Wrike

JANUARY 30, 2024

There is so much fierce competition, as people will fight tooth and nail to maintain their finances and reputations. For ambitious companies, the solution lies in process improvement, a method of bettering your processes and aligning them with your business growth strategy. So, what’s the answer to getting ahead of the others?

Process 60

Process Lean Manufacturing Technical Review 60

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 7, 2023

For all that I support organizations migrating to enterprise project management tools, I know that many businesses, my own included, rely on Excel for a lot of data processing, stakeholder list-making and even reporting. I’m constantly looking up how to save time with Excel shortcuts.

Software Review 438

Software Review Certification Finance SCRUM 438

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 14, 2024

A Legal Project Manager supports legal teams to deliver either process improvements and internally-facing work, or legal projects for clients. He learned a lot about project management in the process and eventually went on to become a PMO Manager. This role tends to require a legal background and training.

PMO 385

PMO Construction Engineering Logistics 385

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 24, 2023

Ops managers want (and seek) stability so they can manage process performance. Operations management Operations management is the process of managing and organizing resources to ensure the efficient production of goods or services. Projects change the business. Operations run the business. In my experience, that creates tension.

Retail 407

Retail Governance Government Healthcare 407

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 14, 2022

Globalization, technology and improved internal processes have raised the stakes for all of us. We need to teach teams to adjust to every predicament and continuously improve their processes. No matter what market you’re in today, chances are your customers are expecting near-flawless service and product quality from you.

Retail 403

Retail Executing 2017 Defining 403

Leading Agile

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Today, we’re exploring what it looks like to transform the way your company finances itself in a new, agile world. But you can’t just wave a magic wand and expect the finance team to forget everything they know and start trusting that you’ll deliver what you say you’re going to deliver based on just a wink and a handshake.

Finance 75

Finance Governance Government 2025 75

Kiron Bondale

JANUARY 9, 2023

If the processes for integrating with or updating those legacy assets can’t be improved or if the skills required to do are unavailable, that will be the constraint which defines your delivery speed. Onerous external requirements for documentation or process adherence. It will also make it difficult to do forecasting.

Agile 177

Agile Finance Controlling Initiating 177

Scrum.org

APRIL 13, 2023

When you look deeper, you see them struggling to cope with growing technical complexity, coordination costs across teams, and leadership bottlenecks. This affects product innovation as well as GTM innovation and other key business processes. You might also call these OKRs, Distributed Leadership, Nimble, DevOps, Lean Startup, or Scrum.

SCRUM 198

SCRUM Technical Review Innovation Leadership 198

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 2, 2023

But I understand that not everyone has the finances to buy templates or invest in training. BrainBOK ITTO Explorer Did you know that Enterprise Environmental Factors is an input to 27