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The Art of Mastering Project Surprises: Easy Strategies for Managing Unplanned Work

Traxidy

The Art of Mastering Project Surprises: Easy Strategies for Managing Unplanned Work By: Steve McBroom, Founder, Traxidy (Click to follow me on LinkedIn) In this post, we will review the importance of working through project issues and the associated unplanned project tasks, as they arise, and provide effective strategies to manage them.

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How to Stay Relevant At Work (Hint: It’s Called Upskilling)

Teamweek

According to a study by Training Magazine , U.S. Managers don’t want to lose their best employees to the competition. Staying relevant can reduce your risk of being laid off or, if you are ‘downsized’, make it easier for you to find another job more quickly. Today, everyone has to keep learning if they want to stay relevant. .

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The Project Management Starter Guide: for Non-Project Managers

Workzone

Just because your business card doesn’t say, Project Manager, doesn’t mean you aren’t one. If you answered yes to any of the above, you’re a project manager —even if it’s not part of your job title. Congratulations, You’re a Project Manager! Congrats on your newfound title of Project Manager! Take this quick survey.

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Software Estimating Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to estimate software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. COSMIC Software Estimation Approach,” Alain Abran, ICEAA Workshop, Portland Oregon, June 6?9, Flint, School of Management, Working Paper Series, September 2005.”. 61, September 2004.

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80+ Awesome Online Resources for Project Managers

Wrike

Where can you go to talk Gantt charts, work breakdown structures, and Agile workflows to your heart’s content with other project management aficionados? There’s a treasure trove of valuable information available online for anyone looking to sharpen their project management skills. . Essentials of Project Management Series – PMI.

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The Relationship Between Culture and Performance

Leading Agile

They maybe estimate them using new story points, planning, poker, they burn them down, they produce a working test and increment of software at the end of every sprint. I came out of project management, like I said, PMI ACP, all that kind of stuff. There’s managers and there’s hierarchy in that regard.

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Estimating is a Learned Skill

Herding Cats

Estimating is a learned skill, used for any purpose from every-day life to management of projects. When I left for the airport this morning to catch my flight to a customer site I estimated, given the conditions, how much time I need to get to my favorite parking spot at DIA. Google will find these when there is no URL provided.