Proofhub

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The benefits and advantages of digital transformation are many; hence, the large number of companies are now opting for such a revolution. However, it would be prudent to say that some of these companies experience difficulties developing a strong-hold during the transition period. As such, you need to come up with ways to overcome such challenges and also to have the right methods of implementing digital transformation strategies.

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Kiron Bondale

DECEMBER 20, 2020

An article published this week on HBR.org indirectly identified another casualty of low psychological safety: future leadership. In the article, the authors highlighted three key reasons why capable people are reluctant to lead. Laziness or inertia did not make the list, but if we give the Homer Simpson who is in all of us an opportunity to take over, his influence could be a fourth contributor!

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Teamweek

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The business world is a rat race, and when you are looking to hire new people, you need to make sure that you hire the most qualified person. You need to do it fast and accurately. Many applications today are completed online, and some have over 1,000 applicants for a few positions. Even if you have a human resources department, it would take a long time to go through that many applications and decide who qualifies for an interview.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Timelines are the backbone of any project. They’re an incredibly useful visual tool that lays out your tasks in chronological order. This helps managers create schedules, prioritize work and organize tasks. In other words, they help you to define the duration of the project from start to finish. All your tasks must be completed within the period you allot, and the budget you agree on will finance the effort.

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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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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 24, 2020

I was recently asked. "How do you get an inexperienced Product Owner to concentrate on the why's and the value delivered by a feature/requirement, rather than a list of what's e.g we must gather a,b,c. x,y,z info from our users". Here are my thoughts on how to address this matter. . You could remind them that they bring the Why and What , the developers work out the How in Sprint Planning.

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MPUG

DECEMBER 21, 2020

A Brief History of Project Management Ethics. Almost every profession has one—a mantra or coda that expresses the ethical intent to do better, both morally and for the benefit of civil society. For example, in the medical profession, it’s “ Do No Harm ,” and for legal eagles, it is “ To Protect and to Serve.” Ethics for artificial intelligence (AI) development is similar, only the decision maker for doing something either morally right or sinisterly wrong is an algorithm.

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Teamweek

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Managing a web design project is complicated. Matching client expectations profitably while keeping your creative team happy can feel like a tightrope-walk. Using the right project management software can help. In this article, you’ll learn about the top 10 website project management software. (For other types of projects, check out this comprehensive list of project management tools.).

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The Evidence-Based Management Guide describes not only a Strategic Goal but also an Intermediate Strategic Goal that is needed to evaluate and adapt your progress towards your intended visions of your product. Reaching strategic goals requires experimenting, inspecting, and adapting. The key to realising an agile mindset within the business is the idea of experimentation and that we don’t know where we want to get to, largely because the future of our business is clouded in the fog of war.

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nTask

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Any number of projects that an organization undertakes has an impact on the organization’s processes and resources. Project management is not simply about the project itself but also establishing any necessary organizational changes. This is where the change management process comes into play. As a project manager, you have to be vigilant about the impact a project will have on the organization and how your resources will react to it.

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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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Binfire

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Monday project management software is yet another project management tool in a very crowded project management software space. Strictly speaking, Monday is not a project management application. Since it does not have the project start date, project Due date, and project deliverables. . The main reason for the popularity of Monday project management is a very aggressive marketing campaign run by the company on social media and Google Ads.

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Hub Planner

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes Holiday Greetings from Hub Planner. Holiday Greetings from the Hub Planner Team. . Well that was unexpected to say the least! What a tumultuous time for all in varying degrees. As remote working and working from home became essential instead of desired. Hub Planner became an essential tool to help manage the team remotely. Christmas is a time to spread love and joy, it’s normally a time for families to come together.

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Do you want to be an effective Scrum Master? I am sharing some do’s and don’ts which you must keep in mind while playing the role of the Scrum Master. Let’s dive into it quickly. Who is a Scrum Master? The scrum master is the one who upholds the scrum understanding in the team and practices agility. They ensure the… The post Do’s and Don’ts for a Scrum Master appeared first on Agilemania.

