Mon.Jun 18, 2018

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Project Manager Responsibilities: The Definitive Guide (+Roles)

PM Basics

Project Manager responsibilities are numerous. Project Management Institute encompasses a considerable list of roles and responsibilities. Nevertheless, you might not encounter them all in your company. So, what should be the baseline for you in your current organization and on your given project? In this article, I will clarify the roles and responsibilities of a PM.

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Agile and Plan-Do-Check-Act

Musings on Project Management

This is not as stuffy as it sounds: Plan-Do Check-Act -- Plan-do-check-act (PDCA) envisions planning--just enough, and gasp! perhaps an estimate as well--for what is to be done, then doing it—that is the plan-do. Next, measure results—measuring is the. check activity (did someone say: accountability?)—and Then act on the measurement results. To act in the.

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Burnout Syndrome: Working Too Much Evidentially Makes You Sick!

Inloox

If employees suffer from burnout syndrome, they are not to be blamed for it. In most cases, too much stress is the reason - often resulting from a weak corporate culture. Employees are under too much pressure from their bosses and are given too many tasks to fulfill on a single day. Sometimes they will become too ambitious because they feel like they are competing with their colleagues and want to be better than everyone else at all times.

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PMO Conference 2018: Video Diary

Rebel’s Guide to PM

On 13 June 2018 I went to the PMO Conference in London. It’s one of the few conferences that is specifically focused on PMO practices, process, tools and people. I don’t think of myself as really a PMO person so I wasn’t sure what I would get out of it. I was surprised – in a good way! It was brilliant, very well put together and very interesting.

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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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Five Things to Start and Five Things to Stop in Project Risk Management

Project Risk Coach

Risk management gets a lot of fanfare, but many project managers fail to cash in on the benefits. Here are some simple and practical project risk management tips that can aid project managers in getting better results. Five Things to Start 1 Start risk management early in your projects. 2 Start discussing the most significant risks each time you meet. 3 Start educating your team members on how to integrate risk management into other project management processes such as Schedule Management and Qu

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How to Start a Lean Startup

GanttPRO Project Management

If you have a business idea, then you must be wondering how to start your company. You probably heard of the lean startup already. It’s something that many decide to […].

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Defensive Programming Grows Up

Leading Agile

Way back in the Dark Ages, it was common for programmers to receive phone calls in the wee hours of the morning to fix production issues in their applications. I remember joining a team in the late 1970s that supported an application used worldwide by a large corporation. When I started, the application suffered an average of 140 production incidents per month.

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How to recruit an outstanding project manager (Part I)

Susanne Madsen

Although it isn’t possible to provide one single definition of what a good project manager looks like, certain traits, skills and attributes seem to be advantageous for a person who is to lead a project. Essentially, the job of a project manager is to take on a customer’s big picture vision and to turn that vision into reality within certain time, budget and quality constraints.

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How to Start a Lean Startup

GanttPRO Project Management

If you have a business idea, then you must be wondering how to start your company. You probably heard of the lean startup already.

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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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3 Deadly Time Tracking Mistakes to Avoid

TimeCamp

Why Tracking Time Matters? Time tracking is one of the crucial aspects of time management.

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Top 7 Project Management Myths Debunked

Stepping Into Project Management

This is a Guest Post by Fred Wilson, who is an Agile & Software Consultant at Ntask. He work with teams to streamline workflows and enhance team collaboration. He is also an avid reader and often write about productivity, project management and collaboration. Project management defines an altogether different experience for every professional. Different projects have different requirements when it comes to an approach or framework, the resources, budgeting and even documentation.