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How To Easily Make A Project Initiation Document

The Digital Project Manager

Why bother going to the trouble of creating a Project Initiation Document? You’ve received sign-off. The post How To Easily Make A Project Initiation Document appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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4 Trends That Will Transform Project Management

LiquidPlanner

In the world of project management, change is constant. From technology improvements to shifts in how teams collaborate and work together both in-house and around the world, it can sometimes feel overwhelming to keep up with the rapid pace of flux. So what are some of the biggest changes in the world of project management, and what do you need to keep an eye out for in the coming months?

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A grand bargin: Agile in the enterprise

Musings on Project Management

In my book, Project Management the Agile Way, now in its second edition, I make this statement in the chapter on contracts: Firm Fixed Price (FFP) completion contracts are inappropriate for contracting agile. I got an email from a reader challenging that assertion, to which I responded: I always start by asserting that agile is a "fixed price" methodology.

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Project Management Software ROI

Binfire

I am sure you have heard the grandiose claims by software vendors about their project management software ROI. . Or how their ware improves productivity in your team overnight. If it sounds too good to be true, it is not true. You might ask as a software vendor ourselves why we are saying such a negative thing about project management ROI? We believe no software by itself can help improve the ROI nor the productivity.

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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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Microsoft Project Plan - Master Plan

Techno-PM

Master Project Plan in Microsoft Project Plan Many organizations prefer to manage large scale projects in separate work plans, where each group has its own plan which is maintained by them (at times with the help of the PMO). The problem with this approach is that it is problematic for the management to see the whole picture, and see all the bottlenecks and red flags.

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Fascinating Productivity Routines We Can Learn From Nature

Trello

Everyone knows the ol’ bird and the bees adage, but we’re not talking about that form of productivity. Nature has always had systems in place, many of which we take for granted: From the Golden ratio , a fascinatingly predictable pattern that is repeatedly found in the structures of plants and sea creatures, to ocean tide schedules that can be tracked down to the minute every day.

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How Time Tracking Can Help Freelancers With 6 Easy Tricks

TimeCamp

Yesterday we published a short yet interesting interview with Jason Scott Montoya. We talked about.

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How To Prepare For CAPM Certification Exam?

PM by PM

In this blog, you would normally read about experiences of newly anointed PMP credential holders. But today is different. In today’s post you would find CAPM exam experience of Regan Forrester. She has written about how she prepared for CAPM certification exam and what study material she used. She has also recommended a few sure-shot […].

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Is your company prepared for Economy 4.0?

Runrun.it

Hesitating before you answer this question is perfectly normal. According to a survey by Deloitte conducted in partnership with Forbes, which interviewed over 1,500 executives around the world, only 14% stated that their companies are prepared for the changes being brought on by the New Economy 4.0. So, you would be in good company if […]. The post Is your company prepared for Economy 4.0?

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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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Redbooth Delivers Artificial-Intelligence-Based Predictive Task Management Capabilities

Redbooth

PALO ALTO, CA, May 8, 2018. Machine-Learning Powers Breakthroughs in Task and Project Management with “Smart Redbooth”. Redbooth, a leader in online task and project management software, today delivered the first project management solution that incorporates market-ready, practical, artificial-intelligence-powered capabilities. The company’s new Smart Redbooth machine learning technology powers predictive task assignment and task scheduling, enabling users to maximize project resources wit

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What If Our Plans Actually Worked?

Meisterplan

Over the course of my career, I have been a project team member, a project manager, a PMO, and a senior manager. Name any one of those roles, and I can tell you what made that position painful. SPOILER: It had to do with projects. But, I’m not really writing about projects today. I’m writing about people. The people involved in projects – the people working on them, managing them, coordinating them, and deciding on them.