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nTask

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Change management has become one of the most important factors for success in the organizational paradigm of the modern world. Why is that? Well, it is because the project development process and all the other factors related to the project are not that stable and they have to be changed ever so often because of the changing requirement of the market.

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MPUG

DECEMBER 20, 2020

PMI recently rolled out a new Authorized Training Partner Program designed to help project managers find high-quality training from trusted organizations. For MPUG, there’s really no change here. We’ve been approved under the previous R.E.P. program, and so, we’ll continue offering high-quality course content from vetted instructors. You’ll keep getting PDU credits for participating in our webinars and training courses.

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Teamweek

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Hiring new people for a company can be difficult, especially as a recruiter; trying to find the right person to fit a role correctly after assessing the qualities and know-how of several candidates is no walk in the park. Generally, interviews would be done in-person, or at the very least over the phone for the first initial interview, after which recruitment would move to in-person interviews.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

DECEMBER 21, 2020

At the end of 2019, I had a completely different view of what was to come in 2020. The new year started with a trip out of the cold and snowy conditions of North Dakota, to the sunny and warm golf courses of Phoenix, Arizona. It was about this time COVID was beginning to garner more attention, or as one person put it, “this Wuhan thing.” A few weeks after that, it was in the US.

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Wrike

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Technical debt, like financial debt, is incurred by borrowing from the future to complete projects in the present. But what is technical debt, exactly? In project management or software development, technical debt is a metaphor for the cost or consequence of prioritizing delivery over performance. . For project managers, technical debt can accrue when you ignore best practices and requirements to meet project deadlines.

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MPUG

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Bill Dow’s session, Do You Know How to Recover a Project, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. You may wish to use this transcript for the purposes of self-paced learning, searching for specific information, and/or performing a quick review of webinar content. There may be exclusions, such as those steps included in product demonstrations.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 23, 2020

La nueva guía de Scrum 2020 establece que el compromiso al desarrollar el Incremento de Producto es cumplir con los Criterios de Terminado. Los criterios de terminado deben cubrir todos los aspectos necesarios para producir un incremento de producto que potencialmente se pueda lanzar al mercado idealmente muchas veces durante el Sprint y que ayude a lograr el Objetivo del Producto.

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Musings on Project Management

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Certainly since the dawn of the internet in the mid-90's, and gaining momentum since the millennium, disruptive change has been a fact of business life, to say nothing of the impacts on culture and behavior in the general population.But, there's a case for institutional stability among all the disruption and debris of change.

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Project Bliss

DECEMBER 20, 2020

If you need a fast, easy team building activity for your remote team, an indoor virtual scavenger hunt is the perfect choice. You may be a master meeting facilitator. But it can still be tricky to find easy and fun team-building activities. You may have used these 15 Easy Team Building Icebreakers for Meetings with great success. But sometime you need time fully dedicated to team bonding and fun.

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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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Online PM Courses

DECEMBER 20, 2020

For most of us, 2020 wasn't a good year. For many, it's been an awful year. Let's look back on 2020 and review the best from OnlinePMCourses. The post Awesome Look-back on the Best of a Bad Year: 2020 in Review appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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GanttPRO Project Management

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Resource management is a primary objective in guaranteeing a successful project delivery. Why is resource management important? The answer is simple: to secure an organized pipeline, it’s vital to oversee […]. The post 7 Tips on Choosing the Best Resource Management Software for Your Business in 2021 first appeared on GanttPRO.

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Musings on Project Management

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Sometimes, our language idioms get in the way of the top three project management tasks: CommunicateCommunicate, and Communicate!A few examples to illustrate.First, about schedule:"Slow down" and "Slow up" mean the same thing: make the schedule slower. 'Up' or 'down' is irrelevant; you can choose to go in either direction!The third hand of the clock is called the 'second hand'.

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PM Times

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Written by: Ishita Singh The business world continues to change and disrupt. We the individuals, are the key that connects strategy to implementation.

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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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