Rebel’s Guide to PM
JANUARY 28, 2019
I picked up a project from someone else not that long ago and I was three months into my management of it before I realised there wasn’t a project charter. There were lots of other documents that all had a degree of overlap with a charter, but not an actual charter. That meant there were some key things missing from the project’s paperwork and the most important thing missing was who was going to pay for it.
Project Risk Coach
JANUARY 28, 2019
Have you ever endured a project meeting where you spent hours evaluating risks? Afterward, team members walked down the hall saying, “What a waste of time! Now I can get back to the real work.” Today, let’s discuss the use of qualitative risk analysis to get you back on track. What causes this frustration? First, the evaluation process may not fit the project – too complex for simple projects or deficient for large, complex projects.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Stepping Into Project Management
JANUARY 28, 2019
Everyone thinks of changing others, but no one thinks of changing themselves- Leo Tolstoy Here are 10 shifts to try this year and like they say you can't have something new by repeating the same old things. So, what do you say- is this the year for you to really change? Be Comfortable Being You - This year should be about you and you need it to embrace it.
ProjectManager.com
JANUARY 28, 2019
Jennifer Bridges, PMP, has been an entrepreneur and business owner for about 20 years. In that time, she’s learned plenty about crafting successful growth strategies for businesses, which she shares in this video. Here’s a screenshot of the whiteboard for your reference! In Review – Key Business Growth Strategies for New Businesses. As mentioned, Jennifer has been an entrepreneur and business owner for a long time.
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.
LiquidPlanner
JANUARY 28, 2019
In the first part of this series on team essentials, I walked you through the LiquidPlanner predictive scheduling engine. This week I’m excited to tell you about one of the unique features of LiquidPlanner: task prioritization. Before we dive in, I want to make sure you are familiar with four of the basic plan items we’ll work with. Project: The project folder contains the items that represent your current project initiative or deliverable.
Project Management Update brings together the best content for project management professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Herding Cats
JANUARY 28, 2019
It all comes down to the ability to go up and down the ladder of abstraction, and being able to see both the big picture and the operational implications - Loizos Heracleous in "Strategic Thinking or Strategic Planning," in Long Range Planning 31 , pp. 481-487, 1998. Here's a typical strategic planning process from "Strategic Planning with Critical Success Factors and Future Scenarios: An Integrated Strategic Planning Framework," Techncial Report, CMU/SEI-2010-TR-037.
Scrum.org
JANUARY 28, 2019
Recently as I was delivering a keynote about leaders sharing their failures one person from the audience asked me mine. I shared some from my blog I wrote a couple years ago, Click here?—?“ When good intentions and leadership behavior don’t always line up ”. Thinking about it deeper, I started to focus on my traits I do that I am unaware of. This does not result in visible failures, but it prevents my team from growing and moving forward.
Boost by Brightpod
JANUARY 28, 2019
One will agree when we say that the world today is more digitized, dynamic and influential than witnessed ever before. With a competitive feel, every company wants to rank its name on the No.1 position and shine among the top searches of Google and other search engines.
Lynne Cazaly
JANUARY 28, 2019
The runaway success of the sparkling, joyous, tidying queen Marie Kondo via her book ’The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up' and now the success of the Netflix program ’Tidying Up with Marie Kondo' is giving plenty of people lots of joy in tidying up their homes using her Kon Mari method. Some people have suggested we can do the same in tidying up our mindsets, our diets and our relationships.
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
PM by PM
JANUARY 28, 2019
The title of this post is most obvious for the PMP aspirants. All of you would be looking for PMP exam success. Who wouldn’t? Good study material goes a long way in achieving success and passing the exam in first try. Self-discipline is another ingredient for success. In today’s post, I am sharing the PMP […]. The post How Can You Achieve Success In The PMP Exam?
GanttPRO Project Management
JANUARY 28, 2019
There is no better way to succeed in any professional sphere than through constant self-education, experience exchange with peers, and attention to details. Conferences provide with plenty of such opportunities.
PM by PM
JANUARY 28, 2019
CAPM vs PMP is like comparing apples to oranges. These are two different certifications. There are some similarities but mostly they are dissimilar. Should you compare apples to oranges? It seems inappropriate as they are distinct fruits. But sometimes it becomes necessary to contrast them. Everyone has different motivation and priorities. So, it is better […].
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.
Sitetracker
JANUARY 28, 2019
This week the Women@Sitetracker group had the opportunity to sit down with Victoria Lamberth, Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer of ZenFi Networks, for a discussion about leadership in the telecom industry. ZenFi Networks is an innovative, locally-owned and operated communications infrastructure company focused on enabling fiber optic network, distributed colocation and wireless siting solutions in the New York and New Jersey metro region.
TimeCamp
JANUARY 28, 2019
It’s time for the weekly dose of Productivity Articles! What’s the idea behind our weekly.
Leading Agile
JANUARY 28, 2019
We humans like to simplify complicated things. Simple things are easier to understand than complicated ones. Simple problems are easier to solve than complicated ones. Simple goals are easier to achieve than complicated ones. It’s understandable. It’s practical. It’s useful. Like anything else, simplification can be taken beyond the point of diminishing returns.
Wrike
JANUARY 28, 2019
As a creative agency, your team never has a shortage of requests flooding in. Whether it’s new work you’re dealing with or updates to existing work, you need to wrangle those requests, manage the client’s expectations, and understand your team’s priorities. It’s a lot to juggle without a central repository for all your current projects. Not to mention, if you’re spending all your time tracking down data and sorting through your inbox, there’s no time left to be creative.
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.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
367 
Let's personalize your content