Wed.Aug 01, 2018

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How to Run a Great Daily Scrum Meeting

ProjectManager.com

The word “Scrum” almost sounds like an insult, or maybe even the surname of a less than scrupulous character in a Charles Dickens novel. But in fact, Scrum is a way to address complexity. Think of it as a simple framework that allows teams to collaborate better when working on complex projects. Scrum comes from software development, where it is part of Agile methodology.

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[GUEST AUTHOR] 6 Project Management KPIs To Keep In Mind

Inloox

The projects your company works on will need to need to be properly structured and managed properly in order to avoid disastrous situations. In a recent study, nearly 37 percent of the business owners polled claimed that the lack of clearly defined goals led to project failure. Tracking key performance indicators (KPI) is a great way to keep your projects on track.

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[Sucess Story] – How Joelle passed her PMP on her first try

ExamsPM

Joelle passed her PMP on the first try and you can too! We asked Joelle a few questions about her experience – here’s what she had to say. Why did you want to get PMP certified? I wanted to be certified because I have experience as a PM and I am looking for more opportunities in PM. Being certified will certainly provide more opportunities.

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How to Get Into Project Management: 5 PMs Share Their Stories

Rebel’s Guide to PM

There are lots of routes into project management, as I explored recently in an article on how to become a project manager. But reading about what you should do to break into project management isn’t the same as hearing real stories of people who took that leap and got that project management job. Below, I share 5 stories from my book, Project Manager.

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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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SwiftEnterprise 4.3 is Here!

Digite

This release brings you key usability enhancements in the area of Agile, Dashboard, and Mobile App. You can now assess the impact of the changing team size on the work completed in the sprints with the enhanced Sprint Velocity widget. For the work getting spilled over from the current sprint, you can create a card easily from the Execution Board itself.

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Cone of Uncertainty - Revisited

Herding Cats

We're writing two chapters in an upcoming Project Management Book, with a working title, The Gower Handbook of Project Performance for Agile, Waterfall and Everything in Between , edited by Mark Phillips. One chapter on the Principles of Risk Management and the second chapter on the Practices of Risk Management. In the book is the mention of the Cone of Uncertainty as it applies to managing in the presence of uncertanty.

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Teletrac Navman chooses Leankor as their enterprise work management solution

Leankor

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. Aug 1, 2018. Teletrac Navman chooses Leankor as their enterprise work management solution. Leankor is proud to announce that Teletrac Navman, a leading provider of cloud-based GPS fleet tracking software, has chosen to deploy Leankor’s leading customer-centric SaaS solution as their enterprise work management system. Teletrac Navman provides specialized technology and services for managing mobile assets to deliver greater visibility into real-time insights and analytics, a

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Earned Value Analysis (EVA)

Celoxis

Understand the important project management concept of earned value and its uses using a simple example.

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[TEST] What kind of professional are you? Take the Enneagram Test and find it out

Runrun.it

You must have already heard of the “Facebook tests”. Yes, those that have been enormously successful, no matter how unreliable they seem. They are used both to find out if you are going to be successful this year and what historical figure you were in a past life, or even what would be your name […]. The post [TEST] What kind of professional are you?

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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