Project Pulse Journal

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

By: Dr. Michael Shick, MSPM, PMP, CSM Are you a project manager struggling to predict the risks in your projects accurately during planning? This is where Monte Carlo Simulation transforms the art of project risk management into a more precise science, as part of quantitative risk analysis.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2022

A business case is a project management document that explains how the benefits of a project overweigh its costs and why it should be executed. The need for a business case is that it collects the financial appraisal, proposal, strategy and marketing plan in one document and offers a full look at how the project will benefit the organization.

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Inloox

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Know the risks in your project! Risk management plays an enormously important role in project management. The task here is to identify, analyze, control and ultimately minimize risks. The better risk management is handled in your project, the greater the probability of success, all other things being equal.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 16, 2022

A key part of a PMO leader’s job is to develop and maintain project management standards and processes and to support the people doing the delivery – project managers, program managers , and teams. The mission statement should be easy to understand and should be aligned with the organization’s strategy.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The need for a business case is that it collects the proposal, outline, strategy and marketing plan in one document and offers a full look at how the project will benefit the organization. Compile the data and present your strategies, goals and options. Marketing strategy. Don’t forget to include a risk management plan.

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Wrike

JUNE 11, 2023

Risk management has become an integral part of organizational success. Effective risk management allows businesses to identify potential threats, assess their impact, and implement strategies to mitigate or avoid them altogether.

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Wrike

JUNE 11, 2023

In this article, we will delve into the various strategies to boost work performance and elevate productivity both at an individual and team level. Identifying Factors that Affect Work Performance Before implementing strategies to enhance productivity, it is crucial to identify the factors that influence work performance.

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Wrike

JULY 23, 2023

Leadership is a complex task that requires adaptability and a contingency approach. Leaders must not only possess a solid foundation of leadership skills, but also be able to navigate through uncertainties and effectively respond to changing circumstances. They’re also not afraid to take calculated risks.

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Project Risk Coach

JULY 27, 2016

After a simple analysis exercise (considering relationship and agreement) it then comes down to developing an influencing strategy. If people are against you, make sure you’ve got something in your strategy to at least remove the risk they pose to your influencing goal. Proactively Manage Threats/Opportunities.

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Teamweek

JANUARY 26, 2023

Sifting through bad-fit applications is a tiring process – but it doesn’t need to be with the right talent assessment strategy and a few skills tests. So, how do you create a bulletproof talent assessment strategy from scratch? 10 Benefits of creating an effective talent assessment strategy And that’s not all.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Navigating Business Continuity Management (BCM) is essential for organizations to ensure their resilience in the face of unforeseen disruptions and challenges. Without a well-structured BCM framework, organizations face significant risks including loss of revenue, damage to reputation, and decreased customer trust.

Technical Review 36

Technical Review Infrastructure Leadership Risk Management 36

Scrum.org

MAY 8, 2023

Rant: Scrum Masters are no Project Managers ! ? ? ?? Product Backlog refinement : The Product Owner and Developers collaborate to refine, estimate, and order the Product Backlog items based on value, risk, and dependencies. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 46,000-plus subscribers.

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Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 15, 2024

Malinawan, PMP Choosing the appropriate tools and techniques to your advantage is essential for professionals working in the dynamic field of project management who must contend with issues like project budget constraints, tight deadlines, and constantly changing requirements.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 22, 2023

However, there are some fool-proof strategies coming up that you can start putting into practice today. Maybe the work is too hard or too complex for them to manage alone. It is also worth looking into the Situational Leadership model if you aren’t familiar with it. Think about how you can help them with time management.

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Scrum.org

JULY 17, 2023

Fractal Systems is an Agile consultancy with a difference; we’ve worked with hundreds of managers, leaders and teams, helping them successfully implement Agility in their organisations. When things are challenging, you see the effects of tremendous and terrible leadership up close. In the Agile world, this couldn't be truer.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Next, we discussed the conditions where Scrum's Empiricism, Self-Management, and Continuous Improvement can thrive. Scrum defines some boundaries for the exercise of figuring out Scrum Teams. While the Scrum Guide does not explicitly talk about anyone outside of the Scrum Team, Scrum assumes organizational leadership and support. .

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Scrum.org points the way with its Evidence-Based Management approach.) Organizational Alignment : The change should not only benefit the Scrum team but should also be in line with the larger organizational strategy. Demonstrating the ROI of proposed changes can be instrumental in gaining leadership support.

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LiquidPlanner

MAY 9, 2022

Have you heard the project management saying that failing to plan is planning to fail ? For much of the last century, business plans, strategies, and economic theories were predicated upon the behavior of rational actors. They assumed that their observations would hold true during future training exercises or combat. .

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MPUG

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Introduction: First, I am not writing this to be highbrow; besides technical and project management topics, I have enjoyed history and mythology for years. I recently watched an old Greek mythology movie from the early 80’s, and I had a revelation: the muses and project management.

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nTask

JUNE 25, 2019

Project management often reflects tangible results that managers crave. No matter how dynamic “project management” itself is, some of the changes to the core organization structure can be scary. Management disasters are usually associated with a long road to recovery. Project Management. Eventually, it didn’t work.

