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Resource Loading In Project Management: What, Why, And How

Teamweek

If you struggle to maximize your team’s utilization without overwork, you’re in the right place. In this article, you’ll learn how resource loading helps you achieve this seemingly impossible balance in project management. It’s a simple process that helps you: Forecast your team’s workload. Set the right expectations with stakeholders.

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10 Free Event Planning Templates for Excel and Word

ProjectManager.com

Planning an event can range from a meeting at work to a convention and everything in between. It’s another project where you have to manage time, cost and scope (and don’t forget quality) to deliver on a deadline. Using planning templates can help you stay organized and keep to your budget and they allow you to schedule and create the kind of event that serves its purpose, whether that’s networking at a trade show or launching a team-building workshop.

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Business Resilience: An Overview

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Business Resilience: A practical guide to sustained progress delivered at pace is a book by an impressive authoring team. The tone is set immediately with the powerful introduction: this is not a book for the faint-hearted! To get the benefits of better business resilience, you need to commit at the most senior levels within the delivery and change organization, preferably at board level.

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Uncovering the Benefits of Clear Risk Statements

Project Risk Coach

I've looked at many risk registers through the years, and I've had difficulty understanding the risks many times. The risk statements were vague and lacked consistency. In this article, let's explore the benefits of clear risk statements. Clarity Improves Understanding When it comes to understanding the risk associated with any project, clarity is key.

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Project Team Engagement in the Context of Human/AI Hybrid Teams

The leadership style that the leaders adopt during engagement is critical in gaining team member support for building a positive thinking team. The challenge is in deciding whether to adopt an engagement focused leadership style that emphasizes human behavior characteristics such as personalities, or to a task-oriented leadership style that focuses on the work needed to be performed and the tools to be used.

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Managing Risk: Unpacking Scrum's Risk Management Strategy

Scrum.org

In this vlog , Professional Scrum Trainers, Andreanna Marshall and Scott Adams discuss the Risk Management strategy found in the Scrum framework. Risk management is a key element of any project, and understanding how Scrum applies risk management will help you successfully delivery value. Check out the video, leave a comment with your question(s), and subscribe for more content. ⏩ Click here to join Andreanna in Scrum.org courses. ⏩ Click here to join Scott in Scrum.org courses.

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PM Illustrated – The Fun Site to Support Your PMP® Exam Studies

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This is a guest post by Mike Griffiths. “Fun” and “PMP Exam” are rarely used in the same sentence. Too often, training materials are text-based, process-focused, and dry. However, fun is a serious business in adult learning; it boosts retention and cuts study time. We recall facts about our favorite hobbies and sports teams much easier than boring information because our brains prioritize fun experiences for recall.

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Project initiation: An easy guide to help kick-start any project

Resource Guru

The saying goes that you can’t build a great building on a weak foundation. Sure, it might look good at first glance, with its fresh paint and shiny new facade. But as soon as there’s a slight tremble or a particularly strong gust of wind, everything can come crashing down. The same goes for projects. You need a strong foundation that can face any twist or turn that’s thrown your way.

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Scrum im Selbststudium: Der Scrum Guide in 19 Artikeln erklärt

Scrum.org

Teil 1: Agile Projekte sind fast 1,5-mal erfolgreicher Laut der Studie von Zippia , den Karriereexperten, weisen agile Projekte eine Erfolgsquote von 64 % auf, während Projekte, die traditionell nach dem Wasserfall-Vorgehen umgesetzt werden, nur eine Erfolgsquote von 49 % haben. Als Resultat machen Unternehmen nach der Einführung agiler Arbeitsweisen im Schnitt 60 % mehr Gewinn.

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New job skill: be able to talk to AI

Musings on Project Management

Charlie Warzel has posed an interesting thought in an essay about the sundry impacts that may come about with ever more sophisticated AI tools in the workplace:Talking to AI may be the most important job skill of this centuryFor the moment, it's about writing or constructing a 'prompt'Warzel makes this point: "AI evangelists will similarly tell you that generative AI is destined to become the

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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What Is a Bill of Materials? Components, Purpose & Types

ProjectManager.com

Manufacturing is the process of putting together a product. Yes, there are many other factors, such as costs, time, quality and more. But all of those concerns are tied to the bill of materials, which collects the pieces that’ll be used to build the final product. A bill of materials, however, is more than a mere list. If you’re manufacturing anything, then you need to know what is a bill of materials, what is it used for and the types of bills of materials you’ll find in production.

