Leading Answers
MARCH 7, 2019
(Over at ProjectManagement.com January’s theme was “New PMs”. I wrote this article about the choices of approach we have and ways for new PMs to navigate them.). These days, new project managers are exposed to conflicting guidance. On the one hand, there is a plethora of traditional “ Plan the work, work the plan ” literature. On the other, media is full of light-touch, self-organizing team advice.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
MARCH 3, 2019
Working out who does what on your project can be a challenge. A RACI chart is a project management tool that helps you do exactly that. At the end of this article there’s a link to download my free roles and responsibilities document template. Scroll to the bottom to get it. In this article I’ll give you everything you need to know about producing a RACI chart for your project.
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Kiron Bondale
MARCH 3, 2019
A student in a project management class I taught shared the concern that it was very hard for her to get risk responses implemented. This is a fairly common problem and is likely one of the reasons that the volunteers who updated the PMBOK Guide, Sixth Edition added Implement Risk Responses as a new process within the Project Risk Management knowledge area.
ProjectManager.com
MARCH 5, 2019
A stakeholder is anyone who has an interest in a project, business or organization. In project management terms, a stakeholder is an individual or group that will be impacted by the outcome of the project. Stakeholders can be within the organization or outside of it; either way, they are very interested in the project and its proceedings. In short, stakeholders are important.
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Project Risk Coach
MARCH 4, 2019
When you think of managing the constraints of scope, schedule, cost, and quality, which of these items receives the least focus? Project managers may fail to give quality the attention that it merits. Let's look at 8 ways to manage project quality and get better results. Project team focused on quality Why is quality often neglected? Well, it's hard to manage things we don't understand.
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Scrum.org
MARCH 8, 2019
"My advice would always be to ignore the perceived wisdom and look for the most reliable evidence on the ground" - D.T. Puttnam. Hearing a senior executive announce "We're committed to becoming agile!" is not the bombshell moment it used to be. It no longer indicates a personal revelation or board-room epiphany. In fact, if you were to read some of the interviews with managers in business magazines, or the guest articles and puff-pieces on agility in their companies, you'd think that their heart
ProjectManager.com
MARCH 7, 2019
As we ease into the new year, many organizations’ executive teams are ramping up hiring for new talent. They’re refocusing their efforts to align portfolios to finish strong for the fiscal year and are launching new initiatives to support strategic plans for the calendar year. All these efforts require precise judgment to hire just-in-time talent, using data to make strategic project decisions at a portfolio, program and project level and launching new high performing teams.
Musings on Project Management
MARCH 3, 2019
Looking for schedule success? Easy! Loosen the coupling! Remember the "shift right" phenomenom in scheduling? If two or more events are tightly coupled to a milestone -- meaning no slack -- then a slip of any event pushes the milestone, to wit: shift to the right And, the risk is exponential with the number of events: The risk of two events is the risk-squared (where risk is probability of.
LiquidPlanner
MARCH 7, 2019
It’s widely acknowledged that a positive, inclusive office culture leads to better morale and higher productivity amongst staff. Figures from research by Deloitte and The Female Quotient show that 67 percent of knowledge workers believe that diversity and inclusion drive creativity in the office. Nearly 60 percent believe that diversity improves profitability, and you don’t have to look too far to find other results that support these.
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
MARCH 4, 2019
Executive (n): Person or group appointed and given the responsibility to manage the affairs of an organization and the authority to make decisions within specified boundaries. In this Scrum.org context. An executive is a person who owns the strategy or sets the direction of travel or sets justifications for spending. This exec could be the Product Owner for a chunk of the organization.
ProjectManager.com
MARCH 6, 2019
We’ve all heard stories about an author, blogger or thought leader in your industry that manages to turn out multiple pieces of content each week. You want to think that they’re using a ghostwriter, but believe it or not, there are some writers who write thousands of words per week all on their own. As someone who accomplishes this endeavor most of the time, here are my favorite tips for writing more content faster than you previously thought was possible.
Planview
MARCH 8, 2019
Today’s world of work is fraught with complexity and an ever-increasing need for speed. This is simply a reality organizations must come to realize. However, these conditions cause planning deficiencies to be magnified. In this blog series, we will be discussing five types of planning that are crucial to delivering on strategy with a dynamic and continuous approach.
