Project Risk Coach
OCTOBER 30, 2017
One reason a project manager may have a bad reputation is bloated project plans. Too much sauce! While I’m a fan of planning, let’s use some common sense and right-size our risk management plans. Plans should vary in size, dependent on the size and scope of your projects. A risk management plan for the Mercedes-Benz Stadium will be much larger than a plan for a Southern Living Idea House.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
NOVEMBER 1, 2017
This article, Interview with Jon Clay [Video + Transcript] , first appeared on Girl's Guide to PM. It’s International Project Management Day tomorrow! And that means PMI UK is hosting its flagship Synergy conference in London – so if you are off there tomorrow have a great day. Last week I interviewed Jon Clay, President of the PMI UK Chapter, about his thoughts for Synergy.
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Kiron Bondale
OCTOBER 29, 2017
I’ve found project risk management to be one of the weakest performed PMBOK knowledge areas in most organizations, even for those companies whose operational risk management practices are very mature. A part of this challenge is that we tend to identify obvious risks but miss key ones when we don’t engage sufficient stakeholders in the identification process or when we ignore lessons identified in past projects.
Musings on Project Management
NOVEMBER 2, 2017
Is keeping project history valuable? Doesn't every project office have at least cost history? Isn't all parametric pricing based on history? Yes, to all of the above! Would there be statistics without history? No! Ooops, perhaps everyone does not agree: "History can not be explained deterministically and it can not be predicted because it is chaotic.
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Project Risk Coach
OCTOBER 30, 2017
One reason a project manager may have a bad reputation is bloated project plans. Too much sauce! While I’m a fan of planning, let’s use some common sense and right-size our risk management plans. Plans should vary in size, dependent on the size and scope of your projects. A risk management plan for the Mercedes-Benz Stadium will be much larger than a plan for a Southern Living Idea House.
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Binfire
OCTOBER 29, 2017
Nonprofits do the most amazing job helping our people and our societies. Men and women who work in these organizations help children, sick people, old people, underprivileged and so on. When disasters strike, nonprofits are the ones who provide most of the important relief for people in distress. The work they do is truly exceptional and holy. Nonprofits rely on donations from people like me and you to run their operations and help people in need.
LiquidPlanner
OCTOBER 31, 2017
Dear Elizabeth: I have been working in project management across several industries for several years – although not formally as a ‘Project Manager’. My spouse (a soon-to-be-retired Army Officer) and I are going through the formal PMP® training now to complete the test by January. We would love to explore some NGO or other overseas work for a few years before coming back to the States and working part time.
Taskque
NOVEMBER 3, 2017
Project management is quite in-depth art and a combination of skills which presents quite challenging task for any organization and an even bigger task is to source really skillful and experienced project management professional. Good project manager brings an immense amount of value for any organization as skills are applicable in wide array of fields from software development to construction companies, most of the project management concepts are similar for most of the business areas which is
Susanne Madsen
NOVEMBER 1, 2017
Years ago my mind and my body were full of stress. I was running a large business-critical programme and I was petrified of failing. I had never run a project with almost 50 people on it before and a project that had so much attention from senior management. Of course I was also acutely aware that the three project managers that had preceded me had all been fired!
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
Binfire
OCTOBER 31, 2017
The market for project management software is rapidly expanding. More and more features are added to the PM applications, while more companies are offering PM applications. It seems “work management software” is a better name than project management software for some of these applications. There are hundreds of project management software comparison sites and project management tools from free to thousands of dollars in the monthly subscription.
LiquidPlanner
NOVEMBER 2, 2017
We’re entering that slow time of year for businesses. Unless you work in the retail or hospitality industries, November and December usually bring a quiet calm to the office. Clients go on vacation. Emails go from a torrent to a trickle. Desks are cleaned and reorganized. And that’s why the end of the year is the perfect time to brush up on your skills.
Function Point
NOVEMBER 2, 2017
Project Management Checklist for the Modern Agency [download]. Delivering amazing, creative work is only a small part of the battle when it comes to running a successful agency. The emphasis on creative delivery is understandable–good work is what your clients came to you for, and good work is what gets you paid. But a lack of emphasis on project management can seriously derail your creative team’s best efforts.
