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7 Steps to Better Problem Solving

Project Risk Coach

All project managers face problems. Some big, some small. Some easy, some complex. In this articles, let's look at 7 steps to better problem solving. What are your most significant project problems? Communication issues. Changing requirements. Lack of clear goals. Insufficient budget. Scope creep. Team members failing to complete their activities. Worry and anxiety are not productive ways to respond to life's challenges.

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Project Initiation Checklist: The Perfect Way To Start Your Projects

Proofhub

Getting your project off on the right foot is a critical factor that helps determine its success. As you start your project, you need to take the initiative on the preparatory work, from preparing the scope, estimating the costs, assigning resources, and creating a project timeline, to getting sign-off on the key performance indicators. Without a framework for project initiation, it’s easy to get lost in all the tasks that you need to finish before the project can start.

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20 Most Powerful Project Management Software & Tools for 2021

Celoxis

If you own a company, or work for a small business, managing and keeping track of numerous projects at once can be a tedious task. Project management software is a boon for users that work on multiple projects. Finding the right software amongst all available becomes difficult and takes a lot of time into consideration.

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Project Estimate Template

ProjectManager.com

The more accurate your estimates, the more likely you’ll keep to your budget and deliver a project on time. Having a tool to identify and collect costs for your labor, materials and more is the first step to running a successful project. Using a project estimate template is the perfect way to get your project planning on the right track. Download the Project Estimate Template.

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Understand Digital Debt, Form a Team, Set Goals, and Plan Roadmap for Transformation

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.

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The 15 Best Resource Scheduling Software Tools Of 2021

The Digital Project Manager

Need a project management tool with resource scheduling software? Our 2020 list covers off the best project management tools that'll help you deliver your projects and manage your resources more effectively. Compare tools easily in our review—pros and cons, pricing, features, integrations, and screenshots will help you choose the best fit for your projects and teams.

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7 Best JotForm Alternatives to Use in 2021

nTask

When you talk about form building through an application, it is very hard to ignore one of the best forms of building software in the market right now and that is JotForm. The application is an incredible tool that allows you to create different forms on all of the mobile devices that you use every day. Despite being a sleeker and more robust application than all of its previous versions, the application is not for everybody, and that is why, in this article, we are going to talk about 7 of the

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A very short course in PM

Musings on Project Management

Take a look at this slideshare.net presentation for a very short course in project management Five tools for managing projects from John Goodpasture. Buy them at any online book retailer!

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10 Best Scrum Software Tools & Scrum Boards Of 2021

The Digital Project Manager

The post 10 Best Scrum Software Tools & Scrum Boards Of 2021 appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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Digitalised Liberating Structures for your needs

Scrum.org

Hi everyone, . Let me first start by saying: Happy New Year! Hope you had a good New Year's eve. I want to wish you and your love ones a healthy 2021 full of joy and happiness. . 2020 has been a challenging year for a lot of people. Let's hope that there is light at the end of the tunnel and that everything will go back to normal soon. . 2021 has barely started, and today I would like to share the following product with you. .

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Strategic Project Finance Essentials: A Project Manager’s Guide to Financial Metrics

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

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Project Termination Guide for Successful Failure & Minimum Blowbacks

nTask

Deciding that it is time to abort a project is never easy nor pleasant. However, at times it is inevitable. Aborting a project at the right time can make the world of difference rather than carrying on a project that is failing till its bitter end. That is why we have created this project abortion guide to help you understand how to abort a project but also highlight factors that could lead to project termination, and those that may make this decision.

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Eggs-to-basket ratio

Musings on Project Management

The oldest advice in risk management is this little ditty: "Don't put all your eggs in one basket" It's obvious on its face: if you drop the one basket, you may lose all the eggs in just one accident. Why not carry two baskets, or three, or four, or how many. ? Well, what we're talking about here is diversifying the risk, and making the situation less fragile: that is more able to absorb.

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10 Best Project Management Software For Small Business

The Digital Project Manager

The post 10 Best Project Management Software For Small Business appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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Scrum Guide 2020: True leadership is an attitude

Scrum.org

The path towards true leadership. The readers going through this piece more or less know the definition of a Scrum Master. Co-Creators Ken & Jeff, in their Scrum Guide 2020, having introduced exclusively the framework for Scrum, have put it as: “Scrum Masters are true leaders who serve the Scrum Team and the larger organisation.”. The article’s objective is introducing the shift in the mindset or attitude.

