Teamweek
OCTOBER 13, 2022
Creative project management practices are unlike those in traditional industries. Construction, industrial, and even software development project management practices and processes have matured over the years. But with more creative startups launching than ever before, it’s time to keep aside the PMI handbooks and think a little outside the box.
Inloox
OCTOBER 11, 2022
The importance of the client in the project The client is the person or organization that should be your focus throughout the project. The success of your project is not only determined by objective criteria, but more importantly by the subjective assessment of the client. If they are dissatisfied with the result of the project and their expectations have not been met, you can consider the project a failure.
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Planio
OCTOBER 10, 2022
If you’ve been managing projects long enough, you’ll know there’s a fair bit of confusion around roles and titles. But few cause as much confusion as the difference between project and program management. While there are some similarities between the roles, there are critical differences that — if misunderstood — can lead to confusion, chaos, and project failure.
Agilemania
OCTOBER 10, 2022
Every time when we have a discussion about scrum and SAFe, we usually hear that there is no such role as a project manager. And that’s the reason people are apprehensive about the success of a project without a project manager. Can the scrum team manage to perform their tasks very well, without a project manager? Is it possible? The scrum team can work well without a scrum project manager, but the project can still stall.
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Rebel’s Guide to PM
OCTOBER 10, 2022
Projects ideally sit within a governance framework that is bigger than the project team. It’s actually easier to work in an environment where there is governance in place because it gives you boundaries. And, like toddlers, people respond well when they know how far they can go. But what does governance on projects actually look like? Here are 7 factors that make up good governance.
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The Strategic Project Manager
OCTOBER 12, 2022
The concepts of scrum are powerful in business, not only in software development but also in other areas. This post reviews the basics of agile scrum roles, ceremonies, and their impact on developing strategy and managing projects. Agile Scrum Roles. The scrum team has its origins in rugby, an ultimate team sport. The illustration at right shows the extreme nature of the teamwork!
Proofhub
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Idea Management Team collaboration requires active participation and engagement from your employees. But getting them to be participative shouldn’t be a demand from their superiors. Team collaboration will only be effective if it’s a voluntary action and desire from the individuals involved. The result of effective team collaboration reflects clearly on the outcome of a project compared to one person taking on all the tasks.
Green Project Management
OCTOBER 12, 2022
In recent months, there has been an uptick in interest in sustainable project management. In 2022, GPM has seen a 20% increase in downloads of our P5 Standard for sustainable project management. GPM training, both in person and online, is growing in popularity, as evident in the growth of certification numbers this year. Additionally, the […].
ProjectManager.com
OCTOBER 11, 2022
If you’re in the market for a software tool that can help simplify task management, then you’ve probably explored Microsoft Planner. It’s a task management tool that’s part of the larger Microsoft universe, which includes Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Project. So why are so many looking for a Microsoft Planner alternative? It might seem as if Microsoft has cornered the market in project management until you take a closer look.
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
Rebel’s Guide to PM
OCTOBER 14, 2022
‘Tis the season for holiday planning! And to make it easy for you to show some gratitude to your colleagues and suppliers, I have made you a set of digital holiday cards for business purposes. In other words, they are suitable to send out from your work email address, to your work colleagues! Why send digital holiday cards to business contacts?
Scrum.org
OCTOBER 11, 2022
“The Minecraft experiments.” This is how I refer to each of the 4 times we are in the game within the course. Minecraft creates an immersive world, so players see each other at work, building structures and learning the controls. It is as if you were there with them in the metaverse, building a world in the future. The use of the game enables conversation around teamwork and individual growth.
The Digital Project Manager
OCTOBER 12, 2022
When it comes to the craft of digital project management, there are some core skills that are always the first to surface. There are technical skills and hard skills like risk management, earned value management, project planning, estimation, and maintaining project documentation. Then there are the requisite soft skills like leadership, negotiation, crisis management, and […].
Project Risk Coach
OCTOBER 9, 2022
In this article, let's discuss why risk management standards exist and which Project Management Institute (PMI) standard you should study in preparation for the PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP®) exam. The Purpose of the PMI Standard for Risk Management The "standard describes the concepts and definitions associated with risk management and highlights the essential components of risk management for integration into the various governance layers of portfolios, programs, and projects.
