Epicflow Blog
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
As you multiply the success of your business and it gets bigger, you face the challenge of managing more than 1 project at a time. The more projects you have, the more complicated the process is. The ability to control all the projects in the company is called multi-project management. . Multi-Project Management Core. The essence of multi-project management is a multi-tasking environment.
ProjectManager.com
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
Project managers love a good plan. It takes what might be an overwhelming project and structures it in such a way it can now be methodically executed. Everything is within control. It might sound boring, but stakeholders are not buying a ticket for an amusement park thrill-ride, they just want the job done right. With that mandate, project management includes methodologies designed to forge order from chaos.
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Scrum.org
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
At a recent training class one of the delegates spoke about their present company, about how it was the most “Agile” place he had ever worked. The teams at his company had well established cadences for their Scrum events; well-oiled Daily Scrums that are done within 15 minutes and result in transparency of what the team will do for the next 24-hours.
LiquidPlanner
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
Dear Elizabeth: I’m trying to implement time tracking with my team. The most difficult aspect is changing people’s perception and getting buy in to do the timesheets. In the past, managing and reporting time was never required, but our company has moved on in project management maturity and in the work we do. Now we need to know where time is being spent.
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Scrum.org
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
Just two months ago I was asked by a lady after a community meetup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: "How can I become a more awesome Scrum Master?" I was surprised to receive such question since I never had anyone asked me that question. Since I never receive such question, I didn't think about my answer thoughtfully and can only gave her the obvious ones like: read more books, attend community meetups, or go to trainings.
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Epicflow Blog
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
As you multiply the success of your business and it gets bigger, you face the challenge of managing more than 1 project at a time. The more projects you have, the more complicated the process is. The ability to control all the projects in the company is called multi-project management. . Multi-Project Management Core. The essence of multi-project management is a multi-tasking environment.
Celoxis
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
Cost Variance : Cost Variance is a simple concept and can be used to avoid cost overruns while managing a project. In this article, I will explain what is cost variance in project management? and Why cost variance is useful? What is cost variance? Cost variance is the difference between the actual cost and the estimated cost. Cost variance = Actual cost – Estimated cost.
Teamweek
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
If you need some inspiration to make your Monday morning a little less horrible, these productivity memes will do the trick. Ranging from humorous takes on office life to work jokes, these memes will help take the sting out of another day at the office. With a better perspective, you can tackle the week ahead and be more productive than ever before.
The Digital Project Manager
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
The post Video: Issue Management – How to Manage Project Delays appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
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
Musings on Project Management
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
Value, like quality, is elusive to define "they" say. In the eye of the beholder, etc. Fair enough What do we think of this manifesto (*)? "The purpose of professional management is to serve clients, shareholders, workers and employees, as well as societies, to harmonize the different interests of stakeholders" Certainly "professional management" includes professional project management.
The Digital Project Manager
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
The post Want Microsoft Project for Mac? Here Are Your Options appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
Scrum.org
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
Product Owners have a tough job. I was in a Sprint Review recently where the Scrum Team had some stakeholders talking about an idea they thought was excellent. So, like any studious Product Owner, they immediately typed up the idea and added it to their Product Backlog. A few sprints later, they were working on it, and released it to production. I don’t believe that feature has been used to date.
Trello
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
If you ever come across a video with a lady pretending to do a haircut while gently whispering in your ear, it's very likely you've stumbled upon ASMR.
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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.
nTask
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
Businesses and organizations work against time nowadays. The faster they get, the successful they become. This statement makes us understand that, in organizational culture, no one is going to spend huge amounts of time on you so that you can succeed in the concrete jungle. This concept is just as important today as it was more than 30 years ago when the organizational culture started booming because of that lead to the advent of an amazing self-help book known as the ‘ One Minute Manager
Scrum.org
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
On March 13, 1946, 28-year-old Kitty Genovese was stabbed to death in Queens, NYC, across from the apartment building where she lived. Later that year The New York Times published an article claiming there were 38 witnesses to the murder (primarily residents of the nearby apartment building) yet no one provided help or called for it. Although the NYT later admitted that the story “exaggerated the number of witnesses and what they had perceived,” the impact was still significant, as Kitty Genoves
The Digital Project Manager
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
Here’s a list of best software and what to consider when choosing creative project management software for creative teams, agencies, and studios. The post The 10 Best Creative Project Management Software For Creative Teams in 2019 appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
nTask
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
Owning a business is pretty cool but only when you make it profitable. Some people might disagree with this statement but if you own a business, then you would actually know that without a proper customer base the business makes no sense. So, it goes without saying that if you are devoid of clients driving your sales, you won’t have much of a company and even if you do have customers without capable sales tools helping you along the way it’s going to be difficult. .
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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.
Lynne Cazaly
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
We can too often undersell ourselves and our brilliant ideas: perhaps when we're contributing in a meeting, attending a job interview, volunteering at an event. How can we get out of feeling less and move up up up towards realising we are worth so very much more? When we're busy thinking and working, we can skip right on past the value we bring. You know how one project can finish and you barely have time to pop a celebration balloon before the next project is off and running?
Wrike
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
The words “ workflow ” and “project” tend to get used interchangeably. And while they do have a lot in common, they each have unique purposes. Knowing what those are will help you choose the most-efficient system, adopt the right tools, and ultimately help your team succeed. Now let’s deep dive into workflow management, project management, and everything in between. .
Lynne Cazaly
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
When we buy things they're often ‘packaged' up. Not only the physical package but the price, conditions, benefits. "It's all part of the package." A warranty, servicing, accessories, spare parts. or the lunch and coffee special I spotted in a cafe yesterday, or how Apple with their new releases attend to the package as part of the experience. It’s the same with us people.
Lynne Cazaly
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
We all have ideas and hopes but it’s not until we put them into action that we see their potential value. The value of something isn’t realised until it's put into effect, brought to life. Same with us. People don’t know who we are, what we can do, how we do it, how we think, what we're capable of. It’s not until we put ourselves out there that we can be realised, our value seen.
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Lynne Cazaly
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
Futurists and foresight genies tell us the skills we need for the future. But what if we had a skill that just made things easier, less difficult? How good would that be! There’s a mix of skills that are a stand out in the world of work - they're about collaboration, safety, inclusion and progress. They help get things done, in ways that help people work together, and make them feel safer and included.
Lynne Cazaly
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
I heard this comment from a big company. reporting on a big consulting firm’s management consultant. and how average their facilitation skills had been at a significant workshop event. The fee that consulting firm charged for their services DID NOT MEET the value or expectation of the calibre of facilitation skills that were required. And it was one of the BIG consulting firms.
Lynne Cazaly
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
Facilitation: someone at the front of room, leading a meeting/workshop, helping make things easier. (Whether it's the right definition or not isn't what this is about.). My point is: there's an abysmal standard of facilitation in workplaces today. You might think it’s not ‘that bad' or workshops you’ve attended have been mostly ok.
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