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

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.

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The Completionists’ Guide to Managing Project Milestones in 2021

nTask

A major element of project management is plans and organization. Almost every project that you work on will deal with tasks, goals, deadlines, dependencies, and deliverables. All these elements help make up your project and allow you to plan for success. However, a project management tool that is often overlooked or forgotten is the project milestones.

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Review Standish Group – CHAOS 2020: Beyond Infinity

Henny Portman

A few weeks ago, I received the latest report from the Standish Group – CHAOS 2020: Beyond Infinity – written by Jim Johnson. Every two years the Standish Group publish a new CHAOS Report. These reports include classic CHAOS data in different forms with many charts. Most of the charts come from the CHAOS database of over 50,000 in-depth project profiles of the previous 5 years.

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Why Are Project Proposals Important?

The Digital Project Manager

The post Why Are Project Proposals Important? appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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Don't fret too much - It's all about transparency, inspection and adaptation

Scrum.org

Don't fuss too much about your training routine. Whether it's strength training, yoga, resistance training, high intensity interval training, animal flow movement, walking or core work, your body doesn't care where you train ( terrace, garage, field track, 4 feet space in your living room etc.) or what you use to create resistance. You don't need costly gym membership, hyped supplements or ill informed Coaches to keep you fit and healthy.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

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.

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Google Keep vs Evernote: Which Is Best For You?

nTask

If you are looking for a to-do list or notes app, you have definitely come across two of the most popular choices which are Google Keep and Evernote. With the two applications offering a load of amazing features to keep you organized it’s no wonder that they are top of the list and the popular choice for many users. If you are currently in the dilemma of Google Keep vs Evernote the choice can be quite confusing.

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PMI-ACP Supported Self-Study Group - February 2021 Start

Leading Answers

The next Supported Self-Study Group starts on February 6th. Sign-up now at the early-bird price of $99 if you would like to attend. Email Mike@LeadingAnswers.com for more details. Part book-club, part study-group, these sessions feature weekly live Zoom calls with me, Mike Griffiths and exclusive study materials. This small group, seven-week program is a cost-effective alternative to full-blown training courses for people able to work through my book independently.

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Epicflow 2020 Updates: What’s New in Project Management Software, Team, and Work Arrangements?

Epicflow Blog

You’ll probably agree that 2020 was tough and challenging, won’t you? But despite it, we kept our pace and launched some really useful features and made some great improvements. Besides, our family has grown and we’re still looking for talents. Let’s have a closer look at what happened to Epicflow in 2020. 2020 Dictates Its Terms: Now We All Work from Home.

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Scrum define límites para la Autogestión

Scrum.org

Los Equipos Scrum son multifuncionales, es decir que los miembros aportan todas las competencias necesarias para crear valor en cada Sprint. Son autoorganizados y autogestionados. La autoorganización es el punto de partida para el empoderamiento y colaboración como cultura que se requiere para reducir el control y fomentar el crecimiento y la creatividad de los Desarrolladores ayudado por el liderazgo servicial que brindan el Scrum Master, Product Owner y los líderes.

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Acclaim Projects Helps Deliver Innovation Projects on Time and on Budget

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.

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Wrike Project Management Pros and Cons

Binfire

Wrike project management software is one of the earliest project management applications which appeared in the market to compete against 800-pound Guerilla called Microsoft’s project management software. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in San Jose, California. As of this writing, the company is still Private. Wrike Project Management Pros.

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Three Human Behaviors That Can Help Improve Workplace Effectiveness

MPUG

COVID has certainly brought dramatic changes to our society this past year. The pandemic has given us all a rare occasion to redefine the way we work. People are working remotely and finding different ways of communicating. As you move into a post-COVID environment, you have an opportunity to look at new ways of doing business, too. This inspection includes apparent discussions about changing your workplace system’s structure regarding remote versus brick and mortar, and/or deciding if you

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Agilemania - Untitled Article

Agilemania

The difference between sprint review and sprint retrospective is one of the most common questions during my Scrum training and coaching. To understand the difference between sprint review and sprint retrospective, let’s understand both of them separately first. Sprints are the timebox event to produce a part of the product, which we call Increment in the Scrum.

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Coach Them Well: What birds can teach us about leadership…

PM Times

Written by: Kevin Torf In nature, mother birds coax their chicks in learning to fly with food and other tools.

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From Concepts to Actionable Insights: Powering Digital Transformation Success

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.