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Working Backwards: A New Version Of Amazon?s ?Press Release? Approach To Plan Customer-Centric Projects

The Digital Project Manager

One of the many legacies of Steve Jobs was his annual product launch keynotes. It. The post Working Backwards: A New Version Of Amazon’s “Press Release” Approach To Plan Customer-Centric Projects appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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The Four Symptoms of Zombie Scrum

Scrum.org

. This post is an excerpt from the book we’re writing, the ‘ Zombie Scrum Survival Guide ’. It’s our way of delivering small increments and involving our stakeholders: you, the reader. So we’d love to hear your feedback, encouragements, and wild ideas. The thumbnail description of Zombie Scrum is that it looks like Scrum, but without a beating heart.

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AMA: I?m A Remote Agile Product Coach (With Michael Luchen)

The Digital Project Manager

This content is exclusive to DPM Pro Members! DPM Pro Members get: Instant access to. The post AMA: I’m A Remote Agile Product Coach (With Michael Luchen) appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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Psychological Safety and the Scrum Values for High Performing Teams

Scrum.org

. Some time ago, Google’s People Operations set out to learn the secret of successful teams. Being data-driven, the Google People Operations team conducted over 200 interviews with Google employees and looked at more than 250 attributes of over 180 teams over two years. They were thorough! The Google team thought that they would find the secret sauce of individuals skills and abilities for the perfect delivery focused, driven and highly productive team.

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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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Project Management At Google: My Key Takeaways

PM Basics

What does project management at Google look like? One thing for sure, different teams use different approaches and various tools. However, all managers use data-driven “ Google Manager Behaviors. “ In 2002 Google got rid of all managers. They thought that engineers would work better if no one controls them. It turned out not very well for Google.

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What Are the Objectives of Project Management?

ProProfs Project Management

Do you know the factor that ensures a smooth transition during the project’s phases, i.e., initiation, planning, execution, and closure? . Can’t think of a couple of words to answer? Well, then, you would undoubtedly struggle during your project management journey. Being vague with regards to project objectives is the primary reason that will lead to the struggle here. .

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CSM or PSM – The Better Certification!! The Never-Ending Debate.

Agilemania

When people posted this question to me, to help them figure out which among the two certifications (PSM and CSM) was better, it was confusing and humbling at the same time. When going through the links that were shared, I was surprised at the efforts to commoditize the certifications and realized the source of their confusion. No, I don’t plan… The post CSM or PSM – The Better Certification!!

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An Essential List of Leadership Skills to Manage an Uncertain Future

Ganttic

A list of leadership skills is essential for modern life. As companies all over the world are facing a never-before-seen global economic crisis, the future of many businesses is more insecure than ever. As such, it’s important to have a strong figure to look up to in times of uncertainty. In this article, we’ll go through some of the qualities that make a leader successful, by providing a list of leadership skills as well as some examples, tools, and resources to help you improve your own abilit

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Top Tips for Limited Project Resource Management in Enterprise Organizations

Wrike

Half of all projects fail because of insufficient resources, but there are plenty of ways to prevent this if you know how to make the most out of what you have. Project resource management is a vital process for any enterprise company that often deals with resource constraints. Here are some actionable ideas that will improve your project success rate without any additional employees, funds, or materials. .

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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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Get it Right the First Time by Brad Egeland.

MindGenius

Nobody is perfect. We like to think we are sometimes delivering perfection on our projects or products we deliver… we are so proud of them. However, we really know that… no matter how hard we try perfection is basically unattainable. Do your best – that’s all you really can do. But when you are delivering a product or output to a paying customer, it is extremely important that you aren’t providing poor quality or error-prone output.

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[VLOG] Who Should Be In The Scrum Development Team

Scrum.org

What's up awesome people. I hope you are well and healthy as we are adapting to the new normal. Thank you for all of your continuous support to me during this downtime. So in today's vlog I discuss about a topic that I've always want to talk about. One of the most asked question that people asked me in my Professional Scrum classes is " Who should be in the development team " in Scrum?

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Project Definition: Three Big Questions about Your Project | Video

Online PM Courses

There's more to Project Definition than just Goals, Objectives, Scope, Dependencies, and Constraints. There are things we rarely talk about. The post Project Definition: Three Big Questions about Your Project | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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Point of Total Assumption in Procurement Management

MPUG

Let’s say you awarded a contract of $1M to a vendor to deliver a critical component for your project. The contract with your vendor is set up with a fixed price, but you have incentivized the contact to get a better-quality component with good performance. As the manager of the project, you are currently witnessing cost overrun for this component. The overrun has not yet hit the final, fixed price yet, but the vendor is saying it is likely to go beyond it.

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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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Why Setting Deadlines in Time Management is Essential?

TimeCamp

Productivity – this is a common goal for many people. Whether you are at work.

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How to Meet a Tight Deadline Without Sacrificing Quality

Project Bliss

When your project has a tight deadline, follow these steps to deliver in a short time without sacrificing project quality or team sanity. photo source: Pexels. The following is a guest post by Heather Redding. Project deadlines are valuable to teams in multiple ways. Deadlines keep people focused and help them manage their time effectively. They also help with quality control.