Celoxis
APRIL 6, 2020
Project Management Software can prove to be an excellent tool for project managers to manage their projects and resources. But with the digital space overflowing with hundreds of project management software, it can be a daunting task to choose the right one.
ProjectManager.com
APRIL 7, 2020
Managing a team is a balancing act. They need direction, but if you’re too hands on then you can often stifle their process. What can a team leader do that doesn’t micromanage their team to death, but inspires them to greater heights of productivity? An agile workflow can help. For a long time the agile framework influenced teams outside of the software development sector from which it originated.
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LiquidPlanner
APRIL 7, 2020
Depending on the scope and ambition of your upcoming project, going public and asking for stakeholders to pitch in support of your development efforts might be the most logical financial decision to make. Whether you’re working with B2B investors or B2C backers, keeping your stakeholders in the loop about the current status of your project is of utmost importance.
Project Risk Coach
APRIL 6, 2020
In this blog post, we will explore the differences between qualitative and quantitative risk analysis. What is each? And when should you perform these processes? Let's dive in. Qualitative Risk Analysis Once you've identified your risks, it's important to evaluate your risks. Why? To establish the priorities of the risks. Which risks need a response?
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Green Project Management
APRIL 10, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has turned the world upside down, and many countries and communities have been forced to make dramatic changes in lifestyle, plans and expectations. What is being demanded in many of these communities is a dramatic transformational change. Sustainable project management can help provide guidance with this. What is being asked worldwide is […].
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Rebel’s Guide to PM
APRIL 6, 2020
The skies are grey around our way. And with everything else happening in the world, it can feel like a challenge to keep a positive attitude at work when team members are preoccupied or just don’t want to work on your project. Someone got in touch recently with that exact point, and asked: “How can you maintain a positive, cheerful attitude when working with team members or stakeholders who cast doubt on the project?”.
Scrum.org
APRIL 8, 2020
Facing the COVID-19 pandemic, we are all staying home for the safety of our people. This is a hard time for all of us. While classes are re-scheduled in the Fall, some of us Scrum trainers are refocusing our energy to help the household while others are investigating how to conduct interactive online training. The speed at which the Scrum.org community of trainers arrived to discover, create, deliver, inspect and adapt the virtual environments to conduct the classes was overwhelming and very soo
Green Project Management
APRIL 10, 2020
“The early bird may get the worm, but its the second mouse that gets the cheese.” No idea who said this. “Sometimes the early bird gets the worm, but sometimes the early bird gets frozen to death.” Myron Scholes Many of us instinctively procrastinate and delay. There are times though, where the cost of delays […]. The post COVID-19 Sustainable Lessons 06: The Cost of Delay appeared first on Delivering a better world, one project at a time.
LiquidPlanner
APRIL 9, 2020
Growing commute distances, the ever-rising cost of office space, and a concerted effort to reduce emissions to better protect the environment have all motivated a gradual movement to work from home. Luckily, technological advancements in the last ten years have enabled remote work to become a viable option — and the preferred option to many. And in the past month, the Coronavirus pandemic , and related stay-at-home orders, have compelled those slow to adopt to fully embrace the trend.
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
APRIL 9, 2020
I've written before that the PMO is the world of 1-sigma; 6-sigma need not apply. Why so? One-time projects don't generate enough data for real statistical process controls to be valid. To wit: projects are the domain of small data. (Usually) And so, small data drives most projects; after all, we're not in a production environment. Small data is why we approximate, but approximation is not.
Scrum.org
APRIL 9, 2020
Many teams are finding that they need to adjust to a new reality amid the covid-19 pandemic. Strategic plans lie in tatters, urgent unplanned work fills the board, stakeholders are hammering teams with requests, and routine has gone out of the window. This is a time for a scrum master to be pragmatic, calm, and outcome focused: providing delivery leadership without allowing process to get in the way.
TrustRadius Project Management
APRIL 8, 2020
There is no shortage of web conferencing tools out there, but not all are suited for large meetings. A virtual meeting app may work well for chatting with a client but struggle with group meetings of 10 people or more. Thankfully, TrustRadius has thousands of user reviews for different web conferencing options, complete with information about use cases and pros & cons, to help you make this decision. .
Inloox
APRIL 8, 2020
The last blog post examined the most important basic terms about knowledge. This week's focus lies on the benefits you can gain from a well-maintained knowledge management system and which goals you should set yourself for a successful implementation in the short or long term: What are the goals of knowledge management? The fundamental goal of knowledge management is to convert individual and existing knowledge into business value.
