Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Project management is a people business. Projects get done through people. We need people on our teams to do what they say they are going to do, and we need to help them do that. That’s why stakeholder engagement is such an important skill. So what does it look like when stakeholders aren’t engaged? If you aren’t seeing the success you were hoping for in building relationships with your project stakeholders, then this will sound familiar: You can’t get time with your stakeholders You’re stressed

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Musings on Project Management

OCTOBER 23, 2019

In the beginning, there was pre-history Agile, almost prehistoric era: Before 2000 and the meeting in Utah that birthed modern Agile Rogue developers trying various "light weight" and "rapid" prototyping and coding practises. In the SEI world, a ghastly level 1 operation of different strokes for different folks Everyone else slaving to command and control -- SEI maturity model uber alles!

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Management 3.0 is not another framework; it’s a mindset, combined with an ever-changing collection of games, tools, and practices to help any worker manage the organization. It’s a way of looking at work systems. This post delves into how Management 3.0 practices could be used as an effective tool to bring change. Moving Motivators. As an enterprise coach, I used Moving Motivators to help my enterprise head understand the intrinsic motivational factors of his leadership team, which is compri

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Online PM Courses

OCTOBER 23, 2019

At the heart of core project management methodologies is the Project Lifecycle and the Project Process. This is the basis for planned, predictive projects. The post Project Lifecycle and the Project Process: 5 Tips | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 23, 2019

I thought this question from a recent Professional Scrum Master delegate highlighted some common issues facing Scrum teams. I've reproduced the question with their permission, and answered below. Hi Duncan, I took your Scrum Training class a couple of months back. You mentioned if we had any questions, we could email you and I have an interesting situation I found myself in regarding QA's in our Scrum teams.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Imagine a project with hundreds of people, a lead time in months, few releases a year. You could compare these as large cruise boats or tankers navigating for few weeks in the immensity and emptiness of the oceans and seas and then stopping to ports very far away from each other. While at sea, or during the build phase, contact is difficult, and you are far away from customers and rescue.

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International Institute for Learning

OCTOBER 23, 2019

By J. LeRoy Ward | Executive Vice President of Enterprise Solutions, IIL . Is it possible to deliver a project on time, on budget, and to scope and still have an unsuccessful project? Now more than ever, the answer is yes – because today’s projects are all about benefits and value. A benefit is an outcome or a result from actions, behaviors, products or services that are important or advantageous to specific individuals or groups, such as stakeholders.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 23, 2019

How to measure success? Is it even possible? Just to set the scene, I haven’t figured this out yet. I can tell you my story, in all its ugliness. It’s based on a real story, but it’s changed significantly from reality to protect the innocent. I hope you still find my account useful. I worked in a context where the optimizing goal was to free people’s capacity to do “better things” and to free up some cash so that the organization wouldn’t have to go to the money markets to invest in innovation.

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Teamweek

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Years ago, I worked for a company that loved calling meetings but didn’t hold good ones. One of the graphic designers always showed up 10 minutes late and saw nothing wrong with whispering to a co-worker during the middle of a presentation. The head photographer paid more attention to his cell phone than the whiteboard. His assistant was always dipping out for a smoke break.

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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

Finance

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 23, 2019

As promised, here is part two of the three-part blog series, inspired by the writings of John C. Maxwell, “The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: Live Them and Reach Your Potential.”. You may also like: Five Invaluable Laws of Growth for Scrum Masters. I'm humbled for the appreciation and love my readers have shown for the previous blog post. In this blog, we will explore what can Scrum Masters learn from the law of intentionality, environment, and consistency. 1.

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International Institute for Learning

OCTOBER 23, 2019

By Bob Umlas, Excel MVP. Excel has hundreds of keyboard shortcuts. In this blog, I’ll describe some of my favorites. Ctrl+Shift+ numbers 1 thru 7, and 0 (and the tilde key, ~) can be used for formatting. Let’s start with this sample worksheet, and assume A1 thru B2 is already selected and contains 12345: Ctrl+shift+1 – add comma and 2 decimal positions: Ctrl+shift+2 – Change to a time format: Ctrl+Shift+3 – Change to a date format, but Day-Month-Year: Why October 18?

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 23, 2019

I often wonder about the Trustpilot reviews straight after a workshop. Did I entertain? Did I perform? Were attendees satisfied? Are attendees inspired? It matters. I just think it matters more if the workshop made a difference to the work lives of attendees. I can't take credit. The client does the hard yards. So I met up with a client contact who shall remain anonymous.

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Runrun.it

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Today, Internet connections and business applications are making it easier than ever before to work from any location whether it’s in a home office, a diner or coffee shop, on your couch, or when traveling. However, remote work is about to be transformed due to 5G and its ability to form virtual reality (VR) for use in any place, according to an article from Quartz at Work.

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Trello

OCTOBER 23, 2019

The phrase “silo effect” might sound a little eerie at first, like the result of a creepy sci-fi movie that takes place on a farm. But what is it, really?

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GoSkills

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Get PDUs and keep your skills up-to-date with any of these upcoming Project Management conferences!

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ProProfs Project Management

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Project management software helps in not only managing multiple projects, but also streamline workflow and improve your teams performance exponentially. A CHAOS survey revealed that project success rates are increasing steadily as indicated by data points: 39% of all projects successfully implemented, i.e. delivered on time and on budget. 43% of all projects were challenged, i.e. over-budget or delayed, 18% of projects failed.

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Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2019

When a company becomes bigger and gets more and more projects to complete, manual management or tools tailored for single-project management turn out to be inefficient. Both situations can result in your projects’ failure and lead to the loss of clients. The statistics prove it by the following figures: 34.4% of the projects are never finished on time, and 40% of projects go beyond the budget.

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You’ve read the PMBOK® Guide several times, taken the certification exam for project managers, passed, and you are now a PMP®. So why do you keep making rookie mistakes? This whitepaper shows 20 of the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make, issues that can cost significant time and money. It's a good starting point for understanding how and why many PMs get themsleves into trouble, and provides guidance on the types of issues that PMs need to understand.

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Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2019

When a company becomes bigger and gets more and more projects to complete, manual management or tools tailored for single-project management turn out to be inefficient. Both situations can result in your projects’ failure and lead to the loss of clients. The statistics prove it by the following figures: 34.4% of the projects are never finished on time, and 40% of projects go beyond the budget.

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