November, 2022

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5 Strategies for Digital Transformation Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Digital transformation is on the rise. Microsoft predicts that every company will become a tech company. PMI predicts that nearly half of companies will be using AI by 2026. Many organizations are looking for ways to digitally enable their businesses – often through new technologies – in order to improve performance or gain a competitive advantage. As a project manager, you will likely find yourself working on one of such projects such as implementing a new CRM system, upgrading to a cloud-based

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Resource Forecasting in Project Management: A Quick Guide

ProjectManager.com

Before you engage with a new project, there are certain things you have to know. Is the cost worth the return? Can you get it done properly by the deadline? Do you have the resources? Resource forecasting is how you can answer that last question. Resources are anything you need to execute the project plan. From your team to the tools they need, materials, equipment, software, office space and so on.

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What are the Risk Management Roles in Projects and Programs?

Project Risk Coach

As a project manager, you constantly juggle a million tasks at once. And you may overextend yourself, wearing too many hats. How can we find a better balance? This article will provide clear guidance on how to define and assign risk management roles and responsibilities for projects and programs. Ensuring that all of the risks are addressed can be a daunting task, particularly for larger, complex projects.

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How To Be A Leader During The Project Kickoff: Expert Tips & Process

The Digital Project Manager

If you don’t get started on the right foot, your project team and project success are already at risk. That could be this entire article, summed up in that one sentence. Kickoff meetings are essential. Kickoff meetings need to be done well. If not, you erode trust instantly and at the most vulnerable moment in […]. The post How To Be A Leader During The Project Kickoff: Expert Tips & Process appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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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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What have I learned through my campaign project?

Kiron Bondale

My previous article covered the risks which were realized through my campaign to become a councilor within Welland’s city council in the recent municipal elections. This one focuses on the lessons I learned through the project’s lifetime. With the exception of two streets where I had a couple of kind volunteers drop off my campaign flyers, I did all the door-to-door canvassing myself.

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Buffer your sponsor expectations

Musings on Project Management

If you follow this blog you've read several references to the project balance sheet. So, is this about accounting? Yes, and no: Yes, it's about a double entry tool to keep track of "mine" and "yours", but no, it's not the accountant's tool used in your father's accounting office. Take a look at this figure: What have we got here? First, the business and the project; but.

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How to Write a Creative Brief

ProjectManager.com

Similar to a journey, projects have a beginning and an end. Just like a trip, most projects wouldn’t set off without first having an itinerary. In project management, the equivalent of an itinerary is a creative brief. But not all projects use a creative brief; they’re found only in specific disciplines. When we define the term, we’ll explore which projects use one.

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Value Creation in Scrum: Shift Left

Scrum.org

TL; DR: Value Creation in Scrum. As a tactical framework, Scrum is good at delivering Increments into customers’ hands. As we work in iterations, we probably do that several times per month, mitigating risk by closing feedback loops. Nevertheless, there is a potentially hazardous void in the framework that successful Scrum teams start plugging early: how to figure out what is worth building—product discovery—in the first place.

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What Is A Workflow? Ultimate Guide, Examples, & Best Tools

The Digital Project Manager

If you look around any business, you’ll see a series of workflows working together in unison to deliver business results. The process your barista goes through to make your coffee in the morning? That’s a workflow. The email notification you receive from Netflix after they auto-charge your credit card? That’s a workflow too. The value […].

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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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Building pedestals worsens the effect of sunk cost fallacy

Kiron Bondale

I am midway through Annie Duke’s latest book Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away. If you are not already familiar with Annie’s background, she was a very successful professional poker player who applied the lessons she learned from playing poker to writing and consulting on improving how we make decisions. Her latest book tackles the challenges we face with knowing when it is the right time to quit.

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PMI Membership for Professionals and Students: Is it Worth It?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

So you’re considering joining PMI® as a member or a student member? There are many benefits to joining, but there are also some things to be aware of. In this article, I’ll outline the benefits, considerations, and common questions I get from potential members so you can make the right decision for your career. When I run project management rooms on Clubhouse or open my DMs for questions on Facebook or LinkedIn, one of the most common questions is: What certificate should I get?

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5 Reasons Entrepreneurs Should Use Project Management Software

LiquidPlanner

Almost everyone today, regardless of their industry, needs some level of project management skills. And nearly every kind of business would benefit from deploying built-for-purpose project management software. But having this skill set and software are even more important for entrepreneurial-minded people. . Entrepreneurs face a unique set of circumstances when it comes to operating their startup, small business, or multiple businesses.

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How to Create an Event Budget

ProjectManager.com

Producing an event, whether virtual, in-person or hybrid, is hard enough. Having to make an event budget adds another layer of stress. But it doesn’t have to be a nightmare if you follow a few simple steps to creating an event budget. Successful events should be fun and informative. If you’re struggling with the event budget it can negatively impact the whole event.

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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.

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What are the focus areas of an Agile Coach?

