PM Times

APRIL 28, 2021

Written by: Christina Lovelock We hear and use the term ‘difficult stakeholders’ regularly, but is it the person that is difficult, the relationship or the situation?

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 28, 2021

In order to understand cost control, you must first understand why it is used: monitoring expenses and identifying risks in order to increase profits. Not to be confused with cost management, cost control has its own set of objectives that can save businesses money. Track your projects costs in real-time and avoid cost overruns with ProjectManager.com’s dashboards.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 28, 2021

TL; DR: The Sprint Acceptance Gate. There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. Given that Scrum is a framework with a reasonable yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. Turning the Sprint Review into a Sprint acceptance gate where stakeholders sign off features is unfortunately prominent and defies the idea of self-management.

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nTask

APRIL 28, 2021

A study by BCG/MIT finds that 90% of executives deem sustainability to be important, yet only 60% of companies incorporate sustainability as part of their business strategy, and even less (25%) integrate sustainability into the core of their business model. To generate a clear business case, organizations need to write business operations with sustainability in mind, which can be done by the following two steps: Document their business processes.

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Online PM Courses

APRIL 28, 2021

The game has changed with Project Management software. Tools like Favro are excellent for project collaboration & hybrid project management. The post Favro Hybrid Project Management Software: The Game Has Changed | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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PM Times

APRIL 28, 2021

We hear and use the term ‘difficult stakeholders’ regularly, but is it the person that is difficult, the relationship or the situation? Objectivity It is hard to be truly objective, and the term ‘difficult stakeholder’ is almost always a subjective assessment. Sometimes the same person can be easy to work with in one context, […]. The post Do Difficult Stakeholders Really Exist?

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The Digital Project Manager

APRIL 28, 2021

The post Bad Meetings Can Kill A Good Project: A Survivor’s Guide appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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Online PM Courses

APRIL 28, 2021

The more you get, the happier you are. That’s the core of the Kano Model. Project Managers are talking about it, so what is the Kano Model? The post What is the Kano Model? Project, Product, or Feature Prioritisation | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 28, 2021

Scrum vs. Kata? Many readers of this blog are either very familiar with Scrum and want to deepen their knowledge. Others are warming up to this topic for a variety of reasons. During my Scrum trainings, I often get questions about the maximum team size and the motivation behind that. Although Scrum is purely recommending (not prescribing) a maximum Scrum team size, the number 10 is anchored in the scrum guide.

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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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nTask

APRIL 28, 2021

There’s a famous Mark Twain saying that goes something like this: “Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.”. This is an incredible quote that tells you the importance of performing your most important duties at the very start of your day. This will result in freeing you up for all of the menial tasks that can be performed in a jiffy.

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Teamweek

APRIL 28, 2021

Hiring developers can be tricky. Developing code is a skill that can’t be reflected in resumes or interviews alone. That’s why many organizations use technical skills tests to evaluate candidates’ abilities. In this article, we’ll be putting some of the most talked-about skills test platforms up against each other in the battle of Hackerrank vs LeetCode vs Toggl Hire.

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Wrike

APRIL 28, 2021

Perhaps you’ve heard of governance, risk, and compliance, also known as GRC, before, but you aren’t sure how important it is to you or your business. How will GRC benefit your company? What challenges might you face? How do you successfully implement GRC, and what should you look for in a software system? We have answers to all of your burning questions around what GRC is, how it benefits enterprise-level organizations, and what to look for in GRC software.

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