PM Times

APRIL 18, 2023

The world is changing fast, and so is the future of project management. For new and established project professionals, the challenge to stay competitive and relevant in our ever-evolving work environment can be daunting – particularly in the face of constant disruption and economic uncertainty. The good news is project talent is still in […] The post Opportunity is Everywhere for Project Managers appeared first on Project Management Articles, Webinars, Templates and Jobs.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 18, 2023

Production and manufacturing are often seen as the same thing. While they’re related, the two have distinct definitions. It’s important to understand the differences, especially if you’re involved in the manufacturing industry. Let’s explore production vs. manufacturing. Of course, it’s not a competition between the two as we’ll see when we define each term and then explain the differences between production and manufacturing.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 18, 2023

5 Grundsätze für die effektive Moderation von Scrum Events Unerfahrene Scrum Master glauben, sie müssten möglichst viele Facilitation-Techniken kennen. Dem ist nicht so. Klar, du findest viele hilfreiche Moderationstechniken im Internet. Aber das heißt nicht, dass du auch jeden Ice-Breaker oder Energizer verwenden, jedes lustige Bildchen malen oder andere Moderationstechniken einsetzen solltest.

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Musings on Project Management

APRIL 18, 2023

There comes a point where more planning can not remove the remaining uncertainty, instead execution must be used to provide data and remove uncertainty.

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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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LiquidPlanner

APRIL 18, 2023

On Thursday, April 13, 2023, leadership from Tempo and LiquidPlanner hosted a fireside chat so customers and partners from all sides could learn how these companies came together and find out what’s happening next. Tempo Chief Product Officer, Shannon Mason led an engaging discussion with Tempo CEO, Mark Lorion, LiquidPlanner CEO Ted Hawksford, and LiquidPlanner VP of Product, Jen Morrisey on the future of their partnership.

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Leading Agile

APRIL 18, 2023

How do you get hearts and minds to change? How do you get past long-standing behaviors and reinforced patterns of thinking so you can begin to do things a new way? Possibly a better way? Let’s say you wanted to move from a command-and-control management style toward a more empowering, human-centered leadership style. How would you go about asking those managers to change?

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Productivity Land

APRIL 18, 2023

There is more to pay in college than tuition fees. You have to move all your daily life to college, including spending that you didn’t have to think about before. Notably, these hidden costs include more than just doing your own groceries. Four years of education include prices for textbooks for each course, social life expenses, and insurance. And if some of these costs are unavoidable (like health insurance), others can be cut to the minimum or avoided altogether.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

APRIL 18, 2023

You’ve asked a lot of questions to a diverse group of stakeholders. You’ve done an assessment. Now it’s time to create a PMO Business Case and start moving the needle from idea to reality. If you notice, I call it a PMO Business Case, not a PMO Charter. I don’t like the word “charter” when talking about creating PMO’s.

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The Strategic Project Manager

APRIL 18, 2023

This post looks under the hood at various aspects of brainstorming – unlocking our collective minds to solve problems and seize opportunities. It looks at the importance of brainstorming, key elements and the natural brainstorming process, and approaches to brainstorming unique to strategy and project management. Why is brainstorming important?

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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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Sitetracker

APRIL 18, 2023

Sitetracker, the leading deployment operations management software for critical infrastructure providers, will enable Telia Towers, which deploys telecom towers and related equipment space in Norway, Sweden and Finland, to more quickly and easily deploy and manage thousands of towers across the Nordic region. The post Leading Nordic Tower Company Telia Towers Selects Sitetracker for Multi-Country Deployment appeared first on Sitetracker.

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Function Point

APRIL 18, 2023

Retainers tend to be an attractive option for both creative agencies and clients. With a retainer, the client knows their monthly expense will be consistent, and the agency knows they will have a steady stream of revenue coming in. However, retainers can be dangerous to the creative agency if they aren’t managed correctly. For those of you who don’t know how a retainer truly works, it’s an arrangement between a client and an agency to collaborate over a long period of time at a fixed

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Scrum.org

APRIL 18, 2023

Scrum Masters are there to help their team and the entire organization understand and work empirically. This is hard, especially in environments infected with Zombie Scrum. We always start by bringing together the Scrum Masters and see where they can help and support each other. This experiment helps you do that. It is based on the Liberating Structure “ Wise Crowds ”.

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Teamweek

APRIL 18, 2023

Finding out if a candidate is a great fit for your team can be incredibly straining. Besides being great at what they do (hard skills), there are tons of other personality traits that they need to have to succeed in their role. Primarily, these are cognitive abilities – critical thinking , problem-solving skills, learning aptitude, and others. Today, we’ll tell you everything you need to know about cognitive ability testing for employment.

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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.

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