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7 Best To-Do List Apps for Work in 2021

ProjectManager.com

Productivity begins with a to-do list. It’s the first step towards organizing your work and getting it done. To-do lists are essentially a repository of tasks, but they can be much more than that. To-do lists can describe the work, prioritize it and more. Using a to-do list keeps you focused on what has to be done and limits distractions so can complete work in a timely manner.

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YDS: Do We Still Have a Sprint Review if Nothing is Done?

Scrum.org

On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: Do we still have a Sprint Review if nothing is done? A Scrum team got to the end of their Sprint but did not have a done increment of product to show their stakeholders. What should they do? Cancel the Sprint Review? Show undone work? This is a tricky situation that is bound to happen in a complex world. But we still have to review what happened with our stakeholders.

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Top 8 Challenges All Project Managers Face at Work

PM Basics

In the previous email, I shared the truth about being a project manager. Lots of other readers were able to relate to it. What about you? In short: . Your manager expects you to know everything about project management right from the beginning. You need to manage people, but you don’t have influence or authority over them. So, what should you do? Your team expects you to be a leader in all aspects of their professional and personal lives.

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Fix Your Boring Daily Scrums

Scrum.org

Imagine Developers arriving at the Daily Scrum feeling like they want the monotony of it to end. They wish they hadn't had to bother to attend in the first place. The developers mechanically answering the three question format of the Daily Scrum: What have I done since yesterday to make progress towards the Sprint Goal? What am I doing today to make progress towards the Sprint Goal?

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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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Gantt charts are not project plans

ProProject Manager

Sample Gantt chart. A critical component of the project is the project management plan. We’ve talked about developing a project management plan and schedule: Project planning – problems, scope, and deliverables , and Scheduling tips and techniques. There’s even a post on developing schedules so they display well on Gantt charts: Tips for developing a Gantt chart.

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Facilitating Retrospective in the Prison

Scrum.org

Remember the good old check-in activity for retrospectives called ESVP – Explorer, Shopper, Vacationer, Prisoner? I couldn’t imagine that “Prisoner” would become so literal for me - until I found myself in a real prison facilitating a Retrospective for a group of my cellmates, political prisoners. This article describes some lessons that I learned from this unusual experience. .

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How To Prioritize Tasks As A Team When Everything Seems Important

Trello

You and your team are wrapping up your weekly meeting. As you’ve discussed all sorts of projects, goals, and incoming requests, people have been feverishly scribbling down their own notes and to-dos.

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How to Set a Clear Vision and Mission for your Team | Video

Online PM Courses

A clear vision and mission for your project is a basis for clarity of purpose and team motivation. They address the question 'Why?'. The post How to Set a Clear Vision and Mission for your Team | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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Webinar Recap – Fixing the Problem: Making Changes in how you Deal with Challenges

MPUG

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Dr. Lynette Reed’s session, Fixing the Problem: Making Changes in how you Deal with Challenges, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. You may wish to use this transcript for the purposes of self-paced learning, searching for specific information, and/or performing a quick review of webinar content.

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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