Project Risk Coach
DECEMBER 19, 2019
Project meetings can be maddening. Some people come unprepared. Others get off track. And how about those that constantly check email. Let's improve your meetings through project meeting roles. Team members leave meetings with no decisions, lacking direction, and not knowing what to expect next. Power hungry individuals dominate the discussions. The meek say nothing.
Planio
DECEMBER 19, 2019
“You know what would be cool?”. Every project manager has heard these words and felt a chill run down their spine. With just a few words, a simple, easy-to-execute project plan can be suddenly transformed into the project management equivalent of an M.C. Escher painting. For a project to succeed, you need a clearly defined and agreed-upon scope (i.e., what you’re going to build and what you need to get there).
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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives
DECEMBER 19, 2019
As project management becomes more and more popular, we are seeing increased frustration from people wanting to break into it. Like all good project managers know, it requires planning and dedication to make the transition into a project management position. A popular way to try and kick start a career has been to take a PRINCE2 course and hope for the best.
ProjectManager.com
DECEMBER 19, 2019
A business case is the way you prove to your client, customer or stakeholder that the product you’re pitching is a sound investment. Below, we illustrate the steps to writing one that will sway them. The need for a business case is that it collects the proposal, outline, strategy and marketing plan in one document and offers a full look at how the project will benefit the organization.
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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.
Scrum.org
DECEMBER 19, 2019
In 2017 I was talking to the head of the Agile Coach Group of a large bank. She asked me to come over to work with her and help to roll out their standard way of working across all branches in Europe. The idea was that they had invented the best way of working over the last 5 years, and now the other branches just needed to implement their method. I asked her how she would know that her method would work in other contexts as well?
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Bridge the Gap Consulting
DECEMBER 19, 2019
I have one kiddo that still believes in the magic of Santa Claus. His little friends and our neighbors are also young enough to believe jolly ol’ St. Nick will be dashing through the snow and the skies on his annual trip around the globe next week. Their eyes light up with excitement and anticipation for what’s to come. There are also lessons us older folks can take from Santa, too.
Lynne Cazaly
DECEMBER 19, 2019
Business as usual has been, well, business as usual (BAU) for ever! In the business world it’s the stuff that’s done to make everyday operational activities happen. So.what’s the NEW A U ? What new things are happening that will bring about change? What’s planned up ahead that will continue to challenge thinking, challenge convention and bring a new mindset and behaviour to how things are done?
Teamweek
DECEMBER 19, 2019
As an HR manager, you’ve probably felt overwhelmed by the variety of tasks and assignments that need to get done, often simultaneously. You have to hold interviews, submit endless paperwork, schedule meetings and always serve as a resource for others. When your company is hiring, there are multiple stages within the preboarding, onboarding and even off-boarding processes just waiting for you to dive into. .
Lynne Cazaly
DECEMBER 19, 2019
In times of crisis, smart leaders in customer-focused organisations know they can't wait for all the facts. Not ALL. They need to act based on what they know. The same thing can apply in our work, business, as entrepreneurs, leaders, team members. Being in the red zone, waiting and hesitating, not doing anything until we know more is fine… to a point.
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
Lynne Cazaly
DECEMBER 19, 2019
It is one thing to get the leadership team, board and executive together to plan and identify and prepare a strategy. Then comes the work of trying to embed the strategy - or in other words. make people follow it. Getting people to buy in to new directions, new ideas and changes in strategy requires sense making. We can’t just pump out some ‘comms and marketing’ in an effort to ‘sell’ the message, create the urgency and ‘cascade it’ down throughout the o
Lynne Cazaly
DECEMBER 19, 2019
Oh the pressure! All of those images and articles, news reports, retail displays, advertising campaigns and other external standards hurtling at us, telling us what we should be doing, buying, gifting, giving, receiving, eating, preparing and. expecting. They’re all just trying to sell us something and make us strive for a better or 'more perfect' Christmas or holiday season.
Lynne Cazaly
DECEMBER 19, 2019
At the most recent meeting you were in, or you led or facilitated, did you find out what people's expectations of the meeting were? I know we're often under time pressure - and senior leadership pressure - to 'just get started' with the meeting, but asking about people's expectations is still one of the best things you can do in the early parts of a meeting.
Lynne Cazaly
DECEMBER 19, 2019
As leadership evolves from command and control to consultative/coaching and beyond to facilitative, those who can handle what happens are well placed. We can’t predict what people will say, what will happen at a meeting, how a client will respond or what the board might ask for, so we may need to respond in the moment. Spontaneity is a strength that's incredibly powerful in times of uncertainty.
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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.
