Rebel’s Guide to PM
NOVEMBER 20, 2017
This article, 7 Awesome Meeting Habits That Will Make You Money , first appeared on Girl's Guide to Project Management. This is a guest article from Gord Sheppard. Let’s face it, most of us deal with unproductive meetings every day. You know the type of meetings I’m talking about: When the executives talk more about golf than how to improve profitability.
Project Risk Coach
NOVEMBER 20, 2017
Most of your project problems can be avoided or greatly reduced through risk management. The simple act of identifying and discussing risks goes a long way towards reducing problems in your project. Let’s look at how to start the risk management process. Here are some questions that we should answer. How will you identify risks? Who will be involved?
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The Lazy Project Manager
NOVEMBER 24, 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 – previous extracts followed a series of 5 Challenges that I think every organisation should consider, and consider very carefully – and now we will look at the 5 tests of control: The Cycle of Engagement (some also refer to this as the Cycle of Resistance, but that might be considered somewhat cynical) desc
Ron Rosenhead
NOVEMBER 20, 2017
Not briefing their project managers effectively enough. How do I know? Project managers regularly tell me this is so and the stories they tell supports this. Take this comment from a recent project management course about a case study briefing. “This is much longer than a briefing note I would normally get from my manager or sponsor.”. These are words I have heard quite a number of times and he was referring to a case study which we use throughout the project management programme.
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Rebel’s Guide to PM
NOVEMBER 24, 2017
This article, How To Make Stakeholder Management Easier , first appeared on Girl's Guide to Project Management. Scroll down for a mini video training on stakeholder prioritisation and engagement. You, dear readers, are facing some very difficult challenges in your teams right now. Take a look at some of the comments from my recent reader survey: “The biggest challenge I have right now is getting the buy-in from management and the team on planning for projects especially complex projects, es
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The Lazy Project Manager
NOVEMBER 18, 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 – previous extracts followed a series of 5 Challenges that I think every organisation should consider, and consider very carefully – and now we will look at the 5 tests of control: Another quick test of control is the ‘Executive board to Sponsor to Project Manager’ relationship or the ‘ESP’ connection test.
The Digital Project Manager
NOVEMBER 23, 2017
It may often be tricky for a project manager to deliver a project on time and within budget, maintaining a healthy team at the same. The post Tool Overview: Teamdeck – Complete Resource Management Solution For Teams appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
Musings on Project Management
NOVEMBER 18, 2017
I've been involved in a frustrating project for a while now: My sponsor only understands fixed scope, price, and schedule All my resources work for 3rd parties The 3rd parties' interests only partially align with my sponsor's interests My sponsor can make no commitments of resources since the sponsor "owns" no resources My sponsor keeps asking for a project plan -- mostly, a project schedule
Function Point
NOVEMBER 23, 2017
7 Realistic Ways to Up Your Project Budget Management Skills. Having strong project budget management skills is crucial to the success of any agency. Subsequently, it’s something that keeps a lot of project managers up at night. Whether you’re a new project coordinator first flexing your project budget muscles or a seasoned project management professional looking to further hone your talents, these easy tips can help you improve your project budget methods. 1.
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
Prince2
NOVEMBER 24, 2017
Projects are often very complex endeavours, but PRINCE2 is a project management method proven to deliver them successfully. Projects can vary greatly in their nature. The activities carried out by the project manager at any one time can be quite diverse. They depend on the exact nature of the project and where it is in its lifecycle. However, there are certain common activities that a PRINCE2 Certified Project Manager will carry out almost every day.
The Squad Report
NOVEMBER 21, 2017
I was a pretty decent baseball player back in the day. Lots of Business Lessons were learned between the lines; Leadership, Trust, Teamwork to name a few. Another lesson was the use of a Playbook. My freshman year of High School I was called up to the Varsity team and the coach gave me the team Playbook. I had never used a Playbook in baseball. Hit the ball, throw the ball, run.
TimeCamp
NOVEMBER 21, 2017
Project management, especially agile management is a challenging enterprise. And when it comes to monitoring team’s effectiveness, it poses even more obstacles. Managing a group of employees is easier said than done. To help you, we prepared a special tool. Thus, we are happy to announce a new Excel Template – Agile Management Excel Template! So let’s take a look at it.
