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Top 10 Business Trends To Watch For In 2022

PM Times

By Andrea Brockmeier, Jason Cassidy, Susan Heidorn, Jose Marcial Portilla, and Mike Stuedemann While 2021 has been better in many ways than 2020, it doesn’t feel much more predictable. Yet, at Educate 360 we have identified some the biggest trends we are seeing and expect organizations to continue experiencing in Project Management, Business Analysis, Agile, […].

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Risk management (2) - The FMEA method

Inloox

Risk analysis with the FMEA method The abbreviation FMEA stands for Failure Mode and Effects Analysis. The FMEA method is therefore much more than just a risk management method. It is a much more comprehensive reliability technique and is used, among other things, in the design and development phases of new products. In project management, this tool is mainly used in quality assurance and risk management.

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Top Virtual Leadership Skills for a Great Remote Work Culture

Project Bliss

With remote work here to stay, virtual leadership skills are critical for productive teams. Photo by Karolina Grabowska from Pexels. The trend towards remote work is rising. This means a huge transformation to the way businesses work in distributed workplaces where every member works from a separate location. As per Gartner’s research, about 47% of the respondents intend to allow employees full-time remote working opportunities.

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Risk Management in Projects (1) – Introduction

Inloox

New blog series on risk management in projects In the coming weeks, we will focus on a very relevant topic in project management: Risk management. This area of project management is very important, as projects are confronted with permanent changes and thus constantly with new risks. In our first post we will give a short overview and a basic introduction to this topic.

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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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How to Track Progress During Agile Transformation

Leading Agile

Agile necessitates that we measure progress a certain way. But before we can measure any progress, the first thing we need to understand is our goals for the Transformation. What do we want out of Agility? Once we have that answer, we use those goals to measure and ensure the leading and lagging indicators we selected are all rolling up to that goal.

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Free CRM Software – Benefits, Ideal Features, And the Best CRM Tool Of 2022 for Small Businesses

nTask

Free CRM software for small business is the quickest, easiest, and most efficient gateway to enhanced customer relationships & improved profits. A good tool will efficiently manage your relationship with your customer, turning them into long-term, loyal customers of your business. In this article, we will go through a list of free CRM software for small businesses.

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Risk Management (3) - The Risk Catalog

Inloox

Introduction: The risk catalog The risk catalog - also called risk inventory - can serve as a basis for a risk analysis or the FMEA method. This method also offers many advantages when used on its own. A risk catalog represents a structured compilation of potential project risk events. In addition, you can also enter preventative or reactive measures for risk avoidance in the risk catalog.

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Fundamentals of Project Risk Management Framework

Management Yogi

I’ve compared projects with living entities (like human beings), and the life cycle of a project with life cycle of a person. Similarly, the PMBOK guide, when expanded, is called project management body of knowledge or a body of knowledge for project management. Like every human being has a body which he or she needs to be aware of, every practicing project manager needs to be aware of the body.

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Birthday Presence Giveaway!

Rebel’s Guide to PM

To celebrate the birthday of the bestselling book ‘Executive Presentations’, Jacqui Harper is giving away a copy of her book! Watch the video below for entry details. The deadline is Tuesday November 30 th , 2021. About the author: Jacqui Harper MBE is an international presentation skills expert. Her journey from reserved business reporter to BBC TV anchor, visiting professor at INSEAD business school and acclaimed author, means she has a wealth of solutions to communication challenges fac

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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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DPM War Stories: The Difficult Conversation

Brett Harned

As someone who's managed projects in some capacity for more than 20 years, I've got stories to tell. I've decided to record my stories in written format, and possibly on video as well. Here goes my first one. I'd love your feedback or comments. -- Being a project manager means that you have to do your best to relate to everyone on your team.

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Boost Your Marketing Success with Cross-Team Collaboration

Admation

Many modern factors have impacted businesses and brought cross-team collaboration to the fore. While a surge in remote working has led to employees being physically further apart instant communication tools are bringing teams back together. We see the progressive, ambitious companies across ma rketing and advertising using the latest tools, technologies, and connected workplaces to create, manage and innovate across their organization.

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What Are KISS Principles in Project Management?

Wrike

Think about the last time you had a “Eureka!” moment. Was it because you discovered something sophisticated, complex, and hard to understand — with all sorts of bells and whistles along the way? Probably not. More likely, your last lightbulb moment made you slap your forehead and say, “Why didn’t I think of that before?

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Fluid.work Software Review [2021]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

What if you could reduce your meeting time, avoid spending hours putting together reports or typing up minutes, and truly work smarter? What if creating a pack of status reports went from 5 days of effort to 10 seconds? (Yes, that’s what happened to one of Fluid’s real customers.). Fluid is award-winning PPM software that influences your whole business for the better.

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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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How To Progress In Your Career And Advance Beyond An Entry Level Position

Trello

When you’re just getting started in your career—or switching from one career to the other—generally, you kick things off in an entry level position. Entry level positions are a great fit for early stage professionals—they can give you key insights into your company, your industry, and what you ultimately want out of your career.

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DPM War Stories: The Difficult Conversation

Brett Harned

As someone who's managed projects in some capacity for more than 20 years, I've got stories to tell. I've decided to record my stories in written format, and possibly on video as well. Here goes my first one. I'd love your feedback or comments. -- Being a project manager means that you have to do […].

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Episode 23 | PART TWO: A CONVERSATION WITH BOB CHAPMAN

Clint Padgett – Project Success

Episode 23 | Part Two: A CONVERSATION WITH BOB CHAPMAN. The post Episode 23 | PART TWO: A CONVERSATION WITH BOB CHAPMAN appeared first on Project Success.

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Everything You Need to Know About Gantt Chart Timeline

nTask

There are many tools and techniques that come together to help teams deliver successful projects. One such popular tool, the Gantt chart timeline, was updated and reintroduced by Henry Gantt and is used by project managers and project teams across the world. The Gantt chart timeline not only provides help to teams during the project’s execution but offers capabilities during the planning and the project close phases as well.

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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.

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Understanding Agile Metrics: How to Use Burndown Charts, Velocity Charts, and More!

Planio

Metrics and data can be a touchy subject for Agile teams. In the best-case scenario, Agile metrics like sprint burndown charts, velocity, and cumulative flow diagrams are used to reduce confusion and show team progress (or bottlenecks). However, data can also just as easily be misused to justify scope increases, mandatory weekend work, or reduced resources in the wrong hands.

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What Is Sprint Retrospective & How To Get The Most Out Of It?

nTask

Sprints are an effective project management methodology with which you can get better results at a faster pace. Sprints are planned before a project officially sets sailing. But what if you could improve the sprints for better results? Enter Sprint retrospectives. What is Sprint Retrospective? A sprint retrospective is a meeting where the entire team sits together and analyzes the team’s performance in the past sprints and comes up with strategies to improve performance in the upcoming sprints.