Wed.Nov 10, 2021

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What Is a Hybrid Work Model? Making the Hybrid Model Work For You

ProjectManager.com

Hybrid work is commonly thought of as employees who work in an office, in the field or at home. That definition has taken hold thanks to the pandemic and the sudden change in the way people work. But the hybrid work model is more than just remote or distributed teams. Project management software has proven key in supporting people who work from home.

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What Is A Project Communication Plan And How To Create One?

Teamweek

As an agency or a consultancy project manager, you have to manage client expectations for successful delivery. A project communication plan helps you with better stakeholder management and a smoother project planning process. While it may seem like another project document to maintain, done right, a communication plan: Sets stakeholder expectations Gives stakeholders visibility into the project Increases productivity by eliminating unnecessary meetings.

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Definition of Agile

Leading Agile

What is Agile? Is it processes? Is it a type of culture? Agile processes require a certain context to be effective—so this means we need to form teams, build backlogs, and measure and control work in a way that gets us to a working, tested product at the end of each sprint if we want Agility. It’s more than just the roles, ceremonies, and artifacts of Scrum.

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When and How to Implement Managed Services in Your Organisation

PM Times

What are Managed Services? Managed services are the process of outsourcing some or all of your day-to-day IT operations to an outside provider. Most organisations do it already. If you have Office 365 or G-Suite, you have software as a service, which is a form of managed service. The days of the organisation that runs […]. The post When and How to Implement Managed Services in Your Organisation appeared first on Project Management Articles, Webinars, Templates and Jobs.

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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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Lunch and Learn

Growing Agile

We’re experimenting with a new meetup – Lunch and Learn. Next week, Nilesh Makan, will be joining us at our Lunch and Learn session, talking about Courage. Scrum lists five core behaviours for teams and those communities that are practising scrum to adopt. These values and behaviours are intended to amplify team outcomes. One of the five core behaviours is that of courage.

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What are Muda, Mura, Muri? And, what are the 7 Wastes of Lean? | Video

Online PM Courses

In Japan, waste is generally known as ‘muda‘, meaning wasted effort. In fact, there are other forms of waste: ‘mura‘ and ‘muri‘. The post What are Muda, Mura, Muri? And, what are the 7 Wastes of Lean? | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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The Right To Disconnect: How To Help Your Employees Unplug And Why It Matters

Trello

We’ve all been there. You jet off for a week-long vacation , and you’re ready to hit the beach—but before you can even get your toes in the sand (much less a margarita in your hand), your phone buzzes with a work notification. Just like that, the illusion of your unplugged vacation shatters into a million tiny pieces.

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Contractors vs. Full-time Employees

ActiveCollab

Putting together the right team of people can make a significant difference and either boost or ruin your business. Choosing between contractors and full-time employees imposes a whole new set of factors to consider. There are many reasons business owners choose one over another, and it all comes down to your business requirements. The primary distinction between contact and full-time employment is in tax liabilities and the employer-employee relationship.

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Earned Schedule Management (ESM) with MS Project

Management Yogi

Imagine the following scenario. You are working on a software implementation project, which has 10 modules to complete. The cost of each module is US$100,000, and you want to complete the project in 10 months. The project actually took 12 months to complete with a cost of US$1.3M. Because of regulatory compliance, you have to do an earned value management (EVM) report.

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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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The Simple Way to Improve Visibility on Projects

LiquidPlanner

When you hear the term ‘visibility’, what do you think of? In a project-led business it’s about having a clear picture of how a project is performing, including resource allocation and potential risks. Increasing visibility ensures everyone involved in the project understands what the objectives are for the work and their personal role in meeting this goal – and managers spend a lot of time trying to achieve that.

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Everything Was Going Fine, Until It Wasn’t (and what to do about it)

Bridge the Gap Consulting

I had a plan. I had everything in place to support my plan. I was ready to execute and when I did, everything was going fine, until it wasn’t. I am an ultra distance runner and cyclist. I attribute my crossing the finish line to successful planning and execution. So when it came to the last trail race of the year, a 12 hour timed event on a seven mile loop, I felt ready for the long haul of reaching 50k (31.1 miles).