The Digital Project Manager

AUGUST 4, 2020

The post The 10 Best Project Planning Tools In 2020 appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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2020 Planning 45

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 3, 2020

Sarah Coleman is co-author of Project Leadership, a book in its third edition exploring how leadership and project management intertwine. The last edition came out 16 years ago – yes, people were talking about project leadership even then! I caught up with Sarah to find out more about what effect a leader can have on a project. Sarah, how does a leader impact the project?

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Leadership Governance Government Influencer 479

Binfire

AUGUST 6, 2020

As the novel coronavirus outbreak swept across the world, the work-from-home arrangement became the new norm for most businesses. Although some states have been slowly reopening, most enterprises are still on a remote set-up. For many, it’s a huge adjustment, given that they’ve been exclusively operating in an office, meeting each other face-to-face every day, pre-pandemic.

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Critical Chain Monitoring Budget SCRUM 124

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 6, 2020

More organizations have taken to virtual teams. They have, obviously, skyrocketed in practice over the course of this year. It certainly seems like virtual teams are here to stay, but are they right for your company? Are virtual teams the magic bullet to end all ills for your company? Simply put, no. It might be ideal for your company and it might not.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 4, 2020

TL; DR: Lipstick Agile — Happiness in the Trenches? Have you noticed how many people in the agile field are unhappy with their work situation? A situation where an organization already struggles doing agile, not to mention ‘becoming agile?’ This is what I call lipstick Agile. Scrum Masters and agile coaches are close to either burnout or indifference.

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Agile Software Review SCRUM 2020 212

Musings on Project Management

AUGUST 2, 2020

"When I plan a project, the first thing I do is make a list of what's unique . what will my new and untried experiences be for myself and my team, and what's new for the customer: will they see the value?" Not actually me, but others whom I respect say this It strikes me that what is said above is just common sense; profound in its plainspoken words But, then what?

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The Digital Project Manager

AUGUST 7, 2020

The post What Is Runn.io? Overview Of Runn Resource Planning & Forecasting Software appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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Project Bliss

AUGUST 5, 2020

Do you consider company culture during your job search? A positive company culture can make a huge difference in how much you love your work. It can mean the difference between dreading going to work each day, or absolutely loving your job. But it doesn’t just happen by chance. Assessing company culture during your job search takes extra work.

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Technical Review Leadership Innovation 2019 156

Scrum.org

AUGUST 6, 2020

Some may confuse the word “Foundation” in the name of the Professional Scrum Foundation course to mean simple or basic. But in truth this means it is a course for everybody to build a solid base of knowledge, understanding and practical application of Professional Scrum. Everyone in your Scrum team and the managers/leaders who interacting with your team should be able to answer.

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SCRUM Certification Sustainability Agile 167

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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Musings on Project Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

The first rule of data: Don't ask for data if you don't know what you are going to do with it Or, said another way (same rule) Don't ask for data which you can not use or act upon And, your reaction might be: Of course! But, alas, in the PMO there are too many incidents of reports, data accumulation, measurements, etc for which there actually is no plan for what to do with it.

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PMO Planning 170

The Digital Project Manager

AUGUST 6, 2020

The post 10 Best Visual Project Management Software To Track Progress appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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Software 276

Proofhub

AUGUST 4, 2020

A Simple Guide On How To Delegate Work Effectively Delegation is not merely assigning tasks and waiting until the work is finished. It is about choosing the right people for the job and making your expectations clear and concise. “Great Leaders Properly And Easily Delegate, Poor Leaders Make Delegation Harder Than It Is.” Like most founders I’ve known over the years, when I first started my venture ProofHub , managing people was something that was a whole new experience.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 6, 2020

Some may confuse the word “Foundation” in the name of the Professional Scrum Foundation course to mean simple or basic. But in truth this means it is a course for everybody to build a solid base of knowledge, understanding and practical application of Professional Scrum. Everyone in your Scrum team and the managers/leaders who interacting with your team should be able to answer.

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SCRUM Certification Sustainability Agile 141

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MPUG

AUGUST 4, 2020

As we live and work through a global pandemic with all of its uncertainties and stresses, it’s all too easy to get stressed over our to-do lists. From team members to project managers, the general theme heard from everyone these days seems to be “overwhelm.” We know that stress and anxiety are two of the biggest threats to workplace productivity —and right now, many of us are experiencing both.

