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Leveling vs Smoothing: What’s the Difference for Project Scheduling?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Resource management is a balancing act. You’ve got a certain amount of people available and a certain amount of work to do. You know there are some techniques available to help you decide how best to use the available resources. But when it comes to resource leveling vs resource smoothing, which would you choose for what situation? What are the differences between these two approaches?

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Types of Construction Specifications: Key Things to Consider

ProjectManager.com

Construction companies have to do some heavy lifting, and that’s not just the steel and concrete they use to erect buildings, bridges and other structures. There are many different types of materials and labor that go into their work that requires their contracts to have construction specifications. There are many types of specifications in construction.

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LiquidPlanner debuts at Atlassian Team ’23

LiquidPlanner

This past week we traveled to Las Vegas for Team ’23, Atlassian’s annual conference celebrating teamwork and collaboration. This year’s theme, “Impossible Alone. Possible Together,” resonates with us now more than ever. LiquidPlanner was recently acquired by Tempo ; while we remain a stand-alone product, the relationship expands opportunities to progress further in our roadmap, build sought after integrations, and explore future innovation.

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„Lass uns einfach reden. Wir benötigen keinen Facilitator!“ – Warum diese Aussage zu 4 Problemen führt, die vermieden werden könnten

Scrum.org

Welche Probleme entstehen ohne einen Facilitator? Als ich vor einigen Jahren die erste Retrospektive in meinem neuen Scrum Team durchführte, beschloss das Team, am nächsten Tag das Thema weiterzudiskutieren. Daher setzten die Teammitglieder ein weiteres Meeting an. Da ich diesen Termin nicht moderieren konnte, fragte ich, wer das für mich übernehmen würde.

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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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Job of Agile Release Train Engineer and Status Reporting

The Strategic Project Manager

This post examines the overall responsibilities of the Release Training Engineer (RTE) within the SAFe methodology. It then dives deeper into one of those responsibilities – progress reporting. It then looks at the intersection of RTE responsibilities with the strategy and project management functions – and shows how broad of a role RTE can be.

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Entering the Top 50 Project Managements Products: GanttPRO Wins New Awards

GanttPRO Project Management

GanttPRO has started this spring not only with fresh plans and professional ambitions but also with a new set of honorable awards. Traditional seasonal reports compiled by the leading software […] The post Entering the Top 50 Project Managements Products: GanttPRO Wins New Awards first appeared on GanttPRO Project Management Blog.

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The Integrated and Transparent Principle for Sustainable Project Management

Green Project Management

The integrated and transparent principle for sustainable project management fosters a holistic approach to sustainability, where economic development, social integrity, and environmental protection are interdependent and interconnected. It means being aware of projects’ impact on the environment and society and working to minimize negative impacts while maximizing positive ones.

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Regaining Customer Trust: Two Strategies for Authenticity in the Era of Generative AI and Programmatic Content

International Institute for Learning

How doubling down on generating ‘Earned Media’ and measuring ‘Earned Growth’ as a separate marketing channel can boost authenticity in a programmatic world. By Gerard McNamara The first clickable banner ad appeared in 1994. The browser cookie followed a year later, and with that, the biggest expenditure item in marketing budgets – advertising – transitioned to a programmatic approach.

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Course Review: ManagementYogi’s RMP 30 Contact Hours Online – A Crisp Course to Learn Risk Management and Go for PMI-RMP Exam

Management Yogi

By Prasad Ramamurthy Kadambi, PMP I’m a certified PMP since 2020. To continue with your earned PMP credential, one needs 60 PDUs, which I had very little of as of 2022 end. I reached out to Satya to know how best to get these PDUs and with best possible learning. Satya asked which one do I use the most in my profession, to which I informed: Risk Management!

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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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Unlocking the Potential: Embracing Autism in the Workplace

International Institute for Learning

By Brandon Fargis The end of Autism Awareness Month provides us with an opportunity to reflect, celebrate, and carry forward an awareness of the unique advantages and skills that people on the spectrum offer the workplace. Let’s remember that supporting those with autism makes workplaces more inclusive, increases autism awareness, and increases understanding of the condition.

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How can AI Transform Project Management? | Video

Online PM Courses

Any video about Artificial Intelligence is likely to be provisional. But what can we say now about how AI can transform Project Management? The post How can AI Transform Project Management? | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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8 Examples of Using ChatGPT in Recruitment Process

Teamweek

Suddenly, the evolutionary AI tool is everywhere. Including recruitment! And while businesses are now using ChatGPT across various sectors and continually discovering new use cases, an equal amount of exaggeration and misunderstanding always accompanies the next Big Thing in tech. In this article, we look at the real potential of this AI innovation for talent acquisition by analysing what it is and diving into 8 ChatGPT in recruitment examples.

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The Sudden Rise of AI Will Single-Handedly Change the Way We Work in Agile

International Institute for Learning

By Dawn Nicole McIlwain When agile was first introduced, it was all about remaining true to its discipline and being somewhat of an agile purist. This was necessary since the agile methodology was still essentially in its early-adoption phase, and it was important that people followed the antidote to reach the intended outcome. However, in 2023, you don’t get points for going by the book, you get points for producing outcomes that matter, thinking critically through complex decisions and r

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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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Wrike vs. Smartsheet: Which Is Better for Project Management?

Wrike

Does the idea of spreadsheets fill you with joy or dread? Everyone’s different: some people use spreadsheets for everything from work projects to grocery shopping. Others would rather climb a mountain bare-footed than figure out a formula or fill in cells. If you’re in the first category, you’ve probably heard of Smartsheet. Founded in 2005, it was one of the first solutions to combine the familiarity of an Excel spreadsheet with the functionality of a work management tool.

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