Ron Rosenhead
MAY 31, 2017
Yes, there is a skills shortage in the UK. CIPD talks about ‘The troublesome job of replacing EU workers’. The Telegraph ‘UK firms from engineers to banks struggle to fill skills shortage’. City A.M. ’UK employers expect to face a shortage of skilled workers in 2017, and one in three will be under “severe pressure” to find suitable employees’.
Kiron Bondale
MAY 28, 2017
In my last article , I wrote the first half of my overview of the benefits and disadvantages of following a document-centric or repository-centric approach to managing project information. This week, I’ll concluded the assessment by covering the pros and cons of an online repository-based approach. Whether you implement a COTS solution or build a repository in house, there are some clear advantages to this choice including: Reduced oversight and reporting effort.
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Project-Management.pm
MAY 31, 2017
What is Portfolio Management? It’s one of those questions that can be really complicated when someone is not really that familiar with project or portfolio management. To understand something is always the first step. And what is project portfolio management being one of the questions that needs further understanding. Projects are the motherboard of an organization.
The Digital Project Manager
MAY 31, 2017
Time to Inspect About “The Agile Model” Agile has been around for a very long time now. In this time, we have experienced and continue. The post Is There A Perfect Agile Model? What You Should Know About Agnostic Agile appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
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Binfire
MAY 29, 2017
Our goal when we started Binfire has always been to make the project management workflow easy to understand and use. We did plan to make our software the best solution for project planning, tracking and organization. To achieve our stated goal, we do strive to make our project management application simple to use. We believe a good application does not need user guides, a ton of documentation or instructional videos to guide the user how to use the application.
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Susanne Madsen
JUNE 2, 2017
I recently heard Stephen Carver speak about complexity. He captured my attention and taught me something about the different types of complexity and how it relates to project management maturity levels. Stephen Carver is a university lecturer at Cranfield School of Management and also spends much of his time consulting directly with corporations.
TimeCamp
MAY 29, 2017
Effective communication is pivotal in increasing productivity because it directly influences the behavior of the staff and the way they perform. Efficient communication which includes clear instructions, fast message delivery, and proper explanation, is the key factor to solid cooperation between managers and employees. It plays an eminent role in getting things done which ultimately increases the […].
ActiveCollab
MAY 30, 2017
Agile is an approach to project management that favors responding to change over careful planning. Agile is not a methodology but a set of principles (as defined in Agile Manifesto in 2001) that suggests how we should approach project management. Basically, there are two ways you can manage software development projects: Waterfall : plan everything in advance, then build according to the plan for the next whole year.
Herding Cats
JUNE 2, 2017
This is a chart from an agile conference where #Noestimates was a topic. For the most part, the briefing follows Tony Magennis' approach from his book. So the first part is following standard estimating principles. What's fascinating is the evolution from the original post going on 4 years ago. . which states clearly and concisely that decisions can be made (in the presence of uncertainty - which is ALWAYS present on software development projects - without estimating the impact of those decision
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
Celoxis
MAY 30, 2017
Government projects are prone to corruption, even in countries where anti-corruption laws are strongly enforced. The popular definition of “corruption” is “a form of dishonest or unethical conduct by a person entrusted with a position of authority, often to acquire personal benefit,” while the legal definition is “an act done with intent to give some advantage inconsistent with official duty and the rights of others.
TimeCamp
MAY 30, 2017
Quality Metrics in Project Management are those KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) which are critical during the realization of a project. Smart project manager always makes sure to track them, as they provide information on every aspect of the working process. They have to be carefully monitored in order to ensure that the team is working on the proper tasks.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
MAY 31, 2017
Emma Seaton-Smith tells us about her path from jewellry making to project management and being nominated for the 2017 Rising Stars Award. You'll also like: Inspiring Women in Project Management: Karen Chovan Today I’m interviewing Karen Chovan, MASc, PEng, PMP, who has dedicated her career to helping others deliver clean, lean and green approaches to project and.
