Tue.Sep 28, 2021

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Guide to project onboarding (checklist and common problems)

Resource Guru

Years ago, I was handed a brand-new project to manage and needed to get my team up-to-speed—with a tight two-month deadline to launch and no room for errors. In order to onboard my team, I linked everyone to the project brief, added them to the project task board, and held a hasty all-hands meeting imparting the urgency of the deadline and asking everyone to let me know if they had questions after they read through the project docs.

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The Colossal Danger inherent in Velocity

Scrum.org

Many Scrum Teams make use of Velocity. In the right hands, it's an incredibly useful measure. In the wrong hands, it can become a tool of obfuscation and even oppression. Here's how: Velocity as a Measure. In the Professional Scrum Master course, there's an exercise that asks students what a desirable Velocity is. They work on this exercise in their teams and the answers they produce are always insightful.

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Tips for Successful Adoption of Creative Project Management Software

Admation

So, you’ve found the right marketing project management software and you can’t wait to roll it out to your team. Considering that finding the right product for your organization is a challenge in itself, you’ve done well up to now. What happens next? Well, after the time and money you invested in finding the right project management tool, you obviously want it to pay off.

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The Complete Guide to Graduate Assessment Centers

Teamweek

The graduate market is pretty tricky right now. With recent studies showing 31% of recent graduates remain unemployed into 2021, standing out from the crowd during a graduate assessment center has never been more important. . The graduate recruitment process is also pretty tricky for recruiters, as they can’t assess candidates on their previous work 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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How Will DPMs Influence The Future Of Work? (with Sarah Hoban from Gemini)

The Digital Project Manager

The post How Will DPMs Influence The Future Of Work? (with Sarah Hoban from Gemini) appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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Leading From a Distance: Boost Workplace Morale From Anywhere

PM Times

For 30 years, my main motivation as a leader and entrepreneur has been the certainty of facing new challenges, finding solutions, and overcoming them as a team. To date, the global pandemic has been the most challenging crisis our company has faced. How can we navigate these trying times? In which ways can we help […]. The post Leading From a Distance: Boost Workplace Morale From Anywhere appeared first on Project Management Articles, Webinars, Templates and Jobs.

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How Trello Makes Communication Better For Slack Users

Trello

We spend 50-80% of our workday communicating with other people. You’d think all of that practice would mean we’re stellar at sharing information and getting our point across, but the truth is that we could all use some help.

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Acknowledging the anxiety

Lynne Cazaly

Many people are feeling it; the anxiety of returning to workplaces, crowds, elevators and common areas. Do you ignore it? Do you say something? If you say something, might you make it worse or bring into focus something that’s better left as it is? In tough times particularly, we must spend time interacting, engaging, asking and listening. It’s a facilitation technique to acknowledge what is there - not ignore it.

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Hello world!

Agilemania

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!

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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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8 Alternative Agile Development Tools to Jira

Scoro

Since its release nearly two decades ago, Jira has always been a firm favourite among software companies. Developed by Atlassian, the agile project management tool is currently used by over 70,000 teams worldwide. It has definitely made its mark and helped shape the entire development sector over the years. However, in recent times Jira has become increasingly unpopular with the teams who were once all too happy to sing its praises from the rooftops.

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8 Alternative Agile Development Tools to Jira

Scoro

Since its release nearly two decades ago, Jira has always been a firm favourite among software companies. Developed by Atlassian, the agile project management tool is currently used by over 70,000 teams worldwide. It has definitely made its mark and helped shape the entire development sector over the years. However, in recent times Jira has become increasingly unpopular with the teams who were once all too happy to sing its praises from the rooftops.

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