The Digital Project Manager
FEBRUARY 5, 2019
Are you actually doing what you want to accomplish with your sprint planning meetings? Here’s an overview of sprint planning meetings, why and how to do them, and a free sprint planning meeting agenda template. The post How To Run A Sprint Planning Meeting Like A Boss (+ Meeting Agenda) appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
PM Basics
FEBRUARY 5, 2019
It is 2:14 AM and I have just left the office. It was a long day to onboard a new project. Sitting in the car, I wonder, will it be like that all the time now? Next day, I had one meeting. Nothing really happened. Next week, five days in a row we had meetings after meetings. But only eight hours of work sharp… Have you ever wondered what does a day of a project manager look like?
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Workamajig
FEBRUARY 7, 2019
As we step into 2019, what project management statistics should you be aware of? How is the PM field changing? We've compiled all the latest data in this article. The field of project management is changing, and it’s changing fast. New tools, techniques, and frameworks are disrupting entrenched players and undoing long-held beliefs. To prepare for these changes, you first need to arm yourself with hard facts.
ProjectManager.com
FEBRUARY 7, 2019
Project management is an increasingly diverse field. Individuals across industries, and with varying levels of experience, are providing a substantial impact to its growth and continued evolution. Thought leaders in project management have strong social media followings, are published authors, and are working as leaders for innovative companies and enterprises in the project management industry.
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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.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
FEBRUARY 8, 2019
Management – and project management – is a series of small (and sometimes big) decisions. At work recently I had cause to question one of my decisions. I had made a decision that affected other people (as most decisions do). I communicated the decision, replanned accordingly and updated my risk log. I documented the decision on my decision log template.
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Musings on Project Management
FEBRUARY 6, 2019
Are you on one of those death march projects about to burn out. Want some time off? Perhaps it's in the plan Google among others -- Microsoft, etc -- are well known for the "time off, do what you want toward self improvement and personnel innovation" model; formulas like you suggest lend objectivity to the process (not playing favorites, etc).
ProjectManager.com
FEBRUARY 4, 2019
Everyone has a theory on what makes a great leader, and with good reason. Leadership is a quality that’s important for success and yet so difficult to define. Jennifer Bridges, PMP, cuts through the noise and reveals five of the best leadership theories. Here’s a screenshot of the whiteboard for your reference! In Review – Top 5 Leadership Theories.
nTask
FEBRUARY 6, 2019
Slack is a popular collaboration tool that is becoming a natural choice for small to medium sized teams. It has a clean, intuitive interface that neatly organizes your conversations in the forms of chat rooms and associated options. Plus, it offers a Free and two reasonable paid plans, which makes it a no-brainer for most teams. Primary replacing the use of emails to escape lengthy Email conversations, Slack helps teams discuss (and in some cases create) tasks and projects, make voice and video
LiquidPlanner
FEBRUARY 5, 2019
Dear Elizabeth: I have taken on an in-flight project. We’re about halfway through, and I think we need to make changes to the schedule. Specifically, we need more time. The client has already signed off on the original deadlines, and I don’t think they will take the news well. How can I break it to them? It’s always hard when you pick up a project midway through.
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
Scrum.org
FEBRUARY 4, 2019
In January 2019 I was at Prowareness in Delft, Holland, and attended the 2 day Professional Product Owner course delivered by Ralph Jocham , co-author of The Professional Product Owner book. I thought I'd share my thoughts on the course with you. First, a confession, I am a Professional Scrum Trainer with Scrum.org and intend to offer the Professional Product Owner course as part of my training portfolio.
ProjectManager.com
FEBRUARY 6, 2019
Do you need to generate leads for your business but don’t have a website? Or maybe you have a website but don’t want to create a landing page for a new campaign. With Facebook, you can generate leads within the platform. Users never have to leave Facebook, and you still get the leads you need to start a sales, outreach or marketing project. In this article, I’m going to explain what Facebook leads are, how to set them up, and give you tips for the best chance of success.
nTask
FEBRUARY 4, 2019
Trello is a star when it comes to project management and collaboration tools. It embodies a neat interface with cards stacked up for different projects. Each card can be opened to view more detail such as checklists, labels and due dates. While it is favored by companies with the likes of National Geographic, Google and more, it comes without some basic features that might be critical for most teams.
Binfire
FEBRUARY 3, 2019
Agile project management software is accepted by more organizations in a variety of industries than anytime before. . The Agile PM has become very popular not only for the project management practice in the software industry but also business management and entrepreneurship as well. The other day I was reading an article in which the author argues , in order for the government agencies to become more efficient, they need to transition to the Agile method!
