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5 Ways Project Management Will Evolve

LiquidPlanner

Project management has been a job since the Egyptians mapped out plans for pyramids – and probably before that too. We’ve seen a lot of changes over the past 4,000 years, and the pace of change for our profession shows no sign of stopping. I’ve been around project management most of my professional career, which has given me over 20 years on the job.

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Design Thinking and Project Management

PM Times

What is Design Thinking? Design thinking is a methodology that was created by Stanford University professor Tim Brown and IDEO’s CEO, an innovation agency where they wanted to improve the service to their customers, from an empathy approach. Every time, the method proposed in Design Thinking is being used all over the world, especially in […].

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Change Control Board: Roles, Responsibilities & Processes

ProjectManager.com

It’s a given that there will be changes to the project plan during the project execution phase. It’s impossible to factor in everything — from weather to supply chains to change requests — something is going to conspire against your schedule and budget. This is why projects have a change control board. Project management is methodical, but change is not.

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Public Infrastructure: Project Management as a Key Success Factor

Inloox

Content. External influences. Intentional miscalculation. Lack of uniformity in implementation. Incompetence in project management. Lack of risk management. The Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders building, an extension to the House of Representatives in Berlin, Germany’s capital, recently acquired the inglorious title "BER 2.0" The reason for this was the announcement that the building will not be completed before 2024.

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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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In-Depth: How Coherence And Cohesion Are Critical To Scrum

Scrum.org

Do your Daily Scrums feel like a pointless ritual where everyone just lists what they’ve done yesterday, and what they do will do today? Does Sprint Planning feel like a waste of time because everyone only wants to know what they have to do? And does your Sprint Review consist of team members listing their individual accomplishments? If so, you are probably dealing with a complete lack of coherence and cohesion.

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What Is a Product Breakdown Structure (PBS)? Templates & Examples Included

ProjectManager.com

Projects are designed to deliver a product or a service within a specific timeframe and budget, a process that the project manager oversees. If that person is a product manager , he or she may apply a product breakdown structure (PBS). But what is a product breakdown structure? We’ll get into the definition, illustrate product breakdown structure examples and even offer a free product breakdown structure template to give you practical experience with using this helpful flowchart.

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A Practical Person’s Guide to Writing Better OKRs

Leading Agile

The other consultant and I stared in amazement. We were coaching a small group on how to bridge the company’s strategic intent into a list of items that would be in this group’s work backlog. After talking through the general concept, one person’s idea of a strategic goal was what we would have defined as a backlog item. The topmost goal was, “This is what I am going to build.

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4 Misunderstandings About "Carryover"

Scrum.org

In my last article, I explained why we need to stop talking about "carryover" and how it's not actually a thing in Scrum. "Carryover" is really just partially done work at the end of a Sprint. Now I will take you deeper and share the 4 common misunderstandings often associated with this concept, and how we can make the shift to creating better conversations about what really matters. 4 Common Misunderstandings of "Carryover". #1 - Product Backlog Items (PBIs) that are planned in a Sprint and n

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Beginners’ Guide to Decision Matrix in Project Management

nTask

A successful business is all about making the right decisions at the right time. Good decisions can completely make or break your business, they can either steer your team in the right decision and hit your goals or simply bump your business car with unrecoverable losses. So, how do you make these decisions? Flip a […].

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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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What is a Residual Risk & What is Secondary Risk? | Video

Online PM Courses

In this video, I answer the questions what is Residual Risk and what is a Secondary Risk? And also the term Inherent Risk, too. The post What is a Residual Risk & What is Secondary Risk? | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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How to Combine Hard Data from Resource Management Software with Soft Data

Function Point

Resource management is the process of planning, scheduling and allocating resources to complete a project. Good resource management ensures efficient use of resources, high-quality work, and keeps staff engaged while avoiding burnout. . Resource management software collects hard data that provides an unbiased look at agency operations. Combining hard data with soft data gathered by speaking with staff provides a holistic perspective on how your agency is running and reveals opportunities for op

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How effective are your Scrum Events if you can’t even book a room?

Scrum.org

A couple of weeks ago, I posted a poll on LinkedIn with the question. Is your Scrum team comfortable with doing all the Scrum events remotely? 153 people voted, which is obviously not a lot from a statistics standpoint, but the pattern is interesting. 82% of the people voted yes. Comfortable? In the comment section, some people already pointed out my word choice.

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How to Manage Underperforming Employees?

Sandeep Kashyap

How to Manage Underperforming Employees One of the most critical new managers’ challenges is faced when trying to manage employees. Out of which, the even more crucial aspect of the challenge is managing underperforming employees. Managers have to manage their teams and help them grow while keeping them motivated and engaged. To do this, managers need to know how to identify potential problems in their team and address those problems effectively.

