Wed.Apr 25, 2018

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Mining Bitcoins with Your InstantPot: Has Agile Popularity Gone Too Far?

Leading Answers

I am excited to be presenting at next week’s PMI-SAC Professional Development Conference on May 2 in Calgary. I am looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting new people at this new format conference. My session “ Mining Bitcoins with Your InstantPot: Has Agile Popularity Gone Too Far ?” examines the hype, realities and use of agile approaches.  Here is the presentation summary from the conference site: “The project world seems to have gone agile mad.

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Wrike Review- 10 facts you should know

Binfire

Wrike is a popular project management application. It is used in various industries and team sizes all over the world. Wrike was funded in 2006 by Andrew Filev and has locations in California, Ireland, and Russia. . In this article, we cover what is good about this application, what is bad, facts you need to know before purchasing it, and how it stacks up against the competition.

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Mining Bitcoins with Your InstantPot: Has Agile Popularity Gone Too Far?

Leading Answers

I am excited to be presenting at next week’s PMI-SAC Professional Development Conference on May 2 in Calgary. I am looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting new people at this new format conference. My session “ Mining Bitcoins with Your InstantPot: Has Agile Popularity Gone Too Far ?” examines the hype, realities and use of agile approaches.  Here is the presentation summary from the conference site: “The project world seems to have gone agile mad.

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Disposable Plastic Straws… What can we do?

Green Project Management

I went out recently with some friends and had a curious experience. And of all things it was around disposable plastic straws. What caught my attention was that each place we went to did not offer straws. More importantly though the establishments were proud and adamant about their no-straw policy. It opened up some interesting […]. The post Disposable Plastic Straws… What can we do?

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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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Which Reports Help You Make Plans That Work?

Meisterplan

Reporting methods are receiving more and more attention, which is just as true for project portfolio management as it is for most other disciplines. I do not find this to be surprising (and I’m not only speaking as the Data Analyst at Meisterplan when I say that). We have realized the importance of reporting by talking to our users and, of course, by organizing our own data.

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Every Situation is an Assignment

PM That Works

I just recently became a Certified Human Behavior Consultant. In the training Dr. Rohm shared a message that just hit home with me. He said that every situation is an assignment. When you find yourself saying, "I can't wait for this to be over, " or, "I will be happy when this situation ends," your attitude is incorrect. The correct attitude is to step into the situation with the understanding of "What am I supposed to learn from this assignment?

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The Ultimate List of 41 Free Project Management Templates

Workamajig

Want to save time and improve consistency across projects? Then you need project management templates. A good set of project management templates will make your work easier and more efficient. This article shares 41 such template. Why Do You Need Project Management Templates? Think of the last project you had to manage. What documents did you have to create at launch?

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What is the Pareto Principle? | Video

Online PM Courses

The Pareto Principle, or the 80-20 Rule. It articulates a fundamental aspect of nature, which also applies to projects. So, what is the Pareto Principle? Dr Mike Clayton is founder of Online PM Courses.com. Here, he answers this question, in under 5 minutes. [link]. Project Management in Under 5. What is The Pareto Principle? Please: subscribe to our YouTube Channel by clicking here.

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Sisyphus, you ready?

PM That Works

John Maxwell states it so beautifully, "everything worthwhile is uphill, yet most everyone has downhill habits." In my journey through self awareness so many quotes are flashing through my brain. Some of my favorites are bubbling to the top. John's, of course. Carl Jung's, "until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.

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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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Stay on Top of Your Work With Cheryl Cran! [PODCAST EPISODE #19]

TimeCamp

Another Wednesday, another episode of our podcast! Are you ready for another dose of great.

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Making Real Work happen. Remotely.

ActiveCollab

I was a typical city kid. Somehow I got into hiking when I was 25 and fell in love with it. I spent every weekend in the mountains and forests. And then I moved to the hills. I took my cat with me, adopted another cat, and one dog. And so our little pack story began. I’ve already been working remotely for years. This doesn’t mean I was traveling around the world like digital nomads do.

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Availability spotting

Resource Guru

We’re obsessed about time here at Resource Guru. Whether it’s time for work or time for a holiday, we want to know how time is being used. As we’ve been working on the new version of our schedule we’ve revised the availability bars that indicate how much time of a resource’s day is utilised. One thing we frequently hear is that it’s important to be able to quickly find someone’s availability at a glance.

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