Tue.May 16, 2023

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Don't ask me about the worst case

Musings on Project Management

Perhaps the most common question in risk management, if not in project management is this one:"What's the worst case that can happen?"Don't ask me that!Why not?Because I don't know, and I'd only be guessing if I answered.So what questions can you answer about the future case?

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Google Docs vs Google Drive: What do you actually need?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

What’s the difference between Google Docs and Google Drive? Do you use both services (like me) but wonder if you’re in the right place when you search for files? Given that we spend 14% of our day looking for documents and data (I totally made that figure up, but it feels like that’s how my day is spent), if you want to work smarter, not harder, then it pays to know how to use them both.

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What Is an Operating Budget? Key Components & Template Included

ProjectManager.com

An operating budget is a tool that helps business owners and project managers alike to look at the long-term financial needs of their organization or project. It’s instrumental in forecasting the budget needed to run your business or project. That alone should make you want to understand the definition and reasons to use an operating budget. We’ll explain that and go into what should be included in your operating budget.

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8 Schlüsselbegriffe, die du als Scrum Master unterscheiden können solltest, um nicht wie ein Amateur zu wirken

Scrum.org

Alle Augen waren auf Stephanie gerichtet, als Tom mit einem Hauch von Sarkasmus sagte: „Wenn es jemand wissen muss, dann doch wohl du, oder?“ Dieser Frage war eine hitzige Diskussion vorausgegangen. Sie begann mit der Formulierung einer neuen User Story. Tom wollte einen zusätzlichen Testfall als Akzeptanzkriterium formulieren. Als Product Owner wollte er sicherstellen, dass das Team das liefert, was mit dem Kunden vereinbart wurde.

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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 a Systems Engineering Approach to Agile at Scale

Leading Agile

What if, instead of focusing on all the Agile practices, we started applying some of the things we know about systems engineering to help large companies become the kind of organization that can leverage those practices? Instead of blindly performing the ceremonies of Scrum, what it we got super disciplined about how we decompose work and flow decisions through the organization?

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Operationalize Your PMO

Bridge the Gap Consulting

Once your PMO is up and running, operationalizing and doing continuous improvement (CI) go hand-in-hand. When people ask what’s the difference between the two, I say operationalizing are static functions you’ll always perform and CI is iterative. They’re done at the same time. Sometimes CI may lead to changes to the PMO’s operations, but you’re only making more efficient something you’re already doing.

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5 Examples of Take-Home Tasks for Different Roles

Teamweek

The take-home tasks are much like marmite, coriander, or Hawaiian pizza. Your candidates will either love it or hate it. The ‘love it’ camp likely welcomes the opportunity to showcase their skills and appreciate the time to think it through versus answering questions on the spot in an interview. However, the ‘hate it’ group sees it as doing work for free, might already have portfolios of work that give a much fairer picture of their experience level, and resent the infrin

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How to Earn Professional Development Units

Sarah M. Hoban

IFYKYK. For those not in the know, professional development units, or PDUs, are continuing education credits required to maintain Project Management Institute (PMI) certifications. The most common PMI certification is the Project Management Professional, or PMP, with 1 million plus certification holders worldwide. In this post, we’ll review the requirements for earning PDUs towards your PMP and share some strategies for racking them up that in no way involve retaking your PMP exam—because you wo

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8 Creative Tools to Transform Ideas Into Professional Videos

Productivity Land

In today’s fast-paced digital era, the power of visual storytelling cannot be underestimated. From captivating commercials to engaging social media content, videos have become essential for conveying your messages and ideas. The global video editing software market size is projected to reach $3245 million by 2030—exhibiting a CAGR of 5.6% during 2022-2030.

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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