ActiveCollab
MAY 30, 2017
Agile is an approach to project management that favors responding to change over careful planning. Agile is not a methodology but a set of principles (as defined in Agile Manifesto in 2001) that suggests how we should approach project management. Basically, there are two ways you can manage software development projects: Waterfall : plan everything in advance, then build according to the plan for the next whole year.
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Leankor
JUNE 1, 2017
Right-sizing. I love that fun, ugly term that originated in the late 80’s that executives started using instead of firing people. “We aren’t firing, we are right sizing.” Sure, that sounds better and more forward thinking to everyone except the 4% of the company you just let go unexpectedly because you didn’t meet last quarter’s earning projections.
Herding Cats
MAY 28, 2017
It's popular in the Agile world to speak of Products and their value creation and the notion that Projects are not needed for this. The notion of #NoProjects follows the same logic as #Noestimates. There are #NoPrinciples at the foundation of both these hashtags. Here's a nice summary of what is a project. . Projects Produce Products. It's that simple.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
MAY 29, 2017
In this video I show you what happened at the WeAreFutureLeaders conference held here in London for women aspiring to top leadership roles within their companies. I gave a presentation at the beginning of the day talking about Imposter Syndrome. In this video I show you what happened at the WeAreFutureLeaders conference held here in Click for more. No related posts.
Musings on Project Management
JUNE 1, 2017
When it's OPM -- other people's money -- the client gets to make the priority judgments. I call them "influencers and discriminators". Normal 0. false false false. EN-US X-NONE X-NONE.
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Brightwork
JUNE 2, 2017
BrightWork have teamed with the publishers of TimeControl to integrate timesheets into their project and portfolio solution for SharePoint (Boston, MA – June 2, 2017) BrightWork are delighted to announce the availability of a new integration with TimeControl, the leading multi-purpose timesheet system from HMS Software. The integration links the TimeControl enterprise timesheet product to BrightWork, allowing users to report on timesheets right from their collaborative project management system
Celoxis
JUNE 1, 2017
INFOGRAPHIC: What are the Best Software Tools for a Startup.
The Digital Project Manager
JUNE 2, 2017
It’s important to understand your client because when clients start to get creative, it’s usually already too late to have a difficult conversation and you’ll be. The post When a client tells you they’ve got a great creative idea appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
Musings on Project Management
MAY 29, 2017
Everyone talks about strategy, means of achievement, vision, narrative, "begin with the end in mind", even [gasp!] goals. How come this quote, courtesy of "hearding cats", still rings true? “One of the most dangerous forms of human error is forgetting what one is trying to achieve.
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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.
Boost by Brightpod
MAY 31, 2017
This week we feature Alen Worsoff, CTO at SelfDecode. SelfDecode is a personalized health report service, which enables users to obtain detailed information.
Fix my Project Chaos
JUNE 1, 2017
To celebrate the launch of our new eCourse, we’re releasing a brilliant new podcast each week which focuses on stakeholder management. Tune in each week for the next FREE instalment (view all previous Podcasts in the series here). If you are already subscribed to our mailing list, we’ll email you a simple recap of posts each […]. The post How to exercise strong stakeholder engagement during business transformation appeared first on Fix My Project Chaos.
TimeCamp
MAY 31, 2017
Calms and rejoices. Makes us want to dance and has the strength to act. It brings on this unique rhythm, thanks to which everything goes easier. What am I talking about? About music, of course! Music has always been an important place in my life. I started with mother lullabies; typical nursery rhymes listened to facial excitement in the early years of elementary school.
The Tao of Project Management
JUNE 2, 2017
Over the years I've had the pleasure of meeting a few really good project managers and the misfortune of meeting a lot of poor project managers. The Way A poor project manager tries to behave in what he think is the ‘right way’ for a project manager to behave. He acts as if busy but never seem to achieve anything. This sheds no light on anything and usually backfires as the team think he doesn’t actually know what’s going on.
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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