Wed.Jan 23, 2019

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What Are Your Strengths & Weaknesses? Ace This Interview Question

ProjectManager.com

You’ll reach a point in any job interview where you’ll be asked, “What are your strengths and weaknesses?” How do you respond—humorously? “My strength is being the best at everything, and my weakness is humility.” Or do you try to answer honestly? If you do try and take the question seriously, which you should, it’s not so easy. You want to be an advocate for yourself and share those big wins and skills that helped you rise in your profession, but you don’t want to come across as a blowhar

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Creating Authentic Connections

Scrum.org

How are you interacting with your employees today? Are you taking the time to make an authentic connection? Aae you taking the time in a variety of formats to have a true understanding of: Who they are? What they struggle with? What do they aspire to become? If you’re not, I would recommend you start taking purposeful time to make this happen. Like all of us leaders, we have a calendar full of meetings about strategy, governance, policies, etc.

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What are Lessons Learned? | Video

Online PM Courses

If you are set on Project Management as a career (or any profession, for that matter), it is vital to learn as you go, and get better every day. And the formal mechanism we use is ‘Lessons Learned’ So, what are Lessons Learned? Dr Mike Clayton is founder of OnlinePMCourses.com. Here, he answers this question, in under […]. The post What are Lessons Learned?

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Iterating on feedback from Schedule Beta editing features

Resource Guru

The first snow of the season is here! Hi there! Did you miss me? I sure did miss writing these updates while we were busy coding up the editing features in the Beta. Unfortunately, it took a bit longer to finish than we anticipated, but we all feel it was worth the effort. We’re now in the feedback and bug fixing phase, so we’ve been busy monitoring our error reports and collating your thoughts and feelings about the editing experience.

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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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Stay On Top Of Work with Naomi Caietti! [PODCAST EPISODE #41]

TimeCamp

Project Management with Naomi Caietti!

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The Secret of Successful KPI Metrics

Teamweek

If you’ve been a project manager for any amount of time, you’ve probably heard the term “KPI metrics.” While these two words are commonly put together, it might surprise you that KPI metrics don’t actually exist. In fact, KPI and metrics are two different ideas all together. In this article, we’re going to define the line between KPI and metrics so that you can better understand how to use them both to your advantage.

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Decision Making: How it Works and Ways of Improving the Process

Runrun.it

Decision making is so pertinent in today’s businesses. As a matter of fact, every staff or team member is expected to contribute to the decision-making process of an organization. According to UMass, decision making is the process of making choices by identifying a decision, gathering information, and assessing alternative resolutions. Why is the decision-making process very delicate […].

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How to Write a Project Plan in 8 Easy Steps

Wrike

It’s Friday afternoon. You’ve checked in with your team, your projects are on target, and you’re prepared for next week. Your weekend’s looking bright. Suddenly, your boss comes to your desk with exciting news. You’ll be heading the next major multi-team project with a key client, and the kickoff is next week. This is great news, but now this specter looms over your weekend.

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DDSTOP The Saga Continues

Herding Cats

There's been a rash of conjectures about all kinds of bad business, project, and software development (agile and traditional) management ideas of late. Time to update the Don't Do Stupid Things on Purpose (DDSTOP) post. “There’s nothing more dangerous than an idea – or a person – that’s almost right.”. I worked a program , as VP Program Management, that had a simple goal - remove all the nuclear waste from a weapons production plant and send it to secure storage, clean up all the normal hazards

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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