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Top challenges for project sponsors

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Ron Rosenhead, co-author of Strategies for Project Sponsorship. Are you wondering how to build a better relationship with your project sponsor? I spoke to the authors of Strategies for Project Sponsorship , a book about how to sponsor projects, and reading it from a project manager’s perspective is a great way to improve how you interact and engage with your project sponsor.

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The Shape of Projects

MPUG

Introduction. In this article, I’m referring to IT projects with the ‘shape’ of them being their visible form. Projects, IT projects in particular, come in many different shapes (i.e., plans). The PMBOK ( A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge) states that a project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result.

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Self-Leadership: How to Become a HERO

Inloox

Content. What does Self-leadership mean? Become aware of yourself. Regulate yourself. Find your intrinsic motivation. Become a HERO. Karim Benzema is a phenomenon. Last May, the soccer star brought the possibly most coveted silverware, the UEFA Champions League trophy, to Madrid for the fifth time. One might think that claiming the European soccer throne with Real Madrid CF has become routine for him.

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PMBOK® Seventh Edition Principles and Risk Management

Project Risk Coach

The Project Management Institute (PMI) released the PMBOK® Guide, Seventh Edition in July 2021. This edition is a principles-based guide as opposed to the process-based guide of the Sixth Edition. In this article, let's look at each principle and why each one matters with respect to managing risks. Table Of Contents. What are Principles? 1. Be a Diligent, Respectful, and Caring Steward 2.

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Understand Digital Debt, Form a Team, Set Goals, and Plan Roadmap for Transformation

Understanding digital debt is crucial before digital transformation. Assemble a team to assess internal operations, market pressures, and digital debt's impact. Define future digital vision with measurable goals. Refine hypotheses and conduct market analysis. Develop a roadmap for transformation with defined projects, cost estimates, and governance.

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Top 10 Must-Read Books on Collaboration on Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I’ve put together my top list of the best books on collaboration, with a few communication skills books thrown in too. These are the books that I turn to time and time again. They are perfect for anyone working in a project environment, but if you are managing teams of any kind you’ll find something useful in here. I’ve met managers who think that project teams communicate and collaborate by default.

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3 Ways Project Management Software Helps With Resource Planning

LiquidPlanner

Resource planning is a discipline within project management software that ensures the most effective use of an organization’s team members and resources across the portfolio. This involves gathering the proper mix and quantity of resources required to complete a project and coordinating timelines between different departments using the same resources.

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China Cyber report from NSA et al

Musings on Project Management

NSA, FBI, and CISA have jointly issued a significant report on China's cyber activity.A summary quotation is given below:This joint Cybersecurity Advisory describes the ways in which People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored cyber actors continue to exploit publicly known vulnerabilities in order to establish a broad network of compromised infrastructure.

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The challenges of IT Project Management, with Dave Gordon

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In 2012, I went to Las Vegas for the Pink Elephant ITSM conference. I took some time out of the conference to meet Dave Gordon, author and the project management expert behind The Practicing IT Project Manager website, which has sadly since been taken offline as I believe Dave has now retired. We discussed IT project management, the challenges for project managers working on Software as a Service projects and the cartoon laws of physics.

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Scrum Master Interview Questions: The Sprint Review

Scrum.org

TL; DR: Scrum Master Interview Questions on the Sprint Review. Scrum has repeatedly proven to be the most popular framework for software development. Given that software is eating the world , a seasoned Scrum Master is nowadays in high demand. And that demand causes the market entry of new professionals from other project management branches, probably believing that reading one or two Scrum books will be sufficient.

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Strategic Finance Essentials: A Project Manager’s Guide to Financial Impact

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 expendi

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10 Tips to Lead Successful Remote Retrospectives

nTask

Let’s face the reality, all the agile methodologies weren’t exactly created with distributed teams in mind. All the early agile teams were overwhelmingly co-located in offices, mainly because chat, video conferencing, and other technology that makes the remote work possible were highly laughable and ancient at that time. Ever since the pandemic, so many […].

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Why projects fail: 10 ways to spot project failure before it’s too late

Planio

Projects fail. That’s a fact. According to a PwC study of over 10,640 projects, only a tiny, tiny portion of companies – 2.5% to be exact – complete 100% of their projects successfully. But what does project ‘failure’ really mean? Project failure can refer to any number of common issues that range from minor inconveniences to full-on catastrophes. You could go over budget, miss deadlines, not hit your goals, or not meet your success criteria and definition of done.

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How I Manage My Day

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Ever wondered how other people fit it all in? I thought I’d share my daily routine to show you how I do it. It’s a Friday. The morning. Wake up at 5.30 am when the children wake up. I check my email before getting out of bed on my smartphone. I am well aware that I shouldn’t do this and that I am bordering on obsessive. This is one of the downsides of virtual working.

