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4 Tips For Creating A Winning Proposal

The Digital Project Manager

The post 4 Tips For Creating A Winning Proposal appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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3 Myths About Managing Multiple Projects That Are Blocking Your Promotion

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Learn the 3 critical skills for managing multiple projects. Join my webinar on 4 February and let me share the tips you need to keep all the balls in the air at the same time. Managers promote people who are a safe pair of hands, who know how to get the job done and can work efficiently at all levels of the organization. Being able to manage multiple projects is one way to evidence that you can do all of that.

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How to Create a Project Management Communication Plan?

nTask

Keeping a keen eye on all aspects of the project management process is necessary, but out of them the most critical aspect of project management is effective communication. Why is it so critical? Well, communication among the different stakeholders related to the project development process is very important as all of the discussions and decisions regarding the project are performed via that communication, and if that communication channel doesn’t exist, you’re done!

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How to Better Assign Content Writing Opportunities

The Lazy Project Manager

If your project is in need of copy for a newsletter, blog, or social post, your first instinct may be to simply email or direct message someone from your content team with the request. But while content needs may feel like one-off tasks, this approach is a great way to get subpar results and watch things fall through the cracks. So how can project managers assign content writing in the most effective, results-driven way?

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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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Best Planner Apps for Mac in 2021

ProjectManager.com

No matter what kind of project you want to tackle, you must have a plan first. Planning is the cornerstone of project management but if you’re a Mac user, then you’re going to find that a lot of the big players in the field don’t want you on their team. There is no Microsoft planner for Mac. Why they would ignore such a large potential client base is not for us to ask, but managers using Apple products are still in need of a good planning app—which is why we’ve made this list of planner apps for

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How to Run a Meeting That Gets Amazing Results

Project Bliss

You may think you know how to run a meeting. But it takes more planning and effort than you may be doing now. This checklist of activities to do before, during, and after your meeting tell you exactly how to run an effective meeting that participants will actually enjoy. No matter what type of meeting you’re leading, it’s critical to run your meetings effectively.

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9 - Artefacts Scrum : Product Backlog

Scrum.org

Le Product Backlog est une liste ordonnée et évolutive de tous les travaux jugés nécessaires par le Product Owner pour créer, publier, maintenir et entretenir un produit. Chaque Produit a un et un seul Product Backlog, géré par un et un seul Product Owner. Un Product Backlog est en évolution constante, grâce au feedback fourni par les parties prenantes au fil du temps et en Sprint Review.

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Request for Quote (RFQ) Template

ProjectManager.com

Projects aren’t completed without help. Outside of the project team, there are materials and supplies necessary to create the project deliverables. Contracting with suppliers requires negotiating and paperwork. A request for quote (FRQ) is part of that process with the request for proposal (RFP) and request for information (RFI). Using this free RFQ template for Word makes that part of the process easier.

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9 Excellent Methods to Prioritize Your Work

nTask

The ‘prioritize your work’ agenda often comes with its fair share of roadblocks. As a result, you may find a hard time juggling several important tasks at the same time. This, in turn, often becomes a recipe for disaster. Nowadays, you can try to be productive in your personal life by using any productivity app available on your mobile device. Alternatively, you can also use a project management application like nTask to prioritize and manage your work aspect.

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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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Stakeholder Engagement Strategies: Don’t Miss 40-plus Ways to Power up Your Project

Online PM Courses

The standard 'four-box' approach can leave Project Managers believing there are just 4 Stakeholder engagement strategies. That's wrong! The post Stakeholder Engagement Strategies: Don’t Miss 40-plus Ways to Power up Your Project appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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YDS: What Does a Scrum Team Do When They Deliver Early?

Scrum.org

On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: What does a Scrum Team do when they deliver early? A Scrum Master wrote in and asked Ryan and Todd what should a Scrum Team do when they finish their work early during a Sprint. This is such a great problem to have! Our first step is to CELEBRATE. It's great that value has been delivered, but now there are some important choices to make.

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How I ended up becoming a (Professional) Scrum trainer

Gunther Verheyen

In October 2003 my life of Scrum started, albeit not with Scrum. My life of Scrum actually started with eXtreme Programming which we then wrapped in Scrum. In May 2004 I attended a CSM class (“Certified ScrumMaster”) by Ken Schwaber in Brussels (Belgium). At the time I had no idea but it seems it was the first CSM class in the wider region. Fast forward >> In December 2010 I traveled to Zurich (Switzerland) to attend a PSM class (“Professional Scrum Master”) by Ken Schwaber.

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Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast

Growing Agile

A few weeks ago I featured on the Scrum Master Toolbox podcast with Vasco Duarte and Yves Hanoulle. We talked about continuous improvement and the importance of learning to speak up freely as a team… Let me know what you think. The post Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast appeared first on Growing Agile.

