Tue.Sep 07, 2021

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16 Creative Reward Ideas To Recognize Your Best Employees

Proofhub

Source: [link] According to an O.C. Tanner Learning Group white paper , 79% of people who quit their jobs say they did so due to “lack of appreciation.” Furthermore, a poll by Gallup revealed that out of the one billion full-time workers globally, only 15% of them are actively engaged at work , meaning 85% of them dislike their job?—?and more specifically, their boss.

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Do We Need Agile Coaches when Practicing Scrum?

Scrum.org

TL; DR: Agile Coaches vs. Scrum Masters. Do We Need Agile Coaches when Practicing Scrum? Don’t get me wrong; my LinkedIn profile states “Professional Scrum Trainer, Agile Coach, and Scrum Master,” as ‘agile coach’ is an important search term. (Many seem to confuse agile coach with Scrum Master or believe both terms can be used interchangeably. However, that should not be a reason to reduce your chances of meeting a new employer or client.).

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The Principles of Being a Good Steward – PMBOK 3.1

Bridge the Gap Consulting

“Stewards act responsibly to carry out activities with integrity, care, and trustworthiness while maintaining compliance with internal and external guidelines. They demonstrate a broad commitment to financial, social, and environmental impacts of the projects they support.” – PMBOK, pg 24. Stewardship can mean different things to different people.

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Your Ultimate Guide to Leadership in Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Are you an effective leader when it comes to working with your project teams? Do you think of yourself as a project manager or a project leader ? Perhaps you’ve been thrown in at the deep end of a project that urgently needs someone to take control (sounds familiar!). Or maybe you’re mid-project and things are starting to veer off track. You know you need to steer everyone to bring it back on course, but how?

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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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A Lean Innovation Management Process: Discovering and Creating Value

The Strategic Project Manager

Products and services, projects, and processes all need to add value to be strategically viable. This applies regardless of the type of organization – small, medium, or large company; startup; government entity; or non-profit. Lean innovation management originated from startups, but is applicable in helping bring a startup mentality to a variety of types of organizations.

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How Can I Use Project Management Templates for My Business?

Techno-PM

Project management templates are a great way to stay on top of your projects. They are the backbone of any project. They can help you keep track of all the different elements in one place and make it easier than ever to manage your project from start to finish. Project templates are an extremely asset for any business. There are a wide variety of different types of project templates that can be used in many ways.

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We are hired to give our clients solutions that work. Aren’t we?

Scrum.org

Make yourself look good and you'll have a job and an army of ill-wishers; highlight and exploit your client’s brilliance and you’ll have a job and an army of fans. – Quoting myself. We are hired to give our clients solutions that work, not to ask endless questions! I hear this emotional expression and its endless variations from a lot of agile coaches, including those at the top of the food chain of the agile world.

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How Can I Use Project Management Templates for My Business?

Techno-PM

Project management templates are a great way to stay on top of your projects. They are the backbone of any project. They can help you keep track of all the different elements in one place and make it easier than ever to manage your project from start to finish. Project templates are an extremely asset for any business. There are a wide variety of different types of project templates that can be used in many ways.

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6 Popular Project Management Methodologies And What They're Best Suited For

Trello

You’re a project manager who has just been tasked with managing two very different, yet intertwined projects. It’s up to you to choose the best project management methodology for each project.

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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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Construction Scheduling: A Plan for When and Where to Perform Specific Tasks

Techno-PM

The construction schedule is a plan that outlines the different stages in which construction work will be carried out. It details when and where specific tasks will take place and how long each step may take to complete. Construction schedules can vary depending on the project being undertaken, but some general guidelines apply to most projects. Download Project Management Templates !

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The Key to Performance Improvement: Candid Perfromance Assessment

PM Times

Performance assessment is a critical part of optimal performance. When done well it brings intelligence, effective processes, mindfulness, and self-awareness to bear to sustain and continuously improve performance. Unfortunately, performance assessment is often not done well. Recent discussions about performance reviews make me ask: Why do people have such a tough time admitting that they […].

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My virtual world tour in search for the best PMO

Henny Portman

Today I finished my tasks as judge in the 2021 World PMO of the Year Award competition organized by the PMO Global Alliance. This was the third time in a row and every time I am amazed how many excellent high performing PMOs there are. It’s not only a judging process. As a judge you can learn a lot from those PMO presentations. The regional award winners and finalists for the 2021 World PMO of the Year Award are: 2021 Africa PMO of the Year Award Winner: City of Cape Town (SOUTH AFRICA) 2021 Asi

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