Epicflow Blog
MARCH 22, 2023
In times of economic crisis, enterprises try to find ways to reduce their expenses and improve profitability to survive during tough times. However, some of the cost-saving measures they take can appear to be ineffective in the long-term perspective. How can companies save costs and at the same become more profitable and competitive during the crisis?
Rebel’s Guide to PM
MARCH 22, 2023
Are you ready to dive into my Google Project Management: Professional Certificate review? I’ve done a lot of project management training in my 20+ years as a project manager, and those courses helped me understand the skills, tools and techniques required to succeed leading projects. Luckily, many of those training programs have been paid for by my company over the years, or provided as internal courses.
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ProjectManager.com
MARCH 22, 2023
Production management has to control a variety of functions to deliver projects on time without overspending. There’s the workforce responsible for the production itself, but also the equipment used, any raw materials needed, workflows and much more. Managing all aspects of production requires good management. Production management is the process of optimizing the production of goods.
Scrum.org
MARCH 22, 2023
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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.
International Institute for Learning
MARCH 22, 2023
By Ben Chodor In the world of business, it’s no secret that clients are the lifeblood of any company. No matter how exceptional your products, marketing, or sales may be, without a loyal client base, your business is likely to struggle. As a seasoned professional, I have always understood this fundamental truth. Winning over clients can be an arduous and time-consuming process, and when you finally succeed, it’s crucial to build a strong and lasting relationship with them.
Project Management Update brings together the best content for project management professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
International Institute for Learning
MARCH 22, 2023
By Mike Griffiths Welcome to part two of this four-part series introducing basic leadership ideas that any project manager or Scrum master can employ. Be sure to see article one that explains leadership for project managers and outlines the five leadership components covered in the series. This second article builds on from the “Model the way” leadership attribute introduced in part one and digs deeper into diversity, inclusion, and servant leadership.
Scrum.org
MARCH 22, 2023
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International Institute for Learning
MARCH 22, 2023
By Dr. Harold Kerzner Growth of Agile and Scrum For the past two decades, companies began expanding the use of project management to non-traditional types of projects that were initiated based upon just an idea rather than clearly defined requirements, a business case, and a statement of work. These new types of projects created the need for flexible methodologies rather than being managed by the somewhat more rigid waterfall approach.
Scrum.org
MARCH 22, 2023
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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
Green Project Management
MARCH 22, 2023
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosures and materiality reporting have become increasingly important topics in the business world. In recent years, investors and stakeholders have been placing greater emphasis on organizations’ impact on the environment, society, and corporate governance. As a result, ESG disclosures and materiality reporting have become essential for organizations that want to […] The post The Relationship Between Project Activities, ESG Disclosures,
Scrum.org
MARCH 22, 2023
This is the final article of this series, and I'm posting it now on Scrum.org because. I forgot to do it earlier. Anyway, here's the Fourth and Final thing you do to prevent value delivery. I'm assuming you've read and (hopefully already corrected) the First , Second and Third Things. I found these things during my years of working in the (attempted) change industry.
nTask
MARCH 22, 2023
If you're looking for a way to streamline customer support and improve customer satisfaction, a help desk ticketing system might be the perfect solution. From incident management to tracking trends, these systems are designed to make it easier for customers to get their issues resolved quickly and efficiently.
Scrum.org
MARCH 22, 2023
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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.
nTask
MARCH 22, 2023
Are you feeling overwhelmed with managing tasks in your enterprise? Enterprise task management software is a great way to improve productivity and increase agility. It can help automate processes, support collaboration, and provide task scheduling and reporting capabilities.
Scrum.org
MARCH 22, 2023
One of the most exciting outcomes of Scrum being adopted by a team is innovation. Empowered teams focus on Product and Sprint Goals, but their ownership of the outcomes and the resulting affinity with the problem and stakeholders leads to surprising results. Broadly that is described as innovation. Innovation around the team's working practices. Innovation in the product and in the case of the following interview, innovation in the broader context of climate change.
