Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 11, 2021

Lloyd Skinner. Where is artificial intelligence taking project management? AI has turned up in the project management trends articles over the past few years and it’s now most definitely here to stay. I caught up with Lloyd Skinner, CEO at Greyfly , a consultancy specializing in improving project outcomes through the application of AI tools and experienced professionals, to talk about how AI is changing the way we lead projects.

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Project Risk Coach

MARCH 8, 2021

Our projects are the sum total of all the decisions we’ve made – budget decisions, schedule decisions, scope decisions, requirements, selection of team members, and the list goes on. My goal today is to help you make better project decisions. Here’s why – project managers and teams who make better decisions improve their chance for success. Think about how hard it is for you to make decisions alone.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 10, 2021

I have largely been exposed to Agile transformations in which the completion, more often than not, results in building more stuff faster. In other words, there’s a laundry list of things in the backlog and organizations want to maximize their output to not only play catch up with business requests but to get things to market faster and more predictably.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 11, 2021

Construction worksites are a busy place, and everything that happens on one needs to be detailed and recorded daily. These reports need to be thorough and accurate to give a consistent record of all that took place each and every day of the project. The best way to make sure you log all these activities is by using our free construction daily report template.

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Understanding digital debt is crucial before digital transformation. Assemble a team to assess internal operations, market pressures, and digital debt's impact. Define future digital vision with measurable goals. Refine hypotheses and conduct market analysis. Develop a roadmap for transformation with defined projects, cost estimates, and governance.

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Kiron Bondale

MARCH 7, 2021

Accountability is a popular word in delivery. It is one of the four classification categories in roles and responsibility tools such as R.A.C.I. charts. The underlying intent is sound. If multiple people are responsible for contributing to the completion of an activity or deliverable, we still want to have a single person who has overall responsibility for ensuring it was completed as promised.

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nTask

MARCH 10, 2021

Measuring productivity is vital for consistent improvement and development. Regular evaluations are a doorway to betterment. As much as performance management is important , developing strategies to gauge progress is not an easy feat. If you are having trouble finding ways to measure productivity then you are not alone. HR managers often find it difficult to measure the productivity of their employees since they do not have a standard ‘scale’ to measure the efficiency with.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 10, 2021

Projects often require sourcing products and services from external organizations, and in order to streamline the process you’ll need an effective purchase order pipeline. Thorough purchase orders reduce confusion and provide a paper trail for legal purposes should issues arise. Download our purchase order template to start this process off on the right foot—all you’ll need to do is fill in the blanks.

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Inloox

MARCH 11, 2021

One of the most common usage mistakes, which still leads to a number of misunderstandings in today's everyday project work, is the confusion between effort and duration. It is important to know the differences, especially when it comes to project planning. This article will help you to better distinguish between those two terms in the future and to avoid misunderstandings in the project team.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 8, 2021

A collaborative community initiative, Inspired by Women, Powered by Women. Today is International Women’s Day! In the spirit of this year’s theme, #ChooseToChallenge, I would like to highlight an initiative between two women who came together with the common goal of elevating women in their respective communities and learning from each other in the process.

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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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Ganttic

MARCH 7, 2021

The past century has brought so many positive changes to women. From worldwide suffragette movements bringing the vote. To cultural shifts that got women out of the home and into the workplace. We see more women in positions of power - in politics, in technology, and in the business world. For example, Ganttic’s home country of Estonia is currently led by women.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 10, 2021

Once a project is approved, it’s likely that the execution will require goods and services outside the purview of the organization managing the work. The process of soliciting bids from third-party vendors and contractors is done through a document called a request for proposal or, more commonly, an RFP. It is through this channel that project managers collect interested parties and make a decision on who to contract with for the project.

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nTask

MARCH 9, 2021

If you are looking for the best OKR software available in the market you have come to the right place. OKR or objective and Key Results are a way of setting goals that have become popular due to their simplicity and the benefits the method provides. And as is true with most things in our modern world, there is a load of OKR tools and software to help you create, manage, and track these OKR goals.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 10, 2021

On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: What does a Scrum Master do all day? Today's question is all about the Scrum Master and what keeps them busy all day. Scrum defines clear accountabilities that if performed well keeps your Scrum Master busy and engaged all day. Check out the video hear more from Ryan and Todd about all the things that fill a Scrum Master's day.