Resource Guru
MARCH 4, 2019
Resource capacity planning is the umbrella of methods business leaders use to quantify their team’s bandwidth for projects. It’s a simple idea that comes with a labyrinth of execution problems, even with a top resource management software option. For example, take 100 consultants who can dedicate a quarter of their available time to a new project. A project manager can take the total number of people and multiply it by their time available to determine their full-time equivalents (FTEs).
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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.
PM Basics
MARCH 5, 2019
How to select a Risk Response Strategy? Sounds complicated. But let me simplify it for you in this article. Here you will find examples of risk responses for both threats and opportunities. But there’s a catch: You may have a limited mindset in regards to dealing with risks. So, I would suggest you review examples of dealing with different risks on a real project first.
ProjectManager.com
MARCH 4, 2019
Is being nice a losing strategy? Are teams better led by fear? Is a mean boss a more effective boss? Jennifer Bridges, PMP, questions the conventional wisdom of the phrase,”Nice guys finish last,” and finds it lacking truth when it comes to leading teams or furthering your career. Here’s a screenshot of the whiteboard for your reference.
Leading Agile
MARCH 4, 2019
A couple of weeks ago my wife and I were returning to Atlanta from Virginia where we’d spent the holidays with family. As we got close to Atlanta, we noticed what looked to be a major accident on I-85 heading north out of town (judging from the number of lights we saw). It was confirmed when we saw the traffic stopped for miles. NOBODY was moving.
Green Project Management
MARCH 5, 2019
As our Project Management Methodology PRiSM or PRojects integrating Sustainable Methods is turning 10 years old this year, we are proud that it enjoys success in a multitude of industries; and project types. There is one area though that is commonly misunderstood as evidenced by the blog-o-sphere. We often get emails and requests to mention […].
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Proofhub
MARCH 7, 2019
In 2018, ProofHub reached various milestones from an all-new ProofHub to receiving laudable feedback from customers. The result of all our hard work has shown up! It was an honor to wake up to the news of being reviewed by one of the leading online resources of product reviews and comparison: CompareCamp. You’d know how amazing it is to have such websites publishing reviews and exhibiting how ProofHub makes business better.
Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives
MARCH 7, 2019
Strategy Execution released the top ten trends for 2019 a few weeks ago and my first thoughts were; we’re seeing a lot of them in the PMO community which is both exciting and nerve-wracking at the same time. When we look back over the last decade we can clearly see how much has changed for people working in project management. The methods used; the leadership styles; the technology utilised; the pace of change and the increasing numbers of projects and the people required to work within th
Scoro
MARCH 7, 2019
There is a multitude of problems that companies are hoping to solve by purchasing a new software solution. However, the real problems mostly start after a software decision has been made within that company. This five-minute read will help you gain insights about the motivations behind choosing a new software solution and the potential problems you could be facing during the project.
PM by PM
MARCH 7, 2019
How can you use PMP mind maps to study for the certification test? What exactly is mind mapping? Why are they useful for the exam prep? You will find answers for these questions in this article. Mind mapping (or idea mapping) is an essential technique for gathering the project requirements. It is mentioned as one […]. The post Did You Know PMP Mind Maps Is The Best Tool To Pass The Exam?
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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.
Workzone
MARCH 7, 2019
Feel like your plans are a waste of time? Or you don’t get the value? Without you putting in the hard work of tasks, details and deliverables, no one on your team could reach their goals. These inspirational quotes on planning will help focus your team and jolt you into refining your approach. The end goal depends on you making a solid plan to chart your destination.
Resource Guru
MARCH 8, 2019
More data, faster! Faster! As data accumulates, so do the requirements placed on devices that process them. To make sure we keep the application responsive while user accounts grow, we constantly monitor changes made to the application to keep performance regressions in check. Since the introduction of Schedule Beta, we’ve focused on performance for mobile devices as our primary target.
Sitetracker
MARCH 4, 2019
Industries such as telecommunications and utilities are just beginning to see the value of becoming more agile. Get ahead of the curve by learning how your organization can become more agile by using Sitetracker. Contact a Sitetracker project management expert now.?. The post Becoming agile with Sitetracker appeared first on Sitetracker.
The Digital Project Manager
MARCH 5, 2019
Feeling apathetic and strung out on the job? Burnout is a big issue in digital project management simply because of the type of work we do. Read on to identify and learn how to deal with burnout at work as a PM. The post Project Managers: How To Deal With Burnout At Work appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
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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