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How to Get a Job as a Digital Project Manager

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Holly Davis, Digital Project Manager for White October At the Digital PM Summit in Philadelphia, a conference full of digital project managers (DPMs), it was interesting to hear about the various ways DPMs have found their way into a career in project management. Listening to some of the panels, talks and in conversations with the DPM community, I heard that many, like me, have fallen into the career by accident.

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Improve How your Team Navigates (Relational) Team Conflict!

Scrum.org

Although conflict is a natural part of working with others even moderate conflict in teams decreases their productivity. This means that teams have to learn how to navigate conflict effectively and prevent upward escalation. Pruitt & Rubin (1986) developed the Dual Concern model for conflict. Based on empirical evidence, they argue that the most effective strategy is to bring even modest conflicts into the light and to openly talk about them.

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Top 10 Things to Know about the Scrum Guide

Online PM Courses

Scrum is the best-known, most widely used Agile methodology. It is documented in the Scrum Guide. So, what do you need to know about the Scrum Guide? The post Top 10 Things to Know about the Scrum Guide appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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Workshop Design with ChatGPT

Scrum.org

TL; DR: Workshop Design with ChatGPT The following article explores whether we can use ChatGPT-4 to create workshops for agile practitioners; for example, Scrum Masters. While Liberating Structures have simplified the task, workshop design with ChatGPT may provide an alternative. As you will learn, and despite being prone to lapse into project management speak, ChatGPT is remarkably capable of doing so, provided we feed it suitable prompts.

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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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Unpacking the SAFe Debate. Is it Agile, or Something Else?

Leading Agile

People have debated whether or not SAFe is Agile for as long as it’s been around. LeadingAgile CEO, Mike Cottmeyer, joins Dave on this episode of SoundNotes to explore the roots of small team Agile and to discuss how SAFe stacks up against the ideals of the Agile Manifesto. Want to Listen Instead? LeadingAgile · Unpacking The SAFe Debate. Is It Agile Or Something Else?

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Understanding the Product Backlog in Agile Development

MPUG

What is a Product Backlog? A Product Backlog is an ordered list of items to build and improve a product, service, or result. It typically contains user requirements, process improvement items, bugs, enhancements, change requests, and feature requests. Essentially, any item related to the product can be part of the Product Backlog. Illustration of a Product Backlog The Product Backlog is a prioritized list , with the high-priority items at the top and the low-priority items at the bottom.

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Mentoring and Coaching. Why it is Important and How it is Changing with Remote Work.

Green Project Management

The mentor-mentee relationship is critical for professional development because it benefits both parties. A mentor is a person who has experience in a given field or subject and can offer guidance, support, and advice to a less experienced mentee. The mentor shares expertise, knowledge, and insights and offers feedback and constructive criticism that can help […] The post Mentoring and Coaching.

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How this Company Flipped Failure into Massive Success with a 'Scrum Reboot'!

Scrum.org

In this vlog, Professional Scrum Trainers, Andreanna Marshall and Scott Adams tell you about a company that failed spectacularly. and then turned it around with a 'Scrum Reboot'! Most companies would have given up after such a setback, but not this company. They decided to overhaul their Scrum process, and it worked! We'll tell you all about their story, and how you can apply their strategy to your own business!

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Episode 174 – Team Up with Emotional Intelligence and Deliver Successful Projects

Velociteach

The podcast by project managers for project managers. The need for optimal emotional intelligence is even more pronounced in project management and Dr. Vanessa Druskat, who is married to a project manager, shares insights on emotional and team intelligence on how to improve your own EQ. If we can get in touch with an emotion, we can manage it, and the more emotionally and self-aware we are the more we can build emotionally intelligent teams.

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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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Conflict: Why We Get Into It, How to Get Out of It, and Strategies for Conflict Resolution

MPUG

Is it any wonder we have conflicts on projects? After all, we have a team of people trying to do something difficult, under the pressures of time and budget, with other people offering everything from helpful advice to criticism and outright resistance. So, in a very real sense, dealing with conflict is a part of the Project Manager’s job description.

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Sitetracker Appoints New CRO and EVP of Product & Engineering to Further Fuel Next Level of Growth

Sitetracker

Montclair, NJ, April 3, 2023/PRNewswire/— Sitetracker, the leading deployment operations management software for critical infrastructure providers, has announced the appointment of two new seasoned executives to lead key global functions that will result in new levels of growth and innovation. The post Sitetracker Appoints New CRO and EVP of Product & Engineering to Further Fuel Next Level of Growth appeared first on Sitetracker.