ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 8, 2019

Plan all you want. But once that plan is being executed, if you don’t have a method or a tool to assess whether you’re meeting the requirements of the project, then you’re in trouble. To know the actual performance of a project against the desirable performance is to know when a project is going off-track. That knowledge is crucial to identifying a problem and taking the necessary steps to correct it.

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Project Bliss

JANUARY 8, 2019

An Affinity Diagram is a tool that helps you group or organize large amounts of information based on theme or relationship. Imagine you’ve just led a fantastic brainstorming session with your team. You’ve had great participation from all attendees. They’ve given you lots of input, and now you have a long list of ideas and data to work with. . But at this point it’s just an overwhelming, disorganized list.

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PM Basics

JANUARY 8, 2019

How to grow professionally as a project manager ? You collect lessons learned. Then, you act upon them to make the next project better. To boost the process, every project manager in the company should share lessons learned with others. It multiplies the benefits. In this article, I’m going to share my lessons learned from 2018. (It’s only about Project Management side).

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Planview

JANUARY 8, 2019

The following content is taken from the whitepaper, “Portfolio-Driven Performance: The 7 Process Areas That Drive IT and Business Results,” written by Jerry Manas. To make it more easily accessible to you, we are giving it everlasting life here on the blog. In part one of this series, “Using Portfolio-Driven Performance to Improve Project Delivery,” we examined how organizations can remain adaptive in the face of constant change through a portfolio-driven approach.

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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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Herding Cats

JANUARY 8, 2019

When we mean to build, We first survey the plot, then draw the model; and when we see the figure of the house, Then must we rate the cost of the erection which if we find outweighs ability, What do we then but draw anew the model In fewer offices, or at least desist To build at all? William Shakespeare Henry IV, Part2, I.iii,1598. Estimating and building anything has been an age-old process.

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Estimate Software Developers Software Development Risk Management 33

LiquidPlanner

JANUARY 8, 2019

Todd Talks with Chase Jarvis, CEO of CreativeLive. I am thrilled to have Chase Jarvis as a guest on our show! He’s a renowned photographer and the CEO and founder of CreativeLive, the largest learning platform in the world for creators and entrepreneurs—that’s 3 billion minutes of video education for more than 10 million students. Pretty impressive.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 8, 2019

In working in today’s knowledge work economy, it surprises me that many leaders still use traditional ways of leading their people. Leaders still put most of the focus on the work to be done instead of focusing on the people to create an environment where great work can be done. My suspicion it has to do with legacy industries and businesses. They still see work as straightforward and the leader has the most experience to break down and explain the work so many people can execute on it to finish

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Paymo App

JANUARY 8, 2019

Project managers have always been the key link among team members, keeping them focused and accountable for their work. Whether it’s having a particular way of organizing their tasks, offering career advice or managing teams, each project manager has one trick that makes work, if not easier, at least more enjoyable. Aside from a team of professionals to help them finish a project, there’s project management software.

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