The Best Tips for Accurately Estimating a Project
TimeCamp
JULY 30, 2019
Project management has existed forever now and with it – project estimation. Now it’s more.
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The Agile Manifesto, Explained
ProjectManager.com
JULY 31, 2019
Any good movement has a manifesto, which is a public declaration of policy and intention. There have been manifestos for art movements, political movements and just about anything you can think of. More along the lines of project management, though, is the Agile Manifesto. Agile is a bit of a controversial topic in the field. Some call it a methodology, while others refer to it as a framework.
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5 easy ways to boost your team performance immediately
Scoro
JULY 29, 2019
We are all aspired to work in high performing teams. In reality, it might not be as easy to achieve after all. According to Skip Prichard , only 10% of teams are high performing. This means that the majority of teams have something they could improve. And even if it’s not rocket science, it does require persistence and commitment from the organization, leaders and all team members. .
Risk Management: When All Hell Breaks Loose
Project Risk Coach
JULY 29, 2019
What would you do if all hell breaks loose in a critical company project that you are managing? You lose two of your best team members. Your budget is shot. A key stakeholder is breathing down your neck. Behind schedule by four weeks. You haven't slept well in two weeks. And you feel like throwing in the towel. Taking on Risky Projects Some projects are more risky than others.
Understand Digital Debt, Form a Team, Set Goals, and Plan Roadmap for Transformation
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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.
The Osborn Parnes Creative Problem-Solving Process
Project Bliss
JULY 30, 2019
The Osborn Parnes creative problem-solving process is a structured way to generate creative and innovative ways to address problems. If you want to grow in your career, you need to show you can provide value. This is true no matter where you sit in an organization. You likely do this in your day-to-day activities. But if you want to stand out, or do better than the minimum required for your job, you need to find ways to be more valuable to your company.
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Overcoming Status Quo Bias to Boost Productivity
ProjectManager.com
AUGUST 1, 2019
Some people push the envelope and others are happy to remain sealed in it, giving in to status quo bias. There’s probably a time and place for both, but when it comes to trying to work productively it’s better to try and see what’s around the corner than to stay put. While it’s true that we can only do so much, our limitations should challenge us. We can learn from creative individuals who usually share the trait of attempting to reach just past the point of their skills.
Moving Beyond Velocity
Scrum.org
JULY 29, 2019
In my role as an Agile coach and Scrum trainer, I get the chance to talk to a lot of Scrum Masters and teams. When I ask them about what their team is measuring, the most common answers I hear are velocity, story points, and burn-down charts. Makes sense, many Scrum Masters learn about those topics in an introductory Scrum course. Velocity may be fine when just getting started with Scrum, but armed with more knowledge and acting as a servant-leader, I want people to improve and get better busine
How to Become a Project Manager – A Cursory Introduction
nTask
JULY 30, 2019
As fast as the digital world is changing, so are the jobs. The jobs that were in great demand a decade ago are almost non-existent now. This holds true for every industry, including project management. In order to lead the team in the right direction, a qualified and a skillful project manager is a must. A project manager is someone who acts as a glue and keeps things together.
Why Time Constraint is the Most Important Project Management Constraint
MPUG
JULY 29, 2019
Frederick P. Brooks Jr., in his famous book, The Mythical Man-Month , wrote, “Adding human resources to a late software project makes it later.” His statement is popularly known as Brooks’ law. Even before the book was published, project managers and other project stakeholders knew that project duration cannot always be shortened by adding more resources.
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
Statement of Work Template
ProjectManager.com
AUGUST 1, 2019
Before you start any project, it is crucial to have a statement of work (SOW). It details every step of the process, from activities and deliverables to the timetable. Capture all that data in our free statement of work template for Word by entering your email below. Download Now. Great! Please check your email for your download link. Just enter your business email below and we’ll email you the link to the download: Download.
What Skills Will Make You a Top Manager in 2022?
Epicflow Blog
JULY 29, 2019
The distribution of work between humans and machines will experience a significant shift between today and 2022 according to The Future of Jobs Report by the World Economic Forum. Up until now, around 71% of all work in such industries as aviation, financial services, automotive, and energy utilities has been performed by humans. However, by 2022, this number is expected to drop to 58 %, with 42% of tasks being performed by machines.
You’re Going to Fall in Love With These Visual Project Management Tools
Teamweek
JULY 28, 2019
Did you know the U.S. Department of Labor ran a study that found people remember 65% more details when a task is coupled with visuals? And do you know the percentage of information they remember after a meeting where you simply talk with them sharing verbal information? Less than 10%. Keeping this in mind in relation to the fundamentals of project management , you may find that adding visual effects or even a creative program can boost the productivity of your team’s ability to complete tasks.
