Wed.Feb 07, 2018

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Scrum or Kanban for Application Support teams?

Digite

Recently, there was an interesting problem posed on a project management discussion board. The questioner asked – “I have recently joined a company and to one of the projects that I’m engaged we have this Scrum team that has a mixed backlog (USs and Bugs). This team’s goal is to be fixing urgent bugs and when they aren’t (doesn’t happen that often :)) they should work on the product increment.

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Coherent Design and Development Process

Herding Cats

We're working on a white paper "Increasing the Probability of Program Success with Continuous Risk Management," for the Joint Space Cost Council, Scheduler's Forum. During our research, I found a paper "Management Disciplines: Harbingers of Successful Programs," David Acker, Defense Systems Management Review , Summer, 1979. Not the last bullet, adapting to change is a critical success factor for large defense programs in 1979. .

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11 Ways to Improve Your Project Management Approach

Brightwork

It’s common to find multiple project management approaches within different departments or teams. In the absence of established templates or guidance, teams have to improvise every time a new project is launched. Unfortunately, this practice hinders project success and can negatively affect how end-users feel about the final deliverables. Using an agreed collaborative tool with configurable templates is a key step towards standardizing project management processes.

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What is Backlog: the list that helps you refine your product development

Runrun.it

For some time now, we’ve been writing about checklists on our blog, and how this tool can help you increase your productivity. Now, we’ll turn to something similar: it is a kind of list as well, but one that is more specifically associated with IT, because it refers to the development of a product or […]. The post What is Backlog: the list that helps you refine your product development appeared first on For Managers | Personal Development Hacks.

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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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How Project Configuration Works

WorkOtter

How Project Configuration Works Some lucky PMs work for companies that have well-defined standards and procedures for doing project work. But most of us work at places with little documentation or, worse, none at all. This is where project configuration becomes important. Whether you’re one of the lucky project managers who will have a good […].

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How to Efficiently Manage Resources, Share Charts, and Benefit from a Card View with GanttPRO

GanttPRO Project Management

How many of your projects need to engage resources? Probably, a lot of them. Resources make work on projects easier and more efficient. Hence, effective resource management is a must […].

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Stay on Top of Your Work With Susanne Madsen! [PODCAST EPISODE #8]

TimeCamp

Stay on Top of Work With Susanne Madsen! We’re back with another episode of our.

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How to Efficiently Manage Resources, Share Charts, and Benefit from a Card View with GanttPRO

GanttPRO Project Management

How many of your projects need to engage resources? Probably, a lot of them. Resources make work on projects easier and more efficient.

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Start-ups! Do you value your customer feedback? TimeCamp+Sheetsu!

TimeCamp

Today we publish an article written by Sheetsu Team and originally posted on their blog: how.

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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