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4 Tips for Developing a Risk Management Plan

Project Risk Coach

Steven Covey introduced the concept of Quadrant II activities—working on things that are important but are not urgent. Planning is a powerful Quadrant II activity that can save you time and energy. Think about the future so you can make better decisions in the present. Let’s talk about how to plan your risk management. First Things First Some people think of risk management plans in the wrong way.

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The Future of Work: It’s Already Here

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I’ve been doing some research for my new book and I’ve been struck by how many people are writing about ‘the future of work’. But so many things that are referenced as ‘the future’ are already here. AI, automation, robotics – these are all things that exist in the tools you probably already use. You might not know it, but those capabilities have been around for long enough now that they are already embedded in the way you use consumer-based products.

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The Successful Scrum Master — Liberating Structures for Scrum (6)

Scrum.org

TL; DR: The Successful Scrum Master Meetup. During the 19th Hands-on Agile meetup, 30-plus people addressed the path to becoming a successful Scrum Master or agile coach, following up on the “ Scrum Master Career 2020 — Using Ecocycle Planning to Identify Opportunities ” meetup we had in December 2019. We used two Liberating Structures microstructures — Appreciative Interviews and Superpower Cakewalk — to delve into what lets us grow as professionals as well as individuals.

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Project Management, Jungle-Style

MPUG

It was Rudyard Kipling who popularized the idiom “law of the jungle” back in 1894, and ever since I was a kid falling asleep to passages of Jungle Book , I’ve been fascinated by everything jungle. Another popular expression, “It’s a jungle out there,” is also how I would describe my career as a PM, where I spent most of my time within the concrete jungle of corporate life.

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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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13 Effective Team Management Techniques For Managers

Proofhub

Being a leader is tiring and demanding. You’ve got so many pieces moving around at the same time. You’ve got deadlines to meet, you’ve got clients to attend, you’ve got resources to track, and most importantly, you’ve got a team that needs to be managed and motivated properly to ensure success in the given venture. It is overwhelming. Agreed. But there are ways to make team management much simpler and more rewarding.

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5 Must Know Facts Before Implementing Agile in 2020

Proggio

Agile is all the rage, and for good reason. It’s effective, it works, and it works effectively. (Yes, agile methodology can bring such good results that we’ll repeat ourselves three times.) However, like any trend in the business world, there can often be adopters of a practice that do so in name only. This is prevalent enough that people can say the term agile is meaningless !

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Milestone or Deadline? What’s the Difference? | Video

Online PM Courses

Milestone or Deadline? Of all Project Management tools, none is as simple as a milestone. I'm often asked the difference between milestones and deadlines. The post Milestone or Deadline? What’s the Difference? | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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Improve Project Data Visibility with Business Intelligence Reports

EasyProjects

Project Managers, especially those in Professional Services, require timely, accurate and relevant information in order to effectively make decisions. Easy Projects’ Business Intelligence Reports (BI Reports) have the functionality of creating custom, targeted reports that provide integral data. Easy Projects Business Intelligence is a premium reporting module that’s based on Microsoft’s Power BI application.

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GanttPRO Gets Leader Award in Project Management Category by Crozdesk

GanttPRO Project Management

GanttPRO online Gantt chart maker heads the Top 20 List of project management software on Crozdesk. We are very proud to state that our tool has been ahead of over […]. The post GanttPRO Gets Leader Award in Project Management Category by Crozdesk first appeared on GanttPRO.

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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 Best Way to Make a Work Plan

ProjectManager.com

Before you can accomplish your goals, you need to plan how to reach them. A work plan creates a clear path to those desired outcomes. Along that path will be resources, constraints and other elements that need to be identified. Of course, the work plan won’t be written and initiated by a single person. It’s a plan of action for a project that should eventually be submitted to board members and stakeholders for approval.

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GanttPRO Gets Leader Award in Project Management Category by Crozdesk

GanttPRO Project Management

GanttPRO is online Gantt chart software that helps individuals and teams manage tasks and projects. The tool has a short learning curve and offers an intuitive interface. A few minutes […].

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GanttPRO Gets Leader Award in Project Management Category by Crozdesk

GanttPRO Project Management

GanttPRO is online Gantt chart software that helps individuals and teams manage tasks and projects. The tool has a short learning curve and offers an intuitive interface.