Rebel’s Guide to PM
OCTOBER 15, 2018
This is a guest post by Nick Nuss from VocationCultivation. Nick Nuss. You can’t tell from the picture, but he’s actually an Excel Wizard. There comes a time when you have to step up and lead your manager, or any senior manager in your organisation. There might be any number of reasons behind this, normally connected in some way to getting the answers you need to continue managing a project.
PM Basics
OCTOBER 16, 2018
The higher you get on the career ladder, the colder and lonelier it becomes. You may be a talented leader. Nevertheless, you are in the role that prescribes management. People don’t like to be managed. Your job is to make people do what needs to be done. And it is always at the top of their mind. Now you add the reality of the workplace. Companies compete each other in the perfection of covering up Herzberg’s hygiene factors.
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ProjectManager.com
OCTOBER 15, 2018
Team communication is the bedrock on which productive project management is built. Jennifer Bridges, PMP, shows how you and your team can communicate effectively. Here’s a screenshot of the whiteboard for your reference! In Review – 7 Secrets for Effective Team Communication. Effective team communication might seem complex, but Jennifer said that when it’s boiled down to essentials, it can become very simple.
The Digital Project Manager
OCTOBER 16, 2018
Working with a remote team? Collaboration tools are vital in today’s world of online work. This expert review compares 10 of the best collaboration tools, explaining their pros & cons, pricing, features, integrations, and more. The post 10 Online Collaboration Tools To Boost Your Project’s Efficiency appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
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Project Risk Coach
OCTOBER 15, 2018
Think about the project managers you've worked with through the years. Which ones were unusually good? Which ones qualify as exceptional project managers? I've had the privilege of working with hundreds of project managers in my career. Here are some of the traits and behaviors that made them stand out. How many of these traits do you possess? rocket.
Project Management Update brings together the best content for project management professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
ProjectManager.com
OCTOBER 17, 2018
Everybody’s head is in the cloud nowadays. The phrase has shifted its meaning, however. Where it once implied daydreaming, now it is the realm of innovative businesses and forward-thinking leaders. The cloud, of course, is not the fluffy ethereal thing its name suggests. Rather, it’s technology that supports online business tools and helps drive today’s industry.
The Digital Project Manager
OCTOBER 15, 2018
The post DPM Podcast: Project Managing Agile On The Sly (With Sarah Hoban) appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
Herding Cats
OCTOBER 18, 2018
. Here's a picture from a Tweeter post (without attribution) that is suggested to represent what it means to apply #NoEstimates. Let's look at the detail of each of the boxes in the context of the uncertainties encountered on all projects. Prioritize features and stories by Value. Priority means different things to different stakeholders. Without a clear and concise definition of the Units of Measures for those stakeholders, prioritizing the Features is just a buzzword.
Online PM Courses
OCTOBER 14, 2018
#PMOT is the Twitter hashtag used by Project Managers on Twitter. If you want to follow project management conversations on Twitter… Or if you want to keep up with the latest articles, or products… #PMOT is a good tag to follow. It’s not the only tag project managers use. Frankly it’s a bit of a blunt tool in these days where Twitter users often prefer narrower and more precise tags.
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
ProjectManager.com
OCTOBER 16, 2018
Conflict is a part of any work environment. It can’t be helped. When you have a group of people working under stress with different personalities, there’s bound to be a few problems. That conflict exists is not the issue, but having an effective conflict resolution strategy to resolve that conflict if it begins to impact the business is crucial for any manager.
Scoro
OCTOBER 16, 2018
Fred Krieger is the Founder & CEO of Scoro, the all-in-one business management software that helps creative companies to work smarter, not harder. Scoro has a team of over 60 people in offices across Europe and the US, and customers in more than 50 countries worldwide. Recently, Deloitte named Scoro as one of the fastest growing tech companies in Europe – a result of a truly innovative product, and forward-thinking leadership supported by strong teamwork.
Susanne Madsen
OCTOBER 15, 2018
When I consult with organisations, train their staff or help review their processes, I’m often told that they don’t get around to formally review their projects. There seems to be so much pressure on businesses and teams today t hat many rush from one project to the next without taking the time to learn from the experiences they have just been through.
Trello
OCTOBER 17, 2018
Admit it: You’ve got a few pesky habits you’d like to kick. Oh, and we know you’ve got big plans for how you’re going to change your ways. But how long have you been saying this without actually springing into action?
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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.
