Rebel’s Guide to PM
DECEMBER 13, 2017
This article, 2018 Project Management Conferences You Won’t Want To Miss , first appeared on Girl's Guide to Project Management. Project management conferences are a fantastic way to meet new people and improve your skills. I always come away feeling energised about where I am in my career and relieved having met people with similar problems to me.
Project Bliss
DECEMBER 11, 2017
If you’re leading projects, you’ll be expected to lead project status meetings. You want to run them effectively and use the time well. You also want to give the team confidence in your leadership abilities. Follow these guidelines for a productive meeting that helps propel your project forward. And download the project status meeting agenda template to make it even easier to prepare!
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Project Risk Coach
DECEMBER 12, 2017
Have you ever tried to address an issue and created a different problem? A response to risk can create other risks. These secondary risks may be more significant than the primary risks if we are not careful. Photo courtesy of Adobe Stock (edited in Canva). One of the Pink Panther cartoon episodes pits the Pink Panther against a mouse in his house. The mouse was driving the Pink Panther crazy; he had to find a way to eliminate this problem.
The Lazy Project Manager
DECEMBER 15, 2017
Probably the best gift you can give the Project Manager in your life … How many project managers does it take to change a light bulb? A better question to ask is perhaps ‘how many project managers does it take to have a good project?’. I think just the one, if they have a real sense of humour and an appreciation for the value of ‘fun’ in a project team.
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LiquidPlanner
DECEMBER 14, 2017
Between Thanksgiving and the Christmas holiday, my family and I have a few traditions. One of them is to watch National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. Hidden amongst the classic scenes that only John Hughes could write, there are a few project management lessons worth your consideration. Here are five of them: Lesson #1: Every project needs quality assurance.
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Musings on Project Management
DECEMBER 15, 2017
Steve McConnell has pretty nice video presentation on Managing Technical Debt that casts the whole issue in business value terms. I like that approach since we always need some credible (to the business) justification for spending Other People's Money (OPM) McConnell, of course, has a lot of bona fides to speak on this topic, having been a past editor of IEEE Software and having written a.
Binfire
DECEMBER 12, 2017
Project’s hierarchy of needs defines what is needed to happen for teams to achieve success in their projects. . Project’s theory of needs is based on Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs. It is common knowledge that most projects finish late or fail altogether. In fact, around 55% of all IT projects either finish late or never finish at all.
LiquidPlanner
DECEMBER 12, 2017
With the holiday season coming into view, it’s tempting to take your foot off the gas and cruise towards the year’s end. Don’t. These last few weeks are when you should be making the most of those lessons learned and preparing for the year ahead. So, rather than just watching the clock wind down by going Secret Santa shopping and taking bets on who’s going to photocopy which part of their anatomy at the office party, finish your year strong!
Leading Answers
DECEMBER 11, 2017
When I travel I often meet people who say they used my books or other training materials to help them pass their PMI-ACP exam. Plus, I’m also asked by others how to get permission to use my book as the basis for their own PMI-ACP training courses. So, I am excited to announce the new PMI-ACP Training Partner Program from RMC Learning Solutions. For an introductory low price of $500 per year you receive: Use of a slide deck (290 slides) from our PMI-ACP® Exam Prep, Second Edition book.
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
Musings on Project Management
DECEMBER 9, 2017
Hiss! We no longer say "waterfall"; now we say "batch transfer" Fair enough. New label; old wine. I get it. But, still, to be avoided -- if you can What replaces the sequential batch transfer (formerly: sequential waterfall. Hiss!)? Collaboration! (*) And, less optimally, smaller "batches" (did someone say "lean"?
Binfire
DECEMBER 10, 2017
Work breakdown structure is the discipline of breaking down and simplifying tasks such that the resulting tasks are well defined and understood. This is done by breaking the large tasks into smaller tasks (called subtasks) and breaking the smaller tasks further into yet smaller tasks. This process is continued until the final subtasks are small enough to be worked on and finished in just hours or days.
Online PM Courses
DECEMBER 11, 2017
‘Alpha Project Managers: What the Top 2% Know that Everyone Else Does Not’ is a far better book than I had expected. So in this article, I’m going to share some of the most important things I learned from it. And I’ll tell you whether you should buy it, depending on where you are in your Project Management career. What is ‘Alpha Project Managers’?
Leading Answers
DECEMBER 11, 2017
When I travel I often meet people who say they used my books or other training materials to help them pass their PMI-ACP exam. Plus, I’m also asked by others how to get permission to use my book as the.
