Trello
OCTOBER 26, 2021
Projects are a complicated business; there’s a lot of logistics, elements, and moving parts involved in the process. So, if you want your project to move forward successfully, you need to set yourself up for that success—and that means writing a project plan.
Project Risk Coach
OCTOBER 23, 2021
Some project managers have a defensive mindset. They focus on threats only when opportunities abound. Let's increase our chance of success by seizing project opportunities too. Table Of Contents. 1 Self Assessment Quiz 2 What is an Opportunity? 3 Is an Opportunity a Risk, Really? 4 How to Get Started 5 Tools for Identifying Opportunities 6 Think Outside the Box 7 Where Will You Capture Opportunities?
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Online PM Courses
OCTOBER 24, 2021
Should I get a Project Management qualification? Simple to ask: hard to answer. There are many scenarios. We break down the question for you. The post Project Management Qualification: Should you go for a PM Certification? appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.
ProjectManager.com
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Sometimes the whole picture isn’t clear when you’re planning a project. But with a traditional project management methodology, such as waterfall, you set everything up first and then you’re stuck with it. But the waterfall methodology is only one way to manage a project. Other project managers prefer a more iterative process, like scrum. Others still prefer forms of agile software development where they have room to adjust their project plan.
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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
OCTOBER 29, 2021
How are you doing with your Christmas shopping? Struggling to find the right gifts for your virtual team? If your Christmas project planning has gone a bit awry and you still have gifts to buy, here is my list of what to get the project managers in your life (or anyone working virtually for that matter). Or you could suggest that people buy these things for you!
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The Lazy Project Manager
OCTOBER 28, 2021
How the Rise of Artificial Intelligence Will Change Your World. A new book from the author of #1 best-selling book ‘The Lazy Project Manager’ Enabling project managers to adapt to the new technology of artificial intelligence, this first comprehensive book on the topic discusses how AI will reinvent the project world and allow project managers to focus on people.
The Digital Project Manager
OCTOBER 25, 2021
This enterprise resource planning software review covers 10 tools and all the info you need: pros and cons, pricing, features, integrations, and screenshots to help you choose something that fits your needs. The post 10 Best Enterprise Resource Planning Software Of 2021 appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
OCTOBER 27, 2021
General information. Name: Apollo. Vendor: Applicom. Hosting options: Cloud hosted version only. Cost and plans: solo $14/mo; basic $23/mo; plus $48/mo; premium $98/mo; max $148/mo. Languages: English and Italian. German, Spanish, and French are in the pipeline. Currency: Can’t find any options for financial information at all. Basic features: building projects.
Scrum.org
OCTOBER 25, 2021
We started the Scrum Guide for Leaders series with a discussion of what Scrum means for you as a Leader. Next, we discussed the conditions where Scrum's Empiricism, Self-Management, and Continuous Improvement can thrive. We then explored some concrete examples of how adopting the Scrum Values as a Leader can help you create these conditions. Next, We are turning to the Scrum accountabilities/roles.
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
Planview
OCTOBER 28, 2021
PMOs are in a state of transition: ever shifting to support different teams, ways of working, strategic objectives, transformation programs, priorities, and more. Managing this level of complexity and constant change requires a modern approach to PPM – one that positions the PMO to become a more strategic creator of business value. “ The Insider’s Guide to Modern PPM ” defines what this means and the competencies needed to confidently and effectively traverse the journey.
LiquidPlanner
OCTOBER 28, 2021
According to research, 70% of organizations have suffered at least one project failure in the prior 12 months. Over the years we’ve talked to many people who managed these projects to better understand their needs and what could have helped them succeed. Most have counted on traditional project management software to align their projects and teams, but they have consistently attributed four common problems to their failure: resources, visibility, alignment of priorities, and scheduling issues.
Kiron Bondale
OCTOBER 24, 2021
Estimates are guesses. How good a guess is affected by a number of factors including: How similar the context of the current work is to past work How resilient the nature of the work is to unexpected changes How many similar past instances with accurate data are available How recently these past work instances were completed How experienced are the people providing the estimates How many people are providing estimates for the same work What has been their recent track record for providing accura
Scrum.org
OCTOBER 27, 2021
The Sprint Review meeting is one of the Product Owner’s most important events. As discussed in a recent article Making the Most of the Sprint Review , it’s an opportunity for the Scrum Team and stakeholders to inspect what was delivered, discuss the progress made towards the Product Goal, and adapt accordingly. But even the most important events can become a little stale over time.