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MPUG

JANUARY 27, 2020

In my absence, I’d missed one of our team members “blowing up,” apparently shouting at the project manager about some frustrations he had with the project. Our project manager, however friendly he was, did nothing to discuss the conflict or try to work with my colleague’s frustrations. As a manager, it’s your job to set the tone.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 23, 2023

The author has a holistic view of agile practices: agile equals product discovery (what to build) plus product delivery (how to build it) as a collaborative exercise of the whole Scrum team. This question is meant to help reveal whether your candidate understands that their role is to lead — as opposed to managing — the team.

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The IIL Blog

JUNE 28, 2023

In this second article, Robin explores the concept of alignment, specific techniques the project manager can apply to achieve it, and the benefits it can bring in addition to the promise of enabling productive owner/provider engagement. I hesitate to call it a prerequisite because project management (PM) is not a science.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 2, 2024

By: Hajime Estanislao, PMP, CSM Project managers, have you ever felt overwhelmed by the unpredictable waves of the project environment? The terrain of project management is fraught with hidden challenges and opportunities lying in wait for the unwary. The result? Does it sound like an adventure? Because it is.

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Project Bliss

AUGUST 8, 2021

As a project manager, you’ll most likely manage multiple projects. It takes incredible organizational skills to manage conflicting workloads and competing priorities. You need a reliable system and tools to help manage it all. Challenges to managing multiple projects. Managing multiple projects takes effort.

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Runrun.it

JUNE 30, 2023

If one were to ask what might separate a boss and a leader (both get things done, after all) then it can be answered simply with – “leadership soft skills.” Unfortunately, business schools also tend to look the other way when it comes to leadership soft skills, preferring the comfort of hard, measurable ones involving facts and numbers.

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The Lazy Project Manager

JUNE 22, 2017

Well it starts with strategy formulation which is no longer the annual exercise it used to be – nowadays it is an ongoing iterative activity. Well it starts with strategy formulation which is no longer the annual exercise it used to be – nowadays it is an ongoing iterative activity. Leads, and is aided by, the PMO.

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Planio

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

A 3-part stakeholder management process for keeping everyone happy. Step 3: Best practices for stakeholder management and communication. And learning how to identify, handle, and manage them is an essential skill for any project manager. Executives: The senior-level management at the organization running the project.

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The IIL Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

There are only a few thousand Portfolio Management Professionals (PfMP ® ) worldwide, according to PMI, making this a truly elite qualification. Before you start the PfMP ® Exam preparation, I highly recommend you assess your experience in Portfolio Management by: Reading the PfMP ® prerequisites ( [link] ); Studying PfMP ® Handbook.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Lastly, there is an overlap with the product manager role. This is achieved by testing hypotheses as fast and as inexpensive as possible, thus mitigating risk and maximizing the development team’s work. Are you a facilitator, a coach, a manager, a visionary, a tactician, a coordinator, or a “driver?”.

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Planio

JULY 22, 2020

The number one thing every project manager needs to level up their skills is experience. A good project management book. While there are tons of fantastic resources online for learning how to be a better project manager (such as this blog!) Jump to a section: The best books for mastering the fundamentals of project management.

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Project Pulse Journal

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

But, here's the thing - every expert project manager was once in your shoes. The world of project management might seem intricate, filled with technical jargon and processes that appear complex on the surface. With a step-by-step guide tailored for project managers, the complexities of executing your project become more manageable.

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Executing Software Review Technical Review 2017 40

The Lazy Project Manager

JULY 3, 2017

We will come on to the definition of this term in one moment but to begin we need to clearly differentiate Challenge 1 – Invest in the right portfolio management, which was all about knowing what your true portfolio value is. Ability to evaluate and judge – such is the essence of project leadership and decision making.

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The Lazy Project Manager

JUNE 7, 2017

The following is an extract from my new book ‘How to get Fired at the C-Level: Why mismanaging change is the biggest risk of all’ in association with my friends at Tailwind Project Solutions – the extracts follow a series of 5 Challenges that I think every organisation should consider, and consider very carefully: ‘Change is the law of life.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 6, 2022

The conflict at the stakeholder level in such legacy organizations is apparent: mostly, the stakeholder is a manager of a functional silo with objectives that do not necessarily align with those of a product or Scrum Team. Many of these managers will probably not adapt and even quit the organization sooner or later.

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Proofhub

JUNE 1, 2021

Still, there were concerns because neither the senior management of ProofHub nor the workforce got time to mentally prepare for such an abrupt, unprecedented change in operations. We executed this strategy and the results exceeded our expectations. We executed this strategy and the results exceeded our expectations.

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Technical Review Software Review Governance Government 78

Scrum.org

AUGUST 17, 2020

And that demand causes the market-entry of new professionals from other project management branches, probably believing that reading one or two Scrum books will be sufficient. The role of a Scrum Master is primarily one of servant leadership and coaching. It is not a mere management role. It’s my job to make them successful.”.

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