nTask
JANUARY 30, 2023
Improving your workflow can seem daunting, but it doesn’t have to be! Utilizing quality improvement tools is an easy and effective way to streamline processes and improve efficiency. In this post, we will explore seven quality improvement tools that you can use to take your workflow from mundane to magnificent.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
JANUARY 31, 2023
Would you like to make 2023 a successful year for your projects? I’m sure you do. Especially as the last few years haven’t been exactly stellar years for many of us! But what does it take to get there? A while back, I asked project management experts w hat we should be aware of as we go into the new year to achieve their most successful year ever?
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Teamweek
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Struggling with keeping your project on track? Are deadlines constantly being pushed back? Are your project profits slowly evaporating? We often plan a project with this overly optimistic mindset — never considering the myriad of project risks out there. Before you know it, you’re mid-project and starting to feel the heat. Source Most projects “fail” for similar reasons.
nTask
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Project scheduling software is an essential tool for any project manager. Not only does it make it easier to stay on top of tasks, but it also helps keep projects running smoothly and efficiently. With the right project scheduling software, your team can be more productive and successful in completing their tasks.
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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.
ProjectManager.com
JANUARY 31, 2023
IT projects are unique. IT teams plan hardware and software installations, upgrades and rollouts, and the tools they use are specific to working with infrastructure, information systems and computers. These IT project management templates are essential to get those jobs done properly. ProjectManager has dozens of free project management templates for Excel and Word that IT managers need when working on web development, software development, mobile app development, network configuration and so mu
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Teamweek
JANUARY 31, 2023
Nobody likes doing paperwork, no matter what services you sell or the industry you’re in. But the most important document of any client project is a statement of work (SOW). Getting it right is an essential first step in a client relationship. It helps prevent misunderstandings and project management problems. It also makes a solid first impression “these guys know what they’re talking about!
ProjectManager.com
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
One thing is certain: change is going to happen in your organization or project. To best plan and respond to change, first, a clear definition of change management must be understood. What Is Change Management? The term change management refers to the actions, tools and models implemented to manage different types of change either at the project or organizational level.
Musings on Project Management
JANUARY 30, 2023
First comes the planningYou've followed all the standard protocols for setting up your risk management program.You've put slack in your cost estimates, and you've put slack-buffers in your schedule plan.All good.Risks have been listed, prioritized, and the minor ones to be 'unmanaged' set aside (minimize distractions)Otherwise, mitigation planning has been done.All good.
ProjectManager.com
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
A project description seems self-explanatory, but don’t underestimate a well-written project description as it sets your project up for success. It acts as a communication tool for stakeholders and shares the project vision in a clear and actionable fashion. Let’s talk a look at what a project description is, why it’s so important and how to write an impactful one.
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
JANUARY 31, 2023
I remember the first time I heard about Lean Startup. I was an analyst for Forrester research on a panel at the Agile conference in Orlando. A member of the audience asked, “What do you think about Lean Startup?”. Honestly, I had not heard of Lean Startup. After the conference, I bought Eric Ries’s book - Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses.
The Digital Project Manager
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
True fact: a lot of people don’t understand the Agile Manifesto, and therefore they don’t understand agile. It doesn’t help that there’s a huge amount of variance in what people who think they are “agile” are doing. Some think that it’s working in two-week timeboxes, having a daily stand-up, or working off a Trello board. […] The post How To Best Apply The Agile Manifesto To Deliver Digital Projects appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
Inloox
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Know the risks in your project! Risk management plays an enormously important role in project management. The task here is to identify, analyze, control and ultimately minimize risks. Although some risks can be eliminated with a suitable solution strategy, certain risks can never be completely avoided in the project context. Consequently, these must be kept as low as possible.
LiquidPlanner
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Are you thinking about introducing agile processes to your project management methodology? You’ve a few case studies, you’ve perhaps even seen agile working effectively at other companies. But now it’s time to dive into the details and decide. Additionally, it may not be enough for you to know that agile methods are a logical addition to your toolset at work.
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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
JANUARY 30, 2023
TL; DR: Agile Transformation with ChatGPT or McBoston? This article is another excursion into this nascent yet fascinating new technology of generative AI and LLMs and the future of knowledge work. I was interested in learning more about a typical daily challenge many agile practitioners face: How shall we successfully pursue an agile transformation?
The Digital Project Manager
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Have you ever been asked to create a project plan for a new project in under 30-minutes? How about when the ask comes from a c-level executive and it’s 4:30 pm on a Friday? This has happened to me. While this ask would stop most project managers in their tracks, I pressed ahead because I […] The post How To Use Smartsheet For Project Management: Expert Tips & Tricks appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
Online PM Courses
JANUARY 29, 2023
The Tuckman Model of Group Development is one of the most useful tools for understanding how a group becomes a successful team. The post The Tuckman Model: How to Get Better Results from your Team appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.
nTask
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Creating an effective project plan is essential for any business or endeavor. It lays out the various tasks needed to ensure your venture is a success, as well as provides a way to track progress and measure results.
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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 1, 2023
According to the Scrum Guide, Scrum Teams are “self-managing, meaning they internally decide who does what, when, and how.” It seems straightforward. And yet, this simple phrase is one of the most commonly misunderstood in the Scrum Guide. Self-managing doesn’t mean that the Scrum Team — or the Scrum Master — is all-powerful. (Sorry, not sorry!) It means that the organization gives the Scrum Team the mandate to deliver value according to the product vision and goal within a set of guardrail
WorkOtter
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
The main challenges of enterprise project portfolio management vary from enterprise to enterprise. However, project portfolio management challenges are universal across industries, ranging in scope from data visibility, which is your ability to see critical data points throughout your enterprise, and risk management. These project portfolio management challenges can hamstring even the most well-managed companies.
Productivity Land
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
In order to be successful in business, you need to have a clear and concise strategy in place. But what if you’re not sure how to go about creating one? Or what if you already have a strategy but it’s not working as well as you’d like? Don’t worry – we’ve got you covered. In this blog post, we will discuss some life hacks that can help you implement a successful business strategy.
nTask
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Have you ever wanted to know exactly how effective your marketing campaigns are? Well, the answer lies in campaign trackers. Campaign trackers are powerful tools that enable marketers to monitor and measure the success of their campaigns in real-time.
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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.
Scrum.org
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
We have a Product Owner, a Product Goal, and a Product Backlog in Scrum. Why don’t we have a Product but an Increment? The answer is both historical and essential. Scrum started as an iterative and incremental approach for software product development. OOPSLA 1995 Scrum Paper: SCRUM is an enhancement of the commonly used iterative/incremental object-oriented development cycle.
WorkOtter
JANUARY 28, 2023
If you are a small or medium-sized business, you should know the benefits of project portfolio management. Suppose you want to maximize your business’s overall success and financial growth. In that case, it helps to have professional project portfolio management to allocate resources better, increase alignment with business goals, improve risk management, and stay ahead of the rapidly changing business landscape.
Gunther Verheyen
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Although I don’t have fixed moments at which to do it, I like to also regularly reflect and look back in my personal life or when operating my one-person company called Ullizee-Inc (my vehicle to deliver value in four Scrum Service Areas). [It is not a form of or a part of ‘Scrum’, because —well— that’s not what it is.] Even if I rarely experience such moments of reflection as reasons for a hard stop or to drastically pivot, turn back or turn around, it does help me to validate
nTask
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Paid time off (PTO) is an important part of any employee’s compensation and benefits package. But, for many employees—especially new hires—it can be confusing to figure out exactly how it works. Do you have to track hours? How do you use your PTO? What happens when you don't use all of it?
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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