better coaches. We ran the session as an informal sit in a circle and pick a card, then we explained the card and for topics some ran a quick activity for participants to practice.
LiquidPlanner
JULY 18, 2017
Chances are, you’re reading this at work, but you’re not in the office. You may be on your way to a meeting, and you’re catching up with your favorite websites on the journey. Or you’re stuck at an airport. Or waiting in a coffee shop. Or you might be working, but not actually in the office. Remote work is most definitely a thing these days, and it’s not only for people who own their own business or work as contract project managers.
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Growing Agile
JULY 18, 2017
Recently we attended the SUGSA Coaching Day where we presented a session on Coaching Tools. In preparation for this we did a silent brainstorm. When we say ‘tools’ we mean anything that can help you be a better coach. We quickly came up with 33 tools that we think help us be better coaches. We ran the session as an informal sit in a circle and pick a card, then we explained the card and for topics some ran a quick activity for participants to practice.
LiquidPlanner
JULY 18, 2017
Chances are, you’re reading this at work, but you’re not in the office. You may be on your way to a meeting, and you’re catching up with your favorite websites on the journey. Or you’re stuck at an airport. Or waiting in a coffee shop. Or you might be working, but not actually in the office. Remote work is most definitely a thing these days, and it’s not only for people who own their own business or work as contract project managers.
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ExamsPM
JULY 18, 2017
Project Stakeholder Management identifies people or organizations that may impact or be impacted by your project, and develops strategies to manage their expectations. This Knowledge Area contains four processes: Identify Stakeholder, Plan Stakeholder, Manage Stakeholder Engagement, and Control Stakeholder Engagement. The following article is a summary of Stakeholder Management for PMBOK 6 th Edition.
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ActiveCollab
JULY 18, 2017
The most successful people in the business have 5 things in common: They have laser focus; They are excellent short and long term organizers; They learn from their mistakes; They adapt easily; They take calculated risks. Also, they read a lot. But that is a story for another time. We have taken a look at daily habits leaders like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg, and analyzed some of their characteristics in order to find out the secrets behind their success.
Musings on Project Management
JULY 18, 2017
Have you read the PMBok? Yes? Then you've got Henry Gantt's charts, the critical path, and precedence scheduling down tight. Correct? Read a bit about Taylor and "scientific management". Excellent, then you know that people doing defined tasks are just interchangeable parts, or they were in 1910. How about "The Critical Chain" by Goldratt? Do you understand buffers and milestone protection?
ActiveCollab
JULY 18, 2017
Is it better to use self-hosted or cloud version of Active Collab? They both have the same features so in the end it depends on the structure of your company. Self-hosting is great if you plan on using Active Collab for more than a year and/or have a lot of team members - but, you need to make an upfront investment, and install and maintain it yourself (which is easy thanks to the instructions ).
Brightwork
JULY 18, 2017
For over twenty years, BrightWork has worked with customers across lots of sectors. In that time, we’ve learned a few things about successful project management! In this blog post, I outline the five factors we have identified as being essential for successful project management and project management improvement in any organization. To help you on your journey, I have included self-assessment questions to help you identify any missing factors.
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
ActiveCollab
JULY 18, 2017
Six Sigma is a problem-solving methodology aimed at improving business and organizational performance by using a number of methods and tools. It primarily identifies and corrects errors and defect in manufacturing and business processes. History of Six Sigma. Although Six Sigma was originally introduced in the 19th century with the bell curve by Carl Fredrick Grauss, it turned out to be inadequate and needed some corrections.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
JULY 18, 2017
This article, Book Review: PMP Project Management Professional Exam , first appeared on Girl's Guide to PM. Henrique Moura’s PMP® study guide is simply called PMP: Project Management Professional Exam. Part of the McGraw-Hill Education series, it’s a complete guide to preparing for the exam. It starts with a framework and overview of the whole thing to set the context, then dives into the process groups followed by the knowledge areas – in other words, it covers the content of A Guide to th
Gina Abudi PM
JULY 18, 2017
Increase the number of people who contribute to improving a process using brainstorming. Often, when we are trying to improve upon a business process, we want to gather ideas from as many users of that process as possible. This is not always easy to do, especially when we have a larger group of users. Consider [.]. The post Use Brainstorming to Gather Ideas for BPI appeared first on Gina Abudi.
TimeCamp
JULY 18, 2017
Today we prepared something special for you. TimeCamp is also an employer, and we have a chance to browse through a lot of resumes every month. It is not a surprise that those people, who have documented a lot of experience in their CVs are more likely to make a better impression on the potential employer, and in result get the job. Most recruiters agree that additional certificates may be the bargaining chip when it comes to the final decision who should get the position in a company.
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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.
Herding Cats
JULY 18, 2017
You cannot know the value unless you know the cost to acquire that value. Focusing on Value alone and Ignoring the cost to acquire that Value, leads to disappointment when you discover you paid too much, for too little, too late.
The Digital Project Manager
JULY 18, 2017
What went wrong for project planning, and is it still useful for project management? We tackle the tricky question, ‘does a good project plan matter?', share a handy project plan checklist infographic and give you a step by step guide to creating a project plan complete with a website redesign project plan template. The post How To Create The Perfect Project Plan.
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