Tue.Nov 28, 2017

article thumbnail

How to Actually Define Risk Categories

Project Risk Coach

Tom is the program manager for a large, complex program comprised of eight projects. He thinks his project managers have identified most of their risks, but he’s not sure where to focus his attention. What areas have the highest risk exposure? Let’s look at how to actually define risk categories and how they can help Tom (and you). What are Risk Categories?

Defining 292
article thumbnail

Project Manager Talent Gap: How to Make the Most of It

LiquidPlanner

Skill shortages are now a global phenomenon, impacting organisations in virtually every industry sector. In the field of project management, however, the skills gap is growing at a faster rate than was anticipated just a few years ago. The implications for organizations and project management professionals are highlighted in new research from the Project Management Institute (PMI).

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How the Creative Team at Safelite AutoGlass Ditched Spreadsheets and Boosted Productivity

Wrike

Requests were coming in through a chaotic system of emails, desk drivebys, and even sticky notes. Promising ideas were falling through the cracks. Senior team members were bombarded with questions because they were the only sources of key process knowledge. And multiple, out-of-sync spreadsheets brought project momentum to a crawl. This is what Perrie Howes of Safelite Autoglass inherited, and it’s a common scene at many companies.

article thumbnail

Quote of the Day

Herding Cats

The ability to reduce everything to simple fundamental laws does not imply the ability to start from those laws and reconstruct the universe. — P. W. Anderson. But here's a critical understanding. Attempts to correct dysfunction that is not based on established principles is going to fail. Without identifying the Root Cause of the smell of dysfunction , providing corrective and preventative actions based on these established principles, and assuring that any suggested solutions to fixing observ

article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Desktop Time Tracker

TimeCamp

At TimeCamp’s blog, we often write on time tracking software and its benefits for larger companies and its employees. Today I’ll write on using such software in TimeCamp and to be more specific, from my perspective. I’m Kate and I work at TimeCamp as a Marketing Assistant. So, make a cup of coffee, take a warm blanket, and keep me your company through this article.

More Trending

article thumbnail

TimeCamp’s Marketing Lessons: What is Native Advertising?

TimeCamp

A modern society accustomed to long and hard media messages on television gradually began to migrate from the old medium – TV, to the new – the Internet. In the new medium of the mass media, the recipients found all the information they had to look up to in various sources. An additional advantage of the network was less advertising, compared to television.

Process 40
article thumbnail

3 Ways to Help Team Members Contribute to Project Success

Brightwork

A common problem for project team members is they sometimes feel disconnected from the project and their peers. Poor collaboration coupled with lots of competing responsibilities often makes team members feel they are wasting their time working too hard for poor results and that little is changing to improve their situation. Team members want to contribute to project success, so you need to make it as easy as possible for them to do just that!

Process 31
article thumbnail

How to Lead a Team in Three Key Words

Runrun.it

Great, you’ve just been promoted to a supervisor’s position, and now it’s your job to lead a team – be it two or twenty people. It’s always been a goal of yours, a chance to better show your talent. But there’s a big question that remains: do you know how to lead a team? Leadership […]. The post How to Lead a Team in Three Key Words appeared first on For Managers | Personal Development Hacks.