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Evaluating Project Schedules Utilizing Quantitative Risk Analysis

Project Risk Coach

Do you remember the first time you missed a project deadline? I do. I recall the embarrassment for me and my team. I promised myself I would take proactive steps to mitigate this outcome for future projects. Why do projects take longer than expected? Often times, risks occur and project managers lack adequate schedule reserves. Once burned, many project managers start a bad habit – padding their project schedules.

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Industry-Specific PM Tools: Are They Worth It?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Bill sent me this question on email: My organisation and I are looking for project management software that is geared toward research projects or projects where training/education is the final product. I have look at some of the larger programs and they seem to be either focused on construction or IT. Would you have any thoughts on this subject that you would share?

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Backlog blocked?

Musings on Project Management

Yikes! My backlog is blocked! How can this be? We're agile. or maybe we've become de-agiled. Can that happen? Ah yes, we're agile, but perhaps not everything in the portfolio is agile; indeed, perhaps not everything in the project is agile. In the event, coupling the culprit Coupling? Coupling is system engineering speak for transferring one effect onto another, or causing an effect by.

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Don’t over-process your project management communications!

Kiron Bondale

I wrote an article in October 2015 describing how the eight forms of waste (a foundational lean tool) can affect project teams. Let’s do a deeper dive into the waste of over-processing. Over-processing occurs whenever someone continues to work on an activity past the point where it would be deemed acceptable from a customer’s perspective or past the point where meaningful value is being added.

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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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Performance management report for project sponsors- must do better

Ron Rosenhead

The group were sipping coffee and chatting until I interrupted them. I asked them take a look at the question posed putting some thoughts onto post it notes. The question was: So what is project sponsorship like in your organisation? Slowly, they started to write. I called a halt just before I started speaking (this was an event hosted by the British Computer Society in central London.).

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Manage & strealmine your PMO with a free trial from Clarizen

The Digital Project Manager

Posted in General Tools. [link]. Yesterday’s PMO was plagued with some serious issues: ineffective resource management, lack of visibility and inability to demonstrate value. Fortunately, Clarizen’s new approach can help you to better manage and streamline any PMO, whether it’s a legacy group or a newly formed organization. Sign up for a 30-day trial.

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How to present your project plan to a client | TeamGantt Blog

TeamGantt

Get tactical advice on how to ensure your client understands the details of your project plan so you can set clear expectations and maximize buy-in.

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Scaling Agile with Experiments instead of Big Process

Agile Coach

Yesterday I participated in an online panel hosted by Happy Melly. Our topic was around scaling. Ug. Yes, more scaling chatter! I worked with a client that had a 75 page executive guide to Agile and the 3rd page stated, “ As soon as you have more than one team you have to scale Agile “ Utter nonsense, in my view, but what’s the alternative?

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The Pseudo Science of No Estimates

Herding Cats

I listened to the final rant of Jon Stewart ( BIG CAUTION this show is from Cable and for Adults Only, just like Risk Management) and came away with inspiration for a post, which I've edited a bit to remove the phrases not applicable here. . Pseudoscience and science – the former is an belief based on logical fallacies that is supported by some people who may seem rational; the latter is an actual rational methodology to discover facts about the natural universe.

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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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Free E-Course – Twitter For Project Management Professionals

Fix my Project Chaos

Welcome to Elise Stevens video e-course about Twitter for Project Management Professionals. Ever thought about using Twitter for your project but found it all a bit too hard? If you’ve signed up for Twitter or thought about using it as a tool for project management, this free short course is for you! This course provides a […]. The post Free E-Course – Twitter For Project Management Professionals appeared first on Fix My Project Chaos.

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6 Questions to Answer Before Starting Your Project Plan | TeamGantt Blog

TeamGantt

Want your project plan to live up to its expectations? You’ve got to do some research first. These 6 questions can help you build a successful project plan.

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When the Customer Isn’t Right | Advertising Agency Software

Function Point

When the Customer Isn’t Right | Advertising Agency Software. In today’s consumer-centric world, the idea that “the customer is always right” passes as the norm. In an effort to please clients, agencies set unrealistic goals that over-promise on what is impossible to deliver. This is not a good way to do business, in fact, I would say that it is the beginning of a terrible business relationship.

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The Wasa – a true story of scope creep [Video]

Project Risk Coach

If you can’t see this video in your RSS reader or email, then click here. Controlling Scope Creep. What tips do you have for controlling project scope creep? Video Source: Dr. David Hillson, The Risk Doctor. The post The Wasa – a true story of scope creep [Video] appeared first on.

