Musings on Project Management
MAY 19, 2022
Ideas matter, but they do not matter as much as intellectuals and [market strategists] think they do. What matters far more is [project craft], which is about sensing, adjusting, exploiting, and doing rather than planning and theorizing. It is the skill of judo player who may have plans but who important characteristic is agility. It is what philosopher Isaiah Berlin called "understanding rather.
ProjectManager.com
MAY 19, 2022
Is your organization failing to close the gaps between strategy and project execution? Fortunately, there are strategies ( and tools! ) you can use to help you close those gaps, yet it isn’t easy. And you’re not alone in this challenge. Let’s review strategies and tools you can use, and learn how they can help you close that gap to promote successful project execution.
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Rebel’s Guide to PM
MAY 19, 2022
Are you guilty of using your email inbox as a To Do list? You get sent a message that needs actioning, but right now you’ve got to dash to a meeting or deal with a query. And the email sits there until you decide to have an inbox clear out and realize you should have done something with it. So how do you manage all the tasks? In this article I’ll share some of the ways I keep action items out of my inbox.
Scrum.org
MAY 19, 2022
One of the primary purposes of a retrospective is to create action items, but it’s not uncommon to come up with action items that aren’t actionable. They’re aspirational. Aspirational items might never be addressed, and it might not be possible to know when they are addressed. Aspirational items are like saying, “I want to lose weight”: pretty fuzzy.
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Trello
MAY 19, 2022
There’s an old sailor’s proverb you could just as easily apply to project risk management: “When the boat reaches mid-stream, it is too late to stop the leak.” In other words, hindsight is 20/20. While no project manager , no matter how skilled, is a fortune teller, smooth sailing for any project requires foresight, experience, and a healthy fear of risk.
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nTask
MAY 19, 2022
If you are familiar with the world of supply chain and logistics, you must be aware of the buzzwords such as Just in Time (JIT) inventory and Just in Time manufacturing. Plenty of businesses have adopted this approach, with the growing competition and increasing pressure to upscale profitability, businesses use this strategy to boost their […].
Gunther Verheyen
MAY 19, 2022
Mijn boek Scrum Wegwijzer ( Een kompas voor de bewuste reiziger ) is de Nederlandse vertaling van mijn Engelstalige “smart travel companion” getiteld Scrum – A Pocket Guide. De tweede druk van Scrum Wegwijzer is de langverwachte update die zorgt dat de meest recente, derde uitgave van het Engelstalige origineel nu eindelijk ook voor mijn Nederlandstalige vrienden van Scrum beschikbaar is.
Management Yogi
MAY 19, 2022
The Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM®) exam from PMI is solely based on the PMBOK® Guide, 6th edition. The exam blueprint, however, is based on the Exam Content Outline (ECO) for the CAPM exam. The PMBOK guide covers a vast area in project management and includes a good number of Agile concepts and practices. In this post series we will have 40 PMI-CAPM questions.These questions.
Techno-PM
MAY 19, 2022
Quality control is a process used to ensure that a product or service meets the quality standards set by the company. This process can be implemented at any production stage, from the initial planning stages to the final product inspection. Quality control includes a variety of techniques, such as sampling and statistical testing, which are used to identify defects and non-conformities.
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
Velociteach
MAY 19, 2022
PMI Talent Triangle is changing, but only the PDU category names. This will not impact the number of PDUS you have earned nor how many you need to earn in each category, but solely the names of the categories. We've outlined the changes for you here. The post The PMI Talent Triangle is Changing appeared first on PMP Certification Exam Prep & Training - Velociteach.
Sarah M. Hoban
MAY 19, 2022
In 1997, my fifth grade class took a trip to a space center. We conducted a simulated space mission. Everyone in the class had a role. I was the mission leader. As I read my script, voice booming over the microphone, and exhorted the class to work together to complete their assignments so we could blast off, I realized that this is what I wanted to do.
Scrum.org
MAY 19, 2022
Every event in Scrum revolves around the Sprint, which is the heartbeat of Scrum. Each event is important. The Sprint Planning event sets the goal and plan for the Sprint, and the Daily Scrum increases the likelihood of delivering a done increment. The Sprint Review is an opportunity to inspect what the team got done and collaborate on what to do next.
ProProject Manager
MAY 19, 2022
Do you know the two most important documents in the Initiation phase of Project Management? In 2021, I wrote a couple of classes to present at a conference. The classes were canceled, and I thought I would offer the material here. The intent is to create a 5-part series for each phase of the Project Management process. Let us know if this is useful to you.
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The Strategic Project Manager
MAY 19, 2022
This post looks at how you can leverage what you need from 10 different organizational change management models to effect change. The Change Life Cycle Framework is covered for the first time among of these frameworks in this blog. It imports pieces from the other models and provides a framework for building a strategic agility competency. Approaches to Organizational Change Management Models.
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