Project Risk Coach
AUGUST 30, 2021
Life is filled with new adventures and experiences. Remember the first time you rode a bike, climbed a tree, or took a job. New adventures are exciting, but they can be filled with great uncertainty. Projects are unique, some more than others. Let's look at how to manage a different kind of project. Project managers may be asked to manage a project, unlike anything they've ever faced.
Musings on Project Management
AUGUST 28, 2021
The worst error in scheduling is to have a milestone depend upon two or more tasks scheduled (planned) to finish at the same time.Here's a footnote to that witticism: It's assumed the two tasks are independent, meaning:They don't share resourcesThey don't have the same vulnerabilities to a common riskThe progress, or not, in one does not affect progress in the otherSo, what's the big error here?
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Scrum.org
AUGUST 29, 2021
According to the 15th annual State of Agile report, there has been a tremendous increase in the adoption of agile frameworks over the last year. Within software teams, agile adoption grew from 37% in 2020 to 86% in 2021. . Agile beneath the Ice. . In the midst of this agile explosion, many teams are experiencing difficulties. According to the 15th Annual State of Agile report, 46% of survey respondents report struggles with inconsistent practices and 43% report cultural classes.
ProjectManager.com
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Businesses are always looking to balance supply with demand to remain competitive and profitable. But charting the flow of supply and demand sometimes feels impossible. You can’t predict the future, but you can make accurate forecasts about supply and demand by researching and analyzing the data. This is called supply chain planning. Let’s take a closer look at supply chain planning and what it means for your business planning.
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Understanding digital debt is crucial before digital transformation. Assemble a team to assess internal operations, market pressures, and digital debt's impact. Define future digital vision with measurable goals. Refine hypotheses and conduct market analysis. Develop a roadmap for transformation with defined projects, cost estimates, and governance.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
AUGUST 29, 2021
Risks matter. Stuff happens on projects, and if the worst happens, it’s better to know about it in advance. That’s the point of risk management: thinking about what might go wrong before it does, so you can put a plan together to deal with it if it does. There’s a lot of uncertainty and hedging in that sentence: “if…” “might…”. But that’s the whole premise of dealing with the unknown.
Project Management Update brings together the best content for project management professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Scrum.org
AUGUST 30, 2021
TL; DR: The Dogmatic Scrum Master Anti-Pattern. There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. Since Scrum is an intentionally incomplete framework with a reasonable yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. For example, how do we communicate with members of the Scrum team that take the Scrum Guide literally? What about a dogmatic Scrum Master?
ProjectManager.com
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
Most projects have stakeholders that expect a return on their investment. For that to happen, the project must meet its deadline and stay within budget. To create a project budget, you first need to create a cost baseline so you can compare planned spend to actual spend. It’s with this cost baseline that you can make cost estimates for each task of your project and see if you’re on target or overspending.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
Summary: Kickoff is a free project management training course from PMI. It will take you 45 minutes to complete and includes useful templates. It comes in two flavors: Agile and Waterfall and you can earn a badge for both. Are you looking for free project management training ? An online course that will help you get started if you haven’t managed a project before?
Proofhub
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
Source: [link] Teams with distributed workflows might have a hard time coordinating between offices. To keep employees working in different locations in the loop about each others’ activities, managers need to invest in infrastructure. In this post, we will take a look at some of the best cross-office collaboration tools that help build and foster teamwork besides coordinating work processes.
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
Scrum.org
AUGUST 30, 2021
Check out our latest Fixing Your Agile Coaching discussion where Ryan Ripley and Neil Killick discuss the 3 levels of story slicing that all Product Owners can use to create great Product Backlog Items which can lead to a transparent, well understood, and refined Product Backlog that Scrum Teams and Stakeholders can use to make better decision about the products their building.
ProjectManager.com
SEPTEMBER 3, 2021
Managing construction projects is complex and stressful. But if your project doesn’t meet quality acceptance criteria, then you’re not just going to upset your stakeholders; you might face down lawsuits. Quality means different things to different people, which is why you should adhere to construction quality control. It’s a quality management system that allows you to define what quality is, track it and make necessary changes to ensure those benchmarks are met.
Musings on Project Management
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Now, this could be a bit stuffy, but it's actually quite readable: "The Requisite Law of Variety" Reduced for a quick understanding, 'the Law' is an interesting concept to consider, to wit: Essential Elements (E): these are outcomes, results, or other artifacts that you want to have some control over; or they are controls and mechanisms that you have to influence outcomes and results and.
nTask
AUGUST 30, 2021
There are a lot of things people don’t always read all the way through : the terms and conditions for a new app, the manual for their microwave, PTA newsletters to name a few. So it’s only reasonable to worry that your employee handbook won’t be read in full. How can you make sure it’s a valuable asset? In this article, we will teach you how to create a guide for your company that employees would actually want to read from cover to cover.
