Mon.Oct 15, 2018

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How To Lead Your Manager

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This is a guest post by Nick Nuss from VocationCultivation. Nick Nuss. You can’t tell from the picture, but he’s actually an Excel Wizard. There comes a time when you have to step up and lead your manager, or any senior manager in your organisation. There might be any number of reasons behind this, normally connected in some way to getting the answers you need to continue managing a project.

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7 Secrets for Effective Team Communication

ProjectManager.com

Team communication is the bedrock on which productive project management is built. Jennifer Bridges, PMP, shows how you and your team can communicate effectively. Here’s a screenshot of the whiteboard for your reference! In Review – 7 Secrets for Effective Team Communication. Effective team communication might seem complex, but Jennifer said that when it’s boiled down to essentials, it can become very simple.

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10 Terrific Traits of Exceptional Project Managers

Project Risk Coach

Think about the project managers you've worked with through the years. Which ones were unusually good? Which ones qualify as exceptional project managers? I've had the privilege of working with hundreds of project managers in my career. Here are some of the traits and behaviors that made them stand out. How many of these traits do you possess? rocket.

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DPM Podcast: Project Managing Agile On The Sly (With Sarah Hoban)

The Digital Project Manager

The post DPM Podcast: Project Managing Agile On The Sly (With Sarah Hoban) appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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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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Post project reviews are good, but why not learn in the experience?

Susanne Madsen

When I consult with organisations, train their staff or help review their processes, I’m often told that they don’t get around to formally review their projects. There seems to be so much pressure on businesses and teams today t ​ hat many rush from one project to the next without taking the time to learn from the experiences they have just been through.

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3 Ways To Avoid Scope Creep

Project Management Resource Network

Project scope is pretty simple, it is all that is required and only what is required. Once a project manager determines what is required of the project then anything else will be out of scope. When those items which are out of scope start being worked into the project without going through change control, you have scope creep: CHANGE CONTROL PROCESS: The first way to avoid scope creep is have a solid change control process.

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Create focus with Ecocycle Planning

Scrum.org

How often have you found yourself juggling too many balls? You may start dropping things left and right in a frantic effort to keep everything in the air. You will also find yourself unable to pick up new balls as it will only add stress and chaos. This may happen to you personally. Or in your team. Or in your entire organization. Ecocycle Planning is about exploring what it is that you’re keeping in the air (but shouldn’t), and what it is that you aren’t (but should).

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Productivity Articles: Spend your day productively! 15/10/2018

TimeCamp

Sunday, Funday! Make yourself comfortable and read these 10 Most Inspiring Productivity Articles from the.

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Value, Quality, and Craftin Software

Leading Agile

A non-controversial title: Three words that have clear, unambiguous, consistently-understood meanings. If you use one of those words, everyone immediately understands exactly what you mean, and vice versa. Right? Well, okay, maybe not so much. From Three to One. These three words have been bandied around the software community for more years than I can count.

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Strategic Finance Essentials: A Project Manager’s Guide to Financial Impact

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 expendi

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Quote of the Day

Herding Cats

Just because you don't understand it, does mean it isn't so – Lemony Snicket. .

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Are You Using This Secret Technique To Pass The PMP Exam On The First Attempt?

Project Management Hacks

Walking into the PMP exam room is an experience. This is the moment you’ve worked toward for months. You’ve invested years of effort in work experience, courses and exam preparation. You have even read through the PMBOK Guide more than once. After all that work, are you ready? Only you can know the answer for sure. However, there is one secret method that the most successful PMP exam takers to pass right away.