Fri.Feb 01, 2019

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Back to Basics (Part 10): How to Create a Project Network Diagram

Inloox

What is a project network diagram? The InLoox project management glossary defines a project network diagram as follows: ". A network in project management displays the duration of project activities and the dependencies between activities graphically or as a table. ". In a network , nodes (rectangles) represent activities and events. Arrows connect nodes with each other.

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Issue #4: The Enneagram is a Granular Approach to Motivating a Project Team

PM Basics

Project Management Weekly Reading List #4 is here. 1. Do you take people as they are? I can’t describe this episode better than Ian Cron himself: “The Enneagram is a tool that awakens our compassion for people just as they are, not the people we wish they would become so our lives would become easier.”. If you want to take a granular approach to the motivation of your team – you need to listen to it.

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The Tools To Build a Pyramid (Are you building pyramids with water?)

Leantime - Project Management

Project management isn’t new. It isn’t a big ah-ha moment idea. It’s the thing we do, as human beings, to get ish done. You do it when you wake up: Shower ? Brush teeth ? wear normal people clothes ? get me the COFFEE. We task all day long. It’s intuitive. It’s how we survive. Well, most of us. The ancient Egyptians were pioneers in this. Can you imagine the planning, coordination, the post-it like scroll notes necessary to orchestrate the efforts required to build a pyramid?

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What is Strategy?

MindGenius

What is Strategy? Ashley Marron – 1st February 2019. Most CEOs are aware of the importance of formulating a strategic plan within their business. But what exactly is strategy? Wikipedia defines strategy as a high level plan to achieve one or more goals under conditions of uncertainty. Yet strategy is different from vision, mission, goals, priorities, and plans.

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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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Project management is at the core of maintaining safety standards in telecom

Sitetracker

Work accidents and customer safety are a major issue in the telecom industry. Employees of companies that offer telecommunications services are exposed to work accidents, especially during installation and operation of radio networks, operations that involve, in most cases, working at height. The telecom industry has a 3.87% Annual Injury Rate, which is quite high compared to other industries.

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In Pursuit of Real Work

ActiveCollab

A typical start to the day - you arrive at the office at 8:50. Say hi to your team, brew some piping hot wake-me-up-juice (or coffee, as it’s sometimes called), and sit in front of your workstation to catch up on all the emails that have materialized in your inbox since yesterday. One email causes some confusion - the client wants something that you know is not a part of the project, so you spend the next half hour trying to reach everyone involved to double-check.

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Cycle Time en Kanban for Scrum Teams

Scrum.org

No hay necesariamente una relación directa entre la complejidad de un PBI definido en términos de puntos de historia y el tiempo de desarrollo. Es decir, un PBI o historia de usuario que tiene mayor complejidad en puntos de historia puede terminarse en menos tiempo que un Item que tenga menos puntos de historia. El peligro es llevar a los equipos a un modelo predictivo que este lejos de Scrum afectando la auto organización y el empirismo.

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