Musings on Project Management
JULY 13, 2018
I once asked my Agile class what they would do vis a vis change management to prepare the organization to take on Agile methods, if only a pilot to start. One student replied this way. I thought it was pretty decent list, so I present it unabridged: "In order to gain acceptance I would use the following change management techniques: - Vision–Clearly articulate the vision and needs. -.
PM Basics
JULY 10, 2018
You might have a wrong understanding of a Project Manager’s Role. The title may command authority and leadership to you. It is not that simple. In this article, I want to shed some light on what does it feel like to be a project manager. There are three distinct stages: 1. What Does it Feel Like to be a Junior Project Manager? With correct attitude your project team will help you through this period.
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Project Risk Coach
JULY 9, 2018
I conduct online surveys to get feedback from project managers on risk management topics. Here’s one of the questions, “What risk management techniques would you like to know more about?” Survey participants often respond with: Nominal Group Technique (NGT). What is the Nominal Group Technique? The nominal group technique is an efficient means for identifying and ranking risks, as well as other items.
Leading Agile
JULY 11, 2018
As a consultant, I get to see a lot of different organizations and work with a variety of teams. By now, virtually everyone has at least heard of agile and read the manifesto. We also seem to have, in technology adoption terms, crossed the chasm, and so adoption by more traditional, sometimes slower moving, global scale organizations is well under way.
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ProjectManager.com
JULY 11, 2018
Everyone has their own idea of a good time management plan. People often make to-do lists, use task management apps , set alerts, pin things to their fridge and even write notes on their hands. It’s great to plan, but the execution is where things often go awry. No matter how good your plan is, if you don’t use it, then it’s useless. A to-do list is a start, but a list alone won’t get you across the finish line.
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Rebel’s Guide to PM
JULY 9, 2018
Luis Peluffo, a career coach who helps people get their dream project management job, shared this in our Facebook group. With his permission I wanted to pass it on here. I think it shows how project managers, and people who want to make a career in project management, have to be self-motivated. You can influence your career if you want to. It also shows how a good mentor can help shape your future the way you want it to unfold.
Scrum.org
JULY 10, 2018
Time to read: 7 minutes (11 if you watch the video's also). Often I hear people say that Scrum does not take care of risk: there is no risk log, risk is not on the agenda of the Sprint Review or Retrospective as a standard agenda-item. The Development Teams need to be accountable for the quality of the product and how it's made. That's a risk right there!
ProjectManager.com
JULY 12, 2018
Managing a project can be complicated, especially when different departments have to work together. As each department works on a project, each one likely uses a methodology that they’re most comfortable with to provide them with the results they want. This can make project collaboration between departments difficult, due to differences in process and methodology.
Inloox
JULY 10, 2018
Change is good and important for progress. Without change we would get nowhere. Today, change primarily means internationalization and digitization. But change can also bring a lot of difficulties and problems. At the very least, though, it means different requirements for your new employees and adaptation for your existing ones. Changing requirements While until this day features like assertiveness, autonomy and a lot of self-confidence were important for management personnel, in order to have
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
JULY 10, 2018
If you Google the phrase “breaking down silos”, you get over 100,000 results. If you search for “building silos”, you get about one-fifth as many. The first result is “The Silo Mentality: How to Break Down The Barriers.”. There’s an assumption that silos are a bad thing. But, generally, if something exists, there’s a reason for it. So rather than breaking down silos, I’d like to take a different point of view and ask: Why do silos exist?
Scrum.org
JULY 11, 2018
If you worked in large organizations you have probably heard about the term "dependencies". I am convinced that dependencies need to be eliminated, not managed. With a help of system diagrams in this article, I will uncover the main reasons why Scrum Teams suffer from dependencies, how they impact organizational agility, and what the fundamental solutions to this issue are.
ProjectManager.com
JULY 9, 2018
What does it mean to be a project management consultant? Jennifer Bridges, PMP, explains and shows you how to become one in this short tutorial video. Here’s a screenshot of the whiteboard for your reference! In Review – So, You Want to Be a Project Management Consultant? What is a consultant? Jennifer addressed this question first, explaining that a consultant is simply someone who is experienced in a field and provides their expert advice in a professional context.
Online PM Courses
JULY 8, 2018
The PMI is currently the most widely used source of professional project management accreditation. To win your coveted CAPM, PMP, or PMI-ACP, to will need to chalk up enough education Contact Hours. And to maintain them, you’ll also need Professional Development Units, or PDUs. But just what are contact hours and PDUs? What are the rules, and how can you get them?
