Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 27, 2020

I ran a subscriber-only webinar a while back about trends in project management collaboration tools and the barriers to adopting new technology in a project environment. I think people had a great time and the feedback was fantastic. I certainly got a bigger buzz out of presenting my own webinar than I was expecting! The only problem was that we ran out of time to get through all the questions so I wanted to address some of them here.

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MPUG

JULY 27, 2020

The following true story was shared in one of my classes by a senior manager from a global corporation in South Korea. The manager’s team had worked over six months and was gearing up for a firmware release with a specific set of features. The recently new Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the organization participated in a pre-release meeting, and had dropped a bombshell, cancel the project!

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Scrum.org

JULY 27, 2020

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times : Bruce Lee. This morning, at the close of my metabolic conditioning workout, my Coach Arvind said " Hey, I have a magic training plan, that would get you closer to your goals ". It will give you the bare-bones structure, will empower you to self organize and chart out your own course to get closer to your strength and endurance goals.

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Binfire

JULY 27, 2020

The email has been hailed as the greatest communication tool, and at the same time the ravager of productivity in teams. Time has come for teamwork without email. One of our competitions, Asana, calls itself a productivity tool for teamwork without email. We beg to differ, Asana is hardly the right tool to reduce the dependency of email. In fact, Asana uses email extensively.

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MPUG

JULY 27, 2020

The following true story was shared in one of my classes by a senior manager from a global corporation in South Korea. The manager’s team had worked over six months and was gearing up for a firmware release with a specific set of features. The recently new Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the organization participated in a pre-release meeting, and had dropped a bombshell, cancel the project!

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The Digital Project Manager

JULY 27, 2020

The post How To Build A Workflow Management System (+Examples) appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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Musings on Project Management

JULY 27, 2020

Usually, I say the 'three C's' of PM are: Communicate Communicate Communicate Which, in actionable terms are: Tell them what you're going to tell them Tell them Tell them what you told them But, as I view the PMO through the lens of a small business, I'm wondering if the daily thought of a PM doesn't go to: Capital (meaning project financing) Community (largely virtual these days)

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The Digital Project Manager

JULY 27, 2020

The post Break It Down: Write A Great Work Breakdown Structure (W/ Emily Luijbregts) appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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Scrum.org

JULY 27, 2020

Pour bien comprendre les fondations de Scrum, nous partons du postulat que nous créons et maintenons des systèmes complexes : un système informatique, une campagne marketing, une stratégie de vente, etc. Les fondations de Scrum sont : les Valeurs Scrum et l’empirisme. Valeurs Scrum. Les valeurs Scrum sont sont fondamentales pour obtenir un état d'esprit adapté aux défis de création de produits complexes, car il vous permettent de vous sentir en sécurité pour essayer et apprendre.

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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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Teamweek

JULY 27, 2020

Illustration: Hanna Lee Joshi. Do you ever wonder how some people manage to get so much work done, while the rest of us barely make it halfway through our to-do list? If you identify more with the latter, you’re not alone. According to The Busy Person’s Guide to the Done List , 41% of to-do list tasks never get crossed off. For those of you at the back, we’ll say it louder: Four out of ten tasks go uncompleted.

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Wrike

JULY 27, 2020

A business impact analysis (BIA) is an essential tool in your business continuity arsenal. It is designed to identify the anticipated costs (qualitative and quantitative) of any disruptive incidents that may come your way — from bottlenecks in your supply chain to business loss, and more. In project management, a business impact analysis report seeks to find costly weaknesses within a project setting that could pose a potential risk in the event of an emergency. .

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