Mon.Jan 18, 2021

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10 PMO Problems and How to Manage Them

Project Risk Coach

One of my popular blog posts is 40 Reasons PMOs Fail. In this article, we go a step further. I highlight 10 of the 40 PMO problems and provide ways to manage them. 10 PMO Problems and Solutions 1. No project sponsor or project charter for the implementation of the PMO. How to manage: Typically, a senior leader in your organization must make the decision to implement a PMO.

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YDS: How Do I Get Scrum Master Experience?

Scrum.org

On today's episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: How Do I Get Scrum Master Experience? A listener asked Todd and Ryan how to get Scrum Master experience after getting certified as a Professional Scrum Master. Quite a few Scrum Master's have gotten creative as they've looked for ways to apply their learnings before getting their first Scrum Master gig. Ryan and Todd discuss the things that they did that ultimately led to their first Scrum Master roles.

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Ten Tips For Taming That Chaotic Project

LiquidPlanner

It happens to projects big and small: one day, you wake up to a mess in your workspace. Sometimes it’s because of a colleague who can’t load-balance, or a budget decision that left you with fewer resources. And in a certain sense, it doesn’t matter why the project got off track – but it definitely matters how you untangle it.

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22 Scrum Master Anti-Patterns from Job Ads: From Funny to What the Heck?

Scrum.org

TL; DR: Scrum Master Anti-Patterns from Job Ads. Job ads for Scrum Master positions reveal great insight into an organization’s progress on becoming agile. I analyzed more than 50 job ads for Scrum Master positions to gain these. Learn more about what makes job ads such a treasure trove with the following 22 Scrum Master anti-patterns derived from job ads. ??

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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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Ten Tips For Taming That Chaotic Project

LiquidPlanner

It happens to projects big and small: one day, you wake up to a mess in your workspace. Sometimes it’s because of a colleague who can’t load-balance, or a budget decision that left you with fewer resources. And in a certain sense, it doesn’t matter why the project got off track – but it definitely matters how you untangle it.

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Understanding and Using Cost Rate Tables

MPUG

Background Information. While you perform resource planning in your projects by adding resources to your project team in the Resource Sheet view, you may need to enter basic and custom cost information for those resources. At a minimum, your organization may require you to enter resource cost rates in the Standard Rate and Overtime Rate fields for each resource.

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PSD becomes APS-SD - From role-specific to domain-specific training

Scrum.org

Source: [link] As of January 10, 2021, scrum.org has renamed the former Professional Scrum Developer Training (PSD) to Applying Professional Scrum for Software Development (APS-SD). At the same time, the Professional Scrum Foundations (PSF) training has also been renamed to Applying Professional Scrum (APS). There is much more behind this renaming than just new names for the trainings.

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Keeping Stakeholders Connected During Uncertain Times

PM Times

Written by: Christina Tan As I started the process of winding down and reflecting upon this highly unusual year, it felt strange to have felt that my year had been lived with purpose whilst living in a world of physical separation and organisational transformation like millions of others. According to employee recognition provider Achievers, up to a third of all British workers have felt disconnected from their respective workplaces during the course of the year.

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Aus PSD wird APS-SD - Vom rollen-spezifischen zum domänen-spezifischen Training

Scrum.org

Quelle: [link] Zum 10. Januar 2021 hat die scrum.org das bisherige Professional Scrum Developer Training (PSD) in Applying Professional Scrum for Software Development (APS-SD) umbenannt. Gleichzeitig wurde auch das Professional Scrum Foundations (PSF) Training in Applying Professional Scrum (APS) umbenannt. Hinter dieser Umbenennung steckt wesentlich mehr als nur neue Namen für die Trainings.

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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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The argument: tangible vs intangible

Musings on Project Management

And, so this often happens:You have hard facts, figures, gadgets, devices, applications, and hardware"They" have soft power: concepts, promises, understandings, reputation, and the moral high groundIn the life of the project, there may come to pass a disagreement, a challenge, or an argument about which way the project should go: Your stuff vs their stuff; hard vs soft; which are to be the.

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Melhorando a agilidade dos negócios com time-box, time-to-market e flow

Scrum.org

Qualquer pessoa responsável pela gestão de resultados dos negócios também deseja aprimorar esses resultados, melhorando seu desempenho nos negócios. Independentemente de quais estratégias eles usam, espera-se que os gerentes revisem e aprimorem regularmente os processos de negócios. Não apenas para aumentar as vendas ou expandir as margens, mas como uma condição de sobrevivência contínua do negócio.

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Change Dynamics, a new Podcast channel on success and failure in process and organizational change

Henny Portman

Delighted to see the interview of Jeroen Gietema and Dion Kotteman and myself on various media. They are running Change Dynamics, a Podcast channel on success and failure in process and organizational change. I had the honor to be interviewed for their first episode: The responsiveness of organizations towards Change Dynamics ( “Keep it simple … Do it fast” ).

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Is it time to review your marketing approval process?

Admation

Budgets are tight, workloads have increased, there’s a freeze on new recruitment, and teams are still figuring out how to operate efficiently and productively in a remote environment. Now that the initial systems to get through the forced working-from-home revolution have been put in place, it’s time to take a look at how you can improve your marketing processes in 2021.

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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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Digital Project Management: Everything You Need to Know

nTask

According to the Pew Research Center , around 90% of Americans use the internet and 77% of Americans own a smartphone. These figures suggest how prevalent the digital age really is. And with the world has moved online, it is no wonder of the rise in digital project management. But what is digital project management? What does it entail? And who are the people involved?

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Digital Project Management

EasyProjects

Why 2021 is the Year for Professional Services Firms to go Digital with Project Management. 2020 presented some pretty unique challenges, especially around project management. In addition to managing projects in the middle of unprecedented times, firms also had to manage changes in budgets, deadlines, teams, scopes and stakeholders. But tough times call for smart measures.

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7 Best HR Software for People Management

Teamweek

While we’re all about hiring here at Toggl Hire , we recognize that once an employee joins your team, that’s only the beginning of their journey. From managing their sick leave, organizing payroll and taxes, setting up training and more, there are a variety of activities for an HR team to manage and lead. Today, we bring you the best HR software for people management so that once you hire the right people, the rest flows just as easily. 1.