ProjectManager.com
OCTOBER 18, 2018
If you told me you don’t feel stress in the workplace, I wouldn’t believe you. I might ask, “Oh, do you work from home? Is that why you don’t feel stress ‘in the workplace?’” “Are you a professional puppy cuddler?” Or maybe, “Are you happily unemployed?”. The thing is, even if you enjoy your job, it is totally normal to experience stress. Stress is a regular human emotion, just like joy.
Teamweek
OCTOBER 18, 2018
Where did I put my keys? Who is my next meeting with again? What was I supposed to do before I left for the office today? Do you ever find yourself asking questions like these throughout the day? As more responsibilities and tasks are added to your list, it can become a bit overwhelming and easier to forget the little things. Taking steps to improve your memory and using tactics to help you recall things will relieve some of the stress from your overtaxed brain.
Prince2
OCTOBER 18, 2018
PRINCE2 oder Methoden wie Scrum und Kanban kommen alle ursprünglich aus dem IT-Umfeld. Trotzdem: Wenn Du ein Agilista bist, dann lächelst Du nur müde über die „Wasserfall“-Methode PRINCE2. Nieder mit den Hierarchien und sturen Prozessen! Was kümmern uns Dokumentationen? Der Mensch steht im Vordergrund, nicht der Prozess: „Individuals and interactions over processes and tools, Working software over comprehensive documentation, Customer collaboration over contract negotiation, Responding to change
Wrike
OCTOBER 16, 2018
To a project manager entrenched in corporate politics and organizational red tape, the idea of striking out on your own as an independent project management consultant might sound like a dream. You choose your own clients, you set your own pay, and you can stop jumping through so many hoops. But how do you know if you’re ready , or if you have what it takes to be successful?
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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.
Inloox
OCTOBER 16, 2018
Brainstorming sessions aren’t only about developing completely new ideas. Often, you already have some existing ideas or at least approaches that you want to develop further. For situations like these, there is a special creativity technique that focuses on the joint development of ideas: The so-called catchball method. Here’s how the catchball method works and how you can use it for brainstorming meetings: Idea Development with the Catchball Method The catchball method works as follows: One par
Teamweek
OCTOBER 15, 2018
Project management techniques have helped change the way project managers tackle different projects. Using a specific project management technique can help you finish a project more easily. Here are nine project management techniques to help any project manager complete their next project. 1. Scrum. Scrum is a project management technique that comes from a group of processes known as the Agile Development Framework.
Meisterplan
OCTOBER 19, 2018
Retrospectives with the Portfolio Board. The agile world has an important building block to enhance cooperation when it comes to working with Scrum: retrospectives. According to the Scrum Guide, the Sprint Retrospective is an opportunity for the Scrum team to analyze themselves and create a plan for improvements to be implemented during the next Sprint.
Herding Cats
OCTOBER 16, 2018
There's a notion going around that. “I don’t believe you can make a model of a possible future.”. This ignores the principles of predictive analytics, and the direct management actions taken to produce outcomes from those analytical models found everywhere from project management to grocery store management and the model-based systems engineering. Those holding this view really say, we don't understand what models are for, how they're built, and how to apply them the model possible futures , wit
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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.
Leading Agile
OCTOBER 18, 2018
?. Once again, Mike Cottmeyer and Dave Prior sat down to discuss some of Mike’s latest thoughts on Agile Transformation and answer questions that we received from the audience. Some of the topics discussed were: Agile PMO, velocity, and governance just to name a few. These live Q&A sessions will be recurring, so make sure you’re on the lookout for the next installment.
Teamweek
OCTOBER 17, 2018
Project risk management is the process of identifying and planning for potential risks, which are factors with the potential to affect the schedule, budget, or performance of your project. It’s a concept that causes us to have (in addition to Plan A), a Plan B, C, and even D if a project is big or has enough moving parts. While risk is impossible to eliminate completely, a well-developed project risk management plan will reduce not only the likelihood of an event occurring but also the significa
Project Management Hacks
OCTOBER 13, 2018
You know you need the PMP certification training to get that next promotion at work. However, finding the time to study isn’t easy. Then you have to face the question of which resources to leverage. Let’s cut through the complexity by looking at a few simple ways to get PMP certified faster. 1) Know Your Why For PMP Certification. Take 5 minutes to journal about why you want to pursue this certification.
Tony Adams
OCTOBER 13, 2018
You’re on a long project and the finish line is way over the horizon. How do we keep stakeholders interested, when you have a long way to go? An interesting thing happened this week. I’ve been leading an office fit out project in North Sydney since June 2017. When it’s complete later this year, it will provide a showcase facility and a regional hub that will allow the client to work across the Asia Pacific.
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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