Wed.Apr 19, 2017

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How to Facilitate a Successful Project Launch

Project Risk Coach

What does it take to facilitate a successful project launch? Let’s look at two scenarios, one that results in potential failure and one destined for success. The Wonder Wheels Company assigned Tom Dooley to manage a high-profile project, a project critical to the achievement of the company’s annual goals. Jane Johnson, a senior leader and the project sponsor, called Tom to her office, handed him a few memos and described the project deliverables.

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Inspiring Women in Project Management: Karen Chovan

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Today I’m interviewing Karen Chovan, MASc, PEng, PMP, who has dedicated her career to helping others deliver clean, lean and green approaches to project and programme management. Karen started out in heavy industry – mining – and is now Principal at Enviro Integration Strategies , a firm that helps companies get tangible value from doing the right thing for the planet.

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Waterfall project management- A tutorial

Binfire

Waterfall project management method was published by Winston W. Royce, a software scientist working for the software division of Lockheed Corporation’ in 1970. Waterfall is sometimes also referred to as traditional project management method, but in this paper we will use Waterfall exclusively. The concept of waterfall project management method is very simple; each step in planning, design and development is worked on and finished before the next step could start.

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Collaborating with iWorkers, eWorkers, and all the other a-zWorkers

Redbooth

iWorkers, eWorkers and Collaboration. Are you an eWorker? Maybe an iWorker? To be honest, we don’t know the difference either. Last we heard, the majority of people were knowledge workers. That would make them kWorkers. We do know that kWorkers collaborate a lot. In fact, knowledge and information are not very useful if no one shares them or needs them.

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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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The Most Difficult Part of Pulling Together the Project Team

Gina Abudi PM

Responses to a Poll Question and a Client Story. A poll question1 asked of 700 project managers, project team leads, and program directors regarding their opinion of the most difficult part of pulling together a project team, delivered the following responses: Option. Number of Responses. Finding the right internal resources (mix of skills, availability). [.].

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5 Genuine Advantages of Remote Working!

TimeCamp

Last week we prepared a list of resources to help you find an ideal remote location job – hope you liked it. Today I want to share my thoughts about working remotely. They may sound quite subjective, but instead of other tips for remote workers, they’re coming from my heart and my experience. Make yourself […].

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