Mon.Feb 06, 2017

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How to Develop a Quality Management Plan

Project Risk Coach

Entering projects with little consideration to quality can be costly in numerous ways. Let’s look at the project risks when there is no quality management plan. First, we may not meet customer’s needs and expectations. Second, the cost of corrective action and defect repair may be higher than expected. Third, the cost of quality after the project may be higher and may decrease customer confidence.

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3 Things That Stop You Making the Right Decision

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This is a guest article by Chris Cook from The EntrePMeur. Project managers want to make the best decisions for themselves, the project, and the project team. In order to do so, project managers must be aware of biases. Based on experiences, people can come to different conclusions when presented with the same scenario and that’s where biases come into play.

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Collaborative Project Management Misconceptions

Binfire

With the proliferation of social media, Collaborative Project Management (CPM) is finally on the radar of many organizations and executives. I have been a practitioner of Collaborative Project Management before Mark Zuckerberg went to Harvard. In the old days, we simply used Project Management tools like MS project plus constant communication either in person, phone lines or email to collaborative on our projects.

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7 Signs You Don’t Have the Right Project Management Tool for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

LiquidPlanner

“Adapt or perish,” said H.G. Wells , the father of science fiction. Some of us know all too well how right-on this quote is to succeeding in business these days—especially when it comes to staying competitive in what’s being called the Fourth Industrial Revolution. It’s an exciting time and a challenging time. Advanced technology, like in the previous industrial revolutions , is increasing the speed of manufacturing and doing business.

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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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95% of project managers still use two or more tools for managing projects

Paymo App

This is just one of the key findings of a research conducted by GetApp Lab: the vast majority of PMs are using two or more apps to make sure their projects will complete on time and within budget. Almost 74% of PMs are using between two and five tools, and 95% are using two or more. This is a clear indicator that there’s a disconnect between the available apps and the workflows/processes that PMs use for managing projects.

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How to: Make process change happen using project retrospectives

The Digital Project Manager

So you’ve just run a retrospective at the end of your project and you have a good amount of feedback about your processes, your team, The post How to: Make process change happen using project retrospectives appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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5 Ancient Places That You Should Visit

TimeCamp

Hello again! We had to move our EE Thursday (EE stands for Education & Entertainment, how do you like it?) this week because something huge came up. Something huge is our new mobile app for iPhones and Android that we launched this week. If you’d like to try it out, find out more here. But let […].

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Quote of the Day

Herding Cats

People behave the way they are managed - A Wise old Navy Captian as told by LCMDR Nicholas Pisano.

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From the chat room to the end zone: what makes a winning team?

Redbooth

Winning teams collaborate and communicate. From Silicon Valley to the Super Bowl, the pattern is clear. Teams win when they communicate, collaborate and keep their eye on the ball. This universal truth struck me as I dipped into my seven layer dip, opened our Amium Team Chat application and messaged coworkers in our “big-game-day” channel: Everyone was able to open the football pool file in my chat app message, preview the spreadsheet right inside the Amium online chat application, a

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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