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4 Unusual Reasons Why Stakeholder Management Is Important

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Table of Contents Why is stakeholder management important to project success? What is stakeholder management? Free Resources 2. Reduce and Uncover Risk 3. Increase the Perception of Success 4. Easier Project Closure Why is stakeholder management important to project success?

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What Is a Burn Up Chart In Agile Project Management?

ProjectManager.com

The ability to measure progress is how project managers keep projects on track. Waterfall methodology rests heavily on Gantt charts. But if you’re working in an agile environment, the Gantt chart isn’t the right tool for your iterative approach to project management.

2023 379
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The 6 Hidden Pros of Flexible Planning

nTask

Have you ever been in a situation where you felt like nothing was going to plan? This can happen especially when we’re trying to achieve a big goal, like starting a business or organizing an event.

2023 88
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Why Don’t 50% of People Do Stakeholder Engagement?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I ran a survey about stakeholder management (thanks, by the way, if you were one of the people who filled it out) and the results surprised me. I have done a bit of analysis on the results and I wanted to share what I know so far with you.

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Everything You Need to Know About Crypto

Speaker: Ryan McInerny, CAMS, FRM, MSBA - Principal, Product Strategy

This exclusive webinar with Ryan McInerny will teach you all about cryptocurrency and NFTs! Register to learn more about identifying crypto transactions, crypto asset market trends, managing risk and compliance, and supporting customers and partners using crypto-based payments.

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Your Essential Guide to How to Make Robust Project Decisions

Online PM Courses

One of the challenges a Project Manager faces is project decision-making. And getting project decisions right is part of good governance. The post Your Essential Guide to How to Make Robust Project Decisions appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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9 Best Requirements Management Tools of 2023

nTask

As businesses get more complex and projects become increasingly intricate, it is crucial to have reliable requirements management tools in place. To help you make the right decision, we’ve compiled a list of the top 9 requirements management tools of 2023.

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The Stakeholder Engagement Workshop is now open!

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Project management is a people business. Projects get done through people. We need people on our teams to do what they say they are going to do, and we need to help them do that. That’s why stakeholder engagement is such an important skill. So what does it look like when stakeholders aren’t engaged?

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"Rules for Metrics"

Musings on Project Management

"Management 3.0" has a blurb they call "12 Rules for Metrics"There are a few of these I find unique and interesting, repeated here, more or less:"Measure for a purpose": Without using those words exactly, I have written on this topic many times. Don't ask for metrics and measurements unless you have a plan for using the data productively to advance the project"Shrink the unknown": This is a play Project Management

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How To Write a Business Case (and Get Your Project Approved) with free template

Planio

According to CB Insights , more than ⅓ of all businesses fail for the same reason: there’s no market need for their products. While it may sound like common sense to make sure people actually want what you’re building, project and product teams often think they know better than their customers.

2023 78
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Exploring the Overlap: Cost Optimization and Digital Transformation

Speaker: Alex Jiménez, Managing Principal, Financial Service Consulting for EPAM

The largest banks have increased reserves for protection against deteriorating economic conditions. Should banks delay their digital transformation investments and focus on cost reductions? In this webinar, Alex Jiménez will walk us through that question and examine the prudent course of action.

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Process Implementation: A Quick Guide

ProjectManager.com

As a business grows, it needs to look at new processes or ways to improve the processes it has in place. Maybe the company wants to scale and sustain its growth or increase productivity and efficiency. Whatever the objectives, process implementation is how they achieve these goals.

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4 ways to proactively manage stakeholders

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Pernille Eskerod and Anna Lund Jepsen’s book, Project Stakeholder Management Stakeholder management seems to stay a hot topic regardless of what year we’re in.

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Spain, Trains, and Incremental Delivery

Scrum.org

A very interesting (and sad) piece of news made headlines in Spain recently that provides some lessons about agile product development and incremental delivery. Through its national rail line Renfe, Spain paid €258 million to design 31 trains.

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12 Top Project Management Conferences You Need To Be At In 2023

The Digital Project Manager

This year marks the return of many long-standing project management conferences that went dark with the onset of COVID-19 in early 2020.

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The Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020: Initial Catalysts, Current Implications, and Future Impacts

Speaker: Elizabeth "Paige" Baumann, Founder and CEO of Paige Baumann Advisory, LLC

In this session, Elizabeth “Paige” Baumann will cover the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020, which also includes the Corporate Transparency Act. She'll take a deep dive into the catalysts that brought on the act, the current implications of the act, and what impacts the act has on the future of banking and finance.

