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Many organisations are lured to SAFe by the song of the Sirens

Scrum.org

These Sirens take advantage of the lack of understanding of what business agility is trying to change and lures unsuspecting C-suite executives into parting with their cash for what is effectively someone else’s business process. They are changing their entire organisation, not because of a business challenge, but because they are told to. The Siren song of SAFe.

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10 Simple Ways to Ease Stress at Work and Love Your Job Again

Project Bliss

Photo by Studio Republic on Unsplash. Stress at work is unavoidable. Use these ten tactics to ease the stress and love your work again! The following article is a guest post by Raymond Chiu. Raymond is the Director of Operations for Maid Sailors Commercial Cleaning Service New York. Stress at work is often unavoidable. But despite it being a challenge, it’s part of life that makes us stronger and helps improve our character.

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Management Basics: What is the Difference Between Efficiency and Effectiveness?

Inloox

"Efficient work" and "effective results" are common terms in project management - but what is the meening behind them? When it comes to time management or productivity, project managers often talk about processes that need to run more efficiently in the future or, in the worst case, you hear them saying: "You work effectively but not efficiently" But what does this mean and is there even a difference between effectiveness and efficiency?

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Returning to the (Electronic) Cottage

Leading Answers

This is not a post about rich people now able to visit their second homes after the lockdown—instead, a revisit of the concepts of decentralized work being the new way of undertaking projects. In 1980, Alvin Toffler’s book  The Third Wave  introduced the idea of “ The Electronic Cottage ” as the modern workplace when information technology allows more people to work from home or wherever they want.

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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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16 Best Agile Project Management Tools For Software Development Teams

Teamweek

Agile project management is more popular than ever. That’s because over 75 percent of organizations realize the value of agile methods for delivering projects. But, given the recent rise in remote work, managers are struggling to find agile project management tools that fit their needs. This article will guide you through the best agile tools, taking a look at their key features and costs to inform your buying decision!

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Good writing, and a well-chosen word

Musings on Project Management

What does one learn when reading great. writings? That well-chosen words are the way by which past deeds acquire meaning and future deeds acquire purpose. “The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here,” are the only false notes in the Gettysburg Address. The Battle of Gettysburg is etched in national memory less for its military significance than because Lincoln.

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MS Project Do’s and Don’ts: Q & A

MPUG

Participants in my recent webinar, Microsoft Project Do’s, Don’ts, and Cool Customizations , brought up a few interesting questions that time did not allow for me to address. The purpose of the following article is to answer several of these questions and to give more clarity to the concepts discussed. Q: How do you set priority? And, what is the default?

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Advanced Scrum Product Ownership - Riding Dinosaurs

Scrum.org

. What does Scrum Product Ownership have to do with Dinosaurs? We typically say that Scrum Masters get to herd cats. But Scrum Product Owners actually need to learn how to ride a Dinosaur! With the click-bate established, what does that even mean? . I've been using a visualization that people find useful for understanding the relationship between the various Lean/Agile requirement containers.

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The Ultimate Guide to Implement a Hybrid DevOps in Project Management

GanttPRO Project Management

A cloud architecture coupled with a hybrid DevOps in project management is a recipe for innovative software and successful deployment. Learn how to apply DevOps practices so that you see […].

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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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Is Your PMO Counting the Right Things

Bridge the Gap Consulting

When it comes to reporting and giving updates to management and senior leadership, there’s a story I think back to. During World War II, many bombers were getting hit by anti-aircraft guns. The Center for Naval Analyses officers wanted to add some protective armor to shield the planes. The question was, “where”? The planes couldn’t support too much more weight.

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The Ultimate Guide to Implement a Hybrid DevOps in Project Management

GanttPRO Project Management

A cloud architecture coupled with a hybrid DevOps in project management is a recipe for innovative software and successful deployment. Learn how to apply DevOps practices so that you see […]. The post The Ultimate Guide to Implement a Hybrid DevOps in Project Management first appeared on GanttPRO.

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Best Smartsheet Integrations for Your Team!

TimeCamp

A high performing team needs a reliable toolkit to streamline the workflow these days. Fewer.

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The Ultimate Guide to Implement a Hybrid DevOps in Project Management

GanttPRO Project Management

A cloud architecture coupled with a hybrid DevOps in project management is a recipe for innovative software and successful deployment.

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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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Time Management: Five Tips That Successful People Do In the First Working Hour

Proofhub

Time Management: Five Tips That Successful People Do In the First Working Hours Becoming successful in anything you decide to do in your life is greatly connected to how organized you are and how well you manage your time. If you are looking up to anyone that is successful in your field of work, it is almost certain that they are great at managing the time they have available in their hands.