Musings on Project Management
DECEMBER 18, 2018
1 When you say "risk management" to most PMs, what jumps to mind is the quite orthodox conception of risk as the duality of an uncertain future event and the probability of that event happening. Around these two ideas -- impact and frequency -- we've discussed in this blog and elsewhere the conventional management approaches.
ProjectManager.com
DECEMBER 18, 2018
The project that creates your product is just the starter pistol in the long run to market. If you don’t have a plan to launch that product, then you’re jeopardizing your success. The product launch is one of the most crucial processes in any successful project. You can do all the research and have stacks of market studies in hand that state how in demand your product would be once available, but if you don’t have a path forward to exploit that market opportunity, then you’ve failed.
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Project Risk Coach
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Occasionally, someone will ask me for risk management tips. I think my first answer surprises individuals— write clear goals. Yes, g ood risk management always starts with clear goals. In today's article, I will give you a simple method to write clear goals every time. The Fable of the Crow and the Pitcher The Crow and the Pitcher is one of Aesop’s Fables.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
DECEMBER 18, 2018
I just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone that has made Girl’s Guide to Project Management possible this year. It is a big list, but there are so many people working behind the scenes to help this website run smoothly. A very big thank you to… Companies that let me review their software. These companies asked me to review their software this year.
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Kiron Bondale
DECEMBER 16, 2018
I’m midway through Nassim Taleb ‘s latest book, Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life. As is usual with Taleb’s writing, he provides thorough but humorous coverage of a concept which can be applied to many contexts. The premise of this book is that without skin in the game, asymmetries emerge which encourage unfairness, poor decision making and can contribute to a lack of understanding of realities.
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Musings on Project Management
DECEMBER 21, 2018
"They" say about Agile: You don't have to bother with gathering requirements; requirements just emerge You don't have to have any documentation; it's all in the code You can do away with V&V: verification and validation, because that's like QA tacked onto the end You don't really have to have an architect, because (somehow) the best architecture emerges Taking responsibility for business.
Scrum.org
DECEMBER 20, 2018
The Scrum Framework defines three distinct roles; the Product Owner, the Development Team and the Scrum Master. The scrum guide does elude to Stakeholders, but does not mention anything about managers, executives and leaders. This causes a lot of friction between teams and managers as the role is not clear. Scrum dogmatists then profess that there should be no managers, or scrum has no mangers.
Inloox
DECEMBER 18, 2018
2018 was an exciting year for InLoox - a lot has happened. It's hard to know where to start. So let’s just dive right in and start with the highlight of 2018! New Headquarters Let's start with the obvious: The room I am writing these lines in is not the room I was writing from six months ago. That's because InLoox moved into a new office building! There was a lot to do before the move, but the hard work has definiteley paid off!
ProjectManager.com
DECEMBER 20, 2018
Traditional business may have been slow to adopt digital technology, but in its defense, no one predicted how fast and comprehensive the digital revolution would be when home computers and the internet first appeared. Nowadays almost everyone has access to the internet, whether via their computers or, more likely, a mobile device. That includes businesses and organizations of all types and sizes.
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
Musings on Project Management
DECEMBER 15, 2018
I like headlines that have a simple message This one--No more self-organizing teams--caught my eye for three reasons: I agree with the sentiment It was written by Jim Highsmith, who rights some good stuff I have an interest in leadership per se Now, to be fair, Mike Cohn more or less supports the thesis we present here when he (Mike) quotes Philip Anderson who writes in "Biology of.
Scrum.org
DECEMBER 18, 2018
As an agile coach and trainer, I have had the opportunity to reach thousands of students that are just beginning their journey into the Scrum and agile world. Throughout the years, I was repeatedly asked by students how they can get a job being a Scrum Master or agile coach. The question has caused me to think back to how I got here in the first place.
Binfire
DECEMBER 15, 2018
We are happy to announce a very special offer, one which is very close to our hearts. From today we offer an absolutely free project management app for nonprofits, no strings attached. In the past, we have giving discounts and in some cases when the nonprofits were short on funds we even offered them free plans. Why this change? Nonprofits are at the forefront of saving people in need and enriching people’s lives everywhere on our planet.
ProjectManager.com
DECEMBER 19, 2018
Employees are the backbone of any successful business; it’s their hard work that helps turn visions into realities and investments into profits. All too often, in the rush of major projects and boardroom expectations, it can be easy to overlook employees. This might lead an employee to feel underappreciated, which can affect their performance on the job in addition to their happiness outside the workplace.