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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
JULY 9, 2018
You’d think that once I’ve blogged about something, everyone in the universe would be on board with it immediately. I mean, like, obviously, right? So, I wrote about the differences between information radiators and information vaults, and yet many people still assume that the use of tactile tools in a team room for process visualization conflicts with the use of electronic tools as systems of record, or that the two represent duplicate effort for the same value.
Scrum.org
JULY 8, 2018
So Ralph Jocham and I wrote a book called The Professional Product Owner: Leveraging Scrum as a Competitive Advantage. It took well over a year of many late nights in hotel rooms and early mornings on weekends, but we got it done. It was a lot of work, but very rewarding. Getting your thoughts down on paper is a great way to reflect on and sort out the complicated aspects of our industry.
ProjectManager.com
JULY 10, 2018
Projects can be complex endeavors. They often have many moving parts that need to work together, and the logistics can be like a knot. That’s why distinct project management roles are adopted, so everyone isn’t pulling in different directions at once. The project manager is responsible for bringing the project in on time and within budget, but there is a team of people who help steer that big ship successfully to port, often working collaboratively via project management software.
The Digital Project Manager
JULY 10, 2018
One way to do optimize your agile approach is to make your meetings or ceremonies more effective. Ben Aston talks to Alexa Huston about sprint planning, daily standups, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives to give you the inside track on how you can do them better. The post DPM Podcast: Pimp Your Agile Ride (with Alexa Huston) appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
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Scoro
JULY 10, 2018
“Technology” and “productivity” are two words that often don’t have a positive association. Lately, the word technology alone is usually enough to conjure the negative images of a distracted teenager scrolling through social media on their phones or a frustratingly outdated computer that never works quite right. And while it is true that technology—when not used strategically—does sometimes have the potential to cause distractions, create confusion, or decelerate an otherwise industrious day, it
Scrum.org
JULY 8, 2018
This is the second in a series of posts exploring Scrum Mastery. In our first post, we introduced the 4 dimensions of Scrum Mastery. Scrum requires self-organizing, cross-functional, collaborative teams. The success of Scrum hinges on the strength of a team. In this post, we will explore the Team Identity dimension. 5 Steps to Grow a Strong Team Identity. #1 - Appreciate the Individual.
Musings on Project Management
JULY 10, 2018
Did you miss this? My presentation to the Central Florida Chapter of PMI with a presentation entitled: "Agile 103 -- THE THREE BIG QUESTIONS". You can get it at slideshare.net/jgoodpas. Agile 103? Because it covers material not in your usual Agile 101 course The Three Big Questions? After working with hundreds of students who go through PMI's Agile Project Management course, of which I am.
Teamweek
JULY 11, 2018
As an actor, rapper, professional wrestler, and television host, John Cena is a busy guy with a schedule that likely keeps him on his toes from day to day. With such an intensive workload, it is essential to maintain productive habits and routines. From waking up to working out and still having time to call his mom, John has made an exerted effort to keep his daily regimen simple and schedule based.
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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.
ActiveCollab
JULY 12, 2018
Behavioral analytics is comprised of metrics which determine how the user behaves when using an application, or visiting a website. These metrics go beyond standard ones, such as page views, sessions, monthly active users, etc. They show us the engagement our product has with users, how it affects retention, conversion, revenue and this is why understanding these metrics is so important.
Herding Cats
JULY 8, 2018
One of the books used by a vocal No Estimates advocate is Black Swans by Nassim Taleb. This advocate continually confuses Macroeconomics of financial markets and sovereign finance with Microeconomics of software development. They are not the same, the processes of decision making are not the same. Here's a book review from 2008, about Black Swans and Fooled By Randomness in the context of managing software development in the presence of uncertainty.
Velociteach
JULY 11, 2018
Recently, my wife and I took a trip. We were at the airport. Our flight was delayed. She was sitting with her back to the window and checking the flight’s status on her iPhone. She said that we should start boarding in 5 minutes. I looked out the window and replied, “I don’t think so.” […] The post Value of Visual Inspection appeared first on PMP Certification Exam Prep & Training - Velociteach.
Teamweek
JULY 10, 2018
Roadmapping is an increasingly important piece in our own workflow. And that has made us see project planning in a whole new light. That’s why we’re happy to announce the redesigned version of the Project View. . Project View 2.0. You can now divide your projects into different segments. Here at Teamweek, for example, one project might have three project segments: research, design, and development.
Speaker: Ketan Jahagirdar - Sopheon’s Director of Product Management
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