Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 2, 2020

I decided to be a project manager. Admittedly, it wasn’t until I started working that I knew such a job existed, but when I realised I did, I knew it was for me. However, even though I thought I knew what I was letting myself in for there were still some things I didn’t know about being a project manager before throwing myself into the job. Here are 6 things I learned about being a project manager – things I didn’t know back in 2000 when I started out. 1.

Healthcare 462

Healthcare Construction Planning 462

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 2, 2020

If something bad is going to happen on a project, it’s likely related to time, cost or scope. Project managers are well aware of this and spend much of their time planning in order to avoid negative risk and its potential impact. There are many tools that can mitigate risk in a project, but it also takes skill in something called project controls. Like the name implies, project controls are about controlling the project and keeping it from exceeding budgets and deadlines.

Controlling 413

Controlling Underperforming Technical Team Estimate Risk Management 413

Epicflow Blog

MARCH 2, 2020

You can’t know too much about leadership. This quality is a mix of talent, knowledge, and skills that requires huge responsibility. If you want your people to follow, trust, and respect you, you should always be up-to-date and discover new opportunities that would help you do your best to become a reliable and trustworthy leader for your team. Let’s take a look at leadership tips that world experts prepared for you this winter.

Leadership 95

Leadership Estimate Risk Management Consulting 95

Scrum.org

MARCH 2, 2020

A question that frequently comes up in my Scrum Training courses is how to define a product. Scrum was created to help small teams solve complex problems and deliver products of the highest possible value. Scrum is used well beyond software because many teams and organizations recognize their work is complex, and they need to be nimble, creative, and value-focused.

Defining 189

Defining Software Review SCRUM Risk 189

Advertisement

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.

Planning

The Digital Project Manager

MARCH 2, 2020

Looking to grow your PM toolkit and improve processes and efficiency within projects? In today's episode, I'm joined with Sally Woolston where we discuss how we can develop more efficient processes, choose the right tools for our projects, and roll them out across the organization. The post How To Build Your PM Toolkit (With Sally Woolston) appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

Process 156

Process 156

Scrum.org

MARCH 2, 2020

. This Vlog looks at the topic of Emergence from its definition as a word and application in the natural environment. Emergence in Scrum is a key principle to delivery. Emergence as applied in Scrum. The Vlog considers how emergence is applied by Scrum in four fundamental ways. From the emergence of the Product as it is developed incrementally in Sprints.

SCRUM 166

SCRUM Planning 166

Binfire

MARCH 2, 2020

When you are managing multiple Agile projects , it is time-consuming to move from one board to another to get a complete view of all your projects. Here comes the portfolio Kanban board and it is an amazing productivity tool. If you are not familiar with the portfolio Kanban board, it is a Kanban board that lists tasks from all your projects on one board.

2020 78

2020 Agile Planning Software 78

The Lazy Project Manager

MARCH 2, 2020

So, what is #ThePMTribe? It is a collaborative community with six of the brightest minds in Project Management leading discussions and sharing ideas to help you solve your challenges, increase your influence and accelerate your career! Who are the Faculty? Alana M. Hill – Alana has had a colorful career in project and program management spanning more than two decades, several functions and multiple continents.

Healthcare 67

Healthcare PMO Influencer PMI 67

ActiveCollab

MARCH 2, 2020

Experiment _[noun]_ - “A procedure carried out to support, refute, or validate a hypothesis. Experiments provide insight into cause-and-effect by demonstrating what outcome occurs when a particular factor is manipulated.” Before you even start thinking about performing an experiment, its value must be determined. Why are you conducting it? What do you hope to get out of it?

Innovation 77

Innovation Process 77

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

Finance

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 2, 2020

Product: Brain Sensei. Certification: Project Management Professional (PMP)®? Cost: $499.99 USD for 6 months access. Are you interested in gaining your PMP certification before the exam changes in the summer of 2020 ? Brain Sensei could be the perfect course for you. Let’s find out! Overview of Brain Sensei PMP Training. Brain Sensei is a PMP® Exam Prep Course , but it’s unlike other courses I’ve seen or taken because it is based in feudal Japan.

