ProjectManager.com
OCTOBER 30, 2018
Everyone is familiar with Google and their unfathomable success, but few are familiar with how Google achieved that success. The secret to Google’s astronomical rise was a goal management technique called OKR, an acronym that stands for “Objectives and Key Results.” OKR is used to track progress as teams move towards achieving objectives that are ambitious and in alignment with the entire organization.
The Digital Project Manager
OCTOBER 30, 2018
Ahhh, retrospectives. A time to identify improvements, a time to reflect on achievements, and a. The post The Great Facilitator: A Guide For Sprint Retrospectives appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
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Herding Cats
OCTOBER 30, 2018
There have been some recent posts about managing scope, defining needed Features, determining how to release software to stakeholders - in both traditional and agile processes. While most are good ideas and are necessary, they are NOT Sufficient for project success. It's the Capability to accomplish the Mission to fulfill the Vision that is sufficient for success.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
OCTOBER 30, 2018
When I first wrote Collaboration Tools for Project Managers the publishers put ‘Elizabeth Harrin, PMP’ on the cover. I had to get that taken off – I’m not a PMP, although I feel very familiar with the PMBOK Guide ® concepts. It’s simply something I’ve never got round to doing. I might at some point in the future, especially if I can hang on to Jack Risos’ book Ace the PMP Exam (3rd ed, updated for PMBOK ® – Sixth Edition).
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Scrum.org
OCTOBER 30, 2018
A couple of weeks ago we announced the development of the new website for The Liberators. This week, we’ll be teaming up with web-agency Fonkel and animator Laurens Verwijs for a 5 day Sprint to realize this idea. The Scrum Team contains all the necessary frontend, backend, design, test, Scrum Master and Product Owner skills. Because we’re also practicing what we preach, we’ll be publishing a series of posts to share some of our learnings (and hopefully inspire you).
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Appfluence
OCTOBER 30, 2018
The key to being successful in the architecture industry is ensuring that each person in your firm is responsible for the job that they are supposed to be doing. However, this is a lot easier said than done. We have all experienced that moment where you have placed an assignment on one of your architects desks and weeks have gone by without an update on their progress, or better yet, they have not even started the assignment.
Green Project Management
OCTOBER 30, 2018
I was reminded of a fascinating paper I read entitled ‘Modeling sustainability: Population, inequality, consumption, and bidirectional coupling of the earth and human systems.’ The graphic below from the paper shows the relationship of the human system within the earth system, not separate from it. The earth system provides the sources of the inputs to, […].
Inloox
OCTOBER 30, 2018
It is the same every year: around the end of October, the people in your office change into all kind of business zombies and make your life a living hell. To prepare you for the upcoming business zombie apocalypse, we have gathered some survival guidelines for you. But beware of the humor! Please don't take the following all too serious. Do you sometimes feel like a hollow pumpkin?
LiquidPlanner
OCTOBER 30, 2018
Recently, I realized I occasionally pit work and life against each other in my mind, and these moments certainly don’t help my positivity during the week. Instead of treating work and life like they are on opposite sides of a scale, I started to think about how the aspects of each can coexist harmoniously. For example, being productive and efficient while taking breaks to recharge can increase your overall happiness at the workplace.
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
Digite
OCTOBER 30, 2018
The world is rapidly moving towards of AI and ML-based transformation in all fields and domains. Software products are first to adopt and in fact lead such transformation. At Digité, we are thrilled to be doing our bit! As a provider of software tools for Lean/ Agile project management, especially with large customers who run large and complex projects for their enterprise customers and have 10s of thousands of users working on our products, we generate a large amount of project performance and
Meisterplan
OCTOBER 30, 2018
The Meisterplan team including Brian , Karoline , Stephan and Christoph were excited to participate at the 2018 PMI Global Conference in Los Angeles earlier this month. We turned our exhibitor booth wall into a big whiteboard, and had a great time discussing and reading the responses to the question, “Do your portfolio plans actually work?” At Meisterplan, we realize that project portfolio management (PPM) doesn’t involve simply finding the right tool.
Digite
OCTOBER 30, 2018
The world is rapidly moving towards of AI and ML-based transformation in all fields and domains. Software products are first to adopt and in fact lead such transformation. At Digité, we are thrilled to be doing our bit! As a provider of software tools for Lean/ Agile project management, especially with large customers who run large and complex projects for their enterprise customers and have 10s of thousands of users working on our products, we generate a large amount of project performance and
Wrike
OCTOBER 30, 2018
To ensure a successful outcome, it’s critical to hit the ground running when starting a new project. But getting started is often the hardest part. It takes an incredible amount of coordination, effort, and energy to get the ball rolling. In chemistry, the amount of energy required for a chemical reaction to start working is called activation energy.
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