Thu.Sep 26, 2019

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Time Estimation for Project Managers: Tips & Techniques

ProjectManager.com

“If only there was more time,” goes the lament. Project managers sing this sad song, but don’t expect the chorus to join in. Keeping to the project’s schedule is one of the three prongs of the triple constraint. Time rules all projects. It’s of paramount importance to everyone involved, from stakeholders to team members. The clock is always ticking.

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No Estimates and is it advisable for a Scrum Team to adopt it?

Scrum.org

As part of the Scrum.org webinar “Ask a Professional Scrum Trainer - Martin Hinshelwood - Answering Your Most Pressing Scrum Questions” I was asked a number of questions. Since not only was I on the spot and live, I thought that I should answer each question that was asked again here, as well as those questions I did not get to. In case you missed it, here is the recording of yesterday's Ask a Professional Scrum Trainer webinar with Martin Hinshelwood!

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11 Must-Have Project Management Excel Templates (Updated Sept. 2019)

ProjectManager.com

Before you can plan for your project you have to have the right tools to collect the data you need in order to formulate a strategy—and project management Excel templates are a great place to start. You know there are a lot of balls to keep in the air, regardless of whether the project is big or small, so think of these tools as safety nets that make sure you don’t lose track of anything essential.

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Project Management Tools and Techniques That Really Work

nTask

Project management tools and techniques that really work; that’s the problem statement. We live in a world where we are bombarded with different scenarios and projects in our daily work life. Eventually, these variables affect us to the extent where productivity suffers at multiple levels. We simply can’t wrap our heads around such complexities, even if we have a proper strategy or a leader with an effective mindset that can help us get through that ordeal.

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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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The World of Work is Changing—Here’s How You Can Embrace It

Planview

Has your organization evolved in terms of how work gets done? PMOs are quickly realizing that in today’s changing world of work, it’s not really about what methodologies are used to get work done that impacts results, but it’s about taking a hybrid approach to portfolios—empowering teams to use the methods and processes that will help accelerate strategic delivery.

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Agile Performance Management: Measure what matters retrospective

Henny Portman

Friday September 13, I was one of the 40 participants of the second Agile NXT Future Friday conference organized by Xebia in Hilversum, the Netherlands. It was, similar as the first AGILE NXT Future Friday, perfectly organized, interesting topics, great food, and enough time to network. Four 1.5-hour lively sessions with 20 participants each to facilitate discussion and the final keynote speaker.

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The Scrum Glossary and the Scrum Values are now also available in Tamil

Gunther Verheyen

Thanks to the hard work of Mohammad Umar Farooq and Balachandhiran Sankaran , the international versions of the Scrum Glossary and the Scrum Values have been expanded with Tamil. Download your PDF of the Scrum Glossary , your PDF of the Scrum Values and your poster of the international Scrum Values. Share and use them as you see fit. The descriptions are now available in more than 20 different languages, thanks to all volunteers that worked hard to create these gifts.

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Talking to not strangers

Musings on Project Management

Here we go again; another of those bits about how to talk and listen. To wit: a conversation! This one's on TED Talks: "How to have a better conversation". Naturally, to have a conversation you have to be in the conversation.

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10 Things We Learned on Our Journey to 1 Million People

TeamGantt

Here are 10 things that have helped a small underdog like us stay steady and grow consistently over the last decade.

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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

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The Complete Beginner's Guide to Workflow Management

Workamajig

Workflow management is a crucial part of organizing and optimizing projects. Learn everything you wanted to know about workflows in this guide. What do project managers love even more than on-time and under-budget delivery? Workflows. Workflows bring much needed order and predictability to the project management process. If you can map it out as a workflow, you can most likely scale and optimize it.

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New TimeCamp integrations – how do we build new add-ons?

TimeCamp

The more a software product can be used in different companies having different needs, the.