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5 Strategies to Improve Team Productivity on Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Wouldn’t life be better if your team were, well, just a little bit more productive? If there was less chat and more doing? It is possible to create an environment where project team members can be more productive, by creating good habits. You’ve read all the articles, you’ve got ideas about how things could be better. But no one is telling you HOW to get your team to adopt new ways of working.

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How to Manage Project Uncertainty Better

Project Risk Coach

Do you want to be the Sherlock Holmes of project management? Let’s look at three ways to manage project uncertainty better. We find these aspects of uncertainty in the PMBOK® Guide, Seventh Edition – ambiguity, complexity, and volatility. Project managers walk into the unknown with each new project. You may be unsure about numerous factors including but not limited to: User requirements Team dynamics External events such as natural disasters or new political policies Changes in market conditions

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10 Best Monday.com Alternatives of 2022 (Free & Paid)

ProjectManager.com

Monday.com is a popular project management software that targets both seasoned and novice professionals. This broad approach introduces problems, as not everyone’s needs are the same: trying to be one tool for all jobs is problematic, forcing many consumers to look for a Monday.com alternative. Because shopping for a work or project management software that suits your needs can be overwhelming, we’ve researched and ranked the best Monday.com alternatives.

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36 Fehlverhalten von Scrum Interessenvertretern

Scrum.org

In Kürze: Die Fehlverhalten von Scrum Interessenvertretern. Erfahren Sie, wie individuelle Anreize und veraltete Organisationsstrukturen – die persönliche Agenden und lokale Optimierungsbemühungen fördern – sich in Fehlverhalten von Scrum Interessenvertretern manifestieren, die leicht jede agile Transformation zu einer produktorientierten Organisation behindern. ??

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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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Business Acumen for Project Managers [Free Checklist]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

‘Business acumen’ is one of those skills that you see on role profiles for jobs. It’s also something mentioned in the standards for professional project management bodies. Apparently, business acumen is something that project managers should have. In 2022, PMI updated the Talent Triangle to include business acumen. It used to be called ‘strategic and business management’ So how is business acumen different?

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Small business tips for managing projects with a lean team

LiquidPlanner

Small business owners face the challenge of growing their organization with limited resources. You may think this dilemma is somewhat rare, but 99% of companies are considered to be small businesses. Any major misstep can cost you a big client or potentially the entire business, depending on how critical the mistake is. The best scenario for your organization is to consider slow growth, wise project and customer selection, and focus on profitability by planning, requirements gathering, and scope

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[VLOG] 8 Hats The Scrum Master Wears As A True Leader Who Serves

Scrum.org

Hey what's good this week awesome people? I hope your team are creating something amazing for your customers. Something has been disturbing my mind and I wanted to share it with you. Btw, have you noticed that the Scrum Guide described the Scrum Master as a true leader who serves ? This was change from what was initially called servant leadership. The word "servant" is not widely accepted in some cultures but it's also misunderstood in some cultures.

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Availability is Not a Skill Set! 5 Tips for Resource Allocation

Rebel’s Guide to PM

“Who is free to work on this task?”. That’s something all project managers will hear at some time or another. And it isn’t the best way to allocate work to your project team members. After all, would you have brain surgery done by a surgeon who specializes in feet just because he or she happened to be free that day? Of course not. Would you ask a colleague to give a presentation to the board, just because they happened to have some spare time?

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How to Analyze Risk in Project Management?

nTask

Life is a series of unexpected events, however having a plan can save you from catastrophe. The rule is applicable to all lines of work including project management. Having a risk management plan is crucial for the successful initiatives of any business or project venture. Risk assessment has never been more vital than it is […].

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Strategic Project Finance Essentials: A Project Manager’s Guide to Financial Metrics

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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Main Risks of Aerospace Engineering Projects: How to Implement Wise Risk Management into Your Organization

Epicflow Blog

The aerospace engineering sector deals with mostly large and complex projects. Accordingly, they are more vulnerable to the consequences of risk-bearing events. When unmanaged, these risks can impact people’s safety and, to make matters worse, come down to considerable financial losses. . So, the importance of risk management cannot be overestimated – it’s better to stay ahead of all possible threats to your project. .

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Mehr als 10 Teammitglieder? 4 bewährte Strategien zur Skalierung von Teams

Scrum.org

Wir sind uns einig, dass wir nicht gleich mit 8 Teams die Entwicklung eines neuen Produkts beginnen sollten, sondern immer nur mit einem. Aber wie skalieren wir dann auf mehrere Teams hoch, wenn wir an Entwicklungsgeschwindigkeit gewinnen wollen? Ab welcher Größe sollten wir das Team aufteilen? Sollten wir es wirklich aufteilen, wenn wir die Performance nicht gefährden wollen?

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Planning Performance Domain: How to Plan a Solution to Meet Your Goals

Online PM Courses

The purpose of planning is to figure out how to achieve what you want to achieve. So, the Planning Performance Domain must be central. . The post Planning Performance Domain: How to Plan a Solution to Meet Your Goals appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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What Is Work Management Software And How Does It Help Your Team?