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Proofhub

MARCH 10, 2021

Any SaaS company provides the ability to use certain services for customers over the Internet. These services aim to solve customer’s issues and make life easier However, there are cases when a target audience can’t understand how your service can help solve their problems. That’s why your SaaS business needs a powerful content marketing strategy. It would embrace all the potential issues your target audience has and unite them with the service you offer.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 12, 2021

I had a discussion recently with one of our clients around what a beta release looks like. The term “beta,” which I’ve seen in many organizations, is a misunderstood term or in some rare instances, an almost taboo term. I’ve found that this is especially true in organizations where the stakeholders of the development team haven’t been exposed to Agile or common software practices.

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nTask

MARCH 9, 2021

There are a lot of different projects running simultaneously in the project management paradigm. The question is: how many of them, do you suppose, were started in the most optimized way possible? What is the optimal approach to ensuring productivity the right way? Well, project initiation is a complex science, which you should master if you are even thinking of taking the first step to initiate something.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 7, 2021

The significance of Mirrors in our world. I am sure you must have come across funny mirrors in theme parks or fun carnivals which makes you see a ludicrous version of yourself, maybe a heavier or lighter version. It’s good for a laugh, but you won’t buy one of those for your home to use regularly. On a regular basis, we want to see our true reflection in a normal mirror when getting ready for school, work, etc.

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ProProfs Project Management

MARCH 11, 2021

If you have landed here, you are more than likely looking for the best Trello alternative. It can be difficult to comb through a ton of research and try various tools to find the perfect one that meets your business needs. When it comes to numbers, there is a number of project management tools that are popular in the market. Most of these tools support Kanban boards, which is why you probably tried Trello and are now looking for more advanced and efficient tools to boost your productivity.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 8, 2021

When teams are first moving away from, “Epic is a container for a list of features,” and towards, “Epic is a discrete investment decision,” It can be hard to reorient. In their old world, the epic had some sort of field – “list the features contained in this epic” which was straightforward to fill out. The decisions they made were really easy: “Is anything we planned to build missing?

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nTask

MARCH 11, 2021

People around the world are experiencing an increasing number of tasks plastered on their daily agenda and no solution on how to complete them in the desired time frame. Nowadays, no one can say that they are concentrating on just one thing at a time, throughout the entirety of their day. Why? Well, we have all bought into the myth that is Multitasking.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 9, 2021

On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: Who is responsible for release planning on a Scrum Team? Today's question is about release planning on a Scrum Team. When it comes to deciding when to release, the Product Owner has a lot of input. But when it comes to how we release or what is released, the Developer has a say. From an efficiency perspective, even the Scrum Master could have an opinion.

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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.

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Teamweek

MARCH 11, 2021

Besides product and brand, successful businesses compete by continuously improving their processes. Improved processes result in cost savings, better productivity, and efficient operations. Having the right workflow management software helps streamline and speed up business process management. In this article, we’ll look at the best workflow management solutions, including: What Is Workflow Management Software?

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Planview

MARCH 9, 2021

'Hindsight is 20/20' isn't just a common phrase – it’s a poignant description of the year we’ve been through. Use the opportunity of this year’s hindsight to leverage inflection points that will help your business become a strategic powerhouse. The experiences from 2020 have taught companies around the globe many things.

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nTask

MARCH 10, 2021

In 2002, Bill Wake published in his article the inconsistencies that arise from certain terms that are used within teams, including that if “done.”. It took until 2007 for the Definition of Done (DoD) to be a widespread full-fledged practice. But what is the Definition of Done and how can you incorporate it into your product’s lifecycle and development workflow.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 11, 2021

On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: Why isn't product backlog refinement a Scrum Event? Today's question is about Product Backlog Refinement and why it isn't an official Scrum Event. Refinement is a great product management practice for a Product Owner to use to help the Scrum Team gain an understanding of the product and future work. Check out Ryan and Todd's take on this.

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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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