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Fix my Project Chaos
DECEMBER 14, 2017
The roadies and rockstars of change management, with Jen Frahm Dr Jen Frahm (PhD Management) is the founder of Conversations of Change and a world-leading organisational change expert. She has worked in culture change, process change, digital transformation, legislative change, mergers and acquisitions and technology/systems change for a wide range of industries.
TimeCamp
DECEMBER 14, 2017
Why Is Time Tracking Important In Project Management? Tracking employee hours has become popular over the last years. Respectively, the number of time tracking software’s users is consistently increasing. Many employees are afraid of tracking their work hours as there exists a belief that they are spied on. However, once the time tracking is implemented in the proper way, tracking employee hours turns out to be a good solution.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
DECEMBER 11, 2017
This article, 12 Days of a Project Manager’s Christmas , first appeared on Girl's Guide to Project Management. Are you feeling festive? I am! I can’t wait until the Christmas break and I’ve already started on the mince pies and mulled wine. Here’s the traditional 12 Days of Christmas carol reimagined for project managers.
Leading Answers
DECEMBER 11, 2017
When I travel I often meet people who say they used my books or other training materials to help them pass their PMI-ACP exam. Plus, I’m also asked by others how to get permission to use my book as the basis for their own PMI-ACP training courses. So, I am excited to announce the new PMI-ACP Training Partner Program from RMC Learning Solutions. For an introductory low price of $500 per year you receive: Use of a slide deck (290 slides) from our PMI-ACP® Exam Prep, Second Edition book.
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Function Point
DECEMBER 14, 2017
6 Key Features Your Workflow Management System Needs to Have. Your workflow management systems is the backbone of your agency’s productivity. They help to streamline and automate your agency’s tasks, from the simple and repetitive to the creative and complex, and make your processes easier, faster and more transparent. While most creative projects have complex process overlaps and approval processes, your workflow management system should help reduce redundant email chains, improve productivity
Velociteach
DECEMBER 13, 2017
A big thank you to one of our very own Velociteach Instructors, Alan Zucker, for creating the content for this blog. You can subscribe to his blog and see the sources of this content by following this link: [link] Many of us are “knowledge workers.” We do not physically create a product. We work in […] The post Eliminating Waste in Knowledge Work appeared first on PMP Certification Exam Prep & Training - Velociteach.
Brett Harned
DECEMBER 12, 2017
I just presented a free webinar on the topic of communications for TeamGantt. Here is a description of the session: Impress leadership with your excellent communication skills In just 45 minutes, you’ll learn how to create easy-to-maintain communication routines that can be used in all your projects. We’ll share real-world examples that have helped project managers from every industry.
TimeCamp
DECEMBER 13, 2017
Creating online software becomes more and more popular. People who want to sell something but don’t have an idea or money enough to rent a local, find their place on the Internet. There are a lot of ways to run the business and create your online tool. But how to tell others about our existence in the app market? Read these top tips for promoting your tool!
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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.
ActiveCollab
DECEMBER 12, 2017
The fact of SCRUM: It’s lightweight, easy to learn, but tough to master. Also, it’s application can vary from business to business, from company to company. To increase the efficiency of the process, and get the most out of the team, every Scrum Master has to inspect and adapt their approach constantly. And while achieving results using Scrum is not that difficult, setting up a stage for those successes is a whole different ball game.
Techno-PM
DECEMBER 14, 2017
What is a PMO Charter? A PMO Charter is one of the most important documents in the life of a Project Management Office. Project charters formally recognize the existence of projects in an organization, the PMO Charter legitimizes the existence of the PMO before the business. PMO Charter It is its organizational mandate which justifies why the PMO is being created, provides a high-level description of what the PMO is set to achieve and what its role will be and, most importantly, it empowers the
Function Point
DECEMBER 14, 2017
6 Key Features Your Workflow Management System Needs to Have. Your workflow management systems is the backbone of your agency’s productivity. They help to streamline and automate your agency’s tasks, from the simple and repetitive to the creative and complex, and make your processes easier, faster and more transparent. While most creative projects have complex process overlaps and approval processes, your workflow management system should help reduce redundant email chains, improve productivity
TimeCamp
DECEMBER 12, 2017
At TimeCamp we work hard on making our customers happy and satisfied with our product. That’s why we implement changes, new features, and enhance the software. And to help our customers’ better adjust to any innovations, we want to make it as easy as possible. Today we prepared a short tutorial on TimeCamp timer extension for Chrome. TimeCamp Timer Extension for Chrome There are many add-ons and apps available for work with TimeCamp and the list is constantly expanding.
Speaker: Ketan Jahagirdar - Sopheon’s Director of Product Management
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