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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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New Updates | Release 30 Summary

LiquidPlanner

Release 30 | June 2, 2022. We’re very excited to announce the release of Scheduling Limits – one of the most requested features for the New LiquidPlanner. In addition to this update we also upgraded bulk editing capabilities, improved Target Finish deadline visibility in Workload views and added an Availability Summary under People. This new view makes it easy to see the daily availability of team members as well as who’s in and who’s out over the next sixty days.

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Stuart Taylor’s Best Project Management Advice: Lists, Meetings, & Mentors

Online PM Courses

What is Stuart Taylor’s best Project Management advice? His best tips, tools, & insight? Stuart tells me about lists, meetings, & mentors. The post Stuart Taylor’s Best Project Management Advice: Lists, Meetings, & Mentors appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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The Best Team Ever — David Burkus on the Surprising Science of High-performing Teams

Scrum.org

TL; DR: Hands-on Agile #40: Best Team Ever w/ David Burkus. In this energizing 40th Hands-on Agile ‘Best Test Ever’ session, David Burkus delved into the surprising science of high-performing teams. ?? Watch the video now: David Burkus: Best Team Ever — Hands-on-Agile #40. ?? Shall I notify you about articles like this one? Awesome! You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 35,000-plus subscribers. ??

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Agile: Past, Present, & Future. A Conversation with Agile Trainer, Rubin Jen.

International Institute for Learning

Exclusive Q&A conducted by Jay Masai. Rubin Jen has been in the project management field for over 23 years, spanning aerospace, engineering, telecom, software development, outsourcing, consulting, not-for-profit and government sectors. He has worked with companies such as Bombardier Aerospace, Celestica, Accenture and the Ontario Government. Rubin obtained his Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) designation in 2007 and has been teaching Agile and Scrum to enterprise organizations since 2014.

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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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Rise of the Agile PMO

PM Times

The PMI PMBOK defines Project Management Office (PMO) as “a management structure that standardizes the project-related governance processes and facilitates the sharing of resources, methodologies, tools, and techniques”. In practice PMOs are rolled out in any number of flavors across organizations and industries. There is no standardization, and the level of authority and autonomy varies […].

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Release 30 | Scheduling Limits

LiquidPlanner

Release 30 | June 2, 2022. We’re very excited to announce the release of Scheduling Limits – one of the most requested features in the New LiquidPlanner. Scheduling Limits were part of Release 30. New! Scheduling Limits. Use Scheduling Limits to control how much time your team dedicates to their projects and tasks on a daily, weekly or monthly basis.

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The Purpose of the Five Scrum Events

Scrum.org

There are five events in Scrum. But just going through the motions and having each of the events on the calendar is not enough. To get the most out of Scrum, your team needs to understand the purpose behind each of the five events. . The Sprint. The purpose of the Sprint is to deliver a Done, usable increment that meets the Sprint Goal. Let’s start with the Sprint itself.

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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Project Management

International Institute for Learning

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Project Management [1]. Written By. Harold Kerzner, Ph.D. Sr. Executive Director for Project Management. The International Institute for Learning. In 2020, hundreds of thousands of people across the globe were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Public sector, private sector and government leaders across all businesses had to respond quickly to the effects of the crisis, often with very little time to prepare.

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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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Barriers To Digital Transformation You Need to Be Careful of in 2022

nTask

Covid-19 had the world grappling with the newest modes of technology and IT. Companies were looking for the quickest and easiest way to transform the workplace without disrupting the routine. For some, the transition from physical to digital was smooth as butter, others had a tough time finding their way through it. A vast majority […].

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How To Make A Checklist In Excel In 5 Easy Steps

Teamweek

Whether it’s a grocery list or your daily task list at work, a checklist ensures that you get everything done. And while there are a number of native and online checklist apps as well as templates that you can use to manage your work, you can easily create one using everyday tools like Microsoft Excel. And that’s what you’ll learn today: How to create a checklist in Excel.

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How To Make Product Discovery An Integral Part Of Your Scrum Team?

Scrum.org

We define product discovery as the proactive behavior of teams to discover new valuable features through experiments, field testing, and research. Often, the insights from these kinds of proactive behaviors lead to more valuable features and avoid unnecessary work. Although research shows that these activities are useful in any Scrum team, we also recognize that teams usually start with this as they become more experienced with Scrum.

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INNER REALM Interview with Judith W. Umlas

International Institute for Learning

The Power of Acknowledgment. Judith W. Umlas is IIL Senior Vice President, Trainer, and Author of Grateful Leadership. The Power of Acknowledgement: The Age of Enlightenment changed the way mankind thought about life, culture, and human relationships. In her evocative new book, The Power of Acknowledgment , Judith W. Umlas unleashes the concept of an Age of Acknowledgment we can all help bring about.

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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.