Tue.Oct 02, 2018

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Delphi Technique In Project Management (How to + Example)

PM Basics

Talked with the client yesterday. He asked me to look into a new technology on iOS called “layers” He wanted to see if we can leverage it. I had no idea what was that. For sure, I could open a developer’s documentation and try to read it. But that is not what a project manager does. Instead, I decided to apply the Delphi Technique. Here is what I did.

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Is your tail heavy?

Musings on Project Management

'Is your tail heavy' is the question raised at 'critical uncertainties' in a recent post. It might be if you are a risk with some "memory" of the immediate past. Risk with memory? What does that mean? The immediate past influences the immediate future The probability of the arrival of an outcome is not time-stationary: as time passes, the probabilities change The distribution of the arrival.

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Contract Bidding: A Quick Guide

ProjectManager.com

Projects can be recognized, procured and initiated in a variety of ways. Some are birthed in-house and stem from an opportunity the organization identified for itself, an opportunity that might be exploited for profit or other gains. Other projects originate outside the company, where the project team is merely the facilitator for stakeholders who employ them for their expertise, experience and specialized tools.

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The Key to Successful Projects: Resource Leveling in LiquidPlanner

LiquidPlanner

There are lots of project management tools that make it easy for managers to overbook their teams, in addition to taking on project work that they don’t realistically have the resources to handle. Not only will teams burn out, but they probably won’t make their finish dates, either. As long as everyone on your team has entered their correct availability in LiquidPlanner, you won’t ever have to worry about overextending anyone (finish date included)!

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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 Increment Is Dead

Scrum.org

The Increment Got Us Here. If you’re a veteran of the software industry, you probably remember those days where we released to production/GA every couple of months. Heck, many of the companies I meet these days still work that way. If you’re also an experienced Scrum practitioner, you probably associate the time you started to use Scrum with the time you started to release more frequently.

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The Sprint Increment Is Dead

Scrum.org

The Sprint Increment Got Us Here. If you’re a veteran of the software industry, you probably remember those days where we released to production/GA every couple of months. Heck, many of the companies I meet these days still work that way. If you’re also an experienced Scrum practitioner, you probably associate the time you started to use Scrum with the time you started to release more frequently.

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Autumn – Time to Reevaluate Your Work With 3 Easy Tricks!

TimeCamp

Autumn means rainy days, cold evenings, and carpets made of leaves on the streets. But.

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Skyrocket Your Team’s Productivity with a Workflow Management System

Teamweek

When a project manager tells you that they don’t know where they’d be without their workflow management system is, they’re not being truthful. They DO know. They’d be wasting valuable time by inputting the same data into multiple systems, flooding the inboxes of every team member with status requests, and mass-emailing excel documents every time they have something new to report.

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How an award-winning team at Specsavers improved efficiency and boosted morale

Resource Guru

If you’ve ever needed to wear glasses there’s a good chance you will have heard of Specsavers. Founded in the UK in 1984, the company delivers high quality, affordable optical and hearing care via partnerships with nearly 2000 locally-run stores across Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Their award-winning Retail Learning Design team are tasked with designing and building online and classroom-based learning events for their 22,000 colleagues worldwide.

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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