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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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10 Best Project Tracking Software To Deliver Projects On Time (2021)

Teamweek

No one likes missed deadlines, delayed project deliveries, and failed projects. And yet, according to PMI , over 11 percent of project investment is wasted due to poor project performance. Using project tracking software can help you reduce waste and deliver projects profitably. In this article, we look at: What is project tracking software? Project tracking features And, the top project tracking software tools.

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YDS: What is the Right Sprint length in Scrum?

Scrum.org

On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: What is the Right Sprint length in Scrum? There is a lot of debate in the Scrum community about what the "right" Sprint length to use on a Scrum Team. Todd and Ryan aren't sure where the "2-week" standard started, but it's nonsense. Your Sprint length is a planning horizon. Do what makes sense! Check out the video to see how you can determine the best Sprint length for your situation.

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Review Blue Striped Frog – The agile community – Magazine (2nd edition)

Henny Portman

I just had a sneak preview of the second edition of the Blue Striped Frog magazine. Several articles clustered around the themes: the age of agility, best practices, organizational agility and articles. My compliments to the editor team. They can be proud of the result. This second magazine offers interesting stories, new insights and real life cases at UWV, NN, Praktijkschool Oost ter Hout, BAM, New10 and ABN Amro and last but not least a new agile framework.

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How To Build a Strong Company Culture as a Team Who Hardly Meets Face-to-Face

Proofhub

+Remote work is a working style that hit the spotlight during the COVID-19 pandemic, coming as an adaptive business response. However, it is not something that did not exist before the pandemic. Millions of people were doing it. Here are some statistics that reflect the same: In the U.S., remote work had risen by 159% from 2005 until 2018. At the beginning of 2020, the number of remote workers was 4.7 million, making up 3.4% of the world’s population.

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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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Achieving Competitive Advantage in Service Industry

EasyProjects

There are two words that best describe the professional services sector from a manager’s perspective; exciting and frustrating. On the one hand, the sector is growing exponentially. It is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 9.1% by 2022 when the market will be worth $8.0824 trillion. Such consistent growth for the better part of the decade shows that professional service firms have an excellent opportunity to scale in the coming years.

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YDS: Sprint Backlog vs Product Backlog - What is the Difference?

Scrum.org

On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: Sprint Backlog vs Product Backlog - What's the Difference? A recent student asked Ryan and Todd to talk about the differences between a Sprint Backlog and a Product Backlog. It's an interesting question as these are two Scrum Artifacts that teams use to keep information transparent. The Sprint Backlog is a representation of present work while the Product Backlog represents future work.

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5 Stages to Prevent Projects Failing 

MindGenius

As tempting as it is to jump in and get on with things, the cause of most project failures is a result of insufficient front-end work. Generally, there are 5 stages to Project Management. Initiation. Planning. Execution. Monitor & Review. Closure. Stage 1 – Initiation. There is a need to clearly articulate what the project is, it’s goals, business case, benefits and the problems it will solve.

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Get Your Outlook Calendar In A Snapshot

Teamweek

Toggl integrates with tens of the most used tools on the internet. We recently launched Toggl’s Outlook Integration. This integration works specifically for Outlook’s Calendar functionality. What Does Toggl Track’s Outlook Integration Do? This integration allows you to see your upcoming Outlook Calendar events within Toggl’s “Calendar” view. You won’t have to waste time switching between Outlook and Toggl, trying to remember when various meetings and events took place.

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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 Project Roadmap: How to Keep a Team and Stakeholders on Track

GanttPRO Project Management

Starting a project requires a piece of preparation. The bigger a project is, the more thoroughly the planning process should be. How to manage all the actions properly? How to […]. The post A Project Roadmap: How to Keep a Team and Stakeholders on Track first appeared on GanttPRO.

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YDS: What Do We Need to Get Started with Scrum?

Scrum.org

On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: What do we need to get started in Scrum? During our Professional Scrum Master class, we were asked what is the minimum needed to get started with Scrum. Watch as Todd and Ryan break down this question. They advocate for the bare essentials to get started while discouraging practices such as Sprint-O and planning sprints.

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Best Practices for Managing a Virtual Team

MPUG

When the Covid-19 pandemic began, many organizations had to pivot from working in the office amongst colleagues to suddenly working from home. For some, it was a first. Today, more people are working remotely than ever before. While the transition from the office-office to the home-office isn’t without its challenges, there are specific steps that project managers can take to improve the productivity and engagement of remote employees.

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The Best Free and Award-Winning Time Tracking for Each Need

TrustRadius Project Management

With the huge variety of time tracking software available and an even bigger difference in users’ needs, it can be hard to find an option that fits. From freelancers recording billable work hours to small-team coordination, to larger group timesheets and attendance, there are free choices available to satisfy your needs without breaking the bank. Several of the winners of TrustRadius Top Rated awards for Time Tracking include no-cost options.

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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.