Rebel’s Guide to PM
MARCH 28, 2019
Today, I’m handing the blog over to Leigh Espy. In this piece, Leigh talks about how to tailor your presentations for C-suite level executives. As you grow in your project management career, you’ll be called upon to make various presentations. However not all presentations are the same. Presentations to executives can be very different than presenting project information to peers.
Kiron Bondale
MARCH 24, 2019
My article last week discussed the need for team members to act with responsible transparency. Each team member requires discipline and wisdom to judge when an issue preventing them from completing their work items can be resolved quickly without the need for broader communication or escalation. If a blocker surfaces and no one other than the person who encountered the impediment is aware of it, the delivery of that work item could be critically impacted resulting in a cascading set of delays.
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ProjectManager.com
MARCH 29, 2019
For the last four years, I’ve published my annual women in project management blog for ProjectManager.com. Even after all that time, women in project management are still a hidden key to our global and economic sustainability. This year, I’m going to spotlight an initiative called #CelebratingWomeninProjectManagement launched by Elise Stevens , CEO of FixMyProjectChaos.
Musings on Project Management
MARCH 27, 2019
Can anyone image doing serious risk management without a checklist? (The answer, of course, is No. or, it should be!) Actually, any procedural management can benefit from a checklist. There's been whole books written about checklists. In fact, one of the more prominent books -- "The Checklist Manefesto" by Dr. A.
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Rebel’s Guide to PM
MARCH 25, 2019
You want to get some professional development time on your calendar. But the budget is tight. Your manager says there isn’t a lot of money to spend on career development activities. And frankly, you don’t have a lot of time to dedicate to it either. It’s important, but not “I’m going to get an MBA” important. In this article I’ll share 15 easy ways to develop professionally.
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Planview
MARCH 27, 2019
In part II of this series, Strategic Planning: The Types of Planning That Bring Your Strategy to Life , we reviewed the first three planning types from the eBook, “Planning Deconstructed: 5 Types of Planning Crucial to Delivering on Strategy with a Dynamic and Continuous Approach,” covering financial and budgeting project plans, strategic planning, and program planning.
Musings on Project Management
MARCH 24, 2019
It's been a few years since I wrote the material for the presentation below, but I find it timeless. It's all about an analogy It's all about how a self-directed team working on a mission of top-down importance and specification -- these imperatives coming from executive leaders -- get the job down sufficiently well (in Agile speak: well enough) to succeed.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
MARCH 26, 2019
If you are involved in any kind of project, you’ll know that project sponsors want to see regular reports. Today I’ve got something for you to make your life a bit easier! It’s a free project status report template that is based on one I use myself for weekly updates to my manager and team. You can adapt it as you see fit to ensure it covers things your colleagues would like to hear about.
Scrum.org
MARCH 26, 2019
I have been fortunate enough to have a successful career as a change agent. I leverage my experience of navigating the world with Cerebral Palsy?—?a world that was not yet ready to deal with a person with a disability?—?to help companies deal with their disability: their inability to change from the status quo. My ted talk helping organizations deal with their disability?
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
LiquidPlanner
MARCH 28, 2019
In my previous article , we discussed how strategic intent answers Why? , how strategic objectives answer What? , and how tactics answer How? The trouble comes when strategic objectives and executional tactics are developed without answering the Why question first. This is a classic mistake, but one that can be avoided. How to Answer Why? Create a set of decision criteria by defining the core elements that naturally drive your company forward.
nTask
MARCH 28, 2019
Stephanie is a hard worker when it comes to her professional responsibilities. Pushing through the day, she makes sure she gets done what she’s expected to, often more. Sitting late at work, pulling an all-nighter, missing personal obligations for professional commitments is all too common an experience for her. And all the important family commitments that she has missed is an entirely different story on its own.
Proofhub
MARCH 25, 2019
Throughout our lives, we are tasked with group projects, science fairs, party planning, home improvement, and more. These projects build skills in organization, leadership and high-level thinking. The crazy part is that we dive headfirst without any formalized project management training. Imagine how much more competent, efficient, and prudent we would be if we improved our basic project management skills.
Scrum.org
MARCH 24, 2019
Have you heard the term “lamp post metric”? [i] This is a measurement that is easy to gather and may even seem like common sense. If you lose something on a dark night, where are you going to look? Without a doubt, you will look under the lighted areas of the lamp posts where you last walked. Why did you look there? Because it was easy to see.
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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.
