Tue.Nov 17, 2020

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Why Every Project Needs A Configuration Management Plan

Techno-PM

Configuration Management Plan If your business utilizes a systems engineering process known as configuration management in order to maintain the consistency of a project with regards to performance and physical attributes throughout the production process (and often for the projected lifetime of the product), then your business also needs a configuration management plan for that project.

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Feeling the pressure

Musings on Project Management

" [The concern my some is] that with all good intentions, some project managers might start cutting corners. It's easily done. Don't be fooled by the trappings. This sort of success comes with a lot of pressure. There are deadlines, penalties, [finances], and [executive changes]. [PMs] are stuck in the middle. Priorities can become murky.

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Agile Unplugged EP04 | Mike Cottmeyer and Matt Van Vleet

Leading Agile

Listen to the Agile Unplugged Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to Agile Unplugged on: Apple Podcasts. Spotify. Soundcloud. RSS. Welcome to our latest episode of the Agile Unplugged podcast with host Mike Cottmeyer, LeadingAgile’s CEO. In each episode of Unplugged, Mike and a special guest explore LeadingAgile’s freshest ideas, mental models, frameworks, and solutions with the people that are actually doing the work of leading large-scale Agile Transformation in the real world.

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How to Distinguish Between Stress and Burnout and Cope with Them: Tips for Project Managers

Epicflow Blog

According to Gallup , 76% of employees in both leadership and non-leadership roles have experienced burnout at least once. The profession of a project manager belongs to senior positions with an increased level of responsibility and as a result, stress. . Let’s take a small test. . Do you feel frustrated lately? . Do your projects hardly meet their deadlines?

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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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How Creative Briefs Help Your Agency

Function Point

Life’s too short to churn out projects that miss the mark. For a creative brief to be the most effective, it should be completed at the beginning of a project so that it’s streamlining the timeline and not interfering with it. A good creative brief helps set you up for a great rhythm by outlining: what you’re making. when it’s needed. who it’s for. why you’re doing it. how it’s going to get done.

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Dealing With the Project Saboteur

Bridge the Gap Consulting

There is a presentation I have given where I talk about a “Supportive” stakeholder. These stakeholders understand WHY a project is important and will assist in its execution and completion. These “Supportive” stakeholders may not have wanted this project to be approved in the first place or see it as a burden during execution.

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From the Sponsor’s Desk – Now We Can See Why a Change Management Mindset Really Matters

PM Times

Written by: Drew Davison “The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence – it is to act with yesterday’s logic. – Peter Drucker.

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How Principal Architects Make More Time for Creative Work

Appfluence

Principal architects have big shoes to fill. In any firm beyond a sole-proprietorship, the Principal not only holds the role of ‘architect’, but must also balance the responsibilities of a CEO, and oftentimes acts as a project manager as well. This can results in ever-increasing managerial duties, such as checking project status and managing resources, and the disappearance of ‘white space’ that allows time for the creative work that most often draws architects to their profession in the first p

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Workflow and approvals: how you can streamline and speed up the process

Admation

Put simply, in most business settings, marketing assets and campaigns will need to be reviewed and ultimately approved by various stakeholders at some stage. That’s just the way of the land, but how smooth you decide to make the process is entirely up to you. This can be as simple as a management seal of approval all the way up to multi-department checks that often end up being time-consuming and counter-intuitive, especially when it comes to nimble and agile digital marketing.

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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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5 Tips For Creating Great Relationships With Project Owners

Appfluence

Maintaining quality relationships in the architecture industry can be a unique challenge. There are project owners who change their minds often, but complain that you are trying to ‘nickel and dime them’ when you are upfront about the cost of changes in the project. Other clients have the perspective that you are there just to design, without understanding the hard work that goes into the project.

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The future of sustainability webinar - Author: Catherine Bendell

APM

As businesses adapt in an ever-changing environment, this lunch-time webinar is an opportunity to explore the role of sustainability in a variety of challenging and evolving sectors. This webinar was held on 18 November 2020, and presented by Mike Hanson, Giulia Jones, and Dr Emiko Caerlewy-Smith.

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7 Best Apps to Improve Your Task Planning Process

nTask

Task management is one of the most important activities that you perform on a daily basis. But have you noticed that the process is taking you a long time just because you are keeping all your thoughts in your mind instead of writing them down? It’s called projecting “stuff” on a piece of paper or within an app where you can easily plan and execute your workflow.

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The evolving project professional driving sustainability conference - Author: Catherine Bendell

APM

APM South Wales and West of England Branch Conference returned to 2020 after a very successful launch in 2019!

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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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Staying Flexible with Hybrid Workplaces

Ganttic

COVID is changing the way the world works. As opposed to being tethered to a desk for 40 hours a week, many companies have adopted a work from home policy for the time being. And some for the unforeseeable future. But even this trend is beginning to shift. In the past few weeks, companies such as Google and Microsoft have announced new workplace hybrid models.

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5 HR Events to Look out for in 2021

Teamweek

Get your calendars out, because we’re bringing you the definitive list of HR events to watch for in 2021. Disclaimer: The information below is accurate at the moment of writing, but make sure you check out the organizers’ websites for the latest, most accurate info. If you choose to travel to attend any of these in person – please do so responsibly.

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How To Get the Best Data Visualizations for Your Project

Wrike

The word “data” can sometimes seem complex and intimidating — almost as if there should be numbers scrolling in front of you like the Matrix. When you’re swimming in data, taking it all in can feel overwhelming. Fortunately, data visualization software can help you present that information in a way that’s way more digestible and actionable. . As Merriam-Webster explains , the truth about data is that it isn’t quite so complicated.