Split It Out (Part 2)
MPUG
JULY 28, 2019
More Ways to Separate your Project into Manageable Chunks. In Part 1 of my article “Split It Out,” we looked at ways to separate projects task into smaller parts or pieces that are more controllable. Let’s look together at a few more areas that can be split out for project success! Partnering it out. In today’s highly sophisticated industrial environment, it is often best to partner with other organizations that can perform special segments better (for example, subject matter experts), rather th
20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers
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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.
Executive Summary Template
ProjectManager.com
AUGUST 1, 2019
When you’re proposing a project, you need several documents to back up your proposal. An executive summary is a short overview that gives the elevator pitch that sums up the major points. Executive summaries are critical for getting projects approved and off the ground. Download the ProjectManager.com executive summary template for Word to have a dynamic executive summary.
Surviving Agile 2019 w/ Priya Sethuraman
Leading Agile
AUGUST 1, 2019
We’re just days away from the start of the biggest Agile event of the year. Agile 2019 begins in Washington D.C. on August 5th and LeadingAgile will be there in full force. In this episode of SoundNotes, LeadingAgile Executive Talent Lead Priya Sethuraman joins Dave Prior to share some tips and advice for those attending the conference who want to make the most out of their time.
Are dependencies dictating your Product Backlog?
Scrum.org
JULY 31, 2019
A very common pattern I see among Product Owners is that dependencies heavily influence the order of their Product Backlog. Think for example about other teams that need to do something before you can continue (or vice versa). Or availability of vendors or partners. Imagine that the top or your Product Backlog consists of a significant amount of these kind of items.
Business Analysis for Internet of Things (IoT) Projects
Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives
AUGUST 1, 2019
Once Upon a Time , computers lived in large ventilated rooms. Then they moved to your desktop. Then they moved into mobile phones, and smart traffic lights and more recently ‘black boxes’ for automotive insurers. Once Upon Another Time , Business Analysis was only performed in large companies, with large mainframes and even larger teams that spanned IT, marketing and finance.
The Big Payoff of Application Analytics
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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.
Action Plan Template
ProjectManager.com
AUGUST 1, 2019
When you’re making a project, you start with a strategy. The action plan is that document. It outlines all the steps you need to do in order to accomplish your goal. Enter your email below and download your free action plan template for Excel and get on the road to success. Download Now. Great! Please check your email for your download link. Just enter your business email below and we’ll email you the link to the download: Download.
The 5 “Don’ts” of Project Management
International Institute for Learning
JULY 29, 2019
By Liam Dillon, PMP, PMI-ACP, PgMP, PfMP. Senior Consultant, IIL | Managing Director/President, Turlon & Associates. Reading various blogs, articles and papers on how to be successful as a project manager got me thinking about what NOT to do as a PM. I have seen some major “do nots” throughout a 27-year career in project management and it is only in hindsight that these became my lessons for the future.
The Gantt Chart – The MVP of Project Portfolio Management
Meisterplan
AUGUST 2, 2019
If you’ve ever managed many projects or portfolios at on ce, you ’ve probably heard of or at least seen a Gantt chart. Gantt charts are a powerful tool for portfolio and task management used by professionals across a wide variety of industries. While now they are almost exclusively created and edited on computers, they were actually created long before computers and the internet.
The 5 Project Management Steps You Don’t Want to Forget
Teamweek
JULY 31, 2019
Some people spend a lifetime training to be an efficient project manager. In other cases, the individual was thrown into the position and left to figure it out on their own. Whether you have recently started as a project manager or unintentionally took on the role, following the right project management steps will help you become successful. Ultimately, project management is all about planning out the process, sticking to your deadline, and ensuring your team accomplishes all of the important ta
Acclaim Projects Helps Deliver Innovation Projects on Time and on Budget
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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.
10 Latest Project Management Trends You Must Know in 2019
ProProfs Project Management
JULY 31, 2019
It is 2019, all the companies that are trying to run their business are focusing on one thing and that is project management. Yes, handling a company efficiently is a task and so is managing all the projects with it. Now in today’s time, a business cannot survive if they do not plan out the future. Qualitative measures are taken by different firms so that they can effectively run their firm.
7 Productivity Tips for Marketing Managers
GanttPRO Project Management
JULY 29, 2019
GanttPRO is online Gantt chart software that helps marketing managers and teams create tasks, set goals and deadlines, and plan projects. The Gantt chart is the perfect way to follow […].
The Gantt Chart – The MVP of Project Portfolio Management
Meisterplan
AUGUST 2, 2019
A sports team may be great, but they wouldn’t be as successful without their MVP (most valuable player). Would the Bulls have won as many championships without Michael Jordan? Probably not. Similarly, managing project portfolios wouldn’t be as successful without Gantt charts, which have been the MVP of project portfolio management for over 100 years.
Tool Overview: Celoxis—A Complete Project Management Solution
The Digital Project Manager
JULY 31, 2019
Celoxis is an award-winning project management software. Learn more about Celoxis’ features, benefits, integrations, and pricing in this overview. The post Tool Overview: Celoxis—A Complete Project Management Solution appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
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.
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