Planio

DECEMBER 19, 2019

“You know what would be cool?”. Every project manager has heard these words and felt a chill run down their spine. With just a few words, a simple, easy-to-execute project plan can be suddenly transformed into the project management equivalent of an M.C. Escher painting. For a project to succeed, you need a clearly defined and agreed-upon scope (i.e., what you’re going to build and what you need to get there).

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Teamweek

DECEMBER 18, 2019

When you hear the word ‘post-mortem,’ you probably envision a scene that involves a dead body. I’m a little morbid, so my imagination conjures a Victorian-era morgue with sickly gaslight flickering over a sheet-covered body. What does this Gothic image have to do with a twenty-first century project? In both the medical and project management fields, post-mortems analyze the end of a lifecycle.

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ProProfs Project Management

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Working on a project is enough of a stress on its own – a whole bunch of tasks and ideas flying all over the place. Things can get especially tiresome and stressful in projects involving larger groups of people. However, things get really complicated with numerous common project constraints that you can stumble upon along the way. Since this is always a burning topic in any profession and any project these days, we’ll do a brief guide on different types of project constraints and find the

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Many people might consider a program to be just one really large project. A project is a singular effort of defined duration, whereas a program is comprised of a collection of projects. Problem solved, right? Actually, it’s a bit more complex than that. While programs and projects actually have several different characteristics and different functions within an organization, they also have many commonalities.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

DECEMBER 19, 2019

I have one kiddo that still believes in the magic of Santa Claus. His little friends and our neighbors are also young enough to believe jolly ol’ St. Nick will be dashing through the snow and the skies on his annual trip around the globe next week. Their eyes light up with excitement and anticipation for what’s to come. There are also lessons us older folks can take from Santa, too.

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Project Risk Coach

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Project meetings can be maddening. Some people come unprepared. Others get off track. And how about those that constantly check email. Let's improve your meetings through project meeting roles. Team members leave meetings with no decisions, lacking direction, and not knowing what to expect next. Power hungry individuals dominate the discussions. The meek say nothing.

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Musings on Project Management

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I was recently asked if Agile and 'R/D' go together. Good question! I'm glad you asked. The issue at hand: how do you reconcile agile's call for product delivery to users every few weeks with the unknowns and false starts in a real R/D project? Let's start with OPM. Other people's money. And the first question: What have you committed to do with the money?

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

DECEMBER 15, 2019

Almost daily, there are questions posted in various project management groups asking for information about the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. How do I obtain it? Is it worth it? Will it make me a better project manager? Will my job pay me more once I get certified? And the list goes on and on. Some people want to get certified because they’ve chosen project management as their long-term career path.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Communication is strange. It should be so easy. You say something, someone listens and understands. But it doesn’t always work out that way, does it? So, what do we do to make sure our words are heard and the message we’re trying to convey is comprehended and acted on correctly? That’s a tall order. You’ve probably noticed in both your personal and professional life that it’s easier said than done.

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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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Project Risk Coach

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Friends, have you experienced wasteful project meetings lately? Although meetings are a fundamental communication tool, many meetings fail to achieve real results. Let’s look at four common project meeting problems: unclear purpose, topic hopping, indecision, and unclear direction. Four Project Meeting Problems. 1. Unclear Purpose Far too often, people attend meetings with no idea of why the meeting was called.

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Kiron Bondale

DECEMBER 15, 2019

(As is often the case, one of the learners in a course I taught this week provided the inspiration for this article, so thanks Maca!). The PMBOK® Guide, Sixth Edition defines Earned Value as “ The measure of work performed expressed in terms of the budget authorized for that work. ” Notice that the word “value” does not show up anywhere in that definition.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Professional Scrum Master (PSM-I) workshop has a module that talks about the Definition of DONE (DoD) and Technical Debt. I have often come across several students who find this concept confusing. This article is a small attempt to have better clarity on these topics. Let us take a look at the DoD-. As stated in Scrum Guides the Definition of Done (DoD) is –.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 19, 2019

A business case is the way you prove to your client, customer or stakeholder that the product you’re pitching is a sound investment. Below, we illustrate the steps to writing one that will sway them. The need for a business case is that it collects the proposal, outline, strategy and marketing plan in one document and offers a full look at how the project will benefit the organization.

