Rebel’s Guide to PM
FEBRUARY 9, 2025
I've been managing projects for over 20 years, so I guess I must kinda like it! Below, I share the best bits about managing projects. It never fails to amaze me that I still love it, after all this time, but partly that's due to the fact it never gets boring. And that leads us straight into Reason 1. #1. The variety Today, IT, tomorrow you'll be talking to Marketing.
NimbleWork
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
As February unfolds, with its heart-shaped chocolates and declarations of love, I find myself reflecting on a relationship that often goes unnoticed, my relationship with work. This Valentines season, Im choosing to celebrate the joy of loving what I do, even when its challenging, imperfect, or downright exhausting. Heres what Ive learned about nurturing this relationship, along with practical tips to help you fall in love with your work too. 1.
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The IIL Blog
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
By Jeff Zircher February 12, 2025 In todays fast-paced world, there is an increasing emphasis on quick decision-making. We often hear phrases like “trust your gut” or “act fast before it’s too late.” Early in my career at Caterpillar, I created a self-induced need or compulsion to make decisions quickly. There was a feeling of needing to get on with it or quickly make a decision to demonstrate decisiveness.
Scoro
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
Getting your project estimates right means better margins, happier clients, and fewer stressful conversations about budget overruns and delays. But without a clear approach, trying to make them more precise is tough. Try these proven project estimation techniques as a starting point for more accurate project plans. Heres a quick summary of all the methods discussed below: Technique Pros Cons Analogy-Based Estimation Lets you create reliable estimates based on similar completed projects Only work
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Rebel’s Guide to PM
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Project managers deliver change all the time, but in my experience, we arent always focused on the change side of change if you see what I mean. Project managers tend to focus on the delivery and execution, and hopefully theres a change manager who picks up the impact on the end users. But if there isnt, then you need to spend at least a little time on making sure your project changes land well.
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MPUG
FEBRUARY 14, 2025
A major hospital renovation was proceeding smoothly until an infection control specialist raised concerns that would add $2 million to the budget. The project manager had gathered approvals from every department head but missed this critical hidden stakeholder. According to our recent MPUG survey, 53% of project managers rank stakeholder management as their biggest challenge and it’s often these invisible influencers who create the most significant impacts.
Scrum.org
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
TL; DR: Psychological Safety as a Competitive Edge Psychological safety isnt about fluffy nicenessit is the foundation of agile teams that innovate, adapt, and deliver. When teams fearlessly debate ideas, admit mistakes, challenge norms, and find ways to make progress, they can outperform most competitors. Yet, many organizations knowingly or unknowingly sabotage psychological safetya short-sighted and dangerous attitude in a time when knowledge is no longer the moat it used to be.
Ganttic
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Ever needed to schedule a task for multiple people or resources? Instead of adding the same task again and again for each person, why not do it all in one go? Multi-resource scheduling lets you assign a single task to multiple team members, equipment, or locationskeeping everything in sync without the extra clicks. What is Multi-Resource Scheduling?
ProjectManager.com
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
The stage is set. Primavera P6 vs. Microsoft Project. Two heavyweights in the project management software division. Known as project scheduling software, project portfolio management, project planner and more, but which is the champion or is there a dark horse in the wings to steal the title? To make the Primavera vs. Microsoft Project fair, well define both, explain what theyre used for and where one surpasses the other.
Speaker: Chris Townsend, VP of Product Marketing, Wellspring
Over the past decade, companies have embraced innovation with enthusiasm—Chief Innovation Officers have been hired, and in-house incubators, accelerators, and co-creation labs have been launched. CEOs have spoken with passion about “making everyone an innovator” and the need “to disrupt our own business.” But after years of experimentation, senior leaders are asking: Is this still just an experiment, or are we in it for the long haul?
NimbleWork
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
I used to see my job like a whirlwind romancefull of adrenaline, late nights, and grand gestures. But over time, the spark faded. Micromanagement felt like jealousy; unrealistic deadlines became gaslighting. Burnout crept in, and I realized: loving your job isnt enough when the system works against you. This isnt just about self-care. Its about dismantling the forces that turn passion into exploitation.
Scrum.org
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
The only reason for a Product Owner to exist is to maximize the value of the Product. One of the ways Product Owner can accomplish this is by ensuring that most valuable items remain at the top of the Product Backlog and the Product Goal underscores their importance. So, how does the Product Owner order the Product Backlog; what techniques can be used?
Teamweek
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
Innovation is key to maintaining a top market position. But creating new technologies and commercializing scientific discoveries is neither fast nor cheap. To help businesses, governments offer research and development tax credits special deductions for research and innovation to offset income tax liabilities. For example, France offers a 30% tax credit (aka a discount) on R&D expenses up to 100 million.
ProjectManager.com
FEBRUARY 14, 2025
Monday.com is a recognized brand that has aggressively promoted its work management software to the general public. But is it project management software? One way to find out is by examining its features. For example, is there a Monday dashboard? Project dashboards are essential project management tools. They offer an overview of key performance indicators (KPIs) that help project managers and team members keep track of schedules, budgets and resources.
Speaker: Dylan Secrest
Construction projects are high-stakes operations where even minor inefficiencies can lead to costly delays, safety concerns, and budget overruns. Managing risk in construction has always been a challenge, but as projects grow in complexity, traditional methods no longer cut it. Enter Digital Transformation - a game changer approach that replaces inefficiency with AI-powered analytics, real-time monitoring, and automated workflows to proactively manage risk.
