Thu.Jul 01, 2021

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Successfully Lead Projects Remotely

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Recently I joined Joe Pusz for his podcast, Project Management Office Hours. We talked about how to successfully lead projects remotely. As more and more companies transition to allow their employees to work from home post-pandemic, these skills are going to continue to serve us moving forward. Some of the key takeaways: Joe: How has COVID-19 really changed the way project managers are working these days?

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Gantt Chart Dependencies: Understanding Task Dependency Types

ProjectManager.com

Every project is made up of tasks, and the sequence of those tasks are often of the upmost importance. Certain tasks can’t begin until another one has finished, and vice-versa. In order to ensure that tasks are done in the correct order, project managers employ the use of Gantt charts and Gantt chart software to track the dependencies between their project’s tasks.

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Back to the foundations of the Scrum framework - The Sprint Backlog and Transparency

Scrum.org

Scrum is founded on empirical process control, and transparency is one of the three pillars. Each of the Scrum Artifacts exist to bring transparency to the Scrum Team and the stakeholders. If you feel that there is a lack of transparency for any aspect of your initiative, have a good look with your team at your Artifacts. Note: transparency is way more than bringing “visibility”.

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SAFe Simply Explained (Part 1): Core Competencies and Principles

Inloox

Agility should no longer be a new term for most project managers. High flexibility, adaptability and increased communication are just a few of the benefits that have led to significant improvements through the introduction of agile work processes in organizations. So agility in itself is nothing new for many companies. In most cases, however, previous experience is based only on the small-scale use of Scrum or other agile methods in individual departments.

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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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A detailed guide to resource planning for Project Managers

Resource Guru

I am notoriously overbooked, in both my personal and professional lives. I assure you, this is not a humble brag about either my popularity or my skills as a writer. My time and energy are the main —and often only—resources I have to offer both personally and professionally. The inability to allocate either effectively has resulted in missed deadlines, forgotten social events, and completely avoidable double bookings.

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Project242: Don’t Get Too Wound That You Snap

Bridge the Gap Consulting

Project242 (P242) is my journey to bike 242 miles in 24 hours, across the state of Minnesota on gravel roads, in August, 2021 (the Day Across MN, or the DAMN). I’ve found many lessons experienced riding a bike can be applied to our careers. In these posts, I will share the correlations. Three days ago I biked 62 miles. Two days ago, 30. Yesterday, another 50.

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What Your Client And Team Needs Most: THE TRUTH

Clinton M. Padgett

“YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH!” I’m guessing you not only heard a certain voice when reading this, you may have also visualized the scene and context of this quote. It ranks as one of the most recognizable cinematic quotes yelled by Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men. The fact is, not only can your client and team handle the truth…they need the truth.

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Unlock Potential: Push Decision Making Down

Project Management Essentials

Modern management theory is built on the premise of trust. If management creates a values-based culture, employees will make the “right” decisions. Douglas McGregor described Theory X (not trusting) and Y (trusting)managers. The 1950s were an inflection point where the nature of work and management practices began to shift. In the era of industrialization and mass production.

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New feature – get a better view of your projects

Resource Guru

Have you always wanted a better view of your projects in Resource Guru? One with greater clarity and less noise? Well, today is your lucky day! We’ve just added a nifty little feature that gives you much better visibility of your projects in the Schedule. Group by project, or client. Let’s jump straight into an example and show you how much easier it is to see bookings for the Razor Light project using this new feature.

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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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5 Types Of Meetings That Should Always Be Async (And 5 That Shouldn’t)

Trello

Well, that meeting could’ve been an email.

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