Moira Alexander

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Project management involves the use of people, processes and methodologies to plan, initiate, execute, monitor and close activities. It is designed to meet an organization's project goals, and hopefully overall strategic objectives. Change management, similar to project management, involves people, processes, and tools to effectively help organizations manage all the changes that occur, whether as a result of project initiatives, or other factors that might impact the business.

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Project Risk Coach

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

How to budget for the unknown unknown risks Have you ever had a budget crisis due to the lack of a management reserve? Unforeseen work comes knocking at your door. You look at your budget, but you don’t have the funds to handle this work. Image courtesy of Adobe Stock. There is a better way to handle the unexpected. You can — assuming that your organization supports the concept of reserves — create a management reserve when estimating the cost of your project.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

General Information. Name: Vizzlo. Vendor: Vizzlo. Hosting options: Web only. Cost and plans: Free plan (includes Vizzlo branding on your images), Premium Plan at $11 per month, plus options for businesses that include sharing images between teams from $15 per month. Languages: English. How Software Reviews Happen. This is how the software review process normally goes for me.

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Ron Rosenhead

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Both of the sales assistants were incredibly embarrassed. One of them must have apologised around 8 times alone. My wife and I could see her discomfort and we could certainly feel it. But why were she and her colleague put into such a position and by such a prominent high street store? I needed to get some new clothes. I had a 20% off voucher and headed to the store with my wife.

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Musings on Project Management

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

"I will not take by sacrifice that which I can achieve by strategy" General Douglas MacArthur And, so what we have in that philosophy, when put in project context, is the oft-criticized 'brute force approach' vs a more subtle tactical alternative. Where this shows up more often than not is using the right tool for the right job, and preparing the context for using the tools.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

In case you’ve only just stumbled across this blog, this year I’m celebrating 10 years of blogging about project management. I thought it was time to look back and see what the stand-out articles were over the years. Here are the top 10 articles year by year. 2006. I reported on the state of the Gypsy Moth IV project : the restoration of a historic yacht.

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Kiron Bondale

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

When we think about the journey from traditional delivery approaches to agile, the focus is normally on delivery teams or on those areas of the organization which will need to transition from being project-focused to becoming product, capability or value-stream centric. Human resources is a good example of an organizational function which you might not think would experience significant change.

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LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

When you work on a manufacturing project , you face some unique challenges, often with a lot at stake. You have to deliver your product at consistently high-quality standards, navigate end-to-end supply chains and manage strict time-to-market deadlines driven by demanding customers or seasonal demands. To top it all off, the entire project might be following a process where design, scope, cost and time scales were fixed at the very beginning of the project—or it could be a first-time project so

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Paymo App

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

To manage projects from start to finish can be a daunting task, especially if you’re not a certified project management professional. Does “hammock activity”, “prince2” or “critical path” ring any bells? No? Then this practical guide is for you (no vague or abstract stuff included). Actually there are many people who lead and manage all sorts of projects and they aren’t even called “project managers” It also happens sometimes to find ou

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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

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Axosoft

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

It’s likely you originally decided to get Scrum project management software in order to save time. Once you got it implemented and running, it certainly can make everything more efficient. It does more than that, however. If you’ve been using Scrum software, you’ve probably noticed some adjustment of business costs, due to greater efficiency. If you haven’t been, there’s no better time to start than now.

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Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Mike Cottmeyer posted. This is an interesting article that misses the point of what's going on. Companies have too much management because they are poorly architected and not organized around value producing assets. When you don't have sufficient encapsulation, you end up with too much orchestration. Management is not the problem. It's a symptom of the problem.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Stop me if you’ve heard this before: a frustrated developer is fed up with their manager making bad decisions and focusing on the wrong things. They constantly hover, asking questions like, “What’s the time estimate for this?” They simply don’t understand the development process and just end up getting in the way. . If you’re a project manager assigned to lead a development team and you don’t have much technical experience yourself, you might be wondering how to avoid becoming that nightmare PM

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Do you work in a supplier organisation? Or as the recipient of a supplier’s services? This is the giveaway for you. Project Management for Supplier Organizations by Adrian Taggart is designed to help harmonise the project owner to supplier relationship. Covering everything from dealing with a clash of cultures to dealing with changes, and from selling to handling the endless customer requests for information, it’s a guidebook to making the supplier relationship work.

