Rebel’s Guide to PM
JULY 5, 2017
This is a guest article by Dr Mike Clayton from OnlinePMCourses.com. We all know that defining your project well is the foundation of good project management. Without it, you’re managing a mess. And there’s one thing I’ve learned in training many thousands of project managers. This one topic seems to hold the biggest light-bulb moments.
Project Risk Coach
JULY 5, 2017
I have had the privilege of managing two PMOs, both composed of several project managers. It was always interesting to watch—the best project managers were the ones who had a habit of identifying risks, both threats and opportunities. And these individuals did not perform the risk identification just once at the beginning of their projects. Rather, they had a habit of reevaluating their projects with an eye toward new risks.
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The Lazy Project Manager
JULY 3, 2017
The following is an extract from my new book ‘How to get Fired at the C-Level: Why mismanaging change is the biggest risk of all’ in association with my friends at Tailwind Project Solutions – the extracts follow a series of 5 Challenges that I think every organisation should consider, and consider very carefully: Challenge 4 – Invest in good analysis and good reporting.
Musings on Project Management
JULY 7, 2017
Want a happy client? (Who doesn't?) Don't be late! Which means: establish -- mutually -- the most valuable milestone (as seen by the client) and then. protect it! How? with a buffer. The buffer is unscheduled time used to capture the unforeseen overflow of work from the backlog, or to work off essential debt collected along the way.
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Kiron Bondale
JULY 3, 2017
While it is frequently used by agile teams to size work items (e.g. user stories), planning poker can also be used to facilitate other types of decision making so why not use it for qualitative risk analysis? A common approach to this process is to utilize a Likert scale from very low to very high or even just low, medium and high to assess the probability and impact of identified risks.
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LiquidPlanner
JULY 6, 2017
This story is part of our Industry 4.0 series, which looks at the new technologies, techniques, and trends that are pushing manufacturers toward a new level of optimization and productivity. Once the stuff of science fiction, the idea of artificial intelligence (AI) carrying out tasks that only humans could previously achieve has become a reality. AI, which fundamentally converts large amounts of data into intelligence, is being adopted at an increasingly rapid pace across many industry sectors,
Musings on Project Management
JULY 3, 2017
I get asked a lot about tools for project management. Confession: I'm not actually much of a tools guy beyond spreadsheets and word processors and email/text messages. In point of fact, these will get you a long way. even if you use a spreadsheet for labor tracking. But, there are some tools which are more like functions you can do with those low-level tools that are my favorites.
The Lazy Project Manager
JULY 7, 2017
“Life? Don’t talk to me about life.” So said Marvin from The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Marvin, more fully known as Marvin the Paranoid Android, is a robot manufactured by the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation. He is equipped with “Genuine People Personalities” technology which is designed to make him more like a person.
Project-Management.pm
JULY 4, 2017
Organizations believe a focus group on their PMO that is used to boost its effectiveness and also to trigger more projects. But sometimes a focus group has a negative impact on PMO for many reasons such as time issues, budget, and it can cause office politics to rear its ugly head. Before anything else, you need to understand that focus groups are entirely different from brainstorming—the two are only similar in terms of its participants that are usually grouped together.
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
Ganttic
JULY 4, 2017
Harley Levine has defined project portfolio management (PPM) as the management of the project portfolio so as to maximize the contribution of projects to the overall welfare and success of the enterprise. Although some say that PPM doesn’t actually involve running the projects but only choosing the projects, it still seems that many managers have to plan resources for that are selected for completely wrong reasons.
Green Project Management
JULY 5, 2017
Throughout my career, I have had the opportunity to work on projects large and small, in diverse industries and sectors. From technology to development, business change, and events. This has given me the insight to project managers from a broad spectrum of focus areas. The trait that I find to a key factor for success, […]. The post Professionalism, have some. appeared first on Delivering a better world, one project at a time.
Celoxis
JULY 4, 2017
Handling workload is both an art and science. A good project manager understands this well. Assigning too many tasks would overwhelm and overwork team members while assigning too little is a waste of time and resources. Ensuring a good balance is key to good team member morale and project success.