Function Point
NOVEMBER 23, 2017
7 Realistic Ways to Up Your Project Budget Management Skills. Having strong project budget management skills is crucial to the success of any agency. Subsequently, it’s something that keeps a lot of project managers up at night. Whether you’re a new project coordinator first flexing your project budget muscles or a seasoned project management professional looking to further hone your talents, these easy tips can help you improve your project budget methods. 1.
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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.
GanttPRO Project Management
NOVEMBER 23, 2017
As a project manager, you have a tough call of duty. You have to find a way to “coordinate all the things” – establish what goes where, build a high-performing […].
Herding Cats
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
Paul Boos has a post about estimating and makes a case for the Principles of when NOT to estimate. This struck a cord around a bigger topic - the inversion of estimating. When should we NOT estimate? What business decision making conditions could be in place where we don't have to estimate the outcomes of our decision in the presence of uncertainty?
TimeCamp
NOVEMBER 19, 2017
Monitoring time and gathering all the reference data has become extremely popular over past couple years. Many employees, project managers, or even individuals want to keep track of work and have the ability to go through the time reports whenever it is needed. In order to do so, it is necessary to use time tracking software. Switching between different tasks, managing multiple projects and having all other duties under control may not be that easy.
Project Bliss
NOVEMBER 21, 2017
Photo by Giulia Bertelli on Unsplash. We all want to be happy. We pursue happiness daily. Many times it’s through shopping or eating or some other type of consumption. But did you know that there’s an easy and fast way to become happier that doesn’t involve spending money? And it can have lasting positive effects. Simply counting your blessings and being thankful can make you happier.
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Brightwork
NOVEMBER 21, 2017
In a recent post, I mentioned anyone can become a leader – it just takes practice, intent, and commitment. This applies to both project managers and team members; after all, leadership is a choice. We follow great leaders who motivate us to achieve more, not because of title or authority. Regardless of your position, you can practice leadership skills at any stage of a project.
Herding Cats
NOVEMBER 21, 2017
Network Science addresses a topic popular in the agile community but addressed with little or no mathematical foundation. . The book describes topics in network and the complexity of network from physics to computer science, engineering, economics and the social sciences, introduces network science to an interdisciplinary audience. From the origins of the six degrees of separation to explaining why networks are robust to random failures (anti-fragile), how viruses like Ebola and H1N1 spread, and
Musings on Project Management
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
It's probably career limiting if you don't keep your project office relevant to your business Fair enough Tom Friedman has some advice along that line of thinking, which I paraphrase: Analyze -- seek out and take in data; reduce it to information; understand the importance and relevance to your operation; be able to find the needle routinely, not by exception Optimize -- avoid too-local.
The Digital Project Manager
NOVEMBER 21, 2017
Imposter syndrome is real isn’t it? Being a project manager can be so challenging. Sometimes we can get so deep in the weeds of a. The post Signs You are Doing A Great Job appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
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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.
Brightwork
NOVEMBER 24, 2017
One of the bigger shifts that have occurred in the modern workplace is the ability for team members to work remotely. With the internet, cloud storage, email, chat and video conferencing, and project management software, it has become incredibly easy for team members to “log on” and get work done from anywhere in the world. Remote working can be beneficial for employers and employees alike.
Herding Cats
NOVEMBER 18, 2017
Requirements, as traditionally used, are a separation tool. To separate the "thinkers" from the "doers". In software this is a HUGE mistake! This conjecture is a fallacy. The purpose of requirements elicitation, use, and implementation of the requirement that result in outcomes is to ensure that an organization and, all its participants, have a shared understanding of the needs and expectations of those work outcomes in the form of business, technical, and operational Capabilities.
Inloox
NOVEMBER 23, 2017
About the InLoox Best Practice series Each Best Practice article will give you a tip on how you can make the most out of InLoox. A lot of InLoox’s features can be used in many ways, which enables you to work more effectively and more efficiently. One of these often-overlooked features is that you can format the text in the task description box. InLoox Best Practice 2 Project managers have to create and delegate tasks to team members.
The Digital Project Manager
NOVEMBER 24, 2017
The post Staring at a spreadsheet for far too long appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
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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