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Threats, vulnerabilities, and risks

Musings on Project Management

Daniel Messiler has an interesting essay about threats, vulnerabilities, and risks that is worth a quick read.He summarizes this way: A Threat is a negative scenario you want to avoidA Threat Actor is the agent that makes a Threat happenA Vulnerability is a weakness that can be exploited in order to attack youA Risk is a negative scenario you want to avoid, combined with its probability and its.

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The 30-Minute Miracle That Will Change The Way You Leave The Office

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I have one word for you today: Transitions. How am I only realizing this now? I need time to transition between activities in order to keep my work/life balance from imploding. You might have worked this out a long time ago, but it’s only been a few months since I realized this applied to me as well as my pre-schoolers. I think I’ve got this aspect of parenting down and I manage their transitions well: “We can play for 10/5/3/1 more minute and then we are going home.”.

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A Quickstart To Improve Your Scrum Team's Morale

Scrum.org

This article is also available as a free PDF. It’s a nicely styled paper and allows you to easily share it with others. You can download the PDF here or check the package that includes 30 Quickstart workshops ! . Team morale indicates how willing members are to push on in the face of difficulties. Teams with high morale find their work meaningful and feel motivated to work together.

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EMPATHY should become part of your leadership now

Proofhub

EMPATHY Should Become Part Of Your Leadership Now Image Source: ProofHub While many leaders may think managing millennials is just like managing a baby boomer, it’s not. However, they may still be treated the same way. So, it is inevitable to feel disconnected, unappreciated and unrecognized. While a baby boomer might not dig flexibility, seek stability, and also believe in a hierarchical structure, millennials seek understanding, engagement and want their voice to be heard as equals.

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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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EMPATHY should become part of your leadership now

Sandeep Kashyap

EMPATHY Should Become Part Of Your Leadership Now Image Source: ProofHub While many leaders may think managing millennials is just like managing a baby boomer, it’s not. However, they may still be treated the same way. So, it is inevitable to feel disconnected, unappreciated and unrecognized. While a baby boomer might not dig flexibility, seek stability, and also believe in a hierarchical structure, millennials seek understanding, engagement and want their voice to be heard as equals.

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The Quality Management Plan in Project Management

ProjectManager.com

Project managers know all about the triple restraint: time, scope and cost. But truthfully, there should be a fourth restraint: quality. The quality of your work can make or break a project, which is why a quality management plan is so important. If you deliver on time and under budget, but the quality doesn’t meet your stakeholders’ expectations, the project is not a success.

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During your Daily Scrum, what self-management is taking place? ?? - Back to the foundations of the Scrum framework (46)

Scrum.org

We started this Scrum foundation series explaining we see four underlying concepts of the Scrum framework. In the past series of blog posts we covered the three pillars of Empiricism, and we covered the Scrum Values. . Now that we understand that without trust, which is built up by living the Scrum Values, we can bring transparency and as such we have a good basis to inspect and adapt, we can have a look at the self-managing aspect of the Scrum Team. . ??

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Tasks Slipping Through the Cracks? 10 Tips to Help You Keep Track of Projects Without Micromanaging

Workzone

Requests and project ideas can come from all directions in an organization, making it easy for work to slip through the cracks. But how do you ensure your team gets everything done on time, without micromanaging them? After all, you don’t want missed deadlines or dropped tasks, but you know micromanagement makes employees feel disrespected , which hurts everyone.

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PM, Strategy, and Cost Structure in the Business Model Canvas

The Strategic Project Manager

Cost Structure is the final component step to completing the business model canvas. This post provides an overview of the importance of Cost Structure as a canvas component, gives guidance on how to approach identifying the Cost Structure for a business, looks at different types of Cost Structures, and looked at the implications of Cost Structure considerations for strategy and project management.

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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