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Project Bliss

DECEMBER 15, 2019

Meeting people and socializing during the holidays at work parties and social events can be stressful. These great conversation-starter questions can make meeting new people much easier. When you’re meeting someone new, it can be hard to think of what to say. If you’re at a conference, holiday party, or other social setting it can be stressful to try and think of something to talk about.

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Taskque

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Project management is evolving with every passing day and so should project managers. We are moving in an age where project managers will have to wear multiple hats to cope up with emerging project management challenges. To do that efficiently, they will need to hone their project management skills. Yes, having project management certifications and hands-on experience in managing projects under your belt is important, but it is the project management skills that differentiate great project manag

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 19, 2019

In 2017 I was talking to the head of the Agile Coach Group of a large bank. She asked me to come over to work with her and help to roll out their standard way of working across all branches in Europe. The idea was that they had invented the best way of working over the last 5 years, and now the other branches just needed to implement their method. I asked her how she would know that her method would work in other contexts as well?

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Use this Excel template to streamline your status reports, improve communication with stakeholders, and deliver your presentations with greater impact. There’s so much more a status report can do, and with this free Excel status report template you can begin to take full advantage of its capabilities. Download The Free Status Report Template: Download Now. ?

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International Institute for Learning

DECEMBER 17, 2019

By Harold Kerzner, Ph.D. | Senior Executive Director, International Institute for Learning (IIL). The landscape for project management changes almost every year. Some changes are relatively small or incremental, whereas other changes can be significant. Major changes to project management will occur in 2020 due to much of the new material that the Project Management Institute (PMI) has published and will be testing on in the new version of the Project Management Professional (PMP) ® exam beginni

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Proofhub

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Top Trends in Project Management to Follow in 2020 We’ve seen many project management trends come to life this year. 2019 is the year when technology has started to revolutionize project management with innovative software. According to G2 , now: 77% of high-performing projects use project management software, and 88% of high-performing companies use project management software Apart from project management software, another trend we’ve seen launch in 2018 and thrive in 2019 is a growing emphasi

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 15, 2019

If there is one trend that has surpassed Agile in our profession over the last five years, I would say DevOps would be a good culprit. As we’ve seen an explosion of tools to implement CI/CD in our Scrum teams, we’ve also seen some of our Agile practices being challenged by this new reality. I would say those practices are the story points/relative estimation/poker planning.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Information technology is prevalent in nearly every industry and organization across the globe. It’s a diverse and challenging discipline with a lot of moving parts and critical scenarios. On top of it all, information technology is constantly evolving. IT governance ensures that IT departments are prepared for what’s next, without losing focus on what matters.

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Leading Answers

DECEMBER 20, 2019

In his best-selling book  Drive: The Surprising Truth of What Motivates Us , Dan Pink explains three attributes (Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose) that people want to feel satisfied and motivated at work. It is a great book, but we can do more. Drive only gets us started. As project managers, we can do more to help the people on the projects we manage.

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Planview

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Planview recently held a webinar with Michael Havison, Portfolio Director at Parkview Health where the focus was on project prioritization with strategic work intake. The On-Demand webinar is called, “ Parkview Health: Prioritizing Project Investments with Strategic Work Intake.”. We encourage you to listen to the full webinar , but in the meantime, review the following answers to questions that participants raised during Michael’s presentation.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Everything is connected… Picture by MC Esher. In a series of blog posts, I want to demonstrate how you can use Systems Thinking to resolve complex problems such as software teams not delivering the right software fast enough. . I am a Scrum Master and as I was discovering what this role is all about, I found that the problems I was facing were getting more complex over time.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Project success, specifically on a team level, happens after you put a solid operational plan in place. Without an operational plan, team members can lose sight of their tasks, budgets can skyrocket and pandemonium can ensue. So, to ensure that your project is well-executed, let’s dive in and discover how to make an effective operational plan. What is Operational Planning?

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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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