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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.
nTask
OCTOBER 27, 2021
The past few years have pushed our limits, from working 9 to 5 in offices to shifting to remote work and now frequently alternating between both. The ever-changing norms over time have made the creation of a hybrid workplace a necessity. Hybrid workplace is a combination of office and remote work. It typically consists of a core team that stays in the office while other members transition to and fro as per their convenience.
The Strategic Project Manager
OCTOBER 26, 2021
The Strategy Framework Canvas is useful in helping a strategist match the right strategic framework to the situation. It can also be useful to implementers, including project managers, to sharpen efforts in project scoping, risk management, managing the schedule, identifying and handling stakeholders, and using project metrics. This post explores the factors that influence the choice of a strategy framework, untangles confusion presented by the plethora of strategic frameworks, and shows areas o
LiquidPlanner
OCTOBER 28, 2021
According to research, 70% of organizations have suffered at least one project failure in the prior 12 months. Over the years we’ve talked to many people who managed these projects to better understand their needs and what could have helped them succeed. Most have counted on traditional project management software to align their projects and teams, but they have consistently attributed four common problems to their failure: resources, visibility, alignment of priorities, and scheduling issues.
Scrum.org
OCTOBER 27, 2021
Scrum celebrated its 25 year anniversary last year with an update to the Scrum Guide and lots of socially distanced parties. Over that quarter of a century, Scrum has gone from a niche method used by software developers to mainstream adoption with many millions of people using Scrum or at least parts of Scrum every day. Now Scrum is not just a smart way of delivering software, it is a fundamental part of any enterprise agility transformation. .
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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.
nTask
OCTOBER 28, 2021
The successful accomplishment of a project is heavily dependant on the efficient use of resources. Only if the resources have been utilized optimally, can one expect to get favorable results. Efficient use of all the available resources guarantees the successful completion of a project. While managing a project, a project manager has to make sure that all the resources are used efficiently, and the tasks are accomplished on time.
Management Yogi
OCTOBER 27, 2021
Paraphrasing a well-known concept in project management, one might say, “Planning is indispensable, but plans are useless. Hence, inspect and adapt.” This article was first published by MPUG.com. This is a refined and updated version with latest features of MS Project 2019 Agile. The latest content and the practical snapshots are taken from the NEW Course: Mastering MS Project 2019.
The Strategic Project Manager
OCTOBER 25, 2021
While large organizations have complex stakeholder relationships, smaller – sometimes very small – family businesses can have a deceivingly complex web of stakeholder relationships. This post explores the nuances of those relationships for project managers working on projects in, or involving, family enterprises. The resulting stakeholder management matrix is quite different from the standard matrix in a public company or public sector.
Scrum.org
OCTOBER 26, 2021
A lot of talk in the Agile space centres on breaking down silos, and yet it appears that in practice it is one of the things that is met with the most inertia. When individuals identify with only one particular domain or specialism, coaching a team towards higher levels of cross-functionality becomes very difficult. While this mentality exists, no matter how the team has been put together, there is always an underlying attitude of “I am a designer”, “I am a coder”, “I am a tester”, “I am a copyw
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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.
Proofhub
OCTOBER 27, 2021
Source: [link] In May 2019, The World Health Organization (WHO) characterized “burnout” as “chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed,” and emphasized that the term “burnout” shouldn’t be used to describe experiences in areas of life outside of the workplace. By the end of 2019, WHO’s focus was on a virus in Wuhan, China that would soon trigger a global pandemic and profoundly change how people work and live around the world.
MPUG
OCTOBER 25, 2021
One of the key artifacts in a Scrum Project is the Sprint Backlog, with others being the Product Backlog and (Product) Increment. The Sprint Backlog is prepared during the Sprint Planning event, and it’s used throughout the Sprint. The Sprint Backlog, not only takes the product backlog items from the top of the Product Backlog, but can also have individual tasks and other non-feature tasks associated with it.
PM Times
OCTOBER 26, 2021
Using social media for project management might not have seemed effective to both project managers and organizations a few years ago but things have changed and how! Gone are the days when social media was no more than just a medium for users to forge new connections. It’s amazing how social media has opened up […]. The post Five Foolproof Ways Social Media Can Benefit The Project Management appeared first on Project Management Articles, Webinars, Templates and Jobs.
Scrum.org
OCTOBER 25, 2021
TL; DR: Overruling the Product Owner. There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. Since Scrum is an intentionally incomplete framework with a reasonable yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. For example, what if the stakeholders—who bring the budget that is funding your Scrum team—insist on calling the shots by overruling the Product Owner’s prerogative to define the composition and the ordering the Product Backlog?
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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