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25 Fun Icebreaker Games for Meetings

ProjectManager.com

Meetings. Ugh. Am I Right? If you think this way about meetings, chances are others do, such as the team members you’ve called together to discuss a vital aspect of the project you’re all working on. Instead of dismissing meetings whole cloth, you could try some icebreaker games to make them more fun and productive. Icebreaker activities are also a great team building exercise for traditional and remote teams.

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Project Estimating: The Only Guide You Need

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The weather is the talk of the office. The heatwave is one good reason to work long hours – at least we have air conditioning which makes life bearable. The top temperatures are water-cooler subjects: is it 34 degrees outside or 33? Frankly it’s too hot, but it has made me realize one thing: I am no good at estimating. In fact, I’ve always known that I’m not good at estimating.

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25 Fun Icebreaker Games for Meetings

ProjectManager.com

Meetings. Ugh. Am I Right? If you think this way about meetings, chances are others do, such as the team members you’ve called together to discuss a vital aspect of the project you’re all working on. Instead of dismissing meetings whole cloth, you could try some icebreaker games to make them more fun and productive. Icebreaker activities are also a great team building exercise for traditional and remote teams.

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How A Culture Of Learning And Experimentation Can Prevent Zombie Scrum

Scrum.org

Some time ago, we hosted an experience interview with Carsten Lützen. Carsten is an Agile Coach at the LEGO Group and the founder of Agile Ideas. He has a passion for improving teams, facilitating powerful learning moments, and is an experienced graphical facilitator and professional Solution-Focused Coach. You might also know Carsten from his YouTube channel , in which he shared hands-on tips & tricks about Agile, coaching, and facilitation.

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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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What is Agile Transformation?

Leading Agile

When we talk about Agile Transformation, are we talking about process changes or implementing methodologies like Scrum and SAFe? Or are we thinking it’s more about culture and getting a new way of thinking to spread throughout the teams and organization? Usually people think it’s one or the other. But the answer is actually neither—if you want a successful Transformation that doesn’t fail, that is.

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What is a SIPOC Diagram & How is It Used?

Wrike

At first, creating a new business process seems simple. But even if you’ve identified a complete, linear path from your suppliers to your customers, you may start to notice complications. Wrangling a list of departments that need to get involved. Figuring out how to transfer a product from one department to another. Finding a way to simply codify it all so you don’t end up with 40 versions of the same basic business process document.

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[VLOG] 4 Categories & 13 Aspects of Agile Enablement (aka "Transformation")

Scrum.org

. Is your preferred approach to starting an Agile "Transformation" sending a bunch of worker-bees to Agile Training and then waiting for the magic to happen? Based on some extremely painful and cringe-worthy lessons from the school of hard knocks, we have realized that this approach rarely work as expected. So what else might you try instead? Here's a short video that outlines 4 areas and 13 aspects we have learned to consider based on our experiences.

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Twproject Review [2021]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This is a review of Twproject software used in October 2021. I have been compensated for my time in preparing this review but all views are my own. Are you looking for an all-in-one platform to manage projects, To Do lists, timesheets, costs, and documents? Twproject (say: T W Project) could be the perfect fit for you. Let me tell you why. General Information.

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Gravitas: 10 Ways to Make an Impact with Your Ideas | Video

Online PM Courses

To make the right impact with your insights, you need to be able to generate the gravitas that says 'my insights are worth noting'. The post Gravitas: 10 Ways to Make an Impact with Your Ideas | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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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 Power of PowerBI

MPUG

I must admit, I am in love with a tool. Yes, I said that out loud, and I don’t regret it. You may be wondering how someone can be in love with a tool, but it’s true. I am kidding, of course, about loving a tool, but not joking when I am talking about using PowerBI in a project management environment. In fact, PowerBI has the power to make project managers smarter about their project’s data!

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Creating a Schedule Baseline: A Step to Timely Project Delivery

Epicflow Blog

One of the major concerns of project managers is delivering projects on time. But changes and contingencies can significantly affect the initial project timeline. . How can you be sure that the project timeline hasn’t (or has) significantly deviated from the initial schedule? That’s where schedule baseline comes into play. . Read further to know more about its functions and how to create it. .

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How to Avoid the 5 Most Common Project Management Failures

Scoro

Why do projects fail? If only there was a simple answer. Even with the best intentions and a highly motivated team, every experienced project manager knows that any number of unforeseen problems and challenges can derail even the best-laid projects. According to a UK-wide survey, 31% of business projects fail at an estimated overall cost of £250 billion to the UK economy.

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