Tue.Feb 05, 2019

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How To Run A Sprint Planning Meeting Like A Boss (+ Meeting Agenda)

The Digital Project Manager

Are you actually doing what you want to accomplish with your sprint planning meetings? Here’s an overview of sprint planning meetings, why and how to do them, and a free sprint planning meeting agenda template. The post How To Run A Sprint Planning Meeting Like A Boss (+ Meeting Agenda) appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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Secrets Exposed: My Official Day of a Project Manager

PM Basics

It is 2:14 AM and I have just left the office. It was a long day to onboard a new project. Sitting in the car, I wonder, will it be like that all the time now? Next day, I had one meeting. Nothing really happened. Next week, five days in a row we had meetings after meetings. But only eight hours of work sharp… Have you ever wondered what does a day of a project manager look like?

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Ask a PM: How to Tell a Client You’re Behind on the Project You Just Took Over

LiquidPlanner

Dear Elizabeth: I have taken on an in-flight project. We’re about halfway through, and I think we need to make changes to the schedule. Specifically, we need more time. The client has already signed off on the original deadlines, and I don’t think they will take the news well. How can I break it to them? It’s always hard when you pick up a project midway through.

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11 Project Management Apps That Will Rule in 2019

Proofhub

11 Best Project Management Apps for Business in 2019 Every year new tools are launched in the market. Some live up to the expectations while others are forgotten as soon as they were launched. Project management tools are always in the limelight either for introducing new features or integrating several useful tools in one app. Let’s talk about some project management tools that performed incredibly well in 2018 and will continue to do so in 2019 as well. 1.

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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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10 Ways to Make Your Lunch Break Worth Taking

ProjectManager.com

After working for tech companies in two different countries, I came to realize that the most striking difference in office culture is the lunch break. I started my career in Washington, D.C., where I ate the majority of my lunches at my desk. Then I moved to Tel Aviv where my office had a large lunch room, and every day, when our food was delivered, my team would stop working on our separate tasks and go eat together—no exceptions.

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Utility leaders improve reliability metrics with Sitetracker performance management, powerful dashboards, and reporting

Sitetracker

Originally posted via PRNewswire. Today at the DistribuTECH conference in New Orleans, Sitetracker, the global standard for managing high-volume critical infrastructure projects, shared powerful performance management capabilities that transform how utility companies of all sizes can increase reliability and safety performance. Leaders in the utility industry recognize the benefits of performance management — a systematic approach to identifying strategic goals, aligning resources, measuring out