Techno-PM

AUGUST 9, 2022

Project proposals are documents that outline the scope of any project and highlight the objectives, desired outcomes, and a tentative framework of procedural steps with timelines. As a project manager working with a new client, your recruiter might not set the wished-for outcomes on the go but work through a process in which changes are inevitable. In such cases, project proposals become instrumental for both of you to stay on the same page.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 10, 2022

A successful project starts with a successful estimate. To properly schedule the work to execute your project, you need to know the timeline, costs, scope, risk and more. All of these considerations are part of project estimation techniques. Estimation techniques are helpful for making decisions on the viability of your project. If you decide to move forward, they’re essential to forecasting projects accurately.

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Kiron Bondale

AUGUST 7, 2022

Like many other home-bound folks, we added a furry family member early in the pandemic. Tux is a two and a half year old Shih Tzu and, like all dogs, has managed to fully integrate into all aspects of our daily lives. While he has completed the first level of doggy training (and graduated top dog within his cohort!), over the past two years, he has taught me a few lessons in leadership and project management which are worth sharing.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 7, 2022

“I am convinced that stakeholders must always impact upon the way we manage our projects,” writes Louise M. Worsley in Stakeholder-led Project Management: Changing the Way We Manage Projects. “I hope I can convince you.”. I’m probably the ideal audience for this book: I don’t need convincing. I wrote a book about stakeholder engagement too. She goes on: Stakeholder management is not a series of steps to be gone through, but a perspective that when fathomed and its implications understood, always

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Planning

Scrum.org

AUGUST 8, 2022

TL; DR: Agile Micromanagement. There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. Indeed, given that Scrum is a framework with a reasonable yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. For example, the Scrum Guide clearly states the importance of self-management at the Scrum team level. Nevertheless, the prevailing cause of many messed-up attempts to use Scrum result from what I call agile micromanagement, a pseudo-commitment to agile principles only to be overridden whenever i

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LiquidPlanner

AUGUST 8, 2022

Most of my Professional Services colleagues don’t utilize project management software. Why? Some aren’t aware it exists and have never tried it before. Others think the time investment to learn a new software program isn’t worth the value it could provide. . In my 10+ years of working in professional services, it’s always been a pain point to juggle multiple priorities and projects with various deadlines and resource constraints across teams.

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Software Consulting Estimate Underperforming Technical Team 153

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 8, 2022

Planning is an essential part of what project managers do, so you would expect there to be some mention of how to deal with fixed date projects in the PRINCE2® manuals. There isn’t. Fixed date projects only get a passing mention in the Managing Successful Projects book , and you’d have to look really hard to find a mention of managing time constraints in the Directing Successful Projects book.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 10, 2022

Commitments: a little new and a little old. In 2020, the Scrum Guide 2020 introduced the concept of commitments, one for each artifact (physical things). They are: the Definition of Done. the Sprint Goal. the Product Goal. Of the three, Sprint Goal and Definition of Done have been around for quite some time, but not called commitments. Product Goal is new. .

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 9, 2022

Managing a project requires more than planning and budgeting, it also requires scheduling. While deliverables are due at specific points on your project timeline, getting those deliverables completed on time requires scheduling your human resources with a resource calendar. In order to do that, it’s important to know what a resource calendar is, how it’s used in project management and how project management software can help make the scheduling process more efficient.

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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

Finance

LiquidPlanner

AUGUST 11, 2022

McKinsey notes: “AI now powers so many real-world applications, ranging from facial recognition to language translators and assistants like Siri and Alexa, that we barely notice it. Along with these consumer applications, companies across sectors are increasingly harnessing AI’s power in their operations. Embracing artificial intelligence promises considerable benefits for businesses and economies such as increased productivity and innovation.” 1 And Project Management is in no way exempt from t

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

Who on your project will have the authority to make decisions at the most senior level? Who will get you access to the resources you require? Who will unblock problems and sign off the extra money the project needs? These are all functions of a project board (or steering group). Strong leadership in projects is important for success, so getting your project board and/or project steering group set up as soon as you can is a good start.

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Governance Government Risk Management Technical Review 358

Scrum.org

AUGUST 11, 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 Self-Management. A self-managing team is taking decisions about who does what, when, and how. This ensures the team can move forward without unnecessary waiting time.

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WorkOtter

AUGUST 11, 2022

5 Fears Every Project Manager Experiences (and How to Overcome Them). Mastering the art of project management means managing your projects on multiple fronts, including keeping tabs on budget and schedule and staying in touch with the right people on your team. It also involves knowing how to manage your own emotions, which can be just as challenging as anything else on that list.