Lynne Cazaly
DECEMBER 19, 2019
The Institute for the Future continues to urge us to prepare for the future skills we'll require to cope with uncertainty, change and new ways of working. If you can't zip out of the office to complete a 'Future of Work Diploma', what are you doing to educate yourself so you're ready? Over the weekend, during the week, on holidays, people often find gaps in the day - after breakfast, waiting in the car, in airport queues, after dinner, waiting for the weather to change/clear/change again.
Lynne Cazaly
DECEMBER 19, 2019
A meeting room I was in recently had a table with 8 people seated at it. Each person had arrived at the meeting with a collection of props and belongings: - a water bottle. - their ID/security card. - their mobile device. - notepad and pen. The notepad and pen - yes, an analogue tool, but powerful nonetheless. Everyone in the meeting was writing their own notes down.
Lynne Cazaly
DECEMBER 19, 2019
So many ideas, so little time. It’s a feeling we can have that can make us not even bother with the work of putting any of our ideas out there. But they’re not really ideas until they are ‘out there’ Until then they are just thoughts. So on the theme of 'willing' : ready, keen and eager. are you willing to - start? Perfectionists among us hold off on pressing ‘go’ or registering the domain, writing the blog or making the call.
Lynne Cazaly
DECEMBER 19, 2019
Working on tasks like problem solving, idea generation or planning and decision making means we can get into some pretty heavy thinking. I wonder. are we doing too much thinking and not enough capturing of the thinking? Have you had that situation where you've come up with an idea, some clever thoughts and then. it's gone, disappeared as quickly as it arrived?
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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.
Lynne Cazaly
DECEMBER 19, 2019
In the area of 'new ways of working' there are opportunities to, you know, try new things. New ways of doing things are happening the world over, across diverse sectors and deep into different domains and areas of expertise. So there is new. There are opportunities to look, learn and try out the new. How wonderful! It’s perplexing when of course some people - no, not you - but some people, dismiss the new.
Lynne Cazaly
DECEMBER 19, 2019
It’s an opportunity for consultation, collaboration, co-design. For information sharing, attitude adjusting and belief shifting. It’s an opportunity to make the workplace safer to speak up. It’s an opportunity to have a conversation not a presentation. To turn the data show off, to pass on the PowerPoint deck and instead engage, ask questions.
Lynne Cazaly
DECEMBER 19, 2019
Great to be a finalist in The Australian Business Book Awards for 'ISH: The Problem with our Pursuit for Perfection and the Life-Changing Practice of Good Enough’ - a big thanks to Scott Eathorne for helping get the message out there about the perils of perfectionism. There is an alternative to the overthinking and overworking that is making us miserable, anxious and unwell.
Lynne Cazaly
DECEMBER 19, 2019
Travelling on a Melbourne tram yesterday, I was riding past a business office not far from where I live. One of the company's meeting rooms faces the street, so I always look in as we pass by to see what they're doing in their meetings. Of the many, many times I've gone past, they seem to always be: - sitting at the table, - looking at each other, - talking at or with each other.
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Digital transformation projects are crucial, with global spending projected to hit $3.4 trillion by 2026. However, they often fail at a rate of about 70%. To enhance success: Employee Buy-in: Acknowledge concerns and establish a change management team to communicate benefits transparently. Identify Processes and Tools: Form a digital transformation office to establish metrics, workstream lifecycles, data capture, and tool selection.
Lynne Cazaly
DECEMBER 19, 2019
You know how we zone out in meetings, get overloaded, lose focus and do other things? (We check our devices for email, social media, anything to relieve the pressure of information overload.). What do you do to counter this situation? Most people I work with initially blame the phone or device and say things like ‘put them away’ or ‘don’t use them’ But it’s less about the phone, more about what’s going on in our heads.
Lynne Cazaly
DECEMBER 19, 2019
As we cycle around something, a situation, an idea, a problem, a possible solution, we're usually trying to work out our relationship with it, to it. We're working out what we think, what we know and what we should or could do. if anything. We exchange information with others. We try to advance the conversation. Our opinions may not be fully formed.
Lynne Cazaly
DECEMBER 19, 2019
In a meeting recently I saw a colleague write up more than 5 pages of notes. The next day they said how confused they felt about it all. What were all the notes about then? Sometimes we can capture content others are delivering, thinking we’re doing well, getting all of that information down. But it can end up meaning nothing to us later. We don’t seem to be able to find what the key points were or what the essence of it was.
Lynne Cazaly
DECEMBER 19, 2019
Have you been in a meeting recently when the discussion seemed to keep spinning around in circles, not getting anywhere? Aaarrgggh! It’s so frustrating, time-wasting and a waste of efforts, energy and ideas. It’s also a sure sign that people are talking and thinking about different things… and it’s something that can be remedied.
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