February, 2023

article thumbnail

Uncovering the Role of Risk Owners in Agile Projects

Project Risk Coach

It's a simple question, "Who owns the risks in agile projects?" However, I find many people need help when I ask. In this article, let's uncover the role of risk owners and how to perform risk management in agile projects. What is a Risk Owner?

2023 418
article thumbnail

What Is Change Management? Process & Models Explained

ProjectManager.com

One thing is certain: change is going to happen in your organization or project. To best plan and respond to change, first, a clear definition of change management must be understood. What Is Change Management?

2023 397
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Unlocking ASEAN’s Sustainable Performance with the GPM P5 Standard

Green Project Management

The ASEAN region has consistently been one of the most supportive areas in terms of adopting and integrating our tools and methods. In fact, my personal journey with GPM began five years ago when I took a training course and was inspired to take action.

2023 251
article thumbnail

4 Unusual Reasons Why Stakeholder Management Is Important

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Table of Contents Why is stakeholder management important to project success? What is stakeholder management? Free Resources 2. Reduce and Uncover Risk 3. Increase the Perception of Success 4. Easier Project Closure Why is stakeholder management important to project success?

2023 387
article thumbnail

Everything You Need to Know About Crypto

Speaker: Ryan McInerny, CAMS, FRM, MSBA - Principal, Product Strategy

This exclusive webinar with Ryan McInerny will teach you all about cryptocurrency and NFTs! Register to learn more about identifying crypto transactions, crypto asset market trends, managing risk and compliance, and supporting customers and partners using crypto-based payments.

article thumbnail

Why do we need flat head screwdrivers?

Kiron Bondale

After taking a break from writing for a few weeks, I was planning to write about the importance of conversation in the work we do, but a late day Mastodon toot caught my attention today: “ Gantt charts are lies “ Based on the hashtags accompanying the post, the author works in the software development domain using adaptive approaches.

2023 177

More Trending

article thumbnail

An Effective 3-Step Change Management Process For Project Managers

The Digital Project Manager

It might be cliche, but it’s true, the only constant in life is change. Right? If you’re a digital project manager (or aspire to be one) you probably know all too well how important it is to have an effective change management process.

2023 263
article thumbnail

Stakeholder Engagement Essentials You Always Wanted To Know (Book Review)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The book’s cover (see on Amazon) Stakeholder Engagement Essentials You Always Wanted To Know by Michelle Bartonico (Vibrant Publishers, 2023) is a book about working with others on projects.

2023 386
article thumbnail

Does your project need a PCO?

Kiron Bondale

When I first read it, I found that one of the more interesting characters in Tom Clancy’s debut novel, The Hunt for Red October , was the political officer, Ivan Putin.

2023 194
article thumbnail

Process Implementation: A Quick Guide

ProjectManager.com

As a business grows, it needs to look at new processes or ways to improve the processes it has in place. Maybe the company wants to scale and sustain its growth or increase productivity and efficiency. Whatever the objectives, process implementation is how they achieve these goals.

2023 327
article thumbnail

Exploring the Overlap: Cost Optimization and Digital Transformation

Speaker: Alex Jiménez, Managing Principal, Financial Service Consulting for EPAM

The largest banks have increased reserves for protection against deteriorating economic conditions. Should banks delay their digital transformation investments and focus on cost reductions? In this webinar, Alex Jiménez will walk us through that question and examine the prudent course of action.

article thumbnail

Club Scrum: What Are You Doing all Day, ChatGPT — as a Scrum Master?

Scrum.org

TL; DR: Club Scrum — You, too, ChatGPT? A few years ago, I ran a survey to figure out what Scrum Masters serving a single Scrum team do all day.

2023 197
article thumbnail

Risks in the project: an overview

Inloox

Know the risks in your project! Risk management plays an enormously important role in project management. The task here is to identify, analyze, control and ultimately minimize risks. Although some risks can be eliminated with a suitable solution strategy, certain risks can never be completely avoided in the project context. Consequently, these must be kept as low as possible.

2023 165
article thumbnail

How To Best Apply The Agile Manifesto To Deliver Digital Projects

The Digital Project Manager

True fact: a lot of people don’t understand the Agile Manifesto, and therefore they don’t understand agile. It doesn’t help that there’s a huge amount of variance in what people who think they are “agile” are doing.

2023 251
article thumbnail

Office Timeline Pro+ Review [2023]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Office Timeline is a powerful PowerPoint plugin for creating professional timelines and roadmaps. The Pro+ edition is aimed specifically at project managers needing to create timeline slides for executive briefings and project reviews.

2023 373
article thumbnail

The Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020: Initial Catalysts, Current Implications, and Future Impacts

Speaker: Elizabeth "Paige" Baumann, Founder and CEO of Paige Baumann Advisory, LLC

In this session, Elizabeth “Paige” Baumann will cover the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020, which also includes the Corporate Transparency Act. She'll take a deep dive into the catalysts that brought on the act, the current implications of the act, and what impacts the act has on the future of banking and finance.

article thumbnail

13 Reasons to Choose Agile Project Management Methods

LiquidPlanner

Are you thinking about introducing agile processes to your project management methodology? You’ve a few case studies, you’ve perhaps even seen agile working effectively at other companies. But now it’s time to dive into the details and decide.

