Fri.Jul 17, 2020

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How to Deal with Challenging Situations Involving Stakeholders

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This is a guest article by Christine Unterhitzenberger. Most project managers will have experienced a situation where they have found a stakeholder to be really difficult. This often causes stress and it’s challenging for project managers to find ways to deal with it. A recent study by Dr Clara Cheung and colleagues found that project managers experience particularly high stress levels in regard to their working relationships.

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3 Key Similarities Between Lean And Agile Methodologies

The Digital Project Manager

Project managers are always working on finding the best ways to create their products or. The post 3 Key Similarities Between Lean And Agile Methodologies appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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10 Tips to Get the Most out of Attending Conferences

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It’s conference season (isn’t it always? — there’s always something happening) so time to dust off your networking skills and get prepared for your industry conference. Get conference ready. The more preparation you put into any event before you go, the more you will get out of it, whether that’s a small social gathering at work or a huge industry congress.

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Vendor Showcase Recap: Using WBS Schedule Pro – By Critical Tools

MPUG

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Jim Spiller’s showcase session, Using WBS Schedule Pro, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. You may wish to use this transcript for the purposes of self-paced learning, searching for specific information, and/or performing a quick review of webinar content. There may be exclusions, such as those steps included in product demonstrations.

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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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Review True lean

Henny Portman

With the book True lean – Your guide to the fundamentals connecting purpose, process and people written by Rudy Gort you get a concise but complete and clear overview of and insight into lean. What is it, what can you do with it and how did it come about? The book is divided into three parts. The first part examines the origin of lean in order to understand the philosophy behind lean.

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What is a Milestone Trend Analysis

Wrike

A milestone trend analysis, or MTA, is a method of tracking progress in project planning. Milestone trend analysis charts can help project managers assess the health of a project and provide valuable insights about scheduling or scope for future initiatives. . In this article, we’ll answer some common questions about trend analysis in project management.

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How To Spot The Signs Of Team Overwhelm (And What To Do About It)

Trello

In your eyes, your team is a group of productivity superstars. They get top-notch projects across the finish line. They tackle their to-do lists with strategy and confidence. They put out fires without breaking a sweat.

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Self-Hosted System Requirements Update, Summer 2020

ActiveCollab

Hello everyone, Two and a half years ago, we announced ActiveCollab 5.14, which specified new requirements needed to run ActiveCollab on your server. At the time, we switched from PHP 5.6 to 7.1 and started requiring MySQL 5.7. Today we are announcing upcoming requirement changes that will affect ActiveCollab 7.0. The minimal requirements for the database remain the same: version 5.7.8 if you run MySQL; version 10.2.7 if you run MariaDB.

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How to Choose the Right SaaS Product: Multi-Project Management Tool Selection Guide (Part 2)

Epicflow Blog

As has been suggested in Part 1 of the SaaS product selection guide, when choosing a software solution one has to focus on 5 basic criteria and follow all steps in the tool selection journey to make the best choice. But when assessing project management software, you should dwell upon one more important issue. First of all, answer the question: how many projects are you in charge of?

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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