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The Quadruple Constraints of Project Management

MPUG

Introduction. Most courses and books on project management discuss the “Triple Constraints” in terms of a three-legged stool (see Figure 1 below). The first leg represents Scope Management, the second, Time Management, and the third, Cost Management. If one aspect is shortened or increased in length, then the two other “legs” must be adjusted accordingly for a successful project.

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What Is Risk Management and Why Is It Important?

MPUG

It’s easier to ignore the possibility of risks when the business is doing well — but not having a plan for potential unforeseen threats could be the most significant risk of all. The risk management process involves identifying, assessing, and controlling risk factors that threaten an organization’s earnings and assets. Risks may arrive from multiple sources, including legal liabilities, management errors, financial uncertainties, technological problems, workplace accidents, and even natural dis

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Top 10 Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Tools [2022]

Agilemania

1,00,000 practitioners and 20,000 enterprises worldwide have kept faith in one thing to drive Business Agility in the enterprise. . And that’s Scaled Agile Framework(SAFe)! . As per the 15th State of Agile Survey, 38% of the respondents considered SAFe as the most popular framework for scaling agile. . Research has shown that more than 70% of the transformations fail.

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Managing Multiple Projects: The Research

Rebel’s Guide to PM

What are the key skills for working on multiple projects simultaneously? What tools do you use to prioritize your work? How do you get through the day when you’re juggling All. The. Things? I posed these questions (and more) to our community and the insights were illuminating. And unfortunately, not in a good way. In this article, we’ll dive into the statistics and you’ll learn: The top challenges facing people managing several projects at once The key skills required for managing multiple proje

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Understand Digital Debt, Form a Team, Set Goals, and Plan Roadmap for Transformation

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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Project Selection: Use These 8 Selection Methods for Better Strategic Results

ProjectManager.com

Projects need management. Much of the focus of project management is obviously on methodologies that keep your project on time and within budget. But you don’t want to initiate a loss leader. That’s where project selection comes in. Project selection is all about picking the right project at the right time for your organization. It sounds like it’d be simple, but there are a lot of factors to consider.

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Why Scrum Masters should consider PSM-II training.

Scrum.org

When you aspire to a Scrum Master role, some form of certification on your resume is a must. Scrum.org offers the acclaimed PSM learning journey to support Scrum Masters to professionalise their skills. I am a Professional Scrum Trainer for scrum.org and I have trained hundreds of Scrum Masters over the past few years. Newcomers start their career with a PSM-I class to gain an understanding of Professional Scrum and the essence of the role of the Scrum Master.

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Your Strategy Planning Meeting Agenda (with Template)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Have you been asked to pull together a strategy planning meeting agenda? And you’re wondering what other people do in their strategic planning sessions… I’ve been there! In this article, I’ll explain what a strategic planning meeting can cover and share a sample agenda you can customize for your strategy sessions. Strategy planning doesn’t just happen.

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Managing Projects during Wartime

MPUG

PM Stories from the Front. War is hell, and not something any sane person plans for (outside of the government, that is). As the events of late have unfolded, the need for wartime planning of projects (military or not), has come to roost across most of Europe and beyond. Another black swan has landed, just a few years after the last. Even non-military project managers are prepared for every eventuality, right?

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EMPATHY should become part of your leadership now

Proofhub

EMPATHY Should Become Part Of Your Leadership Now Image Source: ProofHub While many leaders may think managing millennials is just like managing a baby boomer, it’s not. However, they may still be treated the same way. So, it is inevitable to feel disconnected, unappreciated and unrecognized. While a baby boomer might not dig flexibility, seek stability, and also believe in a hierarchical structure, millennials seek understanding, engagement and want their voice to be heard as equals.

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Strategic Project Finance Essentials: A Project Manager’s Guide to Financial Metrics

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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A Quickstart To Improve Your Scrum Team's Morale

Scrum.org

This article is also available as a free PDF. It’s a nicely styled paper and allows you to easily share it with others. You can download the PDF here or check the package that includes 30 Quickstart workshops ! . Team morale indicates how willing members are to push on in the face of difficulties. Teams with high morale find their work meaningful and feel motivated to work together.

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The 30-Minute Miracle That Will Change The Way You Leave The Office

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I have one word for you today: Transitions. How am I only realizing this now? I need time to transition between activities in order to keep my work/life balance from imploding. You might have worked this out a long time ago, but it’s only been a few months since I realized this applied to me as well as my pre-schoolers. I think I’ve got this aspect of parenting down and I manage their transitions well: “We can play for 10/5/3/1 more minute and then we are going home.”.

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How to Pass Your PMP Exam [Project Management Professional] | Video

Online PM Courses

So, you want to pass your PMP exam? Here are my top tips to ace your Project Management Professional certification exam. The post How to Pass Your PMP Exam [Project Management Professional] | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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Master remote project management with these 4 tips

Resource Guru

Unless you’ve been living under a rock since the COVID-19 pandemic started (#nojudgment), you’ve probably heard over and over that remote work is here to stay. Owl Labs found that 69% of U.S. respondents work remotely or had worked remotely during the pandemic. Upwork also predicts that around 28% of the American workforce will be fully remote by 2026.

