Musings on Project Management
FEBRUARY 23, 2016
If you've ever managed a project with a really large data set, say the payroll for a bunch of 1099 developers, or the sales records that you're trying to translate and import to a spreadsheet, you may need to watch a couple of important cells to let you know what's really going on: Summary totals; error codes; record totals, etc.
Zen Project Management
FEBRUARY 23, 2016
Anyone that's been around Agile for a while has probably heard of the Design the Box exercise. The idea is to help the team define and understand the product vision. I'm getting near the end of a project. We've had some challenges in terms of making the right decisions on scope. This has manifested itself in completing user stories only to have the business team say "I know that's what I asked for, but I don't think it's right.
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The Digital Project Manager
FEBRUARY 24, 2016
Posted in General Tools. [link]. SimilarWeb is a great freemium tool that gives rich insights into popularity, traffic sources, visits, engagement, usage, referrals, social signals, audience interests and similar sites for any website or app. The post SimilarWeb appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
TeamGantt
FEBRUARY 23, 2016
Why would gratitude make the list in a list of Ieadership tools? A growing body of research has uncovered the extraordinary impact of gratitude.
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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.
Musings on Project Management
FEBRUARY 20, 2016
PMI has changed the way some PDUs are earned and recorded. Most of these changes went into effect with the dawn of 2016. Here's an excerpt from blog posting that you might want to pay attention to: 1. It is simplified Names of the categories are simplified, and the category letters disappeared.
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Project Management Hacks
FEBRUARY 25, 2016
Coaching is a great way to help people improve at work. Yet, many managers and project managers decline to use this approach. Why? It is widely assumed that coaching involves a major time commitment and extensive training. Further, many professionals are unsure how to use the approach. Fortunately, there is a solution to help you get better at coaching.
Moira Alexander
FEBRUARY 23, 2016
People are not machines. They can’t be programmed to simply do as they’re expected. People are complex, dynamic and intuitive, and they bring education, experience and emotions to work every day — all of which plays a role in their interactions and contributions. These factors have the potential to make people – employees, consultants and management alike – either the best assets or the biggest liabilities to any project.
Deep Fried Brain
FEBRUARY 20, 2016
PMP Exam Change 2016 (Part 2): In part 1, we learned about PMI's Role Delineation Study (RDS), PMP Exam Content Outline, PMBOK Guide, and PMP Handbook, and how these influence the PMP Exam. We.
Herding Cats
FEBRUARY 25, 2016
Risk Management is How Adults Manage Projects - Tim Lister (IBM). It can't be stated too often - either manage risk, or risk will manage you. Projects without risk management are late and over budget before they start. All project work is uncertain. Uncertainties are either reducible or irreducible. Reducible uncertainties can have specific actions to reduce to risks that result from the uncertainties.
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
Musings on Project Management
FEBRUARY 26, 2016
I was wrestling with some HR issues on the project recently and my thoughts more or less coalesced around this idea: There's an HR triangle with these three sides: Context: the job description and duties within the context of the project. Benchmark: salary and benefits paid elsewhere for similar jobs in similar context, according to experience or qualifications Fit: the specific.
The Digital Project Manager
FEBRUARY 26, 2016
Posted in Ten Tops Tips. You know the scenario – something has just gone horribly wrong on your project and you’ve just encountered a major setback. It’s Friday afternoon at 4pm when the client gives you a call before they disappear for the weekend and innocently asks; ‘how’s everything going, are we still ok to hit next week’s deadline?
TeamGantt
FEBRUARY 24, 2016
You may just be spoiling your employees and team members by being too nice to them. Here are 6 signs to watch out for.
Fix my Project Chaos
FEBRUARY 26, 2016
Here are 6 dazzling articles to help you improve your collaboration style. The post Fresh Friday 26 Feburary – 6 Dazzling Articles to Improve Your Collaboration Style appeared first on Fix My Project Chaos.
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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.
Herding Cats
FEBRUARY 23, 2016
The conjecture that we can make decisions in the presence of uncertainty without estimating the impacts of those decisions is without any principles that can be tested beyond personal anecdotes of I know people who spend other peoples money without providing estimates. Here's some reading to help understand why its bunk and how to learn to estimate in the presence of uncertainty in order to make better decisions.
The Digital Project Manager
FEBRUARY 23, 2016
Posted in General The PM life. The post When your PM buddy lets you borrow their resource appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
Project Management Hacks
FEBRUARY 23, 2016
In today’s Q&A interview, you will learn how Charles Byrd developed his productivity practices, managed products and built relationships. I met Charles in 2015 and have been looking forward to sharing his insights with Project Management Hacks readers. Introduction. 1. What is your background in project management and industry? I have a deep history in project management.
Fix my Project Chaos
FEBRUARY 22, 2016
Let’s talk about: Resistance to Change In this podcast expert project management strategist Laura Barnard from PMO Strategies provides a handy insight into the psychology behind resistance to change in project management context and how to engage with people in the change process. Laura is the CEO of PMO Strategies and Founder of Project Management for Change, a non-profit […].
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Wrike
FEBRUARY 23, 2016
For many business professionals, project management is often in the back of their minds. Building business and ROI are two of the top priorities for executives, while project management is generally not on their radar. M ost people are unaware that not having a proper work management process in place is actually costing them money. . We spoke with Robert Kelly, PMO leader and Managing Partner of Kelly Project Solutions, LLC , about the value of project management and the impact it has on busines
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