Wed.Nov 22, 2017

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When to Estimate and When Estimates aren't Needed

Herding Cats

Paul Boos has a post about estimating and makes a case for the Principles of when NOT to estimate. This struck a cord around a bigger topic - the inversion of estimating. When should we NOT estimate? What business decision making conditions could be in place where we don't have to estimate the outcomes of our decision in the presence of uncertainty?

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Project Office relevance

Musings on Project Management

It's probably career limiting if you don't keep your project office relevant to your business Fair enough Tom Friedman has some advice along that line of thinking, which I paraphrase: Analyze -- seek out and take in data; reduce it to information; understand the importance and relevance to your operation; be able to find the needle routinely, not by exception Optimize -- avoid too-local.

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This Thanksgiving, Take Time for Gratitude

Brightwork

Thanksgiving is a time to be grateful! During good times and in tough times, I find gratitude is one of the most powerful tools we have to make a change in our family, our workplace, and the world. It all starts at home. When my children were young, as we sat down for dinner, we started a tradition of saying one thing we were grateful for each day.

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How To Get Started With MindManager 2018 [Software Review]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This article, How To Get Started With MindManager 2018 [Software Review] , first appeared on Girl's Guide to Project Management. Mindjet MindManager 2018 is a richly-featured mindmapping and visual management tool. I was asked to check it out recently and I put together this mini-tutorial on how to create a mindmap. My overall thoughts on the product are at the bottom.

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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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Embracing Diversity in Project Management

Eylean

We are long past the times where our abilities of leadership or smarts were evaluated by gender, race or anything else rather than our abilities. However, every now and then stats from industry leaders surface and paint quite a different picture. With a strong bias still existing for anyone that has not been born a … The post Embracing Diversity in Project Management appeared first on Eylean Blog.

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4 Essential Project Management Phases – The Complete Guide

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If you’re a beginner in the field of project management and you’re looking for an easy way to structure your project management process, we’ve got the right guide that can help you manage your projects from start to finish. The entire process might seem overwhelming but if you take a few basic steps, you can complete all tasks in the right sequence and at the right time.