PM Times
MARCH 22, 2023
Most of what gets in the way of optimal performance is rooted in psychological or emotional issues. That is why the most valued traits for a manager are communication, emotional and social intelligence, empathy, and adaptability. Psychology Psychology is the study of the way the mind functions and influences behavior. Individual psychology influences relationships […] The post Psychology at Work to Improve Performance appeared first on Project Management Articles, Webinars, Templates and J
Scrum.org
MARCH 22, 2023
Als OpenAI letzte Woche sein neues LLM-Modell GPT-4 herausbrachte, konnte ich nicht widerstehen und habe mich für 20 Dollar pro Monat angemeldet. Ich wollte herausfinden, ob ChatGPT 4 seinem Vorgänger überlegen ist, der in den letzten Monaten einen guten Eindruck hinterlassen hat; siehe meine früheren Artikel zu Scrum, Agile und ChatGPT. Ich habe mich für drei Vergleiche entschieden, bei denen die Antworten der neuen GPT-4- und der früheren GPT-3.5-Modelle über die identische Eingabeaufforderun
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You’ve read the PMBOK® Guide several times, taken the certification exam for project managers, passed, and you are now a PMP®. So why do you keep making rookie mistakes? This whitepaper shows 20 of the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make, issues that can cost significant time and money. It's a good starting point for understanding how and why many PMs get themsleves into trouble, and provides guidance on the types of issues that PMs need to understand.
Productivity Land
MARCH 22, 2023
Our world has transformed massively over the past few decades. We no longer need to go out to a Blockbuster shop to rent a movie or wait for a specific day of the week to watch the latest episode of our favorite series. Thanks to the internet and the development of modern technology, streaming movies, and TV shows have become much more accessible, and far easier than it ever was before.
Scrum.org
MARCH 22, 2023
This is a great question, although I imagine I might pick up a bit of flack because of the hordes of people who love Steve Jobs and think of him as one of the most iconic leaders of the past century. Steve is great, but in terms of Agile leadership , he doesn’t touch sides – in my opinion – to Satya Nadella. You can see the difficulty he created within Apple because all innovation, product development, and so forth stemmed from him rather than a culture of innovation that permeates through
Hub Planner
MARCH 22, 2023
Save time and filter the schedule to quickly allocate the right resources to projects Filter the schedule for a quicker and more responsive approach to resource scheduling and project management. Searching the schedule, looking to match the right resource to the right project task? Get rid of the cumbersome, time consuming search by activating the schedule filter.
Scrum.org
MARCH 22, 2023
Willkommen zum 13. Artikel der „Scrum im Selbststudium“-Artikelreihe. Solltest du den letzten Artikel verpasst haben, findest du ihn hier. Nur weil Scrum Teams in Sprints arbeiten, bedeutet es nicht, dass sie nie auf unerwartete Probleme stoßen. Die Arbeit kann sich als schwieriger und zeitintensiver herausstellen als angenommen. Es können Teammitglieder verhindert sein.
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Digital transformation projects are crucial, with global spending projected to hit $3.4 trillion by 2026. However, they often fail at a rate of about 70%. To enhance success: Employee Buy-in: Acknowledge concerns and establish a change management team to communicate benefits transparently. Identify Processes and Tools: Form a digital transformation office to establish metrics, workstream lifecycles, data capture, and tool selection.
Online PM Courses
MARCH 22, 2023
No one wants to be the bearer of bad news. But, sometimes you have to. Let's see how to give bad news to your client, sponsor, or boss. The post How to Give Bad News to Your Client, Sponsor, or Boss | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.
Scrum.org
MARCH 22, 2023
During our last webinar , we have received a lot of questions regarding metrics and the Scrum Team. In this post I will try to address a few of them. Can you give examples of team metrics you found useful? Well, for me, the important thing in using metrics is understanding the context and answering 4 key questions: What do we want to measure? Why are we measuring it?
Teamweek
MARCH 22, 2023
Hiring with your heart or gut feeling is just not viable in today’s super-competitive talent market. One way to improve the accuracy of your hiring hit rate is by designing and using a candidate scorecard for interviews , so your team can support their hiring decisions with real, quantitative data. With practical tools, like interview scorecards, your team has the insight for smarter decisions that save you time and effort.
Scrum.org
MARCH 22, 2023
When Scrum Teams experience a work quality issue, they sometimes shift the responsibility for quality control to the Product Owner as a solution. Not only is this impractical, but it's also anti-Scrum. Here's why. Defining our Terms Before we delve into why having the Product Owner mark PBIs as “closed” is not a good idea, let’s define the two Scrum accountabilities at play and the Definition of Done.
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