Tue.Feb 07, 2023

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Using the Prime Directive to avoid Retrospective Witch Hunts!

Scrum.org

The Retrospective is a critical meeting in the Scrum Framework. As a reminder: The Retrospective in Scrum is a regular event that takes place at the end of each Sprint, which is a time-boxed iteration of work in the Scrum framework. The purpose of the Retrospective is to give the Scrum Team an opportunity to reflect on their work and identify ways to improve their process.

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The 10 Key Metrics You Should Include in Your Business Plan

nTask

Starting a business can be an incredibly daunting task, and there are so many aspects to consider. One of the most important steps is creating a business plan, which should include comprehensive research and analysis of key metrics. But what should you include in your business plan?

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Why your customer should care about Scrum

Scrum.org

Join the Mastering Agility Discord community! Let’s face it, your stakeholders couldn’t care less about Scrum or whatever framework you’re using. And I understand that. They just want to get their needs met. Scrum is not one of their needs. If you go off to buy bread, you don’t care how they made it. You just want to feed your family and yourself. Or maybe a more complicated example: buying a new car.

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Tuesday Tip #5: LP Schedule Bars Leave Gantt Charts in the Past

LiquidPlanner

With complex portfolios to manage, it can be hard to determine and communicate your project schedule using traditional methods like a GANTT chart. Because GANTT charts are static, any changes to estimates, availability, budget, scope, and priorities call for manual calculations to come up with new deadlines for your whole project or portfolio. You might spend too many hours rescheduling your work to determine your new delivery schedule, or just give it your best guess.

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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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We need to stop spreading the false notion that only 35% of projects are successful.

Green Project Management

Sitting in my pajamas with a cup of coffee, I was ready to hit enter on a LinkedIn post stating that we need to stop spreading the false notion that only 35% of projects are successful. As I was about to press send, I realized this needed more discussion and thought before being shared. Therefore, […] The post We need to stop spreading the false notion that only 35% of projects are successful. appeared first on Driving Sustainable Change.

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Budget Management

Techno-PM

Budget management works like a checking mechanism and companies that provide project management services have a working knowledge of trial-and-error methodologies for a long time. It is natural for the untrained eye to dismiss some of their assumptions as trivial or far-reaching, but the same thing can make a lot of difference in the execution process in real time.

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How To Use 3 Collaboration Roles To Make Meetings More Effective

The Digital Project Manager

When Harvard Business Review surveyed 182 senior managers, 71% said meetings are unproductive. When Miro surveyed 2,000 knowledge workers, they said that collaborating closely with colleagues and managers on a project is the number one way to build relationships in the workplace —which vastly increases their likelihood of staying in their current position.

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Project Management Guide

Techno-PM

A project management guide is a tool that can be used by project managers to plan, execute, and track their projects. It provides a step-by-step approach to project management and is designed to help project managers deliver successful projects. As organizations undertake more complex and challenging projects, the need for reliable managers also increases.

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Delivering value (a question of utility)

Musings on Project Management

Presumably, at the outset of the project, either in the chartering process or some budget process, "they" have made the equation between project cost and value to the enterprise. And so, a bargain is struck: For the money (and other resource commitments), there are to be deliverables commensurate with that investment. That's the value proposition, at least at the outset.Fair enough.

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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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How to Write a Project Summary (Free Template Included)

ProjectManager.com

There’s a lot of work involved in getting a project approved. You need to convince stakeholders or clients that the project is worthwhile. This should be done upfront and is usually accomplished via the project summary. That’s a lot of responsibility for a project summary, which by definition is a short overview of the project. Therefore, nothing can be wasted.

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How to develop a productive morning routine to achieve your goals?

nTask

Do you struggle to stay productive and motivated? Are you looking for a way to kickstart your day and supercharge your productivity? This post will discuss creating a robust and equally productive morning routine to help you make the most of your day! Let's get started. 5 Benefits of Having a Productive Morning Routine 1.

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Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace: Facilitating Team Success

ActiveCollab

Diversity and inclusion, also known as D&I, are becoming popular in the corporate world. Nowadays, many companies are trying to incorporate D&I policies across all levels. Diverse organizations can generate 2.3 times higher cash flow [[link] per employee while team performance is improved by 30% [[link] Compared to less diverse counterparts, companies with diverse teams will increase revenue by 19% [[link] Before we start looking at specific benefits of diversity and inclusions, let’s se

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An Ultimate Guide on How to Set Priority Levels For Tasks

nTask

Are you feeling overwhelmed with all the tasks you need to accomplish? Do you feel like it’s impossible to get everything done in a timely manner? If so, then it might be time to start setting priority levels for tasks.

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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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MANAGING PEOPLE, BUILDING INCLUSION & TESTING YOUR MESSAGE: KRISTEN SANDERSON PT2

Clint Padgett – Project Success

Episode Information Clint has a conversation with Kristen Sanderson, VP of Customer Advocacy and Chief Diversity Officer at GE Digital. During their chat, Kristen shares strategies for building a sense of inclusion amongst all team members, defines unconscious bias and gives examples, and talks about making the transition from engineering to people management.

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How to Conduct Time Efficient Meetings in 2023?

nTask

Meetings are a necessary part of any successful business. The problem is that all too often, meetings tend to drag on and on, resulting in wasted time and energy.

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Understanding Systems Thinking in PMBOK® Guide – Seventh Edition With Max Langosco

International Institute for Learning

Systems thinking : relates to taking a holistic view of a project – understanding a project’s interdependent internal components interacting also with external systems. Taking a systems approach to project management means becoming responsive to systemic changes in order to steer the whole towards value delivery, since change constantly requires attention and dynamic responses.

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CUSTOMER ADVOCACY, CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION & CULTIVATING CONFIDENCE: KRISTEN SANDERSON PT1

Clint Padgett – Project Success

Episode Information: Clint has a conversation with Kristen Sanderson, VP of Customer Advocacy and Chief Diversity Officer at GE Digital. During their discussion, the two chat about Kristen’s 30-plus-year career at GE, the joy she gets from helping her customers succeed, and why using inclusive language is integral to being a leader of global teams. Plus, Kristen talks about her work with the GE Girl’s camp, a program that encourages girls to get involved in STEM.

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

You’ve read the PMBOK® Guide several times, taken the certification exam for project managers, passed, and you are now a PMP®. So why do you keep making rookie mistakes? This whitepaper shows 20 of the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make, issues that can cost significant time and money. It's a good starting point for understanding how and why many PMs get themsleves into trouble, and provides guidance on the types of issues that PMs need to understand.

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Project baseline

Techno-PM

Every project needs a starting point. With a starting point, you can track your project’s performance and use it as a reference to assess its progress. A project baseline allows you to monitor and manage all the changes your projects undergo. For instance, if you are on a time crunch, a project baseline will inform you if you are running on schedule or need to speed up to finish your assignment on time.

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Defragmenting the Hard Drive: How-to & Advantages

Binfire

Defragmentation, defragging, or defrag refers to the process of reorganizing the data on the hard drive. This ensures that all the stored data is lined up in a continuous fashion. Simply put, the process picks up all the related pieces of data spread across the hard drive and puts them back, so everything is where they belong. Disk defragmentation is necessary for Windows PCs because fragmentation is a natural occurrence when files are constantly resized, deleted, and written.