2023 158
article thumbnail

Operations Management: Key Functions, Roles and Skills

ProjectManager.com

Whether you’re a big or small business and no matter what product you manufacture or service you provide, you’re always looking to deliver the highest quality and greatest value for your customers. One way to achieve these goals is through operations management.

2023 358
article thumbnail

What is Agile All About?

Scrum.org

If you’re a newcomer to all of this, you might be asking yourself: What is Agile even all about? How can organizations such as your own profit from becoming more agile? To understand what Agility is, we have to go back to how things are being done without Agile.

2023 217
article thumbnail

How to Implement Business Intelligence in 2023

nTask

Business intelligence (BI) is a collection of tools and techniques used to analyze organizational data and make better decisions.

2023 147
article thumbnail

The Definitive Guide to Embedded Analytics

Data-driven decisions are no longer reserved for the few. Everyone needs data insights from the applications they use every day. Learn how embedded analytics is boosting user adoption, creating apps people love, and changing the game for software and SaaS providers.

article thumbnail

12 Top Project Management Conferences You Need To Be At In 2023

The Digital Project Manager

This year marks the return of many long-standing project management conferences that went dark with the onset of COVID-19 in early 2020.

2023 243
article thumbnail

4 ways to proactively manage stakeholders

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Pernille Eskerod and Anna Lund Jepsen’s book, Project Stakeholder Management Stakeholder management seems to stay a hot topic regardless of what year we’re in.

2023 376
article thumbnail

ChatGPT on the risk matrix

Musings on Project Management

I asked ChatGPT for an assessment of the limitations and hazards of using the conventional risk matrix -- of impact vs probability in a matrix format -- in project management.In a 'not too bad' response, ChatGPT responded this way (unedited, except for text formatting): The risk matrix is a commonly used tool in project risk management, but it has several potential limitations, including: Risk Management

2023 170
article thumbnail

How to Write a Project Description: A Quick Guide

ProjectManager.com

A project description seems self-explanatory, but don’t underestimate a well-written project description as it sets your project up for success. It acts as a communication tool for stakeholders and shares the project vision in a clear and actionable fashion.

2023 358
article thumbnail

Level up Culture & EQ | Sign up for the #CultureDrop

Once a week, culture & leadership expert Galen Emanuele gives free, actionable EQ training in 5 minutes or less. Subscribe to the #CultureDrop and access free resources & content.

article thumbnail

Spain, Trains, and Incremental Delivery

Scrum.org

A very interesting (and sad) piece of news made headlines in Spain recently that provides some lessons about agile product development and incremental delivery. Through its national rail line Renfe, Spain paid €258 million to design 31 trains.

2023 188
article thumbnail

Wrike Vs Smartsheet vs nTask: Which Project Management Tool is Better For Your Business?

nTask

Are you trying to decide which project management tool is the best fit for your business? With so many options, it can be difficult to choose. But don't worry!

2023 148
article thumbnail

What Is A Work Breakdown Structure & How To Make One: Ultimate Guide

The Digital Project Manager

Unpopular opinion: crafting a work breakdown structure (WBS) is one of the hardest project planning tasks, and ultimately one of the most important to get right.

2023 215
article thumbnail

Why Don’t 50% of People Do Stakeholder Engagement?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I ran a survey about stakeholder management (thanks, by the way, if you were one of the people who filled it out) and the results surprised me. I have done a bit of analysis on the results and I wanted to share what I know so far with you.

2023 324
article thumbnail

Monetizing Analytics Features: Why Data Visualization Will Never Be Enough

Five years ago, data visualizations were a powerful way to differentiate a software application. Today, free visualizations seem to be everywhere. Two trends are forcing application providers to rethink how they offer analytics in their products.

article thumbnail

The Basics: Artificial Intelligence for Strategic PM’s

The Strategic Project Manager

This post makes an initial attempt to describe what Artificial Intelligence is, where it might apply in the world, and the impacts to organizational strategy and project management. It follows up this initial attempt with actual Artifical Intelligence responses from ChatGPT.

2023 97
article thumbnail

10 Free Product Management Templates for Excel, Word and More

ProjectManager.com

Product management is a way to organize the development, position and pricing of your product. It helps you manage every step of the process that sees your product go from concept to market.

2023 307
article thumbnail

Using the Prime Directive to avoid Retrospective Witch Hunts!

Scrum.org

The Retrospective is a critical meeting in the Scrum Framework. As a reminder: The Retrospective in Scrum is a regular event that takes place at the end of each Sprint, which is a time-boxed iteration of work in the Scrum framework.

2023 198