Wrike
NOVEMBER 1, 2017
The role of the ‘project manager’ isn’t reserved only for those certified in Agile methodologies or even those who have chosen to become project managers. More and more, professional of all kinds are being asked to wear multiple hats and take on a variety of roles to get projects across the line. This can be stressful, especially if you have little experience or training.
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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.
TimeCamp
OCTOBER 29, 2017
The project development should be the highest priority for a success-oriented company. Particularly crucial here is the role of a project manager who coordinates it. Because the process is multileveled, such a project manager needs appropriate tools at each stage of the work to maximize the chances of implementing the plan, avoid typical problems, etc.
ActiveCollab
OCTOBER 31, 2017
Managing collective workload as well as your own can be a real challenge. How do you help people stay on the track and contribute towards the end goal without taking on too much? You are in the middle of your project development, but the work isn’t going so well. Tight deadlines and heavy workload are causing everybody’s temper to fray, and you can sense the heavy drop in your team’s productivity.
Function Point
NOVEMBER 2, 2017
Project Management Checklist for the Modern Agency [download]. Delivering amazing, creative work is only a small part of the battle when it comes to running a successful agency. The emphasis on creative delivery is understandable–good work is what your clients came to you for, and good work is what gets you paid. But a lack of emphasis on project management can seriously derail your creative team’s best efforts.
GanttPRO Project Management
OCTOBER 31, 2017
Plenty of IT projects are tracked in JIRA Software. No doubt, it is a great tool that helps in reaching new heights in project management. But what if users could […].
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TimeCamp
NOVEMBER 2, 2017
Depending on the industry in which you are operating, and what goal you want to achieve by tracking time, you will need different tools. When it comes to the hospitality, catering or production sector, the employee's entry and exit recorders are enough. However, when your employees work in 100% on computers, and you would like to know what happens between turning them on and off, you will probably need a completely different solution.
ActiveCollab
NOVEMBER 1, 2017
Hi, I am Nirav Dave , CTO & Co-founder of Capsicum Mediaworks , a WordPress services agency in India. I have been using ActiveCollab since 2015, and it proved to be an excellent choice: it helped us improve communication between departments while providing me with a possibility to manage my teams, even remotely. In the past, my team and I had to maintain communication via multiple platforms such as email.
Appfluence
NOVEMBER 3, 2017
Looking to add manufacturing conferences to attend in 2018 to next year’s schedule? This article includes a wide assortment of manufacturing events that will meet your interests. . When working in an industry like manufacturing, obtaining more knowledge is paramount. Learning is ongoing; no matter how successful you are, there is always more learning to go.
Herding Cats
NOVEMBER 3, 2017
Behavioral Economics studies the effects of psychological, social, cognitive, and emotional factors on the economic decisions of individuals and organization and the consequences of prices, returns, and resource allocation, of the impact of different kinds of behavior, in different environments of varying experimental values. Microeconomics is a branch of economics that studies the behavior of individuals and firms in making decisions regarding the allocation of scarce resources and the interact
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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.
TimeCamp
NOVEMBER 3, 2017
Being a Project Manager is not easy, especially when it comes to managing a team comprising of remote workers. You have to juggle between different tasks and deal with varied locations and time zones, in which your employees work. In this case, particularly useful are special tools which help in managing a remote team and its productivity. Today TimeCamp presents a short guide on the top 10 tools for tracking remote team’s productivity. 1.
ActiveCollab
OCTOBER 30, 2017
Explaining the value of project management software can sometimes be a problem. Using a PM software in your office is a great way to keep everyone in the loop, keep up with your workload and move projects forward. Your team will start seeing improvements as soon as they get used to using it on daily basis. A friend of mine recently told me that she was struggling to get all the team on the same page when discussing project issues.
GanttPRO Project Management
OCTOBER 31, 2017
Plenty of IT projects are tracked in JIRA Software. No doubt, it is a great tool that helps in reaching new heights in project management.
Musings on Project Management
OCTOBER 29, 2017
"I have no data yet. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly, one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts" Sherlock Holmes Yes, Mr Holmes has hit upon the dilemma of various reasoning strategies: Inductive reasoning: from a specific observation to a generalization of causation Deductive reasoning: from a generalized theory to a.
Speaker: Ketan Jahagirdar - Sopheon’s Director of Product Management
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