Sandeep Kashyap

You may have heard and applied project management in your daily work schedule, regardless of the types of jobs. To manage their teams, professionals worldwide use a variety of project management tools and practices. Similar to project management in many ways, work management is a word that has recently joined the corporate lexicon. But what is work management, and how can it assist your team in achieving success?

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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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What Is Business Agility & What Does It Entail For Agile Teams?

nTask

What can be the ultimate success for an organization? For most entrepreneurs it’s stability. Being consistent in the market and proper planning of future events is incredibly beneficial for companies in order to maximize profit. Nonetheless, things do not always go as anticipated. The markets are extremely volatile, therefore anything can happen. If the organization’s […].

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How can your Developers support self-management ?? - Back to the foundations of the Scrum framework (54)

Scrum.org

We started this Scrum foundation series explaining we see four underlying concepts of the Scrum framework. In the past series of mails we covered the three pillars of Empiricism, and we covered the Scrum Values. Now that we understand that we need trust, which is built up by living the Scrum Values, to bring transparency and as such have a good basis to inspect and adapt, we can have a look at the self-managing aspect of the Scrum Team. . ??

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What is a technical project manager? (And why you should think about becoming one)

Planio

As products become more complex, technical project managers have quickly become the holy grail for growing businesses. Technical project managers (TPM) bridge the gap between understanding what’s technically possible in a project and managing the resources, timelines, and expectations to get it done. This hybrid of business and engineering skills is a superpower.

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What Is Work Management Software And How Does It Help Your Team?

Proofhub

You may have heard and applied project management in your daily work schedule, regardless of the types of jobs. To manage their teams, professionals worldwide use a variety of project management tools and practices. Similar to project management in many ways, work management is a word that has recently joined the corporate lexicon. But what is work management, and how can it assist your team in achieving success?

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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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A Better Microsoft Project for Time Modeling: Deadlines and the (Most?) Critical Path

MPUG

In my previous post, I explained that I’d be making a case in a series of articles for adding certain features to Microsoft’s Project for Desktop and Project for the web software. Here, I’d like to suggest making Microsoft Project better in terms of Time Modeling, which I see as the simplest way of working with the software. Time Modeling starts with identifying the deliverables.

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Everything You Need To Know About Process Documentation for Smart Teams

nTask

Process documentation can be a crucial double-edged sword. Plenty of industries require it and they use it only because they think it’s the right thing to do. On the other side, many businesses avoid it, thinking that it is a complete waste of time and energy. A lot of businesses usually ask, is process documentation […].

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How To Track Billable Hours & Increase Profits by 20%

Teamweek

Accurately tracking their billable hours helped PR Firm, Sweat+Co, recuperate 20% of their profitability. What was their secret? Increased visibility. They discovered that their team spent too much time on non-billable client work. Projects were being pushed into the red by inefficiency and over-serving, ultimately leading to their profits taking a big hit.

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What Is Work Management Software And How Does It Help Your Team?

Sandeep Kashyap

You may have heard and applied project management in your daily work schedule, regardless of the types of jobs. To manage their teams, professionals worldwide use a variety of project management tools and practices. Similar to project management in many ways, work management is a word that has recently joined the corporate lexicon. But what is work management, and how can it assist your team in achieving success?

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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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A Deep Dive into Probability Distribution in Risk Management

MPUG

Ever tossed a fair coin? I’d bet you have! At least in your childhood days while deciding which team would bat first in a baseball or a cricket match, or who would serve first in a badminton or tennis game. Every kid agrees to it because it’s unbiased. When you toss a fair coin, the chances of getting a head is 1/2 (0.5) or 50%. This is the division between the favorable outcome, which is a head and all possible outcomes (head and tail).

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Gantt 101: Building a Better Project Schedule

Velociteach

The Gantt Chart is the most widely used project scheduling tool. It visually depicts the project’s activities, when they will occur, and their interdependencies. When used correctly, it is powerful. Unfortunately, most Gantts are poorly constructed, stripping them of their value. Henry Gantt developed the tool a century ago. The original Chart was simply […] The post Gantt 101: Building a Better Project Schedule appeared first on PMP Certification Exam Prep & Training - Velocite

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A Test of Leadership Skills

Bridge the Gap Consulting

I was leading a team of 6. They were high energy and ready to get after it. With hammers and power tools within reach, everyone wanted to get to work. They talked non-stop. There were questions about everything within eyesight and earshot. When I could give instructions, one would listen, one would do the complete opposite, and the remaining 4 would follow the person doing the wrong thing.

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5 Types Of Planners To Skyrocket Your Work Productivity

Teamweek

First, we shape our tools and then our tools shape us. In all probability, Marshal McLuhan, the Canadian philosopher wasn’t talking specifically about modern work planning tools. Yet, what he said fits perfectly with today’s productivity tools. . Planning tools help us form good (and bad) work habits. But with so many types of planners out there, finding the best one can get complicated.

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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.