Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 28, 2018

A Project Steering Group is the oversight committee of a project. You might use the term Project Board or Governance Committee, or something else that means a similar thing. All projects should have one, but the make up of the group depends on your project. It’s generally acknowledged that having strong leadership is important for project success, so getting your Project Steering Group set up as soon as you can is a good start.

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Musings on Project Management

MAY 28, 2018

In my book, Project Management the Agile Way, now in its 2nd Edition, I make this statement in the chapter on contracts: Firm Fixed Price (FFP) completion contracts are inappropriate for contracting agile. I got an email from a reader challenging that assertion, to which responded: I always start by asserting that agile is a "fixed price" methodology.

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Proofhub

MAY 28, 2018

The definition provided by the Project Management Institute (PMI) states that successful project management is ‘the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements’. Whether you’re in charge of a huge conglomerate or you run a small/medium sized enterprise, you are going to come up against projects in the natural course of business.

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ActiveCollab

MAY 28, 2018

Imagine a beach. Late summer, when it’s still warm and pleasant, but no longer too hot. Soft sand glittering under the morning sun, palm trees swaying in the breeze. The waves, high and imposing, drawing you in, daring you to take up the surfboard and mount them. Now, doing outreach can easily compare to surfing in a tropical paradise such as this. I own the wave, glide through water on my board, in perfect sync and balance.

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Teamweek

MAY 28, 2018

SWOT. It sounds like something you’d do to a fly. Despite the onomatopoeia, this isn’t the case. What is SWOT? SWOT stands for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. The concept is simple: In a SWOT analysis you try highlight areas of a project that can make it more successful. Then you look at aspects of the project that can be potentially harmful.

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TeamGantt

MAY 28, 2018

As a project manager, it can be difficult juggling projects and deciding what your team should work on first. Check out TeamGantt’s 5 easy steps to help you figure out how to prioritize your projects.

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ActiveCollab

MAY 28, 2018

Hey there. I’m Andrew Folts, a freelance web designer, developer, and owner of Sherpa Design Co. I collaborate with small businesses to help them share their unique products, services, and stories through Hard-Working Websites ™. Making of my own system [that rocks]. I use ActiveCollab to plan and organize literally everything—from complex custom Wordpress themes to simple website builder projects, and even my own professional development.

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TimeCamp

MAY 28, 2018

Why Should You Laugh at Work? “If each day was a gift, I would like.

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Leading Agile

MAY 28, 2018

Velocity is the most widely used-and-abused metric associated with Agile software development. Let’s take a quick look at some of the most popular abuses. But first… A Conversation. Nice to see you again. How are things going in your software development organization? We’re doing Agile! That’s great. Congratulations. What sort of process are you using?

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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

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Online PM Courses

MAY 28, 2018

Risk response strategies are the basic ways you can handle project risks. They are also also one of the areas of project management practice that the PMI updated in the 6th Edition of its Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK ? ). So, it seems like a good time to look at this vital aspect of project management in some detail. In this article we’ll examine the risk response strategies you have available to you, what they mean, and when you should use them.

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Stepping Into Project Management

MAY 28, 2018

Here are list of some of the article I read this month and enjoyed it, so thought I would share. How a genius thinks and works is a rather interesting read with a cup of your favorite tea. If like everybody else, you are looking forward to happiness , this one is for you The journey from east coast to Kilimanjaro, one woman's tale to do the impossible.

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Herding Cats

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