Scrum.org

Who is an Agile Coach? Though, there is no universal definition of what is an Agile Coach. I want to define, Someone who developed deep expertise to help people, teams, and organisations enable better customer outcomes by focusing on an organisation’s internal and external orientation. The first Agile Coaching Competency framework was developed by Lyssa Adkins and Michael Spaydback in 2011.

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Procurement Management & The Project Manager’s Role In The Project Life Cycle

The Digital Project Manager

Where do project managers fit into the procurement management process? It affects our projects, and yet we often aren’t the ones sourcing the vendors and suppliers that will work on our projects. It’s also a major source of risk—what happens to your project when the developer you procured drops off the face of the earth? […]. The post Procurement Management & The Project Manager’s Role In The Project Life Cycle appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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5 Effective Strategies In Conflict Resolution At The Workplace

nTask

There’s no denying that conflict resolution at the workplace can be difficult. The rise of social media has made communication more difficult than ever before, and disputes have become more common. Unfortunately, it often goes hand in hand with stress and anxiety. When conflicts arise, it’s important to have a plan for resolving them swiftly […].

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Wicked Problem Solving Course Review (PMI)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Welcome to my PMI Wicked Problem Solving review! Project management has so many challenges to solve every day, so having a toolbox of techniques (and the right attitude) will help you deliver projects successfully. But do you really need a course on problem-solving? It turns out you do. In this independent review, I’ll share: Whether the course is really worth it (I think so) Why it’s good for experienced project and change management practitioners Who shouldn’t do the course?

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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6 Ways to Minimize Workplace Uncertainty During Uncertain Times

LiquidPlanner

Uncertainty is a fact of life, especially in the workplace. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to leave its mark on the labor market. With layoffs and furloughs in 2020, hiring sprees in 2021, high inflation rates, and more mass layoffs in 2022, it’s hard to predict what the headwinds (or opportunities) will look like in the months ahead. And that’s just scratching the surface.

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Project Assumptions: A Quick Guide

ProjectManager.com

Making assumptions is usually frowned upon. However, in project management, project assumptions are essential for planning a project. But how do project assumptions differ from the assumptions that often mislead us in our daily lives? Let’s take a look at how project assumptions are defined in project management and why they’re so important. Then we’ll learn about a project assumption log and how assumptions differ from constraints and risk.

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How to Start With Self-management in a Great Way

Scrum.org

Join the Mastering Agility community! Photo by Icons8 Team on Unsplash. “From the first Sprint on, this Scrum Team is self-managing! You’ll be deciding why, what, and how to work. There won’t be anybody telling you what to do exactly any, no more micro-management!” said Peter, the CEO of a high-tech organization. Just like that, autonomy was given and no one was telling what the people in the Eagles team would work on.

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Ultimate Guide To Remote Project Management For Digital Projects In 2022

The Digital Project Manager

Remote project management is like herding cats, except the cats are all in different cities, and it’s your job to pull them together. In a lot of ways, it’s similar to regular project management, but it’s done at a distance via video conferencing and digital collaboration tools. This can be a great way to coordinate […]. The post Ultimate Guide To Remote Project Management For Digital Projects In 2022 appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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From Anchor to Asset: External Vendors in Agile

Leading Agile

There’s a part of Transformation that’s essential that we don’t talk about as much—expenses. During Transformation, we mainly focus on variable expenses because those costs are negotiable. The most often overlooked variable expense during Transformation is external vendors, likely because they aren’t technically a part of your company. It’s no surprise that companies don’t want to pay to Transform external vendors, in the risk that the people will leave after the contract is up, or the vendor wo

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Teamhood Software Review

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Teamhood is a Kanban project management system for teams. It’s a visual, flexible tool that is perfect for small and medium businesses who want to improve how they manage projects. It’s extremely easy to use with a low learning curve, so even if you aren’t (and don’t want to be) agile experts, you can quickly improve productivity and collaboration. Let me show you how!

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AIOps for Small Businesses

TrustRadius Project Management

Did you know that 20% of businesses fail within their first year of operation, and 50% of businesses fail within the first five years? The reality is that people won’t continue to use a product or service that’s constantly struggling with downtimes or outages. With so many factors determining whether your business sinks or swims, it’s important to take action early!

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Defining & Implementing Approval Workflows

ProjectManager.com

Never overlook quality. If you get your deliverables completed on time but not up to the expectations of your stakeholders, you’re in trouble. An approval workflow can help ensure quality and it can even streamline processes when it’s part of a larger automated workflow. There are different types of approval workflows, and not all are automated. After learning the definition, you can choose the one that will be best for your processes.

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From Complexity to Clarity: Strategies for Effective Compliance and Security Measures

Speaker: Erika R. Bales, Esq.

When we talk about “compliance and security," most companies want to ensure that steps are being taken to protect what they value most – people, data, real or personal property, intellectual property, digital assets, or any other number of other things - and it’s more important than ever that safeguards are in place. Let’s step back and focus on the idea that no matter how complicated the compliance and security regime, it should be able to be distilled down to a checklist.