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7 Ways to Improve Resource Management for Complex Portfolios

LiquidPlanner

Recently, it’s felt like my work as a project manager has been all about making sure the right people are lined up to do their tasks at the right time. Having access to skilled individuals – which we often call ‘resources’ in project jargon – is critical to making sure work gets completed when it should, so the next person in the chain can do their thing.

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Die drei Daily Scrum Fragen werden nicht verstummen ??

Scrum.org

In Kürze: Die drei Daily Scrum Fragen werden nicht verstummen Das Daily Scrum dient einem einzigen Zweck: der Überprüfung des Fortschritts auf dem Weg zum Sprint-Ziel, indem die Erkenntnisse von gestern aufgegriffen werden. Bei Bedarf passen die Entwickler dann ihren Plan an, um das Sprint-Ziel zu erreichen. Während die Theorie allgemein akzeptiert sein mag, ist die Umsetzung der Idee in der Praxis eine größere Herausforderung.

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Can someone be a Product Owner and Agile Lead for a single team?

Kiron Bondale

A question was posed on my Mastodon instance this morning about combining the roles of Product Owner and Agile Lead (e.g. Scrum Master). The requestor felt that this was a bad idea but wanted to get feedback on whether it was, in fact, possible to do so and under what conditions would it not cause problems. To answer the question, we need to understand the responsibilities of each role.

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The Essential Guide to Analytic Applications

Embedding dashboards, reports and analytics in your application presents unique opportunities and poses unique challenges. We interviewed 16 experts across business intelligence, UI/UX, security and more to find out what it takes to build an application with analytics at its core. No matter where you are in your analytics journey, you will learn about emerging trends and gather best practices from product experts.

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Risk Identification: How to Identify Project Risks | Video

Online PM Courses

You can't manage project risks until you know what you need to manage. So, let’s see the different ways to identify risks to your project. The post Risk Identification: How to Identify Project Risks | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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Strategy, How to Write a Project Charter, and ChatGPT

The Strategic Project Manager

This post looks at the major elements of the Project Charter and how they link back to strategy. It focuses on how to write a Project Charter – and then asks ChatGPT what it would include in a Project Charter! How to Write a Project Charter The Project Charter is often the first document that the actual project manager of the project writes. Other documents, such as Business Case and Feasibility, are done prior to committing to the project – and a project manager who writes these ca

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Scrum is not an excuse to ignore emergencies

Scrum.org

In Scrum, the Product Owner is accountable for maximizing product value for the customer. That’s the focus of the entire Scrum framework, where value is delivered frequently and incrementally. But sometimes, the customer can jeopardize the value the Scrum Team is set to deliver. In some cases, the customer might have a work request that doesn’t warrant risking the value the Sprint Goal will deliver.

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Time blocking 101: An ultimate guide to boosting productivity

Resource Guru

Productivity has always been a tricky subject. We’ve all seen the articles do the rounds on the internet; how to work, when to work, where to work—you name it. We know by now that the same rules don’t apply equally to everyone. So chuck the productivity roadmap for CEOs out the window and let’s talk about a practical technique that can help enable productivity: we’re talking about the time blocking method , of course.

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From Complexity to Clarity: Strategies for Effective Compliance and Security Measures

Speaker: Erika R. Bales, Esq.

When we talk about “compliance and security," most companies want to ensure that steps are being taken to protect what they value most – people, data, real or personal property, intellectual property, digital assets, or any other number of other things - and it’s more important than ever that safeguards are in place. Let’s step back and focus on the idea that no matter how complicated the compliance and security regime, it should be able to be distilled down to a checklist.

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What is sustainable procurement, and why should a project manager care?

Green Project Management

Procurement is hardly an interesting topic for most people. In fact, the average person probably doesn’t even know what ‘procurement’ actually means. Most project managers understand that procurement is one of the ten knowledge areas in the Project Management Body of Knowledge. Depending on the industry you work in or the company you work for, […] The post What is sustainable procurement, and why should a project manager care?

