Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Sol Benady is a management consultant, Fintech entrepreneur, and program manager working in the banking sector. He started his career as an auditor in London, trained with E&Y where he qualified as an accountant, and then moved into consulting for retail and investment banking for a wide range of projects and clients. In 2015 he moved into banking and spent time working on, amongst other things, Brexit plans for the bank.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Time is not on your side when it comes to project management. Work piles up and deadlines approach quickly. While project managers haven’t figured out how to bend time and space to their bidding, there are time management techniques that you can use to manage the time you spend on tasks. No, it’s not science fiction, it’s project time management.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

As I stepped outside for my morning walk just before dawn, I took in a different scene than normal - it was very foggy out. It was beautiful to see the neighborhood scenery slowly appear before me as I wondered at the daybreak beaming between tree branches. . And then, In a curvy dip in the road, I encountered something different: a car. . I quickly realized that it was harder for them to see me in the fog, so I turned on my flashlight and stepped to the side of the road, hoping to increase the

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Workamajig

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Learn how to spot trends early and create more compelling marketing campaigns in our latest article. As a marketer, you’re essentially in the business of trends. At any given point, you’re making, chasing, or amplifying trends. Pursuing trends can be tricky. If you’re too early, you can end up over-investing in something that eventually fails to take off (remember 3D TVs?).

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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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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

. This week marks the 30th anniversary of the release of the Nevermind album by Nirvana with the iconic song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" which became the trend setter for an entire genre. We took the occasion of the anniversary and turned it into something fun by creating an agile sticker (4"x3.8" in die cut format). Scrum is all about teams, our song should be "Smells Like Team Spirit" and the dollar bill (business value) is embraced by a team.

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Lynne Cazaly

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

As many workplaces experience more hybrid ways of working - some people are here, some there, some on site, some working from home - the challenges of engaging and leading in this environment can be tricky. We don’t want the worst of online and face-to-face combining to create an awkward, disengaging and excluding hybrid world. No, let’s bring the best of both face-to-face and online together to create this new world of hybrid.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

When embarking on a new project at work, it’s important to have a structure in place to guide your project to success. A plan is important, but it can be difficult to know where to begin. Luckily, there are lots of tried and tested approaches to project management out there for you to choose from — these are called methodologies, and many are grouped into different families for organizations to use.

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Lynne Cazaly

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Imagine wearing a huge motorcycle helmet that blocks the ‘out there’ and let’s you focus on the ‘in here’ It has a screen, noise cancelling everything and lets you get on with it, minus distractions. This seemingly crazy idea from 2017 was earlier considered by SciFi Pioneer Hugo Gernsback in the 1920s. ‘The Isolator’ as it was called earlier, was designed to block out the distractions that are all too familiar to us.

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The Digital Project Manager

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Learn about the value of systems thinking for project management, and get three key strategies for managing tasks using systems thinking. The post Managing Tasks As A Project Manager: 3 Key Strategies For 2022 appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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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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Online PM Courses

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Jonathan Norman has a lifelong interest in communication at work. We talk about building a working relationship with your project sponsor. The post Building a Working Relationship with Your Project Sponsor – With Jonathan Norman | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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Lynne Cazaly

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Creativity isn't just for artists, painters, sculptors and creators. It's helpful for problem solving, opportunity making, perspective taking. Check out this quick video tip on how to build your creative mindset.

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Admation

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

We are passionate about making marketing work better. So today, we are thrilled to announce the merger of Admation and Simple. With both companies leaders in marketing operations and retail marketing workflow technology, it made perfect sense to come together as the new Simple. But it is not just the technology at the heart of this merger - it's the combination of technology with people, processes and insights.

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Clint Padgett – Project Success

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Episode 20 PART TWO: A CONVERSATION WITH DR. TIMOTHY R. CLARK. The post Episode 20 PART TWO: A CONVERSATION WITH DR. TIMOTHY R. CLARK appeared first on Project Success.

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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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Agilemania

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

If our estimates are wrong most of the time, why should we even attempt estimating in the first place? Since we are in a complex world and the requirements, customer demands, and technology change rapidly, we know little about what & how we are going to develop. We learn more through empiricism. If this is the case, why bother estimating at all?

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Epicflow Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The diversity of tools that help to manage projects in various industries and businesses has significantly expanded in recent years: from tools that are used to manage tasks of a small team to overall solutions suitable for large organizations with employees located around the world. In addition, some of them have an area they manage best, e.g. Primavera is considered to be more suitable for construction projects, Jira – for software development, Epicflow is for managing multiple projects

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Lynne Cazaly

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Why is it some people working with some leaders in some environments experience burnout. yet other don’t? This difference is stark and at the heart of why some things fire us up. and others burn us out. In this Forbes article by Alain Hunkins , it’s revealed that “engaged employees who have job flexibility tend to work more hours per week than the average employee, while reporting higher wellbeing. “When people feel inspired, motivated and supported in their work, they do

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Proggio

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Managing multiple projects in parallel within a portfolio of projects requires strong managerial alignment. Managerial alignment is when managers are in line with their supervisors and the ones that they supervise. Ideally, they are all focused on getting their goals delivered while staying on the same page with company goals, working in sync from the project portfolio manager to the project manager, to the team leader of task owners.

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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.

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Lynne Cazaly

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The mix of some people here, some people there, some people anywhere, is creating this hybrid world of work. And it requires some subtle responses. Psychological safety is still psychological safety. No matter where people are working from. Amy Edmondson’s work is extended here in collaboration with Mark Mortensen in this Harvard Business Review article that’s a must read for leaders and managers.

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Lynne Cazaly

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

If the view is ‘full of colour’ when you look at your diary or schedule, you could be in the back-to-back brigade who don’t get a break. The scheduling - and acceptance - of a day of meetings running one into the other, is tiring, inefficient and distracting. This Forbes article by Bruce Rogers talks more about how our brains needs a break.

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Lynne Cazaly

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Many people grieve the spontaneous and serendipitous connections at the watercooler. Lots of moments have been lost with remote work: interactions in the kitchen, collecting documents from the printer, walking to and from (and in) the bathroom, riding the elevator, walking to the station or car park, strolling to the cafe, walking between meetings. So many incidental interactions and happy collisions (or avoidance ??

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Lynne Cazaly

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Ropes courses, race around the world games and traditional team building stuff has all but disappeared without the face to face work of the past year. But if all of your online gatherings are all work and no play, it’s not bringing the relaxation, connection and laughter potential that a more human, fun experience can bring. Many leaders are tapping the creativity that’s come from the online team building boom.

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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.

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Lynne Cazaly

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

As we try to cope with the overwhelm of daily information, our brains work to protect us. from ‘over-arousal’ When it’s all too much, we create oversimplified ways of thinking. It’s easier. But this means we can slip up in our decision making. WATCH OUT for ways of thinking that are: 1. Binary (yes/no) 2. Intuitive (based on the past) 3.

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Lynne Cazaly

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

How many work places and work spaces might you have? One? Two? Three? ‘Third place’ is a term from Ray Oldenburg, sociologist and author of ‘The Great Good Place’ The third place came about as suburbs grew : ‘if our homes were the “first” place, and our offices the “second” place, then the “third” place was most everything in between - or the more informal places where community gatherings would occur.’ As remote and hybrid

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