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5 Best Trello Alternatives in 2020

ProjectManager.com

The kanban board is easily one of the most popular work management tools available at the moment. If you’ve used one, it’s not hard to see why. Kanban boards are visual tools that keep teams flexible, productive and focused on continuous delivery. It’s a more efficient way to manage workflow. Given its diversity and simplicity, it’s understandable that so many software solutions are incorporating kanban.

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Product Owner vs Business Analyst

Scrum.org

Are you a Business Analyst and do you currently fulfil the role of the Product Owner? Or otherwise the Product Owner may have delegated some tasks to you, for lack of time to deal with those themselves. How well does that work for you? Can you manage it? Do you know the difference between these two roles and what additional tasks and responsibilities you have been given when adopting the role of the Product Owner?

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What is Project Management Framework & How to Choose a Framework?

ProProfs Project Management

Of late, Project Management has gained increasing traction in the industry, and rightly so. Thanks to the Project Management Framework, Project Managers can plan projects systematically and strategically, meet deadlines, and most importantly, not just meet but exceed client expectations. . In simple words, a Project Management Framework refers to a set of methods , procedures, and rules that relate to and cover the entire lifecycle of the project.

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The 8 Stances of a Scrum Master ?-? Brazilian Portuguese Edition

Scrum.org

Last year, I’ve had the opportunity to collaborate with the Portuguese speaking Scrum community in Portugal and Brazil. By contributing to Agile Portugal , Scrum Day Brazil and by providing a workshop for Emergee , I’ve experienced their passion, enthusiasm, and willingness to learn more about Scrum. . Pictures of my Scrum workshop at Scrum Day Brazil.

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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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5 Steps to Create a Test Plan for Your New Feature Release (Free test plan template)

Planio

In 1962, NASA launched the Mariner 1 as their first attempt to send a spacecraft to Venus. However, shortly after it launched, the rocket veered off course and was forced to self destruct. The cost? $135 million (in today’s dollars). The issue? A missing hyphen in the code. Free Test Plan Template. Based on our research on best test practives, we compiled a Test Plan Template for you to use for free.

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How to Streamline Product Development With Project Management Tools

Wrike

Bringing a new product to market is rewarding, but it’s also challenging. There’s a lot involved in moving from a concept all the way to a successful launch. In the product development process , many internal teams have a hand in bringing a concept to market. For example, design teams, engineering teams, and marketing teams all play a part in this life cycle.

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How the Fail Fast Approach Brings Innovative Solutions

Runrun.it

Even though there are bad forms of failure such as workers or managers who are inattentive or lack competence, there are also positive types of failure such as experimenting and testing out new ideas that may ultimately fail. The concept of fail fast and embracing failure entails testing new ideas and innovating on current strategies. Such failures will essentially lead to more knowledge and new innovations.

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How to Deliver Effective Project Cost Management | Video

Online PM Courses

Project Cost Management can seem both dull and difficult. But whatever your attitude to it, there's nothing your finance director will care about more. The post How to Deliver Effective Project Cost Management | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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Project Budget Example: How to Create an Accurate Project Budget for Junior Project Managers

PM Basics

Do you want to see a project budget example? A real one. The one that comes from practical experience ? Then, you are in the right place! Project Budget is a tool that calculates the total funds authorized to execute the project. Projeudget Template includes planned expenses for all project activities, including wages, materials, fees, risk reserves, etc.

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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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Find some red tape and eliminate it

Lynne Cazaly

Working with a government agency recently, we spent time on a ‘Red Tape Reduction’ session. Red tape: those needless, time consuming activities. Ask your customers and they'll have likely been frustrated or annoyed with something about your systems or how they interact with your product, business or people. 'Red tape'? It's thought to be based on the old practice of binding government documents with. red tape.

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Top 7 Enterprise Project Management Software Tools

TrustRadius Project Management

TrustRadius has already done the work in compiling a list of the best project management software , according to end-users; but not all of them require the same scale of management or growth-optimization tools. The project management needs for newly started, smaller businesses are vastly different than those of enterprise-level businesses with 1000+ employees.

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Could the discovery experience of travel, work at work

Lynne Cazaly

The promises and rewards of travel are many : exploration, discovery, insight, learning, life-changing experiences. We are invited to show up, not knowing much about a country or culture, encouraged to tour, learn, listen, sample, test and experience. Could more leaders in more businesses encourage the joys of discovery at work, like travel does for us?

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Where could you ease off

Lynne Cazaly

Where could you do less and it wouldn’t be noticed and wouldn’t matter? In researching and writing the book ‘ish: The Problem with our Pursuit for Perfection and the Life-Changing Practice of Good Enough’ , it's clear the problem with overworking is worse than ever. We might work with someone who : - Doesn’t let go. - Still has to finish. something. - Keeps missing deadlines. - Needs to do more research, check more data.

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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.