Rebel’s Guide to PM
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
What is a kick off meeting? A kick off meeting is the first meeting you have as a project team. In reality, you might have an internal kick off meeting for just your in-house team resources, and then another one with the client, when you are ready to share project information with them (and if you have a client). If your project is in-house and you aren’t serving an external client, you will only need one.
Planview
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
Warning! The Zombie-PMO apocalypse is here. Executives are expecting more from PMOs than ever. They must drive digital transformation and fuel growth strategies by delivering complex programs across the organization at speed. But there is one problem…PMOs are finding it very hard to adapt. PMOs can no longer focus on standardization, governance, or control when the business needs agility, flexibility, and innovation.
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Teamweek
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
You’ve probably heard the expression “We’re flying by the seat of our pants.” In project management, we call it operating without a baseline. Many years ago, I had a boss who used to say that all the time. He owned a successful company, which encouraged him to try his success in other areas, few of which had anything to do with his background. I remember asking him if he really knew what he was doing, and he laughed.
ProjectManager.com
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
Agile is a way of working that comes from software development. It’s iterative and incremental in its approach, working in short “sprints,” and building on a foundation of trust, flexibility, empowerment and collaboration. While the roots of incremental development methods of working stem back to the 1950s and into the 1970s, it wasn’t until 2001 that a group of software developers published the Manifesto for Agile Software Development.
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TimeCamp
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
If you’re running a project in a professional services company like a marketing agency, software.
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Kiron Bondale
SEPTEMBER 8, 2019
The announcement of the acquisition of Disciplined Agile (DA) by PMI is almost a month old so I thought I would share my thoughts on it. There is no doubt that PMI has been flirting with agile progressively over the past decade. The launch of the PMI-ACP credential, the addition of adaptive life cycle considerations to the PMBOK® Guide, Sixth Edition and the release of the Agile Practice Guide were all signs of this growing interest.
ProjectManager.com
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
We all want to improve, or we should. Complacency might feel good in the moment, but that moment quickly passes. Don’t be left behind. The question is how can one improve? There are many answers, from educational and physical fitness to spirituality. But is there a unifying theory of improvement, and if so, can it be sustained? Have you heard of kaizen?
The Digital Project Manager
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
Read on to discover how ZenHub works—what problems it can help you solve and who. The post What Is ZenHub? Detailed ZenHub Overview & Explanation Of ZenHub Features appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
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
The Lazy Project Manager
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
To celebrate the 10th Anniversary of The Lazy Project Manager the book is free on Amazon/Kindle around the world for the whole of September. A massive world-wide success (in the world of project management – we are not talking Harry Potter here) the work, by author Peter Taylor, explores the concept of ‘productive laziness’ or working smarter and not harder.
Musings on Project Management
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
Can there be scope creep in Agile? Doesn't agile define creep away in a stroke: "Scope is whatever is prioritized in the backlog that fits within the budget (OPM, other people's money) and the time. The backlog changes all the time, but that's not creep, it's just backlog management." What I just wrote is a "best value" definition of scope. But, sometimes it doesn't sell.
ProjectManager.com
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019
If you’re running a business or managing a project, the impact of a cyber criminal on your company can be catastrophic. They can steal costumer data and ruin your reputation. It’s something many don’t recover from. And, unlike in the physical world, where bad neighborhoods are more clearly demarcated, cyber threats can be like a trojan horse. They can appear friendly, but when your guard is down they ransack your data.
The Digital Project Manager
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019
A list of the best flowchart software and diagramming tools, along with FAQ and an explanation of the criteria used in selecting the top choices. The post The Best Digital Asset Management Software in 2019 appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
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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.
Scrum.org
SEPTEMBER 8, 2019
Sub-title: Not Every Defect is a ‘Bug’. “Name It to Tame It.” Dr. Dan Siegal coined that phrase as a way of handling difficult emotional responses. Applying a name to an emotion can help a person manage or conquer it. In the same way, the labels we apply in work environments, the language we use, can help teams conquer complexity. James Shore wrote succinctly on this topic in The Art of Agile Development.
Inloox
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
Are you a micro manger? Are you a micro manager? If many of the following statements apply to you, that is likely: The majority of your working time is spent on day-to-day business. You have been promoted from specialist to manager, but still have the greatest expertise in your field within the company. You believe that once you don't take a closer look, everything gets out of hand.
