Velociteach
MARCH 14, 2014
“NO WAY!!! We must have a water leak.” At 5:45 PM last Friday, my wife and I were at home, talking and opening the mail. She was browsing through the typical invoices and junk, when she came upon the water bill… it was $300 for the prior month. Yikes! That’s about 10 times higher than […] The post My $300 Water Bill – Risk Management appeared first on PMP Certification Exam Prep & Training - Velociteach.
Stepping Into Project Management
MARCH 10, 2014
Today we interview Siddhartha Govindraj, who specializes in Lean/Agile processes for software development. He has also contributed in the book "Beyond Agile: Tales of Continuous Improvement" published by Modus Cooperandi Press, Feb 2013 and Published in the March 2011 issue of the Cutter IT Journal on "Use of Kanban in Distributed Offshore Environments".
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Sudipta Lahiri
MARCH 16, 2014
The Pune Chapter Meet of the Limited WIP Society was held on Mar 8, 2014. This session objective was to address challenges faced by Lean-Kanban practitioners in their projects. Participants from 4 different organizations attended this session. A couple of problems were posed by the participants ( Meetup Link ) ahead of time. We decided to work on the first one for this session.
PM for the Masses
MARCH 31, 2014
Hello everyone! On today’s episode I share with you my experience as I returned from a great vacation to find myself paralyzed by the amount of work waiting for me. Have you ever felt like you Had no energy? Were overwhelmed? Had too many priorities? Were frozen, or paralyzed? I felt all of the above. […]. The post Project Managers: Get out of that funk!
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Velociteach
MARCH 4, 2014
What a remarkable way to start! Check out this 11-second video from a soccer game: (Click the image below or use this URL: [link] Harrison is a 5-A high school in the state of Georgia – that’s a big school with tough competition in sports. It is extremely rare to score a goal from the kick-off of […] The post Project Kickoff – the Perfect Start appeared first on PMP Certification Exam Prep & Training - Velociteach.
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Stepping Into Project Management
MARCH 31, 2014
Most transformations start with the basic idea of either getting teams to start working in Agile or streamlining their existence process. At a certain point, teams stabilize, velocity improves, quality soars and things look up. Is the goal to repeat the same cycle day after day or is there more to work through once the team stabilizes? I have always though that the trying to get teams working in Agile is more like a bicycle- if you stop pedaling, it stops.
Stepping Into Project Management
MARCH 6, 2014
In trying to move in the right direction Agile-wise too soon, there are organizations who will consider removing managers or team leads completely from the equation. However, removing the title doesn't mean, the role or the job has been removed and these management positions are simply disguised via different names. There are scrum masters sometimes who are actually functional managers for the team.
Sudipta Lahiri
MARCH 2, 2014
The role of metrics in TPS is crisply explained in Jeffery Liker’s book “The Toyota Way”. He explains that Toyota prefers simple metrics and does not use many of them at the plant or the company level. Some of my peers may be surprised to hear this! The author highlights his point with a simple example. During one of his visits to one of the Toyota plants, he was told that apart from a few basic metrics (like cost of plant operations, parts per million defects, some safety related and productivi
PM for the Masses
MARCH 16, 2014
It’s hard enough to lead and influence people when we are the boss. Now, how do we do that when we have no authority over our team? This is a very common situation that project managers encounter. To talk about this important topic, today I bring you the resourceful and always spotlessly professional Dave Stachowiak. […]. The post How To Lead and Influence Without Authority with Dave Stachowiak: Episode 32 appeared first on Project Management for the Masses.
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 for the Masses
MARCH 9, 2014
Leadership. This was the topic of my last episode with Susanne Madsen, and I will be covering this topic frequently here on the PM for the Masses Podcast. This week I speak with the ubiquitous Mark Phillipy, the Sensible Project Manager. We talk about his professional journey and his very personal take on leadership and […]. The post How To Be A Servant Leader with Mark Phillipy: Episode 31 appeared first on Project Management for the Masses.
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