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The Basics: Artificial Intelligence for Strategic PM’s

The Strategic Project Manager

This post makes an initial attempt to describe what Artificial Intelligence is, where it might apply in the world, and the impacts to organizational strategy and project management. It follows up this initial attempt with actual Artifical Intelligence responses from ChatGPT.

2023 97
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Why do stakeholders contribute?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Why do stakeholders take part in projects? You might think that’s an obvious question. After all, your project sponsor is probably the one who wanted this project to happen in the first place, and he or she has a vested interest in making it a success.

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Improve how your team uses metrics!

Scrum.org

Teams are more effective when they use metrics to periodically evaluate how things are going. Metrics provide a more objective perspective on the process of teams and can reduce biases. The most useful metrics in Agile environments are those that measure outcomes.

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What Is A Work Breakdown Structure & How To Make One: Ultimate Guide

The Digital Project Manager

Unpopular opinion: crafting a work breakdown structure (WBS) is one of the hardest project planning tasks, and ultimately one of the most important to get right.

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The Definitive Guide to Embedded Analytics

Data-driven decisions are no longer reserved for the few. Everyone needs data insights from the applications they use every day. Learn how embedded analytics is boosting user adoption, creating apps people love, and changing the game for software and SaaS providers.

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5 Tips to Build a Harmonious Project Team in 2023

LiquidPlanner

Think your project management clients are your business’ bread and butter? Think again. Without a harmonious project team, your project could be at risk of unhappy stakeholders and clients, delayed timelines, and every PM’s greatest nightmare … scope creep.

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What Is Agile Product Management?

Agilemania

The term “ agile product management ” means precisely what it sounds like. The goal is to develop product strategies and roadmaps in an elegant setting.

2023 98
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How to get Scrum Teams comfortable asking for help

Scrum.org

Many of us find it difficult to ask for help at work, which is a problem if you are part of a Scrum Team. Interdependence and collaboration are central to Scrum, but these practices don’t always come naturally to those new to the framework.

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Make it a 'turn-key'

Musings on Project Management

You may say -- you may have heard -- "make a 'turn-key' project".Fair Fair enough.What does that mean? Actually, there are a few things built into that expression:You're throwing off risk by pushing scope and cost to someone else, presumably with a proven track record of expertise and performance.You probably mean 'fixed price' for a 'fixed scope' of work. There's no 'bring me a rock' uncertainty; you contract Project Management

2023 170
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Level up Culture & EQ | Sign up for the #CultureDrop

Once a week, culture & leadership expert Galen Emanuele gives free, actionable EQ training in 5 minutes or less. Subscribe to the #CultureDrop and access free resources & content.

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What are a Burndown Chart, a Burnup Chart, and Velocity?

Online PM Courses

In this video, I want to answer the question, what is a Burndown Chart and a Burnup Chart? And What is Velocity? The post What are a Burndown Chart, a Burnup Chart, and Velocity? appeared first on OnlinePMCourses. Agile Project Management Project Control Project Management: What is.

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Kanban vs Scrum Boards: Which Is Better For Project Management?

nTask

When it comes to project management, there are a variety of different tools and techniques that can be used to ensure that the project is completed on time and within budget. One such technique is the use of Kanban or Scrum boards.

2023 103
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Accountability and Delivery

Scrum.org

Accountability is the act of being answerable or accountable for something. For example, every time I drive a car I am accountable for it being in a road worthy state, safe to drive, and that I drive it according to the laws of the country I am in.

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Goals are NOT Expectations: Change Mindsets to Avoid the Suffering of Disappointed Stakeholders

PM Times

Goals are something to work toward or aspire to. Expectations are beliefs that something will occur in a certain way. Goals are not expectations. And knowing the difference can help to avoid unnecessary disappointment and conflict.

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Monetizing Analytics Features: Why Data Visualization Will Never Be Enough

Five years ago, data visualizations were a powerful way to differentiate a software application. Today, free visualizations seem to be everywhere. Two trends are forcing application providers to rethink how they offer analytics in their products.

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How Project Management Will Benefit from Using Artificial Intelligence

International Institute for Learning

By Dr. Elissa Farrow and Dr. Harold Kerzner Introduction Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications have become a major interest of the project management community of practice worldwide.

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11 Best Software for Change Management (Updated 2023*)

nTask

If you’re looking for the perfect software to help you manage the changes in your business, then you’ve come to the right place. We’ve compiled a comprehensive list of the 11 best software for change management that will help you achieve your goals in 2023*. Read on to discover our top picks!

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Scrum Master Guide: Everything You Need to Know to Get Started

Scrum.org

Scrum is a popular Agile project management framework that has been adopted by organizations worldwide. A Scrum Master is a critical member of a Scrum Team, responsible for facilitating the process and ensuring the team follows Scrum practices.

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