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Axosoft

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

It’s likely you originally decided to get Scrum project management software in order to save time. Once you got it implemented and running, it certainly can make everything more efficient. It does more than that, however. If you’ve been using Scrum software, you’ve probably noticed some adjustment of business costs, due to greater efficiency. If you haven’t been, there’s no better time to start than now.

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Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

While this quote appears inverted in our self-centered world, the expert has eliminated the nonsensical, naive, amateur, simple minded options and narrowed the choices based principles, practices, and processes of her profession. It is trivially easy to assert I'm exploring new ways of doing things when there is no bounding governance principles to guide your exploration.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

In any industry, understanding the accepted best practices is key to remaining successful and keeping up with the competition. Teams looking to master PMBOK , or the Project Management Body of Knowledge, and all of its terminologies and methodologies need to pick up the The Standard for Program Management. Summary and Book Review of The Standard for Program Management.

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PM by PM

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Failing to meet project deadlines? Unable to break the communication barrier within the team? Not sure whether you’ve shared the right file with the client or not? These are some of the common problems faced by project managers on day-to-day basis, which lead to project failures. So, what can we do to eliminate these problems? […]. The post 7 powerful tools to eliminate your project management problems appeared first on PM-by-PM.

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Project Risk Coach

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

If you can’t see this video in your RSS reader or email, then click here. Start your projects on the foundation of clear goals. Read the full article here. The post How to Write Clear Goals [Video] appeared first on.

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Musings on Project Management

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

"Just because something happens after something else happens doesn't mean it happens because something else happened Show me your data Show me your assumptions Tell me what questions you asked Tell me why you didn't ask other questions" From the TED Radio Hour, "Big Data". So, what we have here is the tyranny of the "Three Cs" * Coincidence, perhaps better written as co-incident to.

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Engineering 174

Wrike

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

. Ever left an important project meeting with a notepad or Wrike task full of notes, but no idea what the actions items are … or even where to begin? You’re not alone. Here’s a hint: your first step should be to create a project work plan. . . . But what is a project work plan , you ask? A project work plan allows you to outline the requirements of a project, project planning steps, goals, and team members involved in the project.

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The Tao of Project Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

I have long been interested in how we measure success in project management. The standard answer is of course: deliver the project on time, within budget and with all the required features and functionality delivered. On agile projects it is: with all the required features and functionality that can be delivered in the available time and budget. Of course the project should also deliver benefits to the business in line with the business case, although strictly speaking, that is not the project m

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Project Risk Coach

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

If you can’t see this video in your RSS reader or email, then click here. Are you struggling with your project communication? Up your game with: How to Improve Your Project Communication. The post How Miscommunication Happens (and How to Avoid It) [Video] appeared first on.

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The Lazy Project Manager

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

The importance of being accessible but in a controlled way. I’m all for being there for people, honest I am. It’s just that people take advantage of it if I am. So for the ‘productive lazy’ project manager I would suggest that it is perfectly acceptable for the lights to be on and for no-one to be at home; not all of the time obviously, and at critical times access and visibility are all too important.

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The Digital Project Manager

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Posted in General. [link]. From the start of his career – as an intern in a traditional advertising agency, to his role as VP Client Services – Ben looks back across 10 years as a digital project manager and shares a few things he wishes he’d been told when he started. Discover the naivety, blunders, and mistakes that led to painful lessons you can avoid.

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TeamGantt

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

As more companies embrace remote work, the team retreat is making a comeback. Here’s why we do company retreats and how they boost team productivity.

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Speaker: Ketan Jahagirdar - Sopheon’s Director of Product Management

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