Fri.Dec 04, 2020

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A younger guru with a wiser head

Resource Guru

It’s been 8 years since we launched Resource Guru. Over that period, we’ve been on an amazing journey and acquired some incredible customers. While our company has evolved and grown, our brand essence hasn’t changed much. We remain passionate about making work as enjoyable as possible for everyone. However, the time had come for our old guru to retire and tend to his vines.

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Project Timeline Template

ProjectManager.com

Create a Project Timeline in Excel with this free template. If you’re looking to schedule a project and need a timeline, having a project timeline template is a great way to start collecting all your data in one place. Using an Excel timeline template will set you on the road to project success. Why Use a Project Timeline Template? The main selling point of a project timeline template is it’s a visual tool.

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Scrum vs. Kanban: The Ultimate Breakdown Guide

Wrike

Six Sigma, Lean, PMBOK , Scrum vs. Kanban — there’s a lot of project management jargon and methodology debates thrown around that you may find confusing or unclear. However, there are a few methodologies that come to mind when you’re looking to create an effective project plan. Project management methodologies are meant to provide teams with a framework or theory to base their project planning around.

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Did You Prep Your Project Sponsor For Success So They Don’t Suck?

Bridge the Gap Consulting

We’ve all been there. You have a sponsor who wants all the glory for a successful, enterprise-changing project. However, when you ask them for a simple definition of what “done” looks like, they respond with a lot of ums and ahs. When a decision needs to be made, they gather a committee vs. making a decision themselves. If it’s a decision that needs to be made immediately, they freeze.

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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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What does it mean to you

Lynne Cazaly

Something happens: what do you think of it? What does it mean to you? Is it important to you? Would you fight for it or stand up for it? We make meaning hundreds of times a day. There are things that - rile and enrage us - irritate and frustrate us - overjoy and elate us - satisfy and affirm us. There is meaning to be made in meetings, conversations and interactions with others.

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Not one way

Lynne Cazaly

When I first got my drivers license I drove down a street the wrong way. The car I was driving was my aunt's and it had interstate license plates on it! Maybe I got away with it. I remember the street and when I drive downit now, I'm conscious of how it looks and sounds so different to the whizzing traffic of two-way streets. Quiet. Too quiet. In a recent workshop, I saw another one way street incident.

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Uncertainty takes up space

Lynne Cazaly

“Not sure. Umm no, not sure, undecided. Haven’t worked it out. Don’t know yet” All of this takes up so much space in our heads and on our to do lists. Is there something you could decide on today? Decide to do it or not. It stays and gets done or it goes. When you become more certain about it, the pressure will ease.

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Soaking at stacked meetings

Lynne Cazaly

It’s low pressure to show up to an online meeting, mic on mute, ready to ‘soak it up.’ But our ability and capacity to soak is soon expended. It’s why we feel full, zombie-esque, overloaded or jittery after back-to-back meetings online. If you’re working remotely or from home more than you used to, you’ve lost that ‘meeting walk’ time, from desk to meeting room or meeting room back to desk. or to the next meeting.

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What’s the box you’re thinking outside of

Lynne Cazaly

‘Be innovative. but not too innovative,’ said the team leader. They wanted creative and innovative thinking, but not too much, not too ‘out there’ The need to generate clever and creative ideas is often called ‘thinking outside the box’ So. what’s the box? And how do you know you’re thinking beyond it or outside it?

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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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How to get productivity, creativity and focus all at once

Lynne Cazaly

Many people love to do a bit of work, thinking or reflection in a café The bustle, ambient noise and environment all contribute to making a space where it can be a great place to work. Many a book has been written in a café Screenplays, musicals, scripts, genius ideas and clever product prototypes have all been started, created or wrapped up thanks to the mood of a café And modern workplaces often try to recreate this kind of vibe.

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Hybrid is a test of your skills in bringing people together

Lynne Cazaly

When people are located in different places - some here, some there, some together, some alone - our job is to help people come together in this more hybrid world. No matter their location. Some people may be online; some may be in the room. It’s easy and boring to ‘hold court’ or talk endlessly in a meeting, consultation, conversation or workshop.