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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.
Scrum.org
FEBRUARY 8, 2019
In this turbulent Age of “fake news” and increasing divisions between groups and communities, the format of the Conversation Café offers a refreshing alternative. It encourages people to listen and understand each other’s perspective on a profound, shared topic or challenge instead of trying to convince or persuade others to see it your way. Sitting in a circle with a simple set of agreements and a talking object, small groups engage in consecutive rounds of dialogue.
TeamGantt
FEBRUARY 3, 2019
See how to use a work breakdown structure (WBS) to make estimation easier for your projects with our selection of work breakdown structure templates and examples.
Proofhub
FEBRUARY 5, 2019
11 Best Project Management Apps for Business in 2019 Every year new tools are launched in the market. Some live up to the expectations while others are forgotten as soon as they were launched. Project management tools are always in the limelight either for introducing new features or integrating several useful tools in one app. Let’s talk about some project management tools that performed incredibly well in 2018 and will continue to do so in 2019 as well. 1.
Online PM Courses
FEBRUARY 6, 2019
When things go seriously wrong, one of the things you will need is a Business Continuity Plan. And, since projects involve risk to your organization, you’ll need to link into this. So, what is a Business Continuity Plan? Dr Mike Clayton is founder of OnlinePMCourses.com. Here, he answers this question, in under 5 minutes. This video is […].
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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.
Scrum.org
FEBRUARY 6, 2019
Interested in receiving a visual aid to interpret the Scrum Guide? Grab a free copy of a very cool Scrum Poster and show off among your colleagues and friends. In the spirit of transparency, this poster can be a learning aid (for example when listening or reading the Scrum Guide) or a tool for Scrum Masters to explain Scrum to the organization, product owner or development team. .
Henny Portman
FEBRUARY 7, 2019
Oleg Skrynnik wrote the book DevOps a business perspective. It’s the core literature for the EXIN DevOps Foundation certification and gives a good overview of DevOps. Definition DevOps: “ DevOps is an evolution of the ideas of agile software development and lean manufacturing, applied to the end-to-end value chain in IT, which allows businesses to achieve more with modern information technology due to cultural, organizational and technical changes ”.
Proofhub
FEBRUARY 7, 2019
We don’t “have” a great day, we “make it” a great day!?—?Frosty Westering Life is a collection of days, one right after the other. But life ain’t always sunshine and rainbow. Some days you’re at the top of your work game and there are even days when you just wake up with a feeling that it’s going be one of your worst days at work. Having a bad day or waking up with a not-so-good mood is pretty common.
Online PM Courses
FEBRUARY 3, 2019
The International Association of Project Managers (IAPM) is global in scope. Yet it is perhaps not as well-known as it should be. It is dedicated to learning, certification, and networking for Project Managers. So, it has a lot in common with us. we covered its qualifications in our review: ‘Project Management Qualification: Should I or […].
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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.
Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives
FEBRUARY 7, 2019
At every level, leaders of project-based work are forced to be more responsive to unanticipated market shifts, more resilient to unpredicted disruptions, and more adaptive in situations where what “has always worked” no longer does. Business 2.0 has arrived and adaptive project leadership skills are even more in demand. The most effective leaders will be those that work to complement their traditional project management tools with an advanced skill set, centred on adaptive thinking.
Leading Agile
FEBRUARY 7, 2019
When we try to explain Agile, many of us begin by trying to describe some of the characteristics of how we approach work. We often talk about things like: Limiting work in process. Delivering smaller increments of work. Reducing team size and empowering the teams to become cross-functional and self-organizing. These are all things that, from an Agile point of view, are good because they help us to focus on the most important things, optimize flow, localize decision making, and deliver the most i
Proofhub
FEBRUARY 3, 2019
Being productive with your day is not a rocket science, but it demands a lot of hard work and an exceptional level of time management skills. The modern workplace is moving at a lightning speed and we all get only 24 hours a day to match up with it. Now, feeling a little stressed or underproductive at the end of the day is absolutely normal. In fact, it has happened to even the most productive and skilled professional.
Teamweek
FEBRUARY 3, 2019
In popular culture, there is a reverence and awe for famed leaders like Steve Jobs, Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos, and Darth Vader. Okay, maybe that last one is a bit of a stretch. But too often, we forget that no one is born to be a great leader. The best managers learn their skills over years of work and experience. Like any skill, you can learn how to be a better manager as long as you’re willing to put in the necessary time and effort.
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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