Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

If you are like many project professionals, you have likely worked with artificial intelligence (AI) in some capacity. In our annual global survey , one in five (21 percent) respondents say they are using AI always or often in project management. Whether you’re already comfortable leveraging AI for projects, or you’re completely new to AI, one thing is certain: the rise of ChatGPT and other commercial generative AI has greatly accelerated AI’s workplace infiltration.

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Online PM Courses

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Agile has changed Project Management. I offer you the wealth of agile tools and methods that we can bring to bear on any predictive project. The post Top 12 Agile Tools and Methods to Use in Predictive Project Management appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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Ganttic

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Effective project management is the backbone of successful businesses and initiatives. However, even the most seasoned project managers can find themselves entangled in the web of common pitfalls that hinder progress, derail timelines, and threaten project success. In this blog post, we’ll explore the top project management pitfalls and discuss strategies to steer clear of them.

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NimbleWork

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Have you ever come to the end of a project that and wondered what could have been done better? If the project was not successful, are you curious to learn what contributed to the poor result? A project post-mortem may help to answer some of these questions. What is a Post-Mortem in Project Management? A post-mortem in project management is a structured review or analysis conducted after the completion of a project.

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Proofhub

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Email overwhelm is a serious productivity killer. Navigating an overwhelming, disorganized inbox takes up significant time in your day — time you could be spending on the focused work that really matters. If you want to be successful and productive, you need to get out of email overwhelm. And one of the best ways to do that is to treat email like a project and apply project management principles to managing your inbox.

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nTask

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Get ready to witness the epic clash between Product Manager and Project Manager – the titans of business and tech! In one corner, we have visionary product managers, armed with boundless creativity and market expertise. Their mission is to captivate customers with innovative products and shape the future.

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International Institute for Learning

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

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Planio

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

If you work in project management, your job isn’t done until your users are happy — but that isn’t always the case. Data from the Harvard Business Review shows that a meager 35% of projects worldwide are deemed successful by the people who build and use them. As every project manager knows, it’s almost impossible to get from A to B on a project without something going wrong.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Projects cost money. Everyone knows that. But what’s harder to discern is if the project is worth the investment. The last thing stakeholders want is to discover the project isn’t financially effective. That’s where the cost performance index comes in. We’ll discuss what the cost performance index does and how it does it below. We’ll share the formula for calculating the cost performance index in project management and even provide an example to better illustrate how it works.

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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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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

After decades of novelty releases that never quite hit the mainstream, wearable tech is finally having a real moment in the sun. The market has been primed thanks to years of good offerings from the smartwatch department, and with the proliferation of augmented reality (AR), smart glasses are poised to be next to take the world by storm. If you don’t personally have a smartwatch, I bet you know someone who wears one to work.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In the world of Agile practices, where adaptability and effectiveness reign supreme, two terms often pop up: Right Sizing and Same Sizing. What does “Same Sizing” even mean? Is it possible to eliminate variability as implied by “Same Sizing”? These seemingly similar concepts can make a significant difference in your Agile journey. Understanding these terms is crucial for effective backlog management and sprint planning if you're a product manager or product owner.

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The IIL Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

By: Dr. Michael Shick, MSPM, PMP, CSM Are you looking to change careers or grab hold of the ever-evolving world of project management? As 2024 unfolds, certifications beckon with more promise and potential. With –many paths, selecting the proper project management certification can be your game-changer–the difference between searching for a job and landing that dream position!

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NimbleWork

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Too many sticky notes, lists and emails with things to do? Work management software is the answer! Without a centralized work management tool, we see teams struggle with miscommunication. Tasks can be misunderstood or lost amongst the many messages we are all fielding every day. Tracking progress is a huge manual effort, leading to missed deadlines and duplicated work when team members are not aligned.

