Sun.Sep 05, 2021

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Six signs that you might be inheriting a sick schedule

Kiron Bondale

We’d all like to lead projects from start to finish, but the reality is that often times the project manager who kicked it off won’t be the one who turns the lights off at the end. Steve McQueen said “We deal in lead, friend” and a fitting motto for project managers is “We deal in change” and that includes our own role.

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Creating Psychological Safety for a High-Performing Team

Project Bliss

As a project manager and team lead, creating psychological safety is an essential part of creating and maintaining high-performing teams. What is Psychological Safety? Psychological safety refers to feeling like we have permission to express our thoughts and feelings, even those that may seem unpopular or controversial. It also includes having access to information about others’ actions and decisions.

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Sketching out the architecture

Musings on Project Management

I was recently directed toward an interesting site (blog, presentations, etc) by Simon Brown, and his download presentation about "sketching the architecture" that more or less reinforces my idea that: "If you can't draw it, you can't build it." Box modelFrom this idea flows my "box model" approach to setting down high level narrative (business story with context), major functions (boxes) and.

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Exploring VBA: Microsoft Project’s Macro Language

MPUG

Project Management technology should never be more complicated then managing a project! Did you know that using macros can enhance the efficiency of Microsoft Project significantly? Of course, the thought of writing and recording macros to meet your unique needs can often prove challenging to those of us who are not technical programmers. I’d like to suggest that the average business user can easily customize Microsoft Project with macros to maximize its value.

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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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SRO, Sponsor, Director, or Executive: What does your Project Owner do?

Online PM Courses

SRO, Project Sponsor, Executive, or Director. They play a vital role in your project's success or failure. We investigate that role in depth. The post SRO, Sponsor, Director, or Executive: What does your Project Owner do? appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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What Is the Ecosystem Strategy?

The Strategic Project Manager

Digital technology has disrupted industries and created widespread opportunity for value creation. How can organizations find their place in this new order? What are the new strategic opportunities? In part, the answer lies in developing custom strategies and implementing projects to position the company in the appropriate business ecosystems. It goes beyond what the firm can do itself to what the firm can do in partnerships with other organizations.