Wed.Mar 15, 2017

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Inspiring Women in Project Management: Amy Hamilton

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Today I’m interviewing Amy Hamilton. Amy’s spoken at a TEDTalk, served in the US Army, and is writing a book. Truly a woman of many talents! I asked her how she got started. Amy, how did you get started in project management? I have been in the IT field since I graduated from Eastern Michigan University and was commissioned in the US Army.

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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion [Book Review]

Project Bliss

As project managers, we have to influence others – usually without formal authority. We lead project teams made up of people who likely report to a different functional manager. And yet we depend on these team members to complete project work, meet milestone due dates, and prioritize our project work among their other tasks. We need to encourage software end users to embrace and adopt new solutions.

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Are your project management success rates improving?

Ron Rosenhead

The latest PMI Pulse of the Profession Report said: “We are encouraged to see in this year’s Pulse of the Profession® that organizations are making progress—significant progress—as they are experiencing more success with implementing strategic initiatives. For the first time in the last five years of this research, we see that more projects are meeting original goals and being completed within budget.”.

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50+ Terrific Tools for Driving Business Growth in 2017!

TimeCamp

As an entrepreneur, you often struggle to find the balance between the workload and the constant lack of human resources. It can feel scary and separating, particularly in the first place. Be that as it may, because of the web, you don’t need to go only it. There are an enormous amount of free online […].

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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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Case Studies versus Ancedotes

Herding Cats

It's common in the software development domain, especially agile to provide anecdotes in support for some suggested change to worked good for the person conveying the anecdote. But has not verification that the suggestion works anywhere else . Here's some background on how to conduct a case study to support those suggestions. Related articles. The Microeconomics of Decision Making in the Presence of Uncertainty.

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Product Management 101: How to Become a Product Manager

Wrike

Stop me if you’ve heard this before: . Product managers are technical people, so there’s no need to involve them in business, marketing, or sales decisions. Product managers spend all their time writing requirements. Creating a roadmap is just a matter of sprinkling some features on a timeline and adding a few dates. Product managers are all former engineers.