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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.
LiquidPlanner
OCTOBER 12, 2022
I’m sure we have all wished we could predict the future at one point. Crystal gazing is the art of divination of distant or future events based on visions as seen in a ball of rock crystal. The practice has been around for thousands of years, appearing in the mystical and religious traditions of numerous ancient civilizations (perhaps most notably the Druids). 1.
Scrum.org
OCTOBER 10, 2022
According to the 2020 Scrum Guide, “The purpose of the Sprint Retrospective is to plan ways to increase quality and effectiveness.” Scrum Teams must take the Retrospective seriously to achieve these outcomes. Let’s look at three tips for getting the most from your Sprint Retrospective and several agenda ideas that you can use to keep this event fresh.
Agilemania
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Scaled Agile Framework, SAFe® is the world’s leading framework for Business Agility. SAFe® is built around seven Core Competencies with Customers as a focal point in the center. The seven core competencies each have three dimensions making it a total of twenty-one dimensions to enable Business Agility. These dimensions contain some of the practices, patterns, and guidelines to Scale Agility across the enterprise.
Resource Guru
OCTOBER 11, 2022
A project handover should be simple, right? You reassign a project, and it becomes someone else’s responsibility. In reality, a project handover is more like a game of dominos—one shaky piece and the entire project will collapse. An efficient project handover process is necessary to keep project details from getting lost in the transition. It also points all parties toward a common goal and provides clarity about the project’s status.
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Project Management Update Submitted Articles
OCTOBER 10, 2022
In an increasingly remote world, learning how to successfully work with other teammates is about more than just using the right tool.
Scrum.org
OCTOBER 13, 2022
We started this Scrum foundation series explaining we see four underlying concepts of the Scrum framework. In the past series of mails we covered the three pillars of Empiricism, the Scrum Values, and a Self-Managing and Cross-Functional Team. The concept Done is the fourth of these concepts. It needs a self-managing, and especially a cross-functional team, a team living the Scrum Values, to make it work in a way that it brings the needed transparency with regards to the quality of your soluti
Teamweek
OCTOBER 13, 2022
We spent the better part of our Q3 on features designed to make it easier to manage your work — especially agency work, with its client budgets and reporting. And by “easier,” we mean less time-consuming. Enter fixed fee projects , a new set of powerful filters to easily identify out-of-place users , projects, and clients, and numerous subtle improvements that pack a big punch.
Online PM Courses
OCTOBER 10, 2022
What are Adriana Girdler's best Project Management Tips, Tools, and insight? In this video, she tells me about your need to get strategic. The post Adriana Girdler’s Best Project Management Advice: Get Strategic appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.
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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.
Agilemania
OCTOBER 14, 2022
Everyone who knows about the Scrum framework is aware of how it has benefited the software development industry. Understanding this framework is crucial for both individuals and groups due to Scrum’s global success and popularity. A career path of Scrum Master will open doors to many opportunities in renowned organizations across industries. It is a surefire route to lucrative pay and great professional advancement.
Scrum.org
OCTOBER 13, 2022
In this article, I’ll explore the need for and the attributes of an agile business operating system related to Private Equity (PE) portfolio companies. It hopefully helps leaders of such companies and PE professionals focused on the operations side expand their perspective on what “Agile” and "Agility" mean in their world and how they can help them improve returns realized in their investments. . .
Management Yogi
OCTOBER 9, 2022
The Microsoft Project software tool comes with a number of view options, which, at a high level, can be thought of as Task Views and Resource Views. While views such as Gantt Chart, Team Planner, Resource or Task Sheet, Resource or Task Form, Resource or Task Usage are well used by project managers, many management practitioners often overlook the Resource Graph view or use it less frequently.As.
GanttPRO Project Management
OCTOBER 10, 2022
ClickUp is one of the most popular project management and collaboration software available today. The developers of the tool call it the “one app to replace them all” excluding the […]. The post Five-Star ClickUp Alternatives to Turn Project Management into a Dream Work first appeared on GanttPRO Project Management Blog.
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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