NimbleWork
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
As February unfolds, with its heart-shaped chocolates and declarations of love, I find myself reflecting on a relationship that often goes unnoticed, my relationship with work. This Valentines season, Im choosing to celebrate the joy of loving what I do, even when its challenging, imperfect, or downright exhausting. Heres what Ive learned about nurturing this relationship, along with practical tips to help you fall in love with your work too. 1.
Scrum.org
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
Myth: A Scrum Master's Job is to Protect the Team Most people want to do good work. And many Scrum Masters see their role as protecting the Scrum Team. But when protection becomes isolation, something is wrong. Shielding a team too much from stakeholders isn't helpful - it hinders collaboration, stifles feedback and erodes trust. The Reality: Scrum Masters Foster Collaboration, Not Walls A Scrum Masters purpose is to improve the adoption of Scrum.
Teamweek
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
It’s hard not to get swept up in the mania of productivity hacks. My Instagram and X (and with a heavy heart, now my LinkedIn) feeds are full of people recommending an “app of the week” to get more done. Or, it’s people waking up at 3 am to have ice baths. Telling me to buy this book, or that desk accessory. To be honest, I’ve never been convinced any of this stuff actually works.
ProjectManager.com
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
Construction projects are notoriously difficult. They involve multiple teams, suppliers and more when building a structure. Ensuring the schedule is realistic and the project can be delivered on time requires techniques such as CPM construction. What is CPM construction? It stands for the critical path method in construction. What is critical path construction?
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Epicflow Blog
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Managing multiple projects simultaneously is challenging yet essential to succeed in any business today. Organizations often juggle several initiatives with their unique objectives, deadlines, and constraints. To ensure success, adopting effective strategies and tools that promote efficient prioritization, risk management, and resource optimization is vital.
Scrum.org
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
If you are managing a product, you need to be clear about what drives value and what doesnt. Not all bug fixes and refactors are worth it. BAU (Business-as-Usual) workbug fixes, maintenance, and tech debtis a silent killer of product innovation. Left unchecked, it drains engineering resources , slows down feature development, and keeps teams stuck in a reactive firefighting loop.
NimbleWork
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
I used to see my job like a whirlwind romancefull of adrenaline, late nights, and grand gestures. But over time, the spark faded. Micromanagement felt like jealousy; unrealistic deadlines became gaslighting. Burnout crept in, and I realized: loving your job isnt enough when the system works against you. This isnt just about self-care. Its about dismantling the forces that turn passion into exploitation.
The IIL Blog
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
Abstract Project health checks are not Big Brother is Watching You activities. Rather, it is part of project oversight. Without these health checks, the chances of project failure are significantly increased. Project health checks provide us with insight on how to keep risks under control. Download the Free White Paper Dr. Harold D. Kerzner Dr. Harold Kerzner is Senior Executive Director at the International Institute for Learning, Inc., a global learning solutions company that conducts training
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Scoro
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Cash flow is the net amount of money that moves in and out of your agency during a given time period. This includes: Income (i.e., revenue from clients) Expenses (e.g., employee salaries, vendor payments, and software subscriptions) A positive cash flow means your agency earns more than it spends, while a negative cash flow indicates higher expenses than income.
Scrum.org
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Theres one more crucial characteristic: . Earlier I explored the Increment through the lenses of it being additive, valuable, useful, and usable. The Scrum Guide states:"These decisions (the Product Owner's) are visible in., and . From Cambridge Dictionary: "Inspect: to look at something or someone carefully in order to discover information, especially about quality or condition.
Online PM Courses
FEBRUARY 9, 2025
Project Risk Management is vital for project professionals. So, there are plenty of books you can buy to learn more. What are best for you? The post Project Risk Management: What are the Best Books to Advance You? appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.
Project Accelerator News
FEBRUARY 14, 2025
Your IT Project is heading off course, out of control and heading at speed to become part of those often-quoted failure statistics what do you do? Panic? Head to the nearest bar? Do nothing and hope for the best? Or implement a cunning plan that saves the day (Editors Note: Then head to the nearest bar, right?) This blog is about what to do if you choose the cunning plan route, inspired by real life response to those inevitable banana skins.
Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali
As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.
Scoro
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
Revenue recognition is when you record income as you deliver products and services, not when you receive payment for them. Let’s walk through the basics and how to make this accounting strategy sustainable in your agency or consultancy. Why revenue recognition matters Revenue recognition gives agencies and consultancies a more accurate picture of profitability than simply tracking cash flow or relying on profit and loss statements.
UPQODE
FEBRUARY 14, 2025
Weebly has long been a go-to website builder for individuals and small businesses looking for an easy-to-use platform. However, as website needs evolve, many users start searching for alternatives that offer greater flexibility, advanced features, or better pricing. Whether you need a more powerful e-commerce solution, a platform with superior design customization, or a budget-friendly option, there are plenty of Weebly competitors worth considering.
Green Project Management
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
If you follow our blog, this wont come as a surprisewe talk about regeneration a lot. And for good reason. The way I see it, project portfolio management (PPM) is on the brink of its next big evolution: regenerative design. For years, sustainability has been the guiding principle in PPMreducing harm, improving efficiency, and ensuring […] The post The Regenerative Shift: How Regenerative Design Principles Are Transforming Project Portfolio Management appeared first on The GPM Blog.
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