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A Project Team’s Guide to Data Conversion: Book Review & Interview with Dave Gordon

Project Bliss

For full disclosure, this article contains affiliate links. For more information, see my disclosure page. However, I have purchased this book myself and can honestly highly recommend it. . In this book, Dave explains how to handle complex data migrations (or even simple ones). He provides a clear guide for what to do each step of the way.

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Project Management Communication Tools [Book Review]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

There’s a great explanation of agile radiators, a term I only came across recently. There are also high-level templates for you to copy and use. There are useful summaries at the end of each chapter too. Because it’s a giant book that I can’t carry on the train with me. Agilists will find their tools covered in detail too.

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#NoEstimates Book - Chapter 1 Summation

Herding Cats

This is a classic example used in the book of making seriously bad management decisions. . The game playing programs use a look-ahead tree with branches of the moves and countermoves. The game playing programs use a look-ahead tree with branches of the moves and countermoves. Carmen has never managed a project this size.

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What is the difference between project management and project portfolio management?

Leankor

However, in layman’s terms, a project is simply the tasks and organization required to accomplish a specific goal. Intro to PM and PPM: No matter how capable your team, an enterprise lives or dies on the quality of its organization. As such, larger considerations of strategy are left by the wayside.

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Monetizing Analytics Features: Why Data Visualizations Will Never Be Enough

Five years ago they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your embedded analytics. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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Portfolio Management Best Practices : Doing the Right Way

Project-Management.pm

It is still expected that you will do your part— that means using portfolio management to its full potential. You also need to categorize them in terms of their tasks. Imagine this scenario: you are a president of a particular project management division under a certain company. The obvious is right under your nose.

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Alternatives to PPM Tools for Today's Anywhere Workforce

This means moving beyond what most basic PPM tools offer to a tool that better fits their needs and sets them up for long-term success. What’s in the eBook: Assessing your use cases. To survive in the future of work and beyond, PMOs need to evolve. But there are some important things to consider when adopting a whole new tool.

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Predictive Analytics 101: Your Roadmap to Driving Key Product Decisions

Speaker: Sriram Parthasarathy

You'll learn: The definitions of common industry terms including predictive analytics, advanced analytics, and more. How predictive analytics and business intelligence can be used together to drive smarter business decisions. What does predictive analytics really mean? September 5, 11:00 AM PST, 2:00 PM EST, 6:00 PM GMT

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Agile Metrics for Team and Product Progress

Speaker: Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant, Rothman Consulting Group

So what should you use instead? Velocity is not an accurate measure of a team's progress towards "done." You’ll learn about team measurements: Why velocity is a current capacity measure and not a measure of progress. How to tell if a team is making progress or spinning its wheels. How to get people excited about seeing working product.