2020 67

2020 Software Review Certification PMI 67

Project Management Essentials

MARCH 2, 2020

Many organizations struggle with project governance, oversight, and control. The truth is that most projects are not successful. Over the past 25-years, only 30% of all projects are delivered on-time, on-budget, and with the desired scope. Traditional waterfall projects have phase gates that theoretically establish defined control and governance points.

Governance 52

Governance Government Agile Controlling 52

Scrum.org

MARCH 2, 2020

TL; DR: Scrum Stakeholder Anti-Patterns. Learn how individual incentives and outdated organizational structures — fostering personal agendas and local optimization efforts — manifest themselves in Scrum stakeholder anti-patterns which easily can impede any agile transition. Do you want to get this article in your inbox? You can sign up here and join 25k other subscribers.

SCRUM 214

SCRUM Development Team Review Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 214

Project Management Essentials

MARCH 2, 2020

Many organizations struggle with project governance, oversight, and control. The truth is that most projects are not successful. Over the past 25-years, only 30% of all projects are delivered on-time, on-budget, and with the desired scope. Traditional waterfall projects have phase gates that theoretically establish defined control and governance points.

Governance 40

Governance Government Agile Controlling 40

Advertisement

This large intercity transportation company for people and freight employs 100+ IT employees and contractors across North America and Europe and spends $10MM annually for approximately 50 inflight projects. The company needed the right financial tools to budget for innovation initiatives and real-time information on spending and forecasting. This transportation company turned to Acclaim Projects by Sopheon to help deliver projects on time and within budget.

Budget

GoSkills

MARCH 2, 2020

In this guide, we break down the best ways to prepare for your CAPM exam and get certified.

113

113

Online PM Courses

MARCH 2, 2020

Handling contradictions is a challenge of project management. You need to be able to make decisions, even when you are uncertain about a situation. The post Handling Contradictions – How Well do you Cope with Uncertainty? | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

84

84

Bridge the Gap Consulting

MARCH 2, 2020

I remember when the H1N1 outbreak was happening in 2009. I was traveling frequently all over the U.S. As H1N1 picked up steam and more people contracted it, we were asked to temporarily limit or cancel travel all together. Getting on a plane posed a risk. However, to my boss at the time, an H1N1 outbreak and reduced travel didn’t excuse us from showing up at our desks everyday.

Leadership 10

Leadership 2009 Risk Management Risk 10

TimeCamp

MARCH 2, 2020

We live in times of constant Internet access. Regardless of time and location, we’re able.

19

19

Advertisement

You’ve read the PMBOK® Guide several times, taken the certification exam for project managers, passed, and you are now a PMP®. So why do you keep making rookie mistakes? This whitepaper shows 20 of the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make, issues that can cost significant time and money. It's a good starting point for understanding how and why many PMs get themsleves into trouble, and provides guidance on the types of issues that PMs need to understand.

Certification

Lynne Cazaly

MARCH 2, 2020

Is this a question you routinely ask about what you’re working on? How can we do this easier, make it easier, get it done with less resistance, obstacles, blocks, twists and knots? Most things we’re working on really don’t need to be this hard, but we make them so. We can be distracted, lured and drawn in by others to add more and more, trying to do more and more or talking about more and more.

Leadership 40

Leadership 40

Scrum.org

MARCH 2, 2020

“Oh my god, not this again!” is the username that a developer in my team once picked to signal his resistance against our switch from Subversion to Git. Although done in jest, there was substantial resistance to new ideas in that team. And I get that?—?letting go of something you’re used to causes uncertainty. At the same time, continuing to grow your skills is vital in a field where technologies, frameworks, and skills change so rapidly.

2019 149

2019 Software Developers Software Development Software 149

Proofhub

MARCH 2, 2020

In a world of same-day delivery and voice-activated virtual assistants, many small businesses struggle to offer the same customer experience as massive brands with hundred-thousand-dollar budgets. Sales in a small business is even more challenging, with 57% of buyers saying they are less dependent on salespeople during the decision-making process. To stay competitive, small businesses have to work smarter, and that means employing tools that support the sales process, from the very first touchpo

2020 78

2020 Software Review Technical Review Logistics 78