Wed.Sep 14, 2022

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3 Problems Scrum Doesn’t Solve ???????

Scrum.org

Scrum includes three accountabilities, three artifacts, and five events that help guide how individuals work together within the organization. The framework’s regular feedback loops allow the Scrum Team to regularly inspect what they’re doing and improve how they work together. Continuous improvement is a Scrum cornerstone. Scrum’s strength is that it makes difficulties visible faster so the team can address them.

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How to Manage Competing Priorities

LiquidPlanner

There are peaks and troughs in every workload, but when you’re struggling to keep all the balls in the air, how do you manage competing priorities? There is some truth in the saying that when everything seems important, nothing truly is. . I’ve had many times in my career where each of my project sponsors believes their work is the priority. Often I’ve ended up having a day where I’ve worked for the person who made the most noise about deadlines instead of on something strategic.

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8 Best Workplace Management Tools of 2022

nTask

To be super successful, your organization must be efficient, agile, and productive as well as put an emphasis over managing the internal processes that involve your most essential asset – your employees. High performing employees empower the organization to find their true potential and maximize the profitability. With the rapid and modern digital transformation of […].

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29 Agile Methodology Statistics and Trends for 2022

TrustRadius Project Management

Every organization knows the feeling of trying to find better, more efficient ways of creating their product or service. Agile development is a relatively young workflow methodology. At the start of the millennium, software devs pioneered the development of agile, and here we are. Since its inception, agile has seen incredible adoption across the business world, especially in tech sectors.

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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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How to Decompose a Project into Tasks (Real Example)

PM Basics

Decomposition is one of the most used techniques in project management. You can use it on different levels of project scope. But the way you use it differs depending on what you decompose. Decomposition is a planning technique that helps you break down big parts of the project scope into smaller, manageable pieces. First, we decompose project outcomes into deliverables.

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Manifesting Project Success – Setting Objectives

PM Times

In project work the whole idea is to manifest success – satisfying stakeholder expectations by delivering timely and financially and emotionally rewarding results. “The word ‘manifestation’ means to create something or turn something from an idea into a reality. In psychology, manifestation generally means using our thoughts, feelings, and beliefs to bring something to our […].

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What is Acknowledgment?

International Institute for Learning

For many of us, September is a month of new beginnings. It’s also a time to take stock of where we are and what we plan for the fourth quarter. But how will we fill that most critical “in between” time? Reading the game changing articles in this newsletter will be a most valuable investment of your time, energy and focus toward success in all aspects of your personal and professional lives.

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6 Things You Should Consider When Opening A New Consulting Business

Tactical Project Management

Are you looking to start your own consulting business? If so, there are a few things you should put into consideration. First and foremost, what services do you want to offer? And secondly, what is your target market? Once you have answered these questions, it is time to start putting together your business plan. In […]. The post 6 Things You Should Consider When Opening A New Consulting Business appeared first on Tactical Project Management.

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CONTEST: My Best Excuse for NOT Acknowledging Someone who Truly Deserves it!

International Institute for Learning

By Judith W. Umlas. During my recent webinar presentation for PMI SCC (Southern Caribbean Chapter), we spoke about Grateful Leadership and its foundation, The Power of Acknowledgment. The highly interactive session brought forth many great examples of the need and desire for acknowledgment. It has become clear to me in the 16 years since my first book on this subject, The Power of Acknowledgment, was published by IIL, though, that most people have barriers to expressing heartfelt, authentic ackn

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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

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5 Tips for Managing Project Communications in a Crisis

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In this video I look at project communications during a crisis (text summary below). For those of you who prefer reading or who can’t watch the video, here’s a summary: There are always things that go wrong on projects – sometimes those issues are small; sometimes they are significant. Here are 5 tips to help you deal with project communications during an issue. 1.

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A Blueprint for Hiring Team Members

PM for the Masses

Today I chat with author Tatiyana Cure, author of "Hiring to Win." We cover strategies for hiring and keeping talent in your organization. Today I chat with author Tatiyana Cure, author of "Hiring to Win." We cover strategies for hiring and keeping talent in your organization.

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What Is OKR in Business?

ActiveCollab

When managing a team, you need to be sure that every member is pulling their weight and going in the same direction. However, things don't always go according to plan. OKR or objectives and key results can make this process significantly easier, securing a single direction and helping your business produce measurable results. After all, you don't want your long-term planning to turn into wasted effort.