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Don't Learn Scrum from Jira

Scrum.org

. Robb: So last week we put out something about, “Don't learn Scrum from a tool”, and I'd love to clarify a little bit more what we mean by that. So, Greg, have you ever used Jira? Greg: Yeah, I have used Jira. Robb: Fantastic tool. Isn’t it? Greg: Complicated, but potentially fantastic tool. Yeah. Robb: It is, and you know one thing I noticed in there is they have epics and they have user stories, but what's weird is that's not in Scrum.

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

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.

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Introduction to the PMP Certification (Project Management Professional) with Cornelius Fichtner

Online PM Courses

For an introduction to the PMP certification, Cornelius Fichtner is the best choice. His training has helped 60,000 people pass the exam. The post Introduction to the PMP Certification (Project Management Professional) with Cornelius Fichtner appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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Understanding Enterprise Environmental Factors

PM Times

Critical elements in strategic project management As project managers, we can’t control everything. In every project there are factors beyond our control that can have both large and small effects on the outcome of a project. Market demands, consumer tastes, corporate culture, even the weather, are all factors that can make a difference between […].

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Connecting with Business Communities | Nicole Friedberg on “Lean Six Sigma” and the Importance of Lean Six Sigma Skills

International Institute for Learning

IIL’s Thought Leaders News publication seeks to discover, acknowledge, and bring together into its global online community strong leaders and changemakers who are active in their communities and making a difference in their chosen fields. In this exclusive interview, Thought Leadership News chats with Nicole Friedberg , MBA, MBB, PMP, Master Black Belt, Project Manager, and Instructor at University of Michigan.

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Giving back : Considerations for a new Scrum Master

Scrum.org

I remember it well.as if it were yesterday. A certain day many years ago when I was told that I was to be a Scrum Master for a team within the organisation that I was working for at the time. Yikes!!! I didn't know just what to expect and I certainly didn't really know what being a Scrum Master entailed and how might be a good way to proceed in those early days and weeks.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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How to deal with difficult clients effectively

Proofhub

5 Awesome Tips For Dealing With Difficult Clients Good customer service and long-term clientele go hand in hand. If your organization falls behind the competition in customer service, you could face significant penalties. Customers not only claimed that poor customer service experiences made them feel dissatisfied, upset, and angry, but they also said that 65 percent of them had switched to a different brand as a result of a bad encounter.

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PM illustrated - 35 PDU Bundle

Leading Answers

Looking for some PDUs to renew your PMP credential? Curious about the agile content added to the PMP exam since you took yours? Like to try a gamified, visual-learning experience? In partnership with Peak Business , this 35-module micro-learning suite provides comprehensive coverage of the new PMP® Exam Content Outline (ECO) and an excellent overview of today’s current project management topics for those looking for a refresher.   Self-Directed Learning.

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5 Steps to Finding the Path to Business Agility

International Institute for Learning

Is there a dark side to agility? By Brent Reed. When anyone tries to sell a tool or a prescribed method that claims to be “one size fits all” or “immutable” — these can be red flags that whatever they are “selling” is probably not going to be the right fit for you. The approach many Agile “purists” will expound on is that you must do things a certain way, or if that way of working does not work, you have failed, and it’s your fault.

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7 Mythen über Sprint-Ziele und wie du sie widerlegst

Scrum.org

Das Sprint-Ziel ist seit 2002 Bestandteil von Scrum. Trotzdem verwenden Scrum Teams es nur selten, wie eine Umfrage in meinem fortgeschrittenen Professional Scrum Master Training zeigte. Was ist der Grund dafür? . Selbst nach 10 Jahren kursieren immer noch viele Mythen um Sprint-Ziele. Die weite Verbreitung dieser Mythen könnte auch der Grund sein, warum dein Scrum Team noch damit kämpft, sich Sprint-Ziele zu setzen.

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Acclaim Projects Helps Deliver Innovation Projects on Time and on Budget

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.

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7 best resource management tools in 2022

Resource Guru

Many people talk about project management and resource management software interchangeably. But while there are crossovers in functionality, resource management tools focus on allocating the human resources required for project success, as opposed to purely handling task management. In this article, we’re taking a look at some of the best resource management tools that can help you plan manageable workloads for your teams and protect the well-being of your most important assets – your employees.

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Agile Manifesto Four Values and Strategic Project Management

The Strategic Project Manager

The Agile Manifesto provides four values and twelve principles as foundational to an agile mindset. This post focuses on the four values, and their impacts on project management and strategic thinking. Value 1: Individuals and interactions over processes and tools. People are our most precious resource, and in the end will be the reason for success or failure.

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Transforming an Organization through High-Performing Teams

International Institute for Learning

By Marianne Rimbark. Transforming organizations to become Lean and Agile while maintaining high levels of performance within its teams requires a strong focus on people. After all, these high-performing teams are the ones that deliver change and growth. I have been working at Ericsson for the last 26 years, a company that started up in a workshop in Stockholm in 1876 by Lars Magnus Ericsson and his wife Hilda.

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What does Cross-Functional mean for Sprint Planning ?? - Back to the foundations of the Scrum framework (56)

Scrum.org

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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From Concepts to Actionable Insights: Powering Digital Transformation Success

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.