MPUG
SEPTEMBER 8, 2019
Agile PPM & Project. Several years ago, Microsoft outlined their commitment to providing better experiences and richer capabilities to users of MS Project. One of the key investment areas was Agile. We have seen this evidenced with new tools coming forward. Examples include Office 365 Planner, Wunderlist which is now MS To-Do, and the Kanban and Sprint Boards now a part of MS Project.
Epicflow Blog
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
What Is the Importance of People Management? A company is made up of people of different ages, with various profiles and customs. Some work well in teams, others are motivated by challenging goals, others are more analytical. . To manage these differences and to align with the entire team, undoubtedly it becomes a big challenge – and that’s where the importance of managing people in the company comes into play.
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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.
Scrum.org
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
“Everybody has their manifesto; let them talk their language, come to the people, and the people will decide” -- Prakash Raj. So where were you between February the 11th and 13th, 2001? Well, since you appear to have difficulty remembering, let me narrow things down. There is an excellent chance you were not at the Snowbird ski resort in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah.
Inloox
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019
Our second explanation video is about one of the most important planning elements of Gantt charts: the milestone. Milestones briefly explained In project management , the milestone is of great importance even for simple phase-milestone plans. It structures the project in several phases and gives the team "something to work towards" This not only provides a good overview of the entire project process, but also motivation.
MPUG
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
An Outline that Can Be Used for Tracking Progress. It could be said that communication is the oil that keeps a project running smoothly. Project managers (PMs) can spend up to 90 percent of their time on internal and external communications. Communication management includes project status tracking and reporting processes. A schedule for such should be defined at the start of any project.
Leading Answers
SEPTEMBER 8, 2019
Please join me on Thursday, September 12 th for the PMI Organizational Agility Conference. This free, online event for PMI members awards viewers PDUs. I will be presenting on the topic of becoming a Change Resilient Professional. As rates of change increase, building strategies and skills for adapting to change are becoming more important than ever.
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This large intercity transportation company for people and freight employs 100+ IT employees and contractors across North America and Europe and spends $10MM annually for approximately 50 inflight projects. The company needed the right financial tools to budget for innovation initiatives and real-time information on spending and forecasting. This transportation company turned to Acclaim Projects by Sopheon to help deliver projects on time and within budget.
Scrum.org
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
Why is it that when the going gets tough, “agile” gets the blame? There is so much online bashing of [insert random agile framework or method] going on, that it made me wonder if there is a pattern behind it. I believe there is. Where did “agile” start? Agile is nothing new. The Agile Manifesto was drafted in 2001, distilled from new ways of working that were being practiced from the beginning of the 1990’s.
Proofhub
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
Remote Employee Monitoring to Boost Employee’s Productivity Keeping a record of the remote employees’ work is now an easy game Working remotely is now the norm. In today’s world where everything is technology-driven, companies are prioritizing outsourcing employees over hiring location-based workers and it’s becoming a trend. Companies are accepting this framework and embracing flexible work styles.
Epicflow Blog
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
You’re a business owner or CEO. Maybe you’ve just recently started, or maybe your company has a long history. It doesn’t matter as in both variants, your goal is to develop your enterprise as quickly as possible. . Go on reading to find out 5 tips to make your company grow quicker. 1. Take Care of Proper Resource Management . If you have no clue what your employees are working on at the moment and how many tasks they are trying to tackle, don’t expect good results soon just b
Meisterplan
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019
Munich Hospital as a Case Study Almost half of all German hospitals are operating in a deficit, with the trend continually increasing. In addition to financial difficulties, hospitals are under extremely high pressure to provide the best care to patients. On top of these challenges, regulations are constantly changing which requires significant effort from the industry to meet compliance as quickly as possible.
Speaker: Ketan Jahagirdar - Sopheon’s Director of Product Management
70% of most digital transformation projects fail. Learn how you can quickly improve that success rate. To be successful, digital transformation involves the strategic application of digitalization to improve a business’ entire system of production, procurement, sales, operations, human resources, and financial management. In short, to basically transform the way a company makes money and delivers value to customers.
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