Leading Agile
MARCH 26, 2019
Everybody’s on board, so why isn’t Agile working as it should? Understand the top two reasons Agile fails and what you can do about it with our CEO, Mike Cottmeyer. Video Transcript. The challenge with dependencies is that dependencies reduce Agility. Period. Dependencies are going to reduce Agility, so you have two choices. You either manage dependencies, or you break dependencies.
Leading Answers
MARCH 29, 2019
I learned this week that two of my presentation submissions for the Agile 2019 conference in Washington D.C. August 6-10 have been accepted. I was very lucky to get two accepted as they received nearly 2,000 submissions for around 250 slots. It should be fun and I am really looking forward to it. My talks will be on moving beyond agile approaches and case studies in transitioning from projects to products. Here are the outlines: The Future Looks Awesome, and Moving Beyond Agile -
Online PM Courses
MARCH 24, 2019
In September 2017, the PMI published the Agile Practice Guide, in collaboration with Agile Alliance. Is the Guide part of core Project Management knowledge? The post The PMI’s Agile Practice Guide: What You Need to Know appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.
Proofhub
MARCH 27, 2019
9 Super Easy Time Management Tips For Entrepreneurs To Tackle The Clock Entrepreneurship tests many personal and professional skills. From setting up meetings, planning project budget, strategizing task management, monitoring employee performance, networking and ensuring successful work delivery, every responsibility in your job profile entails a list of leadership qualities and characteristics.
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Leading Agile
MARCH 28, 2019
When people talk about Agile, they often talk about the approach they are taking: Scrum, Kanban, Extreme Programming, SAFe, LeSS, DAD, Nexus, etc. These and the other frameworks and methodologies that could be considered to fall under the Agile umbrella are Systems of Delivery because they are techniques for delivering. There’s often an assumption that if we adopt the System of Delivery, our organization will Transform to Agile.
Teamweek
MARCH 27, 2019
A construction worker carries a tool belt to ensure he or she has the necessary piece of equipment ready at a moment’s notice. A surgeon has a large tray of operating utensils fully prepared to solve any problem that could arise during a surgical procedure. Batman always has his utility belt strapped on to ensure he has what he needs to deal with villains, like Joker or Two-Face, when they are up to no good.
Online PM Courses
MARCH 27, 2019
The Cone of Uncertainty is a helpful way to understand the evolution of your project. So, What is the Cone of Uncertainty? Dr Mike Clayton is founder of OnlinePMCourses.com. Here, he answers this question, in under 5 minutes. This video is safe for viewing in the workplace. This is learning, so, sit back and enjoy Project Management […]. The post What is The Cone of Uncertainty?
Green Project Management
MARCH 27, 2019
“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” Desmond Tutu With all the conflicts and problems and noise these days it is healthy to dream about how better our future will be. This post comes from a vision of our sustainable / regenerative future from the 1960’s courtesy […]. The post Two Technologies that Could Regenerate Our Planet appeared first on Delivering a better world, one project at a time.
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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.
MindGenius
MARCH 27, 2019
MindGenius Online: Quick Start Guide. MindGenius Online has thousands of possible uses within an organization to help individuals and teams to plan more thoroughly, stay on track and get the right things done on time. Here’s a quick start guide for the key features. Creating A New Project Tags For Prioritising and Decision Making Task Management View Collaboration with the Team The seamless transition from map, to task board and timeline in MindGenius Online makes it easy to manage any p
Project Management Resource Network
MARCH 29, 2019
The Change Management Plan is a roadmap to guide and manage changes needed to accomplish the project’s objectives. This includes people, processes, workflow, and technology. Additionally, it includes changes to project deliverables and key project documents being used to manage the project and its stakeholders throughout the life of the project. The purpose of the plan is to define how project changes will be requested and processed.
Teamweek
MARCH 24, 2019
You woke up early this morning feeling refreshed and ready to tackle the day’s workload. With a stop by the local bakery for a breakfast pastry, you can already feel your creative juices flowing for a productive day at the office. You got to work with time to spare and decided to check out your calendar to see what’s on the agenda. And just like that, with one glance at the computer screen, your entire outlook for the day is shattered.
Proggio
MARCH 24, 2019
The most dreaded question in project management is the simplest one. “So, how are we doing?”. Sometimes it’s a stakeholder asking. Sometimes its management. Sometimes it’s you, the project manager, asking yourself. Answering “How are we doing?” is not a simple preposition. Most of the time, people go running for the data. We all know what it’s like to prepare for a management update meeting!
Speaker: Ketan Jahagirdar - Sopheon’s Director of Product Management
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