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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.
Scrum.org
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
. As an Agile Coach, I am being asked what the Scrum Master will do if the Scrum Team is highly mature? Do we still need this role? I would like to use the metaphor of a Soccer Referee to explain. Scrum Master is not 100% equivalent to a soccer referee, they have a lot in common. A referee has in-depth knowledge of the laws of the game, s/he is accountable for ensuring everyone understands and enacts the soccer rules.
Epicflow Blog
AUGUST 31, 2021
Reduction of project costs and at least avoiding significant cost overrun is one of the high priority tasks for a project manager. However, it usually becomes challenging due to a great number of factors: underestimation of project costs, uncontrolled changes, poor resource allocation, etc. In addition, managing any project is accompanied by uncertainty that can add to cost overrun.
Leading Agile
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Leading large-scale Agile Transformation is extremely complex. That’s why successful Agile Transformation requires a fundamentally unique approach. In this talk from MiniVAte Virginia Spring 2021, LeadingAgile CEO Mike Cottmeyer explores a safe, pragmatic, and repeatable formula for executives leading change in large organizations—it includes the three systems that can individually and collectively help organizations build momentum, deliver effectively, and sustain that momentum.
nTask
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
Increasing competitiveness in the business world and businesses’ obsession with optimal performance and high profits has pushed us into a tedious grind. Working harder and smarter is the norm if you want to keep up with the ever-changing trends. The hunger for betterment has pushed companies to be on the lookout for ways to streamline their workflow and improve their productivity.
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Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.
Scrum.org
AUGUST 30, 2021
OKRs are a great framework for setting goals. Setting high quality goals, goal clarity, and self-management, positively affect team performance [3]. This increases productivity and significantly affects perceptions of outcomes, particularly with virtual teams [2]. When used with Scrum and the value-based metrics of the Evidence Based Management (EBM) framework, the ability for the enterprise to inspect and adapt its initiatives in order to meet the challenges of disruptive change increases both
Epicflow Blog
AUGUST 31, 2021
Reduction of project costs and at least avoiding significant cost overrun is one of the high priority tasks for a project manager. However, it usually becomes challenging due to a great number of factors: underestimation of project costs, uncontrolled changes, poor resource allocation, etc. In addition, managing any project is accompanied by uncertainty that can add to cost overrun.
PM Times
AUGUST 31, 2021
We know the world is moving through a rapid digital transformation phase wherein various organizations, companies, industries, institutions, and governments are transforming their processes, infrastructure, applications, software products, design, testing, customer management, and other elements into a more robust, automatic and sophisticated foundation to keep themselves business and customer-focused, progress faster with cutting-edge technology and […].
nTask
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
CRM tools are your gateway to success especially in the case of private equity. These tools can help you streamline your work and save more time of your day. The efficiency of these tools in managing a business is unparalleled. With a powerful CRM tool in hand, you can increase your productivity and profits. The basic aim of a CRM tool in private equity is to manage all the investments and keep track of your investments’ performance.
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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.
Scrum.org
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
During each of the Scrum Events, and throughout the Sprint itself, the Scrum Team and the stakeholders inspect based on a common understanding. Without this transparency, one cannot perform a valuable inspection. Inspection is about detecting undesirable variances in progressing towards agreed goals. So far we have covered Sprint Planning, the Daily Scrum, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective.
Planview
AUGUST 30, 2021
How Much Do Project Managers Make? This informative and easy-to-read article answers the question “How much do project managers make?”, and provides practical tips for project managers to significantly boost their earning potential, career prospects, and job satisfaction. While some professions are struggling to survive in the face automation and obsolescence, others are accelerating in the other direction as supply for talent significantly — and in some labor markets dramat
Teamweek
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
If you’re looking to enter the world of remote working, the good news is you’ll be adopting a remote mindset before even starting your job. That’s because more and more companies are ditching traditional interview techniques in favour of a remote one-way interview. . If you’re new to the concept of one-way interviews, don’t worry, we’ve got you covered.
nTask
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
JIRA is a popular software created by the Australian company Atlassian, which was created in 2002. There are many reasons why JIRA is a popular task management and issue tracking software. This post will highlight the best free Jira plugins available. The tool is a powerful platform with a wide range of functionalities to help teams all over the world in vastly different industries and fields and looking for multi-functioning capabilities.
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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