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7 Must-Follow Practices to Set Up A Successful Remote Team

Proofhub

There’s no doubt about it: Remote working is not only here to stay, but getting bigger. According to Forbes , more than 1.54 million people in the UK worked from home in the UK (compared to just 884,000 in 2009). Similarly, according to Sonovate, the UK has seen a 43% growth in freelancing since 2008. WIth the COVID-19 accelerating this monumental shift in the workforce, more and more businesses are looking to build remote working teams to cut costs and cast their hiring net further afield.

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15 Easy Ways to Earn PDUs in 2020

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Do you need to earn PDUs to maintain your PMI certification? You’re in the right place! In this article we’ll cover what you need to know about the different categories of PDUs and how many you need to get, plus some simple and free ways to earn PDUs in 2020. There are also some further suggestions that take a bit more effort but are equally worthwhile in case you’ve got more time and energy to spare for your professional development.

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Project Closure Template

ProjectManager.com

All good things come to an end. Projects are no exception. It’s necessary to define completion criteria, so that when your project ends, you can close and transfer the right documentation to the right people. The end of a project is but one of your project’s phases. Get Your Free Project Closure Template: Why You Need a Project Closure Template.

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A 2020 Guide to the Importance of Project Design in Project Management

nTask

The project management paradigm is a complex paradox. Every project that graduates from the project development process is unique with many different qualities and problems attached to it, but one thing that all of them have is a Project Design. Project Design is such an important element of a project that without it there is no structure for the project development process to stand on and make the project a success in the future.

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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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Five Factors Shaping The Future Of Project Management

LiquidPlanner

As a profession, project management is in a constant state of evolution, with advances in technology, approaches, and techniques putting project managers under enormous pressure to stay abreast of new developments as they emerge. So, what does the future of project management look like? Certainly, COVID-19 has made it difficult to predict what lies in store for the profession over the coming months, never mind the next few years.

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Five Factors Shaping The Future Of Project Management

LiquidPlanner

As a profession, project management is in a constant state of evolution, with advances in technology, approaches, and techniques putting project managers under enormous pressure to stay abreast of new developments as they emerge. So, what does the future of project management look like? Certainly, COVID-19 has made it difficult to predict what lies in store for the profession over the coming months, never mind the next few years.

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Coupling, coherence, and other stuff

Musings on Project Management

Has someone in your PMO suggested applying a dose of system engineering to portfolio management? If they have, I wonder if they think of it as "three C's and D"? A bit cryptic? Well, not so much when you spell it out:Coupling, coherence, cohesion, and diversification The short form explanation of three C's and D looks like this: Here's a little explanation: Coherence Coherence is what.

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Do’s and Don’ts During the Sprint Planning

Agilemania

Description: Scrum is an open-source process framework to develop software and other complex products. It is available to everyone through the Scrum Guide and the guide consists of 19 pages. Since it is a framework, it doesn’t provide step by step process on how to run an event. Sprint is the core of Scrum and it starts with Sprint planning.… The post Do’s and Don’ts During the Sprint Planning appeared first on Agilemania.

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How To Optimize Your Process With Workflow Management (with Marc Boscher from Unito)

The Digital Project Manager

The post How To Optimize Your Process With Workflow Management (with Marc Boscher from Unito) appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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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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Product Ownership In SAFe

Agilemania

Description: The PO has a significant role in maximizing the value produced by the team and ensuring stories meet the user’s needs and comply with the Definition of Done. For most enterprises moving to Agile, this is a new and critical role, typically translating into a full-time job, requiring one PO to support each Agile team (or, at most, two… The post Product Ownership In SAFe appeared first on Agilemania.

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The Power of Shared Decision-Making through Servant-Leadership

Scrum.org

During my interactions with my students/ colleagues who play the role of Scrum Master, they tell me that they see gaps in how things are implemented compared to the rules of the Scrum Guide. They want to fix such issues, but get pushed back by the team and are unable to make a dent. I tend to ask them, “If I ask you to switch writing from your stronger arm to your weaker arm, would you consider it?”.

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Manage Your Team Better With The Simple 'Rule Of Five'

Trello

When a manager requests an update on a project and or to provide a progress report, your knee-jerk reaction might be to rattle off a huge list of very important, very exciting things that you've got in the works.

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SAFe Essentials Back To Basics

Agilemania

Description: We take our Customers and their feedback seriously. In the third event of the SAFe Thursday, we had audiences ask us for a webinar on SAFe basics and so here we are – SAFe Essentials (Back to Basics ) as the fourth event of SAFe Thursday on the 18th June at 2:00 PM IST. We have Ashwinee Kalkura join… The post SAFe Essentials Back To Basics appeared first on Agilemania.

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Acclaim Projects Helps Deliver Innovation Projects on Time and on Budget

This large intercity transportation company for people and freight employs 100+ IT employees and contractors across North America and Europe and spends $10MM annually for approximately 50 inflight projects. The company needed the right financial tools to budget for innovation initiatives and real-time information on spending and forecasting. This transportation company turned to Acclaim Projects by Sopheon to help deliver projects on time and within budget.

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The Ultimate Guide To Virtual Event Planning

Wrike

In 2019, 42% of surveyed organizations chose to plan virtual events. Now, in 2020, that number has doubled to a whopping 84%. The majority of marketing professionals (51% of them) believe virtual events are here to stay long term, even if that means adding a virtual component to in-person gatherings. That’s exactly why we’ve created this guide to virtual event planning.