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Budget Technical Review 78

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Certification

Gunther Verheyen

AUGUST 10, 2022

Entry 1 of an assistant’s web-log of the IWAS Powerchair Hockey World Cup 2022 Sursee. In November 2007, at the age of 6 and after a disturbingly bumpy road of a few years’ searching for the (medical) cause of his physical problems, our oldest son was diagnosed with “Duchenne” (which is short for “Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy” or DMD, see Wikipedia ).

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ActiveCollab

AUGUST 8, 2022

Generating an accurate estimate is one of the crucial aspects of job management, leading to successful project execution. Not only do estimates help you win new business, but they also determine the project budget, manage resources, focus on schedule, and ultimately deal with invoicing. Unfortunately, companies often underestimate what's necessary to complete the job.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 12, 2022

This post is the first in an ongoing series revisiting the principles behind the Agile Manifesto. This post is focused on the following important principle – “Simplicity–the art of maximizing the amount of work not done–is essential.”. For knowledge work, the scope for potential work is limitless. There is always more work than there is the capacity to deliver that work.

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Epicflow Blog

AUGUST 11, 2022

“If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it” Peter Drucker. No matter what change initiatives are, they must bring tangible results. It may seem the outcomes of effective change management are obvious – if positive transformations have happened, the process was effective. . However, the present-day ever-evolving business environment demonstrates that change management is rather a journey than a destination.

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Gunther Verheyen

AUGUST 11, 2022

Entry 2 of an assistant’s web-log of the IWAS Powerchair Hockey World Cup 2022 Sursee. My son and I witness the breaking of dawn of yet another day. It is the second day in a row ( O, the horror! ) that we have to get up horribly early. Unless we want to skip breakfast, which is a ‘no go’ ‘no brainer’ The reason that breakfast happens, as planned and thus not completely unexpected, at the unholy time of 7am is that a light warm-up training is planned at 9am.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 9, 2022

In this video I talk to Jonathan Norman from the Major Projects Knowledge Hub about how to successfully foster knowledge sharing in project management communities and build a supportive community of project managers. If you run a network for project managers, a community of practice, a center of excellence or another type of knowledge sharing and community group in your business, then this is for you.

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Velociteach

AUGUST 8, 2022

Agile is a mindset described by a set of values and principles. It traces its roots to Lean, which is also foundational to other modern management theories. Lean’s primary focus is delivering value quickly and eliminating waste. Toyota was a Lean pioneer. Out of necessity, it needed to be very efficient to compete. It dramatically […] The post Agile Beyond IT: Lean Thinking appeared first on PMP Certification Exam Prep & Training - Velociteach.

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International Institute for Learning

AUGUST 10, 2022

By Susan Croft. Most managers and administrators in today’s multicultural and diverse workplace must work with a variety of stakeholders: team members, colleagues, bosses, trustees, boards of directors, clients, customers, investors, partners, and others. This requires an ability to get on well with many different people – some of whom have very different behavioural and communication styles to you.

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Budget

Gunther Verheyen

AUGUST 12, 2022

Entry 3 of an assistant’s web-log of the IWAS Powerchair Hockey World Cup 2022 Sursee. After two days of ‘horror’, that means having to wake up early for different reasons, my son and I are now enjoying breakfast at a more decent time. Which means we have slept a bit longer. I notice how my son goes for the ‘traditional’ breakfast that our kids always go for in the context of a hotel stay with a buffet: scrambled eggs, sausage(s) and bacon.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 8, 2022

Have you ever been in a meeting where one person dominated the conversation? I have. The person I’m thinking of was a senior manager. Very well respected and a lovely guy. But he hadn’t done a hands-on frontline job with customers for quite some time. The meeting was to discuss processes. The people who did the processes were there. But they didn’t contribute as much as I thought they should.

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GanttPRO Project Management

AUGUST 8, 2022

Striving to improve your project management skills, you should clearly know how to create a work plan for a project with ease. Poor planning can be a nightmare for any […]. The post How to Create a Work Plan for a Project [Guide + Visual Examples] first appeared on GanttPRO.

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Planning 64

International Institute for Learning

AUGUST 11, 2022

The Art of Grateful Leadership # 197 The Organic Alignment of Agile, Scrum and Grateful Leadership! Join host Judith W. Umlas as she interviews Agile Consultant and former CEO of Scrum Alliance, Howard Sublett in an engaging and both fun and action-filled conversation. They discuss Howard’s passion to bring humanity to the workplace, and some amazing steps and practices he has initiated in organizations to do so.

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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.

Risk Management