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Four Practical Ways to Improve Project Procurements

Project Risk Coach

Discover the Power of Project Procurement Management As we initiate our projects, we may find that our organization lacks the skills and knowledge to create the project deliverables and meet the project objectives. In other cases, we may need products outside of our organization. Project managers use procurement management to secure these needed products and services.

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It’s time for RAID logs to evolve!

Kiron Bondale

When documents are used to track project information, a common approach is to create a consolidated workbook in MS Excel for tracking risks, actions, issues and decisions. This is usually referred to as a RAID log. The benefit of this approach beyond having the information in a convenient, centralized location is that there are logical relationships between these disparate elements which can be easily reflected if they are consolidated.

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Scrum Master Responsibilities: What Does a Scrum Master Do?

Project Bliss

Are you thinking of taking on a Scrum Master role? Do you know what the Scrum Master responsibilities are? To make sure you’re ready to carry out Scrum Master responsibilities, ensure that you have a good understanding of what’s involved. You may at first think it’s just leading the team in answering the three questions in your daily scrum meeting.

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Managing Agile and Waterfall Types of Projects in One Solution

Project Insight

Projects come in many shapes and sizes. Combining budget amount, scope, number of participants, subject area, degree of complexity and other attributes there are hundreds of variations. Yet, a project is a project. It requires initiation, pla.

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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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Quote of the Day

Herding Cats

A Little Learing is a Dangerous Thing - Alexander Pope. When there is some conjecture made in the absence of principles, mathematics, governance, standard processes, it's not just wrong, it creates the foundation for confusion, waste, and discord. Many such ideas exist in the project management domain. Take care to assess the validity of any of these ideas, by testing them against establishing principles, simple High School mathematics, and logic.

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Things to Know About Working With a Content Writer

Boost by Brightpod

Today’s world is extremely well connected. You could be sat at home and in a matter of seconds be chatting to someone online, in full High Definition, who.

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DPM Podcast: Welcome To The DPM Podcasts

The Digital Project Manager

In this inaugural Digital Project Manager podcast, Ben introduces the vision of the Digital Project Manager site, shares his story of becoming a DPM and gives an overview of what you can expect from this podcast. The post DPM Podcast: Welcome To The DPM Podcasts appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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The Role of the Project Sponsor: What Should they do?

Hydra

The Role of the Project Sponsor: What Should they do?

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Procurement Management: PMP Study Guide (PMBOK 6th Edition)

ExamsPM

Procurement is the formal processes many organizations follow obtain goods and services. Project Procurement Management is the process of selecting, monitoring and closing vendor contracts. In this PMP study guide, we will cover the 4 processes with the Procurement Knowledge Area. They are: Plan Procurement Management. Conduct Procurement. Control Procurement.

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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