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The EVIL is WATERFALL

International Institute for Learning

By Gabor Stramb Nowadays, in Project Management you can only hear the following: Be more Agile – Agility is key – Running projects based on Waterfall is “dead”, “you are not open minded”. Transformation-Transformation-Transformation – more flexibility to be able to adopt, be adaptive, use hybrid project management.

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The Three Daily Scrum Questions Won’t Die — Making Your Scrum Work (29)

Scrum.org

TL; DR: The Three Daily Scrum Questions Won’t Die The Daily Scrum serves a single purpose: inspecting the progress toward the Sprint Goal by reflecting on yesterday’s learning. Then, if the need should arise, the Developers adapt their plan to accomplish the Sprint Goal. While the theory may be generally accepted, applying the idea to the practice is more challenging.

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Comprehensive Comparison of Smartsheet vs Monday & nTask for Project Management

nTask

Organizing projects, creating effective task management systems, and streamlining collaboration processes can seem like an impossible feat. Fortunately, you don’t have to manage it all yourself! Several great project management tools can help you keep your projects on track.

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Emotional Intelligence and The Project Manager

The field of project management has witnessed numerous advancements and continuous improvement efforts across various leadership applications and management domains. As organizations increasingly integrate Artificial Intelligence and automation into their models, the interpersonal aspect of project management will gain greater significance. Cultivating Emotional Intelligence requires time, self-reflection, courage, and the willingness to let go of unhelpful beliefs and behaviors.

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Feature Tip #9: Edit Multiple Items on the Fly

LiquidPlanner

As you start using LiquidPlanner, your workspace will fill up with tasks and projects before you know it. Editing work items one by one can grow tiresome and slow you down. Did you know that you can edit multiple plan items at once using built-in Bulk Edit features? LiquidPlanner is designed to do the hard work for you so you have time to focus on what matters.

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What Are the Types of Resources in Project Management?

WorkOtter

The global project management software market reached a size of $6 billion in 2021. There’s a lot involved in project management, so it takes plenty of skill and knowledge to be able to do things right. Software can be very helpful, but you still need to understand the different types of resources in project management. These are what you’ll have at your disposal throughout a project so that you can complete it as needed.

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Scrum Master Power-Ups

Scrum.org

Photo by Alora Griffiths on Unsplash The Ultimate Litmus Test: Go on Vacation If the outcome of an effective Scrum Master is to create a high-performing, self-managing team, the litmus test may be — what happens when you are not there? Mike Cohn describes a high-performing team as one that “sustainably exceeds expectations in achieving clear goals.

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Comparing Hive Vs ClickUp and nTask: Which Tool Is Best for Your Business?

nTask

Welcome to the ultimate task management showdown! It's time to explore the pros and cons of two popular task management tools: Hive vs ClickUp. Over the course of this blog post, we will be comparing ClickUp and Hive side by side to determine which one is the best for your project needs.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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Hiring Extra Employees vs. Adopting a Resource Management Solution: ?hoosing the Right Investment

Epicflow Blog

When a company needs to deliver more orders, it may seem natural to hire more resources to fulfill the increasing demand. At the same time, such a decision has its disadvantages – onboarding a new employee is costly and time-consuming, which is multiplied by current economic turbulence and uncertainty about the future. Does it mean that organizations shouldn’t try to intake more projects and gain profit?

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9 Steps to Master Job Task Analysis Fast

Teamweek

Although many people enjoy watching a good mystery series, in the workplace, it’s way better to know exactly what each role should be achieving. And that’s where job task analysis comes in. When done correctly, job task analysis helps employees and candidates to know exactly what’s expected from them, enabling the business to optimize its’ valuable human resources.

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El Scrum Master brinda servicios de coaching

Scrum.org

El Scrum Master brinda servicios de coaching, en ese sentido brinda orientación para ayudar a otros a alcanzar sus metas profesionales o personales. El coaching es una competencia para lograr usar un Scrum Profesional, al hablar del coaching (no del rol de un Agile Coach) conversamos acerca de cómo las habilidades de coaching pueden usarse para aumentar la efectividad y los resultados de un Equipo Scrum.

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