Project Bliss
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
. When my daughter was very little she came home from school one day and told me the saying about assumptions: When you assume, you make an ass out of you and me. Gasp! “Where did you hear that, honey?” “At school, Mommy. Our teacher told us.” Yes, you’ve heard that one. I just didn’t expect my little one to learn that saying so early in her life.
Ron Rosenhead
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
So let’s start with a definition or an understanding of the ‘Pareto Principle’? “The Pareto principle (also known as the 80/20 rule) states that 80% of the results come from 20% of the causes.”. Let me give you an example of how I used this many years ago. I was the training manager in a company that had a centralised typing pool (I did say it was many years ago).
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Digite
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
Transformation approach using the enterprise services view, balancing system demand with capability, planning and prioritization using a visual decision framework, using decision support analytics like probabilistic forecasting and cost of delay. This post extends further on the possibilities of Portfolio Kanban for Enterprise Transformation , building on your reading of the previous posts in this series.
Prince2
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
The Six Nations Championship is underway, which has us thinking about project management (of course). Dr Jeff Sutherland and Ken Schwaber actually invented a rugby-inspired management process named Scrum back in 1995. Like a rugby scrum, its short meetings offer a chance for project team members to reset and regroup. PRINCE2’s 2017 update and the PRINCE2 Agile course make it easier than ever to play PRINCE2 and Scrum on the same team.
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Herding Cats
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
There is an article in the current edition of The Newyorker about a solitary journey across Antarctica, by Henry Worsley. I wrote a paper in 2005 for our Program Management Office Project Managers about Shackleton's ventures from the book Shackleton's Way. Here's the extract from that paper. In 1914 the explorer Earnest Shackleton boarded the Endurance with his team of seamen and scientists, intent on crossing the unexplored Antarctic continent.
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TimeCamp
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
Stay on Top of Work With Kevin Eikenberry! It’s Wednesday and it’s time for.
Scoro
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
Growth. It’s the best worst problem you could have. You’ve done the hard work of acquiring clients, but they’re constantly seeking for faster delivery and more agility. The good news – there’s a tremendous opportunity for driving excellent results. So how can you take the most of this new, exciting, and… scary situation – and keep the quality of your service while doing so?
Paymo App
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
Kanban boards are visual task organization tools that can help you manage and oversee your project’s development faster and more accurately. You can move tasks (placed on cards) from one column to another with a drag-and-drop action until they are completed. Also known as progress boards, they are great for any task, be it personal or work-related, regardless of industry.
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