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Planning 130

The Digital Project Manager

AUGUST 4, 2020

The post Making Agile Work With Metagility (With David Bishop From Agile Worx) appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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ProProfs Project Management

AUGUST 7, 2020

Change is the only constant. — Heraclitus. Being adaptive to change is extremely important, irrespective of the industry you are working in. You cannot be skeptical about this, because you cannot reap benefits for a longer time if you fear going outside of your comfort zone. Nokia is a vivid example in this context, as this mobile manufacturing company had refused to accept Android OS and decided to swim upstream.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 6, 2020

The focus of this article is on one of the most important things giving lifeblood to the Product Backlog and promoting its characteristic of long-living artifact, the Innovation. The innovation allows us to shift from a Project perspective, by which a project is limited in duration, to a Product perspective, with a product evolving over time. We’ll then discover the importance of quality as an enabling factor for the innovation and how innovation can be measured throughout the sprints, by also i

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Innovation SCRUM Technical Review Software Review 152

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Teamweek

AUGUST 5, 2020

Illustration: Zack Rosebrugh. What does it mean to be productive? We all strive to be more productive. Being productive is one of those things which are generally accepted as good, such as being kind, compassionate, or helpful. The problem is, most people don’t know how to define productivity. There are lots of different definitions, but we’ll begin with the following one, from productivity and self-help writer Megan Holstein : To be productive means to be effective at externally rewarding tasks

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2015 Influencer Monitoring Controlling 98

Henny Portman

AUGUST 1, 2020

The quest to find more trees for my agile forest continues. Structural Agility is again a way of working that fits in the culture targeted box of my The bird’s eye view on the agile forest overview and complements ‘frameworks’ like Scrum, SAFe, Less, disciplined Agile, et cetera. Structural Agility (author Jardena London) su pports business agility and rests on the core concept that structure enables flow; specifically, the flow of information, energy, and resources inside an orga

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Agile Energy SCRUM Process 111

Wrike

AUGUST 6, 2020

A whopping 42% of the U.S. labor force is working from home these days, making it harder to work with stakeholders and serve customers. With this being the current state of affairs, a customer-driven project management philosophy could be just the solution project managers have been looking for. . In recent months we’ve learned firsthand how the absence of in-person meetings makes it more challenging for project managers to look after both stakeholders and customers.

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Software Review Manufacturing Energy Budget 85

Scrum.org

AUGUST 6, 2020

Para ser exitoso con Scrum un Product Owner debe complementar sus competencias con prácticas y herramientas que le ayuden a mejorar la gestión del producto y la entrega de valor a la vez que fomenta la colaboración y la creación de una mentalidad de producto en sus organizaciones. Existen muchas herramientas que el Product Owner puede adoptar en su ruta hacia la entrega de valor.

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Lean SCRUM Planning 166

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MPUG

AUGUST 4, 2020

As we live and work through a global pandemic with all of its uncertainties and stresses, it’s all too easy to get stressed over our to-do lists. From team members to project managers, the general theme heard from everyone these days seems to be “overwhelm.” We know that stress and anxiety are two of the biggest threats to workplace productivity —and right now, many of us are experiencing both.

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Planning 72

Teamweek

AUGUST 6, 2020

Working from home can be great, at least when your home setup is great. And even when it’s not so great, current circumstances ( global pandemic ) mean that we have to, great or not. Even in the distant post-pandemic future, many predict that working remotely is here to stay. This means remote work and remote workspaces are here to stay. What if you’re tired of working from home ?

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2020 98

Wrike

AUGUST 7, 2020

For product development teams using the Agile project management methodology , Agile backlog grooming is a critical process that should be performed regularly for maximum impact. Just as the Agile framework itself calls for constant iteration, product backlog grooming enables development teams to consistently and continuously evaluate their backlogs and update them to reflect ever-evolving customer needs. .

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Development Team Review Agile Estimate SCRUM 74

Admation

AUGUST 5, 2020

As many businesses across the world continue to work remotely, it is important to continue to review processes and the tools been used to deliver projects. Over the next month, we will review the some key ad mation features and look at how they help different teams manage projects, clients and resources while working remotely. Let's kick things off with ad agency client service.

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Software Review Process Software 95

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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