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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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Easter Break [2016]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In the UK we are celebrating the Easter break, so there’s no article tomorrow (Easter Monday). I’m taking a rare day off! Hope you enjoyed the weekend, whatever you did. You'll also like: Easter break For those of you celebrating, enjoy the long Easter weekend. We’ll be back after the break next week! Easter break! I am on holiday.

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Leading and Delivering the Best PMO for your Business

The Lazy Project Manager

As a part of the PMI Australia Conference (Adelaide 30th and 31st May) where I will be delivering a keynote on ‘The Social Project Manager’ – I will also be leading a one day master class on 1st June on ‘Leading and Delivering the Best PMO for your Business’ at Flinders University in the CBD, Adelaide. By adding this post-conference Masterclass to your registration, you get the chance to spend a whole day learning from one of the most experienced PMO leaders in the

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When the Customer Isn’t Right | Advertising Agency Software

Function Point

When the Customer Isn’t Right | Advertising Agency Software. In today’s consumer-centric world, the idea that “the customer is always right” passes as the norm. In an effort to please clients, agencies set unrealistic goals that over-promise on what is impossible to deliver. This is not a good way to do business, in fact, I would say that it is the beginning of a terrible business relationship.

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Program success probability

Musings on Project Management

Glen Alleman has a posting that links to John Higbee's presentation about "Program Success Probability". On page 5 of Higbee's slides, you'll find this image: I find this cognitively satisfying: all is in order as my German friends would say. It's a risk register of sorts. On the right are all the external factors/metrics that have material impact; on the left side are the internal risks.

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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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Digital Project Manager Meetups

The Digital Project Manager

Posted in General. If you’re looking for a digital project manager (DPM) meetup, you’re in luck; the DPM community is growing, and growing fast. There is a burgeoning community for those who manage projects in the digital world. If you manage projects that cover the web, mobile, app, e-commerce, cross-platform builds, marketing campaigns, advertising, and everything between, then you’re not alone!

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The meaningless blog

The Lazy Project Manager

Can I borrow you for a sec because I’m stacked? It will be a win-win situation. I have been blue sky thinking and want to keep you in the loop on my thinking outside of the box, as well as picking your brains, I’m just playing devils’ advocate on this teamwork/dreamwork idea. Will it work? Well how long is a piece of string? Have I lost you? I suspect I have as the above paragraph includes all ten of the most annoying things people say in the office according to a survey of 2,000 people by recru

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What's Keeping me Busy

Zen Project Management

I thought I’d take the opportunity to share some of things that keep me busy when I’m not doing my day job. Podcasts Note to Self - I recently started listening to this one and find it very engaging. The topics are around how technology fits into our lives. I find Manoush Zomorodi entertaining and informative. Design Matters - This one isn’t really about design as much as it’s about how people got to where they are.

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8 Gantt Chart Best Practices

TeamGantt

Here are 8 best practices you need to know when building a Gantt chart for your project.

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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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When one of your PM colleagues steals your resource all week and you find out on Friday

The Digital Project Manager

Posted in The PM life. The post When one of your PM colleagues steals your resource all week and you find out on Friday appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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Podcast 78 – How to find a mentor

Fix my Project Chaos

How to find a mentor with Heath Suddleson In this podcast US project management and leadership expert speaks about mentoring and how to find a mentor. Heath Suddleson has more than 25 years experience in managing projects in the design and construction industry where he has led teams in managing billions of dollars worth of projects. […]. The post Podcast 78 – How to find a mentor appeared first on Fix My Project Chaos.

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Association Development Group | Task Management Software Spotlight 2

Function Point

Association Development Group | Task Management Software Spotlight 2. It’s no secret we love our clients, creating task management software for this creative bunch is what we love to do at Function Point. We’ve started a Spotlight Blog series to showcase them and their FP experience. This is the second part of our interview with Megan, Project Coordinator at Association Development Group Inc , catch up with Part 1.

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3 Facts About PMP Passing Score

PM by PM

PMP Passing Score – Part I No one knows what the PMP Passing Score is. Yes! That’s true. No one knows what the passing score is. OK! Maybe, the above statement is not entirely true. The folks at PMI might know what the PMP Exam passing score is. Well, they would know only if Exam […]. The post 3 Facts About PMP Passing Score appeared first on PM-by-PM.

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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.