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

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.

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Should UX be part of the Scrum Team?

Scrum.org

“We are still recruiting a UX for your domain.” That was a scary sentence when joining a new team. It implied that there was a need, hence a gap in skills either needed now or tomorrow and that the solution centered around a person. At the same time, it is not a unique situation. Many teams ask themselves does Architecture need to be part of the team?

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Cognitive Blind Spots in Team Collaboration

LiquidPlanner

There’s an adage that goes, teamwork makes the dream work. That’s pithy and true. Working as an effective group, we can achieve more working with others. . As a species, humans are social animals. We want and need to work in groups. Since our ancestors began hunting on the savannah, armchair anthropologists may share this observation: not only are people more physically effective when working in numbers, they are also more cognitively effective. .

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Using Probabilistic Linking in Risk Management

Management Yogi

Probabilistic branching and probabilistic linking are two completely different concepts in risk management. Many risk management practitioners confuse these two and use them interchangeably. This is not correct. To understand probabilistic linking, first you need to understand probabilistic branching. You can refer to this detailed article to understand probabilistic branching.I hope you have.

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Business Model Canvas Key Partners for Strategic PM’s

The Strategic Project Manager

Identifying Key Partners that fit into a business model can be an effective way to fill operational gaps. This post explores how Key Partners fit into the business model canvas, strategic considerations for partnering, and aspects of partnering that present challenges and opportunities on projects. Does an Organization Need Partnerships? ‘Partners’ occupies a clear and distinct position on the execution side of the business model canvas.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

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.

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Das Lean-UX-Canvas am Beispiel eines Nicht-Softwareprodukts erklärt

Scrum.org

Was haben eine Agile Transformation, die Dienstleistung einer Personalabteilung und ein Softwareprodukt gemeinsam? Alles sind Produkte. . Es gibt einen Produzenten, einen Konsumenten und eine Problemstellung, welche, wenn sie gelöst wird, beiden Vorteile verspricht. Ich bin überzeugt davon, dass jede Person im Unternehmen ein Produkt herstellt. Dieses Produkt können wir vielleicht nicht anfassen, es wird nicht vom Kunden des Unternehmens verwendet, aber es ist sicherlich etwas, das das Leben sei

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Overview of the PMBOK® Guide Seventh Edition – Lesson 1 Transcription

MPUG

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Jeff Bongiovani’s webinar, Overview of the PMBOK® Guide Seventh Edition – Lesson 1, 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.

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How to Select the Best Collaboration Software for Your Business

nTask

Collaboration should make work easier. Unfortunately, there are times when it does the exact opposite. If that’s the case, it’s a sure sign that your current collaboration tools and strategies aren’t effective. Make sure that you invest in the best collaboration software for your business to make collaboration more successful and convenient. Nowadays, businesses are […].

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20 Notion Alternatives & Competitors for Work Management

Scoro

A good project management software will allow teams to organize and allocate tasks, track goals and possibly manage finances all in one workspace. Notion is a project management software that helps teams collaborate in effective work from different places worldwide. Here are 20 Notion alternatives for work management: 1. Scoro. Scoro is a great alternative that offers the best of project management, task organization, team monitoring, sales and customer management, and business analysis.

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Acclaim Projects Helps Deliver Innovation Projects on Time and on Budget

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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Que debes hacer para ser un buen lider ágil

Scrum.org

Hoy me vengo arriba un poco. Vengo a comentar que competencias creo que tendría que tener un líder agile. Para empezar dejadme situar donde está el líder agile en la organización. . Está en medio de 2 aguas, la agua que toca al “ upper management ” y la agua que toca a la “operativa”. . En una organización cualquiera, el líder agile está en medio de estas 2 aguas. .

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With Hindsight: Toggl Plan’s Quarter 1, 2022

Teamweek

In the start of 2022, we’ve been focusing on setting the stage for the future and providing more insights for managers. Continue reading to find out what we’ve been up to. The Product. Here’s what to look forward to the next time you open Toggl Plan. More Accurate Time Estimates. Time estimates help you manage workloads, make sure people are not overbooked and stay profitable by communicating expected effort upfront.

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5 Ways To Lead Your Manager (without it being icky)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I often hear project managers talk about how their sponsors or line managers are unavailable or just don’t seem to be able to provide the direction, support or communication they feel they need. If that resonates with you, the best way to improve the relationship and keep the work moving forward is to manage up. It might sound manipulative or weird, but in my experience, leaders appreciate it when people in the team are clear, concise and help them to do their job better because they are l

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Project Management Deliverables

ActiveCollab

No one can deny that deliverables play a significant role in completing a project on time, within budget, and with minimal effort. Deliverables are one of the things that will guide your team members, set up stakeholders' expectations, and help you establish a step-by-step action plan for achieving your goals. Without a clear objective, your team will be lost and spin in circles without reaching the finish line.

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From Concepts to Actionable Insights: Powering Digital Transformation Success

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.