ActiveCollab
JULY 4, 2017
Increasing productivity seems straightforward: encourage communication, define team roles, determine adequate processes, delegate tasks accordingly, and motivate your employees through financial incentives and training. Easy, right? Except, that doesn’t really work in real life. It turns out, everyone is already aware WHAT should be done. The question is: HOW?
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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.
Growing Agile
JULY 6, 2017
Recently we held The Idea Hackathon , a 1 day unconference event to connect like minded people and have interesting conversations on a range of topics. One of the topics discussed was what innovation actually is and how we can foster it. We encounter many companies who count innovation as one of their company values, and lots who have innovation labs or teams.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
JULY 3, 2017
Have you ever been in a meeting where one person dominated the conversation? I have. The person I’m thinking of was a senior manager. Very well respected and a lovely guy. But he hadn’t done a hands-on frontline job with customers for quite some time. The meeting was to discuss processes. The people who did the processes were there. But they didn’t contribute as much as I thought they should.
Brightwork
JULY 5, 2017
Reports are arguably the most valuable tool available to project teams. From tracking and visibility to risk management and cost control, reports allow team members and stakeholders to stay on top of projects and avoid failure. Unfortunately, daily tasks and unexpected issues often push reports to the bottom of the ‘to-do’ list. If you or a team member need a quick reminder as to why reports are so important, check out our introductory video which explains the function and benefits of reports, a
ActiveCollab
JULY 4, 2017
What is Adaptive project management? Adaptive project management is a structured and systematic process that allows you to gradually improve your decisions and practices, by learning from outcomes of the decisions that you took at previous stages in the project. As the name suggests, project management process changes and adapts to the needs of the organization, ultimately boosting business value.
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Avaza
JULY 2, 2017
Our new Project Resource Scheduling features allow you to better allocate your team resources, visualize timelines, and efficiently delivery projects. This module allows making more intelligent resourcing decisions, so your team can be more efficiently allocated and your projects are delivered faster at lower cost. Before you get started with Resource Scheduling, here are a few settings you should take a look at.
The Digital Project Manager
JULY 7, 2017
As a project manager, there aren’t many things more satisfying than managing to pull off a project that, at the start, everyone said was going. The post When you pull off an impossible project appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
Brightwork
JULY 6, 2017
From healthcare to construction, project managers are needed in all industries and organizations for a simple reason: project managers are responsible for getting things done! Some project managers are answerable for numerous roles in a project whilst others delegate roles and tasks to other project members. The project manager then ensures the project progresses smoothly.
Project Bliss
JULY 5, 2017
When you’re considering different methodologies for your project, you may be curious which is the best approach. Sometimes it’s hard to know whether choosing Agile or Waterfall is best for your team. You’ve no doubt been hearing quite a bit about Agile these days. It seems to be growing in popularity. I recently wrote about the differences between Agile and Waterfall project execution approaches.
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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.
Project-Management.pm
JULY 3, 2017
Rookies who step for the first time in their project management endeavor needs someone to guide and help them get through the hectic, yet productive environment of the tasks. In this case, a project mentor. For a project management newbie who is still overwhelmed by the responsibilities handed to him or her, he or she definitely needs project mentors to get them through the storm.
TeamGantt
JULY 3, 2017
It boggles my mind how complex of a machine the human body is. We have unbelievably intricate systems that require regular maintenance to do their best. If we don’t have enough to eat or if we don’t sleep enough, we function poorly. That’s something we’ve all felt before. I’ve been in seasons of life where […]. The post How to Boost Your Project Management Skills Using Science appeared first on TeamGantt.
ProjectManager.com
JULY 7, 2017
Organize your team’s work schedule to better manage your project’s workflow with a simple work schedule template. You can note the days your team is work on the project or a particular task, as well as collect their pay rate and hours spent completing those tasks. A work schedule template is a crucial arm in handling the resources, so you can control your project as it progresses to a successful completion.
Susanne Madsen
JULY 2, 2017
I recently co-facilitated a leadership programme for a group of senior project and programme managers. During the programme we explored the participant’s personalities and leadership styles from various angles. One of the exercises we took them through – which was a real eye-opener to many – was to draw parallels between the events that had happened in their lives and the behaviors they displayed as leaders.
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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