Thu.Jun 14, 2018

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Can One Be Too Respectful?

Pawel Brodzinski

Some time ago, during our weekly Lean Coffee at Lunar Logic , which is the only all hands meeting at the company, I made a disrespectful comment. It was a topic which I have a strong opinion about. A particular example that was brought to support one argument triggered a visceral reaction on my side. I said more, and more emotionally, than I should have.

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Eight Ways to Get Your Team On Board With Time Tracking

Celoxis

The number of hours employees spend on work can tell businesses owners and managers a lot about their workforce. It can answer questions about engagement, cost of labor versus productivity, and if tasks are taking too long to complete. Therefore, it is essential for workers to see the value of tracking their time.

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The Truth About Transformations

Leading Answers

Transformations are flavor of the month. It is no longer enough to launch “initiatives,” “programs” or “projects” to undertake work. Instead, we launch agile transformations, digital transformations and productization transformations. They sound more revolutionary, more dramatic and further reaching. Our organizations will emerge reborn, uniquely positioned to compete in a new world of opportunities and growth.

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What is the Project Life Cycle and How to Use It Better?

Workamajig

The project life cycle describes the stages a project goes through as it progresses from start to finish. A well-defined life cycle brings order and structure to the project. This article will demystify the project management life cycle and help you run better projects. Few things in project management are more hotly debated than this: The project life cycle.

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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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Tweak These 5-Minute Productivity Tricks To Make Your Workdays More Organized

Trello

It’s no secret that everyone is seeking secret ways to have more productive days, weeks, and even lives. But maximizing time and boosting your productivity is a constant struggle. Try as you might to organize your calendar, it’s difficult to avoid ad hoc meetings, urgent deadlines, and groggy mornings. How many times per week do you gulp a cup of cold brew in hopes of immediate focus?

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Create More Powerful and Robust Reports with LiquidPlanner

LiquidPlanner

A living, breathing LiquidPlanner workspace is a gold mine of data about your team. Looking towards the future we can see how the work we have is falling into the schedule and the impact it is having on the availability of our resources. Looking towards the past we see when the work was done and how much effort it required. Reporting in Analytics specifically allows you to focus on a specified date range to see how hours are scheduled, or how they have been logged.

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The Truth About Transformations

Leading Answers

Transformations are flavor of the month. It is no longer enough to launch “initiatives,” “programs” or “projects” to undertake work. Instead, we launch agile transformations, digital transformations and productization transformations. They sound more revolutionary, more dramatic and further reaching. Our.

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Event Management Software: The Ultimate Guide for Event Planners

Teamweek

Planning a successful event is tough. There are so many moving pieces to keep track of. Staying organized is key. This round-up of event management software will help you evaluate the options and pick the best software for your team. We’ve found event management software that will fit every need and budget. Whether you’re a third party event planner working for multiple clients or the in-house event planner for a large corporation, we’ve got you covered.

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The Truth About Transformations

Leading Answers

Transformations are flavor of the month. It is no longer enough to launch “initiatives,” “programs” or “projects” to undertake work. Instead, we launch agile transformations, digital transformations and productization transformations. They sound more revolutionary, more dramatic and further reaching. Our organizations will emerge reborn, uniquely positioned to compete in a new world of opportunities and growth.

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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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Why You Need a Definition of Ready w/ Dave Nicolette

Leading Agile

This episode of SoundNotes focuses on Definition of Ready. A few weeks ago, Dave Nicolette created a post in Field Notes that was the result of a current debate in the Agile community about whether having a Definition of Ready helps, or harms our ability to deliver value for the customer. The episode begins with Dave Nicolette explaining Definition of Ready—within the context of the LeadingAgile model.

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Does Big Business Care about Sustainability?

Green Project Management

Does big business care about sustainability and social responsibility? I often ask attendees to my courses and presentations this question. In general, the response is a strong negative: “NO big business couldn’t care less about sustainability or social responsibility!” GPM’s experience though is the exact opposite: YES big business aggressively cares about sustainability and social responsibility!

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The Scrum Values (International Versions, June 2018)

Gunther Verheyen

In May 2013 I described how there is value in the Scrum Values. I included that text in my book “ Scrum – A Pocket Guide ” that was published in November 2013. Early in 2018 I updated my description slightly to be included in a revision of my book that I anticipate. A group of Scrum enthusiasts subsequently translated that updated version to different languages.

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Best Time Tracking Software for Government

TimeCamp

What Are The Best Timekeeping Solutions for Government? No time tracking software is universal. There.

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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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Should Priority Matrix Email Integration Matter to You?

Appfluence

Is the Email Integration Important? You are setting up your Priority Matrix. You might notice that Priority Matrix has an email integration and wonder whether this should matter to you. This Depends on You. If so, great question! There are many aspects of Priority Matrix that may or may not be relevant to your particular situation. After all, it is designed to conform to your use case, not the other way around.