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Planio

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

We live in a world of increasing pressure — to perform, to provide, and to be available. With remote working blurring the line between our work and personal lives, 26% of people say they expect to feel even more stressed in the future. Of course, pressure and stress go hand-in-hand. Over time, if you can’t find ways to relieve the pressure, your stress levels will become unmanageable, leading to psychological consequences such as burnout and panic attacks.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

There are many things that are needed when managing a project. Front of mind are resources and intangible things like leadership, experience and general know-how. But there are also tangible items that are just as important. Some of these are called organizational process assets. These organizational process assets are critical to a project’s success and its operations.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

Projects can be a hotbed of conflict. From the difficult stakeholder who wants to undermine the project’s success to a disagreement about a feature of a deliverable, project work lends itself to workplace conflict situations. And project managers contribute hugely to that because we go out and look for it. We challenge leaders, we talk about risk and what might go wrong and we call people out on poor performance through project monitoring and control.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Many organizations are striving to become more adaptive a means not just to survive, but to thrive. The success of an adaptive organization hinges significantly on the capabilities of its people, which often raises the question of how to select people for agile teams. Those who excel in an adaptive environment exhibit three key characteristics. To begin with, they welcome uncertainty while maintaining their focus.

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The IIL Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

By Dr. Elissa Farrow November 8, 2023 In the ever-evolving landscape of portfolio management, organisations can now leverage advanced technologies to not only improve traditional practices but to also unlock new dimensions of efficiency and effectiveness. Portfolio management extends beyond the realms of definition and delivery; it now encompasses the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to refine prioritisation, long-term forecasting, and strategic management.

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Velociteach

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The podcast by project managers for project managers. Learn from the intriguing parallels between a jazz ensemble and an effective project team. Gerald J. Leonard demonstrates that music and project management share common principles as he offers a unique perspective on fostering a high-performing project team through the integration of music, productivity, workplace culture, and neuroscience.

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Teamweek

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

How many recruiting metrics are there, and which one should you track? That’s similar to asking, “How long is a piece of string?” While a piece of string can be any length, great hiring managers and recruitment teams should aim to track as many recruiting metrics as they can. The reason is twofold: By accurately measuring the impact of your hiring efforts, you can find out what you can improve across the recruitment funnel.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Capital is money. In finance, capital is money that a company has, such as earnings or credit, which it can spend or invest on assets. Figuring out what to spend its capital on, such as capital spending on long-term assets, is part of capital budgeting. First, we need to define capital budgeting, what a capital budget is and why it’s important. Then we can go through the capital budgeting techniques and the steps to a capital budgeting process.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Managing resources in professional services firms is crucial for maintaining sustainability and achieving anticipated employee performance goals. But unfortunately, many resource managers have to rely on approximation and guesswork because they don’t have the right tools and techniques. In the dynamic business environment, companies need accurate estimations for timely decision-making and futureproofing workforce availability against market volatilities.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Two years ago, Todd and I published an episode of Your Daily Scrum on our YouTube channel titled - “ Can a Manager Be the Scrum Master? ” Our advice was to avoid this “anti-pattern” due to the challenges of maintaining openness, focus, and effective self-management within the Scrum Team. We were wrong. Organizations should stop hiring Scrum Masters and empower delivery managers and directors to take on the Scrum Master accountabilities.

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The IIL Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

By Harold Kerzner, Ph.D. November 15, 2023 All management disciplines, project management included, contain words and expressions that have meanings susceptible to change over time. Some expressions, such as the work breakdown structure (WBS) and statement of work (SOW) have undergone very few changes. On the other hand, the term “project value” has had multiple interpretations based upon the type of project, when in the project life cycle the term is used, and who is using the term.

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PM Times

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Do you face challenges securing specialized skills for your projects in advance? Is your organization experiencing frequent unplanned employee attrition? Are you finding it hard to identify suitable candidates for critical positions? If your answer is “yes” to the above questions, it’s high time to develop strategies to mitigate these resource-related risks.

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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.

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