nTask
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
To be super successful, your organization must be efficient, agile, and productive as well as put an emphasis over managing the internal processes that involve your most essential asset – your employees. High performing employees empower the organization to find their true potential and maximize the profitability. With the rapid and modern digital transformation of […].
MPUG
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
Leadership, Leadership Levels, and Leadership Styles for Project Managers. We need a leader. Courageous, sacrificing for the people, setting examples for all of us. Everybody loves a leader, people line up for ’em, cheer for ’em, scream their names, and years later tell how they stood in the rain for hours just to get a glimpse of the one who told them to hold on a second longer. — From the movie, Spiderman 2.
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Teamweek
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
Every project starts with a plan. But how does a blank document become a solid, detailed project timeline? How do you present your ideas in the most coherent, logical way? Where do you start? It helps if you have a framework to build upon. Project timeline templates can provide that initial plan structure, spark some ideas, and get you going quickly.
PM Times
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
In project work the whole idea is to manifest success – satisfying stakeholder expectations by delivering timely and financially and emotionally rewarding results. “The word ‘manifestation’ means to create something or turn something from an idea into a reality. In psychology, manifestation generally means using our thoughts, feelings, and beliefs to bring something to our […].
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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.
Musings on Project Management
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
Is this the worst news possible in project management?All the money has been spent, and nothing has been delivered. nothing has been earned!Yikes! What happened to get the project to this point?Did you fear the data?Were you fearful of the data, unwilling to measure or unwilling to believe the measurements of value attainment?Or worse yet, you actually don't know how to measure value.
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Online PM Courses
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
I review Carole Osterweil’s excellent book, Neuroscience for Project Success. But, I also share some of the key ideas from neuroscience. The post Power of Neuroscience: How to Harness it for Project Success appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.
ActiveCollab
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
When managing a team, you need to be sure that every member is pulling their weight and going in the same direction. However, things don't always go according to plan. OKR or objectives and key results can make this process significantly easier, securing a single direction and helping your business produce measurable results. After all, you don't want your long-term planning to turn into wasted effort.
ProjectManager.com
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
Projects are made up of many tasks which are mapped out on a project schedule so they can be executed in a timely and organized manner. One of the most important steps when creating a project schedule is to identify task dependencies, as they’re critical for time and task management. What Are Task Dependencies in Project Management? Task dependencies are the interrelations that exist between project activities.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
Sunday nights in this house are a buzz of activity. For me. Everyone else seems chilled out after the weekend. On a typical Sunday I spend the evening making sure my outfit is planned for the morning, packing my laptop bag, preparing snacks, and finding my train ticket. That’s just work related tasks to get ready for next week. Then there’s the other getting-ready-for-the-week stuff like meal planning for the week ahead, online shopping and checking whose birthday we have forgotten so I can apol
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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
Project Risk Coach
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
On April 1, 2022, the Project Management Institute (PMI®) rolled out the new PMI-RMP® exam. In this article, let's examine why the new PMI® Standards matter and what to look for in your PMI-RMP® training. New PMI® Standards The new PMI-RMP® Exam Content Outline and Specifications (March 2022) includes Reference Materials. And the Reference Materials include two new PMI® Standards: The Standard for Project Management (found in the PMBOK® Guide, Seventh Edition 2021 ) The Standard for Risk Managem
Scrum.org
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
In Kürze: 14 Produkt-Backlog Prinzipien. Entgegen der landläufigen Meinung hat der Product Owner keine diktatorischen Befugnisse, was die Zusammensetzung und Reihenfolge des Produkt-Backlogs angeht. Stattdessen basiert Scrum auf einem ausgeklügelten System von Checks & Balances, Zusammenarbeit und gemeinsamer Entscheidungsfindung, um das Risiko zu mindern, dass sich der Product Owner in seine Lösung verliebt und nicht in das Problem des Kunden.
ProjectManager.com
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
Requirements are the tasks that must be done in order to deliver a final project. That includes the features, functions and so forth. Tracing those features can ensure that none slip through the cracks, a process that’s best completed by using a requirements traceability matrix. If you’ve never heard of a requirements traceability matrix and you’re managing a project, you’ll need a crash course.
LiquidPlanner
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
There are peaks and troughs in every workload, but when you’re struggling to keep all the balls in the air, how do you manage competing priorities? There is some truth in the saying that when everything seems important, nothing truly is. . I’ve had many times in my career where each of my project sponsors believes their work is the priority. Often I’ve ended up having a day where I’ve worked for the person who made the most noise about deadlines instead of on something strategic.
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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.
Online PM Courses
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
T-shirt sizing has become a popular method for estimating in agile projects. So, I answer the question, what is T-shirt Sizing? The post What is T-shirt Sizing? | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.
