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5 Simple Reasons Why Processes Don’t Work

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I bet you have plenty of project management processes, don’t you? One for risk, one for escalations, one for changes, issues, new project kick-off, closure, logging dependencies… the list goes on and on. We couldn’t work without them. But they don’t always work. The bottom line is this: having processes doesn’t guarantee that your project will be any better than if you didn’t have them.

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Employee Engagement and Professional Scrum - Part 2 of 5

Scrum.org

In Part 1 of this series, I wrote a bit about Employee Engagement. Part 1 was all about measuring and understanding the current state of engagement in your organization. We also covered the importance of having an engaged staff - because it often leads to higher performing teams and ultimately, better business outcomes. In this and the next few posts, we’ll break down Gallup’s 12 questions , and how applying Professional Scrum might be just what is needed to help move the needle towards higher

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Book Review: A Short Guide to Facilitating Risk Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Risk meetings don’t have to be boring, although in my experience they often are. A Short Guide to Facilitating Risk Management is a book that specifically addresses how to get the best out of your risk management meetings. This book, by Ruth Murray-Webster and Penny Pullan, provides practical guidance on facilitating risk workshops, and making project risk management happen outside of the workshop setting as well.

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You've been asked to write a strategic plan (ugh!)

Musings on Project Management

Who wants to write a strategic plan?Really, nobody, unless you are a professional planner and that's your livelihood.But, what if you're asked to write, or help write, a plan?Of course, you can "google" it; and you'll find no lack of help with templates and outlines and even some process.But here's a bit from my experience.Ask for the narrativeAsking for the narrative from whomever has asked for.

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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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You give Scrum… a bad name

Scrum.org

The Scrum framework is not a set of work instructions; instead, the framework is a guide within which teams learn how to work together to deliver value to the organization and discover which complementary practices work best for them. However, some see Scrum as a rulebook and take the guidelines too far. Others consider one or more of the complementary practices as “required”.

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Die Anonyme Scrum Master Gehaltsumfrage 2023 — Jetzt mitmachen! ??

Scrum.org

In Kürze: Die Scrum Master Gehaltsumfrage 2023 — Eine anonyme Umfrage von der Community für die Community. Der Zweck dieser anonymen Scrum Master Gehaltsumfrage 2023 ist es, einen klaren, datengestützten Benchmark zu erstellen, der es allen Mitgliedern der agilen Gemeinschaft ermöglicht, zu verstehen, ob ihre Vergütung angemessen ist. (Der resultierende Bericht wird sich sowohl auf Scrum Master als auch auf agile Coaches beziehen, sowohl auf Angestellte als auch auf Freiberufler.).

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Go Solo Magazine Interviews Traxidy CEO

Traxidy

Go Solo Magazine Interviews Traxidy CEO. Go Solo Magazine Article. September 28, 2022. Interested in starting your own entrepreneurial journey in business development but unsure what to expect? Then read up on our interview with Steve McBroom , Founder and CEO of Traxidy. What's your business, and who are your customers? Traxidy provides easy-to-use project work tracking software for Project Managers (PMs), project leaders, and teams to improve efficiency and increase project success.

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11 Recruitment Assessment Tools You Can Rely on for Candidate Skills Testing

Teamweek

68% of recruiting professionals agree that technology is the best way to improve recruiting performance, with recruitment assessment tools a common feature of modern-day companies. That’s because pre-employment assessments take the guesswork out of hiring, giving everyone confidence that candidates can actually perform well in the role. If you’re in the market for a recruitment assessment tool, then this article is for you.

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Project Roadmap: How to Fit Road mapping into Your Management Process ?

Techno-PM

A project roadmap is a guideline that provides a graphical strategic overview of project objectives, schedules, deliverables , resources, and the deadline. Project managers can use it to communicate the project plan to stakeholders and keep track of the project’s progress. A project roadmap not only answers the reason behind pursuing the project but also wireframes how the project will proceed.

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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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Asana vs. Wrike: Compare Asana Alternatives

Wrike

With today’s speed of work and innovation, it’s imperative that your business finds an ideal work management software to streamline projects , optimize workflows , automate tasks , and enhance team productivity without causing burnout. . Wrike and Asana are two of the most popular project management tools on the market today. Both are solid options for teams of any size, but of course, there are differentiators that make one a better fit for different companies and teams. .

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Project Prioritization for PPM (Matrix Included)

ProjectManager.com

There’s a lot riding on what project your organization moves forward with, especially if you’re managing a program or portfolio. The investment of money, time and effort can be huge, not to mention determining where to allocate your resources. The reward can be big, too, but it can just as easily end up as a loss. Thankfully, there’s project prioritization to help guide your decision-making process.

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How to Use the 5 Whys Method | Video

Online PM Courses

The 5 Whys method is part of the Toyota Production System to add to your project management toolkit. So, how do we use the 5 Whys method? The post How to Use the 5 Whys Method | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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Employee Engagement and Professional Scrum - Part 1 of 5

Scrum.org

Between Agility and Better Business Outcomes is Employee Engagement. Somewhere in between all the hard work that goes into becoming a more “agile” organization, and the real tangible business outcomes you are aiming for, there is the squishy topic of Employee Engagement. While this is not a new concept, many companies miss the mark in their efforts to help keep their employees engaged with the work they are doing.

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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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Key Information Your Creative Brief Must Have

Function Point

The creative brief is the seedling from which all advertising and marketing campaigns spring to life. Depending on that seedling you may end up growing a flourishing rose garden or a tangled mess of weeds. In other words, a badly written brief will lead to misdirected creative and more often than not, an unsuccessful campaign. Even the best creative team cannot undo the damage of a carelessly composed brief.

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Sitetracker Completes $96M in Series D Equity and Debt Financing to Accelerate Telecommunications and Energy Infrastructure Deployment

Sitetracker

Sitetracker, the leading deployment operations management software for critical infrastructure providers, completed a new round of equity and debt financing totaling $96M, which will enable the company to scale its global capabilities to support renewable energy, 5G, fiber, and telecom digital infrastructure worldwide. Energize Ventures led a new round of equity funding totaling $66M, and BridgeBank, a subsidiary of Western Alliance, provided a $30M revolving credit facility.

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Customer Retention: Tools, Metrics, and Strategies for Scalable Growth

Proofhub

Customer Retention Let’s face it: Maintaining a customer’s satisfaction over time is far more difficult than selling them a single item. Terms in sales may differ. But in my opinion, the true effort begins once the transaction develops into a partnership. You tell me which involves more effort: going on a first date or being in a relationship for 10 years.

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A Big Day for Sitetracker

Sitetracker

Nearly $100M in recent round of financing Today, we announced that we have completed a new round of equity and debt financing totaling $96M. Our Series D investment round, which totaled $66M, was led by our partners at Energize Ventures along with strong participation from prior investors H.I.G. Growth Partners, National Grid Partners, Clearvision and.

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

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.