Tue.Mar 21, 2023

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Empowering Teams and Clarifying Responsibilities

Agilemania

Copyrights: © Scaled Agile, Inc. The second theme among the six primary themes of SAFe® 6.0 is- Empowering Teams and Clarifying Responsibilities. Nothing beats an Agile Team, and further enhancing performance requires more specific and explicit responsibilities for each SAFe® 6.0 role. New and improved guidance is needed to help people improve their job performance and better support the organization’s goals.

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Cost of Production: Types of Production Costs

ProjectManager.com

The best things in life are free, but manufacturing goods cost money. The cost of production of those products isn’t as straightforward as it might seem. The sum total investment that it takes for a business to create a good or service can be surprising. Let’s take a closer look at the cost of production, what types there are and how to measure the cost of production.

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Scrum im Selbststudium – Teil 12: Sprint Planning – Planung der Arbeit des Sprints

Scrum.org

Willkommen zum 12. Artikel der „Scrum im Selbststudium“-Artikelreihe. Solltest du den letzten Artikel verpasst haben, findest du ihn hier. Jeder Sprint in Scrum beginnt damit, dass das Scrum Team einen grundlegenden Plan für den kommenden Sprint erstellt. „Das Sprint Planning initiiert den Sprint, indem es die für den Sprint auszuführenden Arbeiten darlegt.

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Project team roles and responsibilities (with examples)

Resource Guru

Your project outcome is only going to be as good as the team behind it. There are no two ways about it—your project’s success depends on the skills, expertise, and experience of the project team you assemble. That starts with an understanding of project team roles and responsibilities. And that’s exactly what we’re here to do today. We’ll cover: What is a project team?

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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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Are you safe with SAFe?

PM Times

Agility has proven to be a highly effective tool for global businesses. It has helped organizations adapt to changing business environments and develop capabilities that have helped them overcome several economic challenges. With the recession and inflation fears becoming more relevant, businesses are using Agility as a shield to protect themselves and deliver products faster. […] The post Are you safe with SAFe?

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What are Functional Requirements? A Comprehensive Guide with Examples

nTask

Functional Requirements provide the fundamental architecture of a project. This document describes how a solution will meet the customer's needs and business objectives by outlining specific functionality that must be delivered both in terms of user interaction as well as system operation.

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New Updates | Release 38 Summary

LiquidPlanner

Release 38 | March 21, 2022 There’s lots to celebrate in this release, we followed through on quite a few customer requests! There are new columns in Timesheet Export, Portfolio and Package views now include Rate Sheets , and there’s more visibility around scope and filtering on Dashboards. Uploading and managing Files is the biggest feature we’re delivering this month.

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17 Best PMS Tools of 2023

nTask

Are you looking for the best PMS tools to help you manage your projects better? Look no further! We’ve rounded up the top 17 PMS tools of 2023 for you to choose from. Keep reading to find out which ones made our list! What Are PMS Tools?

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Release 38 | Files

LiquidPlanner

Release 38 | March 21, 2022 It’s much easier to manage projects when everything is in one place – that includes all the people, their work and files accumulated along the way. Learn about uploading and managing files below, then have a look at the R38 Release Summary to see what else is new. NEW! Upload Files You can upload files to any Package, Project, Sub-Folder or Task by going to the Files tab on the item’s edit panel.

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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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Strategic Alignment: How It Is Used in Project Portfolio Management?

nTask

Strategic alignment is a concept that is becoming increasingly important in the world of project portfolio management. It can be challenging to understand, but understanding how it works and how it can help you manage your projects more effectively is essential for success.

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How Organizations Can Leverage Power Platform with Project for the web

MPUG

Please find highlights from Erik Van Hurck’s course – Project for the web: How It Works and What You Can Do With It – being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. You may wish to use this transcript for the purposes of self-paced learning, searching for specific information, and/or performing a quick review of webinar content. There may be exclusions, such as those steps included in product demonstrations, or there may be addition to expand on concepts.

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WBS Tools – Definition, Best Uses, & Examples

nTask

Are you looking for a better way to manage your workflow? WBS tools, or Work Breakdown Structure tools, can provide an organized and efficient approach. A WBS is a project management tool that organizes large projects into smaller, manageable tasks.

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Accelerating Value Flow

Agilemania

Copyrights: © Scaled Agile, Inc. The third theme among the six primary themes of SAFe 6.0 is- Empowering Teams and Clarifying Responsibilities. Competing in today’s fast-paced world means accelerating value flow is an essential survival skill in the digital age. SAFe 6.0 defines the eight properties of flow and, with an updated SAFe Principle #6, introduces eight related ‘flow accelerators’ that can make value flow faster.

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Acclaim Projects Helps Deliver Innovation Projects on Time and on Budget

This large intercity transportation company for people and freight employs 100+ IT employees and contractors across North America and Europe and spends $10MM annually for approximately 50 inflight projects. The company needed the right financial tools to budget for innovation initiatives and real-time information on spending and forecasting. This transportation company turned to Acclaim Projects by Sopheon to help deliver projects on time and within budget.

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PMOs as profit centres

Project Accelerator News

In the midst of recession and poor economic outlook, companies always endeavour to control costs, whilst revenues remain flat. Unsurprisingly, support departments are one of the first casualties of the CFO’s cost rationalization drive. During this mayhem, PMOs struggle to evade the cost cutting knife and are forced to cut back resources and scale down services.

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Why Do PMO’s Fail?

Bridge the Gap Consulting

PMO Failure. We hear about PMO’s failing all the time. Some fail to deliver expected results but somehow tend to linger on in a semi-effective state. Others suck so bad they just get shut down and disbanded. Stats on PMO failure rates are all over the map based on your definition of “failure.” But one thing is for sure, it happens enough where people in the project management profession talk quite a bit about it.

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How to Kickstart Your Career in Project Management

Tactical Project Management

Project management is an important field of work and one that requires specialized skills and experiences. There are many paths to a career in project management, but the most reliable and successful way is to begin with a formal education in the discipline. A degree or certification program can provide you with the knowledge necessary to get started.

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How to Manage Your Employees From Anywhere In The World

Proofhub

Achieving success in any venture requires hard work, and this certainly applies to running a business. Productivity is essential for business growth and success, as it provides evidence of the progress made toward reaching objectives. To ensure that everyone is working productively, employers must manage their employees’ output carefully. Only by keeping an eye on workers’ performance can you guarantee that your company remains on the right track!

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

You’ve read the PMBOK® Guide several times, taken the certification exam for project managers, passed, and you are now a PMP®. So why do you keep making rookie mistakes? This whitepaper shows 20 of the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make, issues that can cost significant time and money. It's a good starting point for understanding how and why many PMs get themsleves into trouble, and provides guidance on the types of issues that PMs need to understand.