Scrum.org
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
TL; DR: Product Backlog Principles. Contrary to popular belief, the Product Owner does not have dictatorial powers regarding the composition and order of the Product Backlog. Instead, Scrum as a framework is based on a delicate system of checks and balances, collaboration, and joint decision-making to mitigate risk; for example, the Product Owner falling in love with their solution over the problem of the customers.
ProjectManager.com
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
ProjectManager is excited to roll out another product release designed to bring more value to our customers and help them overcome roadblocks across various industries. Among this release’s hundreds of product updates, we wanted to highlight two that our business edition subscribers and above can access: risk management and recurring tasks. Manage Risks to Avoid Unexpected Project Impacts.
TrustRadius Project Management
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
Every organization knows the feeling of trying to find better, more efficient ways of creating their product or service. Agile development is a relatively young workflow methodology. At the start of the millennium, software devs pioneered the development of agile, and here we are. Since its inception, agile has seen incredible adoption across the business world, especially in tech sectors.
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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.
Online PM Courses
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
What is Helio Costa’s best Project Management advice? Helio Costa tells me, among other things, about Flexibility, Integration, and Risk. The post Helio Costa’s Best Project Management Advice: Flexibility, Integration, and Risk appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.
Scrum.org
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
If you struggle to pay attention during meetings (made even more challenging by virtual meetings), you are not alone. I, and many of you, are part of the some 90% of people who daydream during meetings, and the 73% who use meeting time to do other work.* And. we are also probably part of the group that overestimates our own abilities to lead and facilitate effective conversations, feeding that vicious circle of soul-sucking meetings and events that are ineffective. .
Agilemania
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
What is LPM? Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) involves connecting strategy to execution by using lean principles. Budgets are allocated to execute an enterprise’s strategy by portfolio management teams. An LPM portfolio of investments is creatively determined and actively managed throughout its investment life cycle, just like any other portfolio.
PM Basics
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
Decomposition is one of the most used techniques in project management. You can use it on different levels of project scope. But the way you use it differs depending on what you decompose. Decomposition is a planning technique that helps you break down big parts of the project scope into smaller, manageable pieces. First, we decompose project outcomes into deliverables.
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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.
Planview
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
Across industries, strategic PMO and business leaders are using adaptive project management to drive strategic delivery and value while adapting to quickly changing customer needs and preferences. Many of them rely on Planview to help their organizations realize their adaptive project management potential to deliver on strategy. That’s why we’re thrilled to have been recognized as a leader in the first 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Adaptive Project Management and Reporting.
Scrum.org
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
Hand aufs Herz: Wie lange plant dein Scrum Team einen Sprint? Wenn es so lange dauert, wie bei mir damals, dann wahrscheinlich viel zu lange. 2018 kam ich neu als Scrum Master zu einem Team. Das Team plante seinen Sprint so: Das Team wählte eine User Story aus dem Backlog für diesen Sprint aus. Jeder im Team brach die Story in detaillierte Aufgaben herunter.
Planio
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
If you’ve felt especially foggy, slow, or “stuck” lately, you’re not alone. According to memory researchers , we’re experiencing more mental blocks than ever — moments where we forget simple things or can’t perform routine acts that were once second nature. In your personal life, a mental block is an annoyance (like forgetting an old friend’s name).
LiquidPlanner
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
Managing your company’s resources including personnel, budget, and other critical resources such as equipment is a complex task for project leaders. Resources are finite and often are shared across many teams. To be a successful project leader, you need to know what resources you have available to complete the job or project in the allotted time and within a constrained budget.
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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.
PM Basics
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
Here’s a career development tip for you! No matter the industry or size of a project, scope management is the most crucial aspect – you must become a professional scope manager first of all. . Scope management is a combination of processes and tools that help to identify tangible and intangible project outcomes. After that, these integrated processes help to describe, control, and validate the work to be done by the project team in order to create those outcomes.
Scrum.org
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
In this blog post, I share some tips and tricks that may help you facilitate strong Sprint Planning outcomes, so that your Scrum Team will have a great start into their Sprint. Spoiler alert: Facilitating strong Sprint Planning outcomes starts before the Sprint Planning event! Your team needs to overcome the Groan Zone to avoid weak outcomes that lead to a poor Sprint!
Gunther Verheyen
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
People regularly approach me (often privately) with the request to speak out (potentially publicly) on various things ‘Agile’. Although I am humbled by the trust that genuinely speaks from their words, there is also ( o, the horror! ) the expectations in their requests. I want to share my (multi-layered) doubts and hesitance regarding the matter of speaking out publicly on (some) things ‘Agile’ And thereby, in a way, speak out publicly anyhow… albeit offering–what I hope isR
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