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Sometimes ‘Transparency’ Just Means Not Lying

Scrum.org

The facts of this article are true but I have changed names and some details to protect the identify of a former client. Victor’s Shell Game. Victor, a CTO, was a skilled swindler and played a marvelous shell game with his executive colleagues. Here’s how the game is played: Let’s say the priorities this quarter are initiatives A, B, and C. And the end of the quarter: neither A, B, nor C are done; Victor explains that A, B, and C are in fact done and we’re already reaping the benefits; believing

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Best of 2021: Here Are Your Favorite Blog Posts This Year

Inloox

In 2020 the top positions were dominated by posts on working from home and knowledge management. As the pandemic is far from over, this year's list includes our personal lessons learned from a year of (mostly) working from home. But as we are all still working remotely, it’s more important than ever to stay connected and show appreciation to your fellow team members.

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My Top 6 Stakeholder Analysis Tools | Video

Online PM Courses

I wrote an article with 20 Stakeholder Analysis techniques, but here, I want to share with you my favorite 6 Stakeholder Analysis Tools. The post My Top 6 Stakeholder Analysis Tools | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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The Roles and Responsibilities of a SAFe Agilist You Never Knew

Agilemania

Large organizations face challenges to respond to change with speed and relative ease. Be it monitoring and control, collaboration, stakeholders onboarding, change management, and governance methods, the problems only keep increasing. From not being able to manage inter-team dependencies to handle multiple sources of requirements to ensuring alignment between teams in both business & technical to delivering an increment or increasing value delivery, the challenges are a zillion.

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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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Best Project Management Timeline Tools: How to Choose Between Them

GanttPRO Project Management

Nothing can be achieved at work without rigorous planning. No matter how small or big your goals are. Completing tasks in time requires planning them individually as well as from […]. The post Best Project Management Timeline Tools: How to Choose Between Them first appeared on GanttPRO.

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Stories about Stories in Agile for Product Managers

Management Yogi

“The most powerful person in the world is the story teller.”– Attributed to Steve Jobs, Co-founder Apple Inc.Nearly three decades ago, I remember my father taking me to a tailor’s shop for a pair of shorts to be worn as a high-school uniform. The tailor measured and made notes, and then he finally asked if they are alright with me. I wanted the length to be shorter.

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7 Challenges Project Managers Face Every Day and Easy Solutions

Traxidy

7 Challenges Project Managers Face Every Day and Easy Solutions. As a Project Manager you have the major responsibility for the outcome of the project. You are the key person the organization or client turns to, not only to keep the planned work on schedule while accurately reporting on the project, but to constantly provide a future prediction of the project success.

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Best Project Management Timeline Tools: How to Choose Between Them

GanttPRO Project Management

Nothing can be achieved at work without rigorous planning. No matter how small or big your goals are. Completing tasks in time requires planning them individually as well as from […]. The post Best Project Management Timeline Tools: How to Choose Between Them first appeared on GanttPRO.

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Activity - Methods - Outcomes

Musings on Project Management

Back in yesteryear, I recall the first time I had a management job big enough that my team was too large for line-of-sight from my desk and location.Momentary panic: "What are they doing? How will I know if they are doing anything? What if I get asked what are they doing? How will I answer any of these questions?"Epiphany: What I thought were important metrics now become less important; outcomes.

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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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El Rol del Scrum Master

Scrum.org

El Scrum Master es un líder servicial que se enfoca en el crecimiento de las personas, trabajo en equipo, la adopción del empirismo y la autogestión para ayudar a maximizar la entrega de valor. Ser exitoso como líder servicial se evidencia cuando las personas a las cuales se sirven son exitosas. Esto puede verse reflejado como el logro de resultados grandiosos, la capacidad para trabajar en equipo, el crecimiento continuo de las personas, la mejora continua y al aprendizaje, el coraje para bus

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What Is Project Management? Everything You Need To Know

The Digital Project Manager

The post What Is Project Management? Everything You Need To Know appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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How to Sabotage A Scrum Master — 44 Anti-Patterns from the Trenches

Scrum.org

TL; DR: How to Sabotage A Scrum Master — 44 Anti-Patterns from the Trenches to Avoid. One of my favorite exercises from my Professional Scrum Master classes is how to best sabotage a Scrum Master as a member of the middle management. The exercise rules are simple: You’re not allowed to use any form of illegal activity. So, outsourcing the task to a bunch of outlaws is out of the question.

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What Is Stakeholder Management?

Project Smart

Simply put, a stakeholder is anyone who has an interest in your project or who will be affected by its deliverables or output. Managing stakeholders effectively requires you to not only understand the values and issues that stakeholders must address but also keep all stakeholders on board for the project's duration.

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Acclaim Projects Helps Deliver Innovation Projects on Time and on Budget

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.

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ActiveCollab Monthly Updates: November

ActiveCollab

Hello everyone, Welcome to another edition of ActiveCollab's monthly updates! Last month [[link] we talked about the new Projects page [[link] @mention and task creating in the in-app Chat [[link] and webhooks improvements. This month, we'll talk about the Completed Projects page, My Work's Timesheet, and the mobile app. COMPLETED PROJECTS For starters, we hope you find the new Projects page menu comfortable and better!

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Misconception #5: MS Project Doesn’t Have Reporting

MPUG

This last misconception is a very interesting one. Microsoft has struggled with the concept of creating powerful reporting engines within their applications. The engineering team seems to have concluded that to build a reporting engine for each tool separately (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Project, etc.) doesn’t make sense. They can, through the Office source code, share the engines between the applications.