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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.
Planview
APRIL 9, 2020
Partnership highlights power of Planview Portfolio Management and Cherwell ITSM to help joint customers better achieve their strategic and operational goals. Like the human brain, an organization can rewire itself in response to disruptive events , creating new models for connecting strategy and delivery. There’s a renewed urgency here, and Planview is committed to helping our customers navigate this strategy to delivery transformation, pivot quickly, and rewire as conditions change.
Scrum.org
APRIL 10, 2020
. Having a Sprint Goal in some cases is not easy. Having a good Sprint Goal is even more difficult. It has proven to be a difficult topic for many starting teams. There already are some good blogs on this, so I encourage you to search further through the Scrum.org resources after this read. In training and in practice I still often hear: “in our case, defining a Sprint Goal is not possible because. .
Ganttic
APRIL 7, 2020
If your team has recently made the leap to remote work, then it’s likely that you’ve already experienced some frustrations. Although, it’s a great option for many, it can be difficult for managers with little to no remote working experience to know how to deal with some of the everyday obstacles. This article will go over some of the challenges you may encounter while managing your remote workforce.
Online PM Courses
APRIL 8, 2020
One idea that’s big in the world of Agile that should be big throughout Project Management is that of T Shaped People. Let me explain. The post What are T Shaped People? | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.
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MPUG
APRIL 6, 2020
I’ve been covering a variety of MS Project (MSP) tips and guidelines in my last few articles. This time, I thought I’d write about the most common errors found in MSP schedules. When I started using MSP in 1997, I had to learn it on my own without much guidance. During those early days, I know I made quite a few mistakes creating my project schedules.
Scrum.org
APRIL 4, 2020
In my daily life as a Scrum Master, I witness many crazy situations. I want to share my discoveries via this comic series featuring Koos Coach, the silly Scrum Master struggling to understand and master Scrum. Koos Coach comic: Deadlines. It is a myth to think that there are no deadlines when working with Scrum. Koos is not completely wrong here, every Sprint can indeed be considered to be a (mini) deadline.
ProProfs Project Management
APRIL 9, 2020
Every business owner has some desires, and the most common ones are: Improving sales growth exponentially . Staying two steps ahead of competitors . Joining Fortune 500 for global recognition . These desires are mere wishes if you don’t strive to fulfill them, right? So, keep your cards close and track what matters most, to emerge as a winner. I mean, you must zero in on important project management KPIs and track them like a pro. .
Proofhub
APRIL 8, 2020
COVID-19: Work From Home Tips for Managers from Experts across the Globe Here are the best and expert Work from home tips to follow from CEOs and managers around the world There are uncertain times. While we considered work from home a perk a while ago, now it is no more a luxury. Almost every organization capable of running their business from home despite these uncertain times is now looking for the best tips to work remotely and still keep the teams’ spirits high.
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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.
MPUG
APRIL 9, 2020
The workplace has undergone revolutionary changes in the past several years. Avant-garde tech companies were the first to break the stale, depressing mold of cubicles, corner offices, and 9-5 jobs more than 20 years ago. In recent years, though, this trend has spread out to the wider working community. Nowadays, you can find forward-thinking companies creating a more modern workplace regardless of size, location, or services provided.
Scrum.org
APRIL 6, 2020
. Ever wonder how to get your first Scrum Master job with little to no experience? It’s a question I often get in my Professional Scrum classes. In this video blog, I’ll walk you through the ways to approach getting your first Scrum Master jobs, some places to look to get one, and also how you can quickly gain experience being a Scrum Master without your first job being one!
Leading Agile
APRIL 8, 2020
We manage our investment decisions collectively. As a leadership team, making investment decisions, we look at the group of decisions from three perspectives. Is EACH initiative a good one, aligned with our strategy and a sound investment? How do we minimize the opportunity costs of pursuing one initiative before pursuing another? How do we manage the risk of our investments, individually and collectively?
Growing Agile
APRIL 7, 2020
We have decided to take this pandemic and time of uncertainty to learn, our work has slowed down and we want to come out of this period better than before. Growing Agile wants to share in the spirit of the #LoveInTheTimeOfCorona so we have dropped the price of our online courses from $100 to $30, the Scrum Basics course remains free. You will be able to learn at your own pace, when ever you want to.
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.
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