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Zen Project Management
DECEMBER 17, 2018
As a coach, I've seen many Sprint Planning sessions. Some are more effective than others. When it comes to planning, the military has a long history and we can learn a few things from them. Plans are worthless, but planning is everything - Dwight Eisenhower I have always interpreted the meaning behind this quote by Eisenhower to mean that through the act of planning, we gain a shared understanding of what we are attempting to do; the plan itself may change, but the goal won't The military talks
Scrum.org
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Once you have started to create a strong foundation , the second action of an effective servant-leader is to empower and enable others. It can be scary to give up control, to trust others to figure things out and to follow through on achieving results. Yet it is absolutely essential for the growth and success of others. Tapping into the collective intelligence is also what leads to the most creative and effective solutions to complex problems.
Leading Agile
DECEMBER 18, 2018
Warning: Preachy content. In working with technical people at the individual and team levels, I often find attitudes that pull toward one extreme or the other: Either our work is inherently uninteresting, and we’re only in it for the paycheck; or our work is a boundless source of joy, learning, and achievement through which we can transcend the human condition.
LiquidPlanner
DECEMBER 18, 2018
Does anyone else struggle with setting and achieving New Year’s resolutions? I’m sure you’ve experienced the futility of setting New Year’s resolutions only to continue the same pattern of human behavior from the previous year. Another year goes by and you wonder why you haven’t accomplished the goal you set the last time the ball dropped in Times Square.
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PM Basics
DECEMBER 18, 2018
How to perform risk identification ? What risk identification techniques to use? Which ones are efficient? And in general: How to discover problems that you’re unaware of? Check the topic on PMBOK® Guide: It says nothing about the practical application of risk identification processes. In this article, I’ll tell you what techniques you can use today.
Scrum.org
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Development Team Organises Its Own Work. The Development Team is both self-organising and cross-functional and by the end of each Sprint provides an increment that is ‘done’ and releasable. The team defines how to organise work in a Sprint. The Development Team self-organizes to undertake the work in the Sprint Backlog, both during Sprint Planning and as needed throughout the Sprint.
Planview
DECEMBER 21, 2018
With its Horizons conference in October, Planview pulled together a large cohort of its customers for two days to discuss the challenges and goals ahead for project management professionals and their organizations. During the event, I had the opportunity during one of the keynotes to present some of the views of 451 Research on how to embrace change and keep the PMO relevant.
Tony Adams
DECEMBER 16, 2018
Delivering business change outcomes is tough work. The Emergent Change approach can help us to make sense of us make sense of a fluid, messy, unpredictable change environment. In my project management community, it’s always comforting to talk to others about things we have in common. Through my conversations every day, I am reminded that regardless of where we come from and what language we speak, there are things that bind us together.
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Leading Answers
DECEMBER 17, 2018
I have just returned from the 2018 Dubai International Project Management Forum ( DIPMF ). It was my second year presenting there and this year I hosted a session called “Agile: Not New, but Now Necessary”. It traced several techniques back through history and explained how lean, agile, and design thinking approaches share common guidance for building high performing teams.
Green Project Management
DECEMBER 17, 2018
If you parse through the thousands of sustainability (non-financial reporting) online either direct from websites from major brands such as Coca-Cola, Nestle, or Nike, or even the mid-major companies that are trying to do the right thing, you will see something missing; and it is glaringly obvious once you start looking for it. A common […]. The post Why Your Sustainability Report Might be Awful?
Planview
DECEMBER 18, 2018
You’ve probably been hearing a lot lately about Lean and Agile or Agile transformation. Makes sense, as today’s ever-changing marketplace is causing an enterprise-wide shift within companies—a shift to deliver faster. This new focus on delivery is leading organizations to change how they are structured. They are moving toward either dedicated teams or a hybrid model with a mix of dedicated and temporal teams.
Gunther Verheyen
DECEMBER 19, 2018
In 2013 I accidentally created a book, “Scrum – A Pocket Guide” In 2018 I deliberately evolved my Scrum travel companion into a second edition. I am humbled over the many unanticipated consequences of the accidental creation of my pocket guide to Scrum. I equally enjoyed updating my book to a second edition 5 years later. This time around it was a deliberate evolution rather than an accidental creation.
Speaker: Ketan Jahagirdar - Sopheon’s Director of Product Management
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