Redbooth

MARCH 10, 2017

When we set out to develop the next release of our Amium collaboration platform, we combined agile development techniques with Amium itself to make it easier for our non-development teams—product design, marketing, customer success, and sales—to deliver feedback and stay synched with the “back-end” engineering progress.

Agile 74

Agile Engineering Budget Process 74

Binfire

MARCH 13, 2017

Who is my customer, to whom I report to and what are my responsibilities? The success metric should have the support of your executive management, your customer and your team. The best way to become a good project manager is by practice and learning from our own and other project manager’s mistakes and successes.

Underperforming Technical Team 154

Underperforming Technical Team Project Life Cycle Software Review Technical Review 154

Wrike

MARCH 15, 2017

And to do it, PMs spend a lot of time working with other people, from colleagues to customers. . During the product launch, however, a PM will work more closely with marketing and sales teams to build product awareness and determine how best to reach and persuade potential customers. . Steven Haines. This Is Product Management Podcast.

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Engineering Logistics 2017 Closing 51

Moira Alexander

MARCH 27, 2017

User permissions customization. Here are just some of the key benefits of early PM solution adoption for SMBs that I listed in my previous article. Web-based anytime, anywhere access. Scalable to any number of users. Employee/team time and tracking. Gantt charts. Task management. Team communication/collaboration/file sharing.

Technical Review 185

Technical Review Software Review 2017 Energy 185

Project-Management.pm

MARCH 30, 2017

Which means, you can customize PRINCE2 based on the status of your organization—maturity, size, hierarchy and so on. The PRINCE2 reputation is still in the works, but it’s no denying that such method has become an organization favorite because of its customization features, as well as being loyal to its seven principles and concepts.

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Prince2 Certification Risk Management Controlling 90

Binfire

MARCH 26, 2017

The team interfaces and collaborates constantly with the customer, PR agencies and content providers. In fact all of our first customers were web development teams based in USA which had remote workers in Europe and far east. Since then we have made the application a better fit for web development teams.

Web Development 95

Web Development Software Review Software Development Team Review 95

Redbooth

MARCH 21, 2017

From marketing, account management, and customer acquisition and satisfaction; to estimating, billing, collections, and accounting; choosing, purchasing, and maintaining all of your own IT equipment and connectivity; and finally….oh Is Your Business Big Enough for a Collaboration Platform?

Software Review 74

Software Review Estimate Controlling Software 74

Project-Management.pm

MARCH 14, 2017

Ever heard of customers that complain that some store personnel or sales people are notorious when it comes to persuasion? Avoid pressuring your listeners to do something that you want—it will make them refuse to do it. They will simply draw back and this will be harder to persuade them to cooperate. Don’t be like that.

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Process Planning 117

Binfire

MARCH 5, 2017

Many Project Managers allocated a significant amount of time to get status reports from team members, create PowerPoint reports and share that information with senior management and the customer. With Collaborative Project Management, the team members will assume greater responsibility by reporting and keeping track of their own progress.

Software Review 74

Software Review Technical Review Risk Management Monitoring 74

Wrike

MARCH 8, 2017

This analysis is based on numerous key characteristics in order to meet the business’s main strategic objectives — all while honoring constraints imposed by customers and stakeholders, internal resources, or external factors. The PPM develops, establishes , and maintains project management standards and procedures.

Information Technology 44

Information Technology Executing Risk Management Leadership 44

Herding Cats

MARCH 17, 2017

It's common to hear, projects are overhead, we just need to get the value to the customer as fast as possible. He liked to emphasize the full name of the customer, point out the blue suiters walking around Building O6 in Redondo Beach, not as just customers, but US Air Force customers. Here's a little story.

Finance 32

Finance Software Manufacturing Estimate 32

Wrike

MARCH 30, 2017

Part strategist, part analyst, part marketer, part business executive, the product manager balances business objectives with customer needs to create innovative products that users love. . Who are your ideal customers, and what need is your product meant to address? Dialogue with Customers.

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Underperforming Technical Team Executing Innovation Defining 45

Herding Cats

MARCH 31, 2017

Capabilities are what the customer bought. Each of these processes has Practices that have been shown to be widely applicable in many domains, including Agile development. Let's start with Identifying the needed Capabilities. They are the ability to get something done.

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Process Engineering Software Developers Software Development 53

Herding Cats

MARCH 8, 2017

Satisfy customer with continuous delivery of value. Work together with customers. Those customer may have a fiduciary obligation to know the Estimate at Completion and the Estimate to Complete as you spend their money in the presence of uncertainty. 12 Principles of Agile. How estimates help implement these principles.

Estimate 35

Estimate Agile Sustainability Engineering 35

LiquidPlanner

MARCH 28, 2017

Rolling planning helps project teams and customers refine estimates and make better decisions across the project lifecycle. Project teams can help embrace uncertainty by applying several approaches, including: 1. Embrace rolling planning and incremental funding.

Software Review 89

Software Review Software Technical Review Estimate 89

LiquidPlanner

MARCH 14, 2017

It’s a simple one-sentence line, like deliver engineer-to-order projects to customers at our promise dates 95% of the time. Create a Focused Objective. One way to resolve conflict is make sure everyone knows why they are doing this work. Identify Clear Metrics.

Manufacturing 84

Manufacturing Software Review Estimate Consulting 84

Paymo App

MARCH 27, 2017

Perhaps one of the largest benefits of a Kanban tool is its ability to continuously deliver to the customer — in accordance with the principles of Agile PM. Thanks to shortened cycle times and increased focus on quality, the customer/stakeholder will reap the benefits of the best work your team is capable of producing.

Technical Review 67

Technical Review Transportation Healthcare Software Review 67

Digite

MARCH 22, 2017

One of the long-standing wish-list items from the coding community amongst our customers has been the ability to insert a piece of code in a Kanban card and view it in its original format. The CFD Forecast and the Scope Forecast tabs have become easier to use. 3) Code Snippet. Developers are going to love this!

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2017 Defining Risk Management Agile 60

ActiveCollab

MARCH 13, 2017

Bug catching : when a customer finds a bug and fills out a form using Google Forms, create a task in Active Collab for developers to work on. Presentation scheduling : when a customer requests a presentation in YouCanBookMe, create a task, email the assignee, and add an event in a calendar. This can save you a lot of time.

Controlling 47

Controlling Defining Closing Monitoring 47

Wrike

MARCH 1, 2017

Ultimately, an operations manager’s responsibilities boil down to this: make sure the organization is running as efficiently as it possibly can, while fulfilling customer and client expectations. . What is an Average O perations Manager Salary ? . The median annual salary for an operations manager in the US is currently $90,735.

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Transportation Healthcare Retail Certification 46

Stepping Into Project Management

MARCH 20, 2017

Start your journey with a whiteboard, something that the team has to work on and can play around with it, changing and adding metrics or creating their own customized dashboard. You don’t need fancy tools and a huge budget to start something small. Tool should be part of the process, not the process.

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Agile Budget Process Software 28

ActiveCollab

MARCH 7, 2017

For example, if you’re hiring a sales person, don’t ask them how would they sell you a pen but ask them to role-play and talk to you like you’re a potential customer. Also, use situational questions because they’ll help you predict the candidate’s performance better.

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CTO Hire Process Engineering Estimate 47

Herding Cats

MARCH 5, 2017

Are they considered Critical to Customer? Are the Key Performance Parameters known that represent the capabilities and characteristics so significant that failure to meet them can be a cause of reevaluation, reassessing, or termination of the project? Do these Key Performance Parameters have a threshold or objective value?

Software Review 38

Software Review Technical Review Performance Measurement Estimate 38

Kiron Bondale

MARCH 26, 2017

This second question moves us from the “what” to the “how” The project may have been deemed a success by our customers, but do we have evidence to prove that team members or stakeholders enjoyed the journey? Would I have wanted to work with me?

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Controlling 131

ActiveCollab

MARCH 23, 2017

Here at PopArt Studio , a full-service digital agency from Novi Sad, we handle a lot of complex projects that require a lot of planning and extensive client collaboration. However, that’s not always easy, especially for our project managers. At least, it wasn’t until we discovered Active Collab. Managing projects takes a lot of work.

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2009 Finance Budget Process 44

Herding Cats

MARCH 4, 2017

Without an answer to this why , and testable corrective action for the Root Cause, the project has little hope of showing up on time, on budget, and delivering the needed capabilities the customer has paid for. . Resources [8], [9], and [10] provide some more background.

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2010 2007 Estimate Aerospace 44

Paymo App

MARCH 22, 2017

Payoneer and Paymo have teamed up to make sure getting paid by your customers is faster and easier than ever! Payoneer offers a simple way for overseas customers to pay you directly. and your customers will have a choice of several simple, secure, and low-cost ways to pay. What does this mean for you and your customer?

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2005 Consulting Innovation 46