Mon.Mar 26, 2018

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7 Sharp Ways to Improve Project Quality

Project Risk Coach

Poor project quality can have profound effects on projects resulting in rework, schedule delays, higher cost, frustration, morale problems, and lack of customer satisfaction. Project managers cannot afford to miss the mark here. Quality matters. When buying eyeglasses, what do people look for? One person may focus on features such as the frame style.

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How To Maximize The Efforts Of Your Agile Team

Binfire

According to agile visionaries, a robust, agile team embodies “we” rather than “I” and that teamwork is crucial to delivering great software. Actually, it’s more rewarding to share the adventure of building something which really matters with engaged teammates. Supposing your organization has embraced an agile methodology and you’re disappointed by failure, then it is time to look into it critically.

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LEAD: Your Four Project Leadership Priorities

Online PM Courses

When you are in a Project Leadership role, you will have a lot to do. As well as managing your project day-to-day, you’re responsible for the people. They look to you for leadership and guidance. But, with so many responsibilities, it can be hard to know what are your leadership priorities? Often, it is the soft skills that are hardest to practice.

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Why did I become a Project Manager?

Prince2

This month’s blog entry comes from guest blogger and PRINCE2 certified Project Manager, Phil Doyle. Phil has a strong interest in metrics and process improvement and has worked in a variety of project management roles, particularly in the IT sector. He’s also passionate about what he describes as the ‘fusion of the theoretical and the actual’: how best practice methodologies could have helped real-life projects.

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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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Free Communications Plan Template

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Regular readers will know that I try to share free project management templates once a month or so. The last one was some project organisation chart templates in PowerPoint that you could customise for your charters and other files. Today it’s the turn of the project communications plan. The comms plan is such an important part of your project.

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The True Importance of Project Collaboration Software

TrustRadius Project Management

With remote teams and long-distance clients becoming increasingly common, the challenges associated with project collaboration are on the rise. Thankfully, there is also an increasing amount of project collaboration software available to teams. Most projects these days cannot be completed by a single person. From proposals to consultancy to development, it is nearly always beneficial to have a team of individuals working on a project.

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Video: Execution Control -  transform your team into 'Superman'

Hydra

What is 'Execution Control' and how could it transform your team into 'Superman' to unlock your organisations full productivity potential? At Hydra we understand how hard it is delivering your projects on time and on budget, and the many challenges to overcome to ensure your projects and services perform at their optimum.

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The True Importance of Project Collaboration Software

TrustRadius Project Management

With remote teams and long-distance clients becoming increasingly common, the challenges associated with project collaboration are on the rise. Thankfully, there is also an increasing amount of project collaboration software available to teams. Most projects these days cannot be completed by a single person. From proposals to consultancy to development, it is nearly always beneficial to have a team of individuals working on a project.

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Quote of the Day

Herding Cats

Despite our ever-connective technology, neither Skype nor Facebook?—?not even a telephone call?—?can come close to the joy of being with loved ones in person. - Marlo Thomas.

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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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Why Project Management Software Is Like Joining A Health Club

Workzone

After a year of gorging, we often make resolutions to get in shape. You know you need help, but it’s the getting started that’s the difficult part, right? No one joins a gym while they are super fit. And the same can be said for a project management system. Most organizations turn to project management software when current processes aren’t working well, and a change is needed to dramatically improve organizational effectiveness.