Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

JANUARY 16, 2020

As we move into 2020 and the start of a new decade, it is important to take the time to consider how your industry and workplace may have changed in recent years, and how they will continue to evolve in the future. Crucially, you also need to gain an understanding of what businesses actually need from their employees in this modern age. From participating in project manager training, through to online personal development efforts, there are numerous ways to improve your skills and deliver greate

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Teamweek

JANUARY 16, 2020

Google is the most popular search engine in the world. You know that something has become a phenomenon when it’s also used as a verb. Ask someone to Google something for you, and they’re on it. Ask them to ‘Yahoo’ something and -you guessed it- they’ll Google what that means. Because it’s so pervasive, a lot of project managers assume that Google has its own project management apps and tools.

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Epicflow Blog

JANUARY 16, 2020

Money issues often lack transparency, especially when it concerns salaries. It’s not a secret that one’s income depends on many factors, such as work experience, the level of theoretical knowledge and skills, job title, duties, and of course location. Salary rates range depending on the country, and they vary even within the same country. So, let’s analyze how much project managers make today all over the world in terms of their qualification level. .

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Project Risk Coach

JANUARY 16, 2020

Are you a better project manager today than you were a year ago? I hope my blog has boosted your knowledge and application. In case you missed some of my blog posts, I'm sharing my most popular project risk management posts of 2019. So, just how many of you came to the Project Risk Coach website in 2019? Year Visitors 2019 220,856 2018 113,206 2017 57,560 2016 42,000 2015 33,000 One of my 2019 goals was to help 180,000 website visitors.

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LiquidPlanner

JANUARY 16, 2020

In the New Year, businesses are eager to dive into new tasks and goals. Project managers are the first in line to have a full understanding of the intentions of the company going forward. It’s their job to take the companies’ new challenges and get them accomplished in the best way to achieve the desired goals in a timely manner. All around the world, work productivity is generally getting lower.

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Teamweek

JANUARY 16, 2020

Google is the most popular search engine in the world. You know that something has become a phenomenon when it’s also used as a verb. Ask someone to Google something for you, and they’re on it. Ask them to ‘Yahoo’ something and -you guessed it- they’ll Google what that means. Because it’s so pervasive, a lot of project managers assume that Google has its own project management apps and tools.

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Agile Coach

JANUARY 16, 2020

Lamest blog post title ever. I started running my Lean Change Agent workshop in 2014 and have never offered a certification. I provided a Certificate of Completion because I have never believed that anyone should be ‘certified’ in anything for attending a 2-day course. This is a long post, structured like this and I wrote it mostly for myself, but thought the greater community could benefit: Backstory : My history with certs (to explain how my thinking about certs evolved).

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Leading Agile

JANUARY 16, 2020

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Google Play. Spotify. Soundcloud. RSS. It can be easy to get swept up in discussions centered around making sure that the work being done by development teams is in sync with what the stakeholders have identified as being of the highest priority to them.

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MPUG

JANUARY 16, 2020

Background Information. One of the challenges for project managers is understanding “what changed” after they approve pending task updates in the Approval Center page in Project Web App. In the current versions of Project Online and Project Server, it is not easy to determine the schedule changes in the enterprise project after approving the pending task updates in Project Web App.

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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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ProProfs Project Management

JANUARY 16, 2020

Imagine you have a diverse set of people in your team, each coming from different backgrounds. They have a different way to work, and their work ethics might differ from what you have set for yourself. . Now, as a project manager, how would you feel about this? There are two ways to deal with such a situation: The Bossy Way Out. You can set your priorities straight and give your team a hard time if they don’t follow your terms to the Z. .

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 16, 2020

Hi awesome people. Courage is one of the Scrum values and as part of my New Year's resolution this year I would like to have more courage to point out elephant in the room at the risk people may dislike me for doing it. I would also like to have more courage to enter more healthy passionate debate this year. Speaking up about the differences between Agile Coach and Scrum Master is one of my fear because often times talking about this topic with other agile practitioners can be quite tense - lik

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ProProfs Project Management

JANUARY 16, 2020

Imagine this: You take up a new project with a new client. You set up meetings to understand and plan the project execution strategy. You adopt a project management software to ensure workflow is streamlined and all project deadlines are met. But, you overlooked a few factors: The software didn’t have a reporting feature , making it difficult to track team productivity and project execution.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 16, 2020

A Sprint Goal is not often something people think about when using Scrum. Turns out it’s really important for teams to act as teams. Find out why in Robb Pieper's latest video blog from Responsive Advisors. . .

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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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Agilemania

JANUARY 16, 2020

To improve your listening skills, you must learn what’s keeping you from seeking and hearing the information you need. Below are descriptions of six of the more common archetypes. The post A Field Guide to Identifying Bad Listeners appeared first on Agilemania.

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TrustRadius Project Management

JANUARY 16, 2020

VoIP stands for Voice over Internet Protocol. VoIP is a technology that delivers voice over the Internet. It is also called IP Telephony, Internet Telephony, and Internet Calling. VoIP can be an affordable alternative to using a regular telephone line. Some VoIP services allow local, long-distance, or even international phone calls. . VoIP technology converts your voice into a digital signal that travels across the internet.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 16, 2020

A Sprint Goal is not often something people think about when using Scrum. Turns out it’s really important for teams to act as teams. Find out why in Robb Pieper's latest video blog from Responsive Advisors. . .

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Inloox

JANUARY 16, 2020

You can create tasks or entire projects directly in Outlook from a single email without leaving your inbox. With just one click you can save emails and attachments as project documents via the one-click feature. Outlook and InLoox work hand in hand and allow you to work comfortably in a familiar environment.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 16, 2020

The Scrum Guide is quite clear on one important thing: for one product there is only one Product Owner and only one Product Backlog: “[ The Product Backlog] is the single source of requirements for any changes to be made to the product. ”. “ The Product Owner is the sole person responsible for managing the Product Backlog. ”. “ The Product Owner is one person, not a committee. ”. .

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 16, 2020

The Scrum Guide is quite clear on one important thing: for one product there is only one Product Owner and only one Product Backlog: “[ The Product Backlog] is the single source of requirements for any changes to be made to the product. ”. “ The Product Owner is the sole person responsible for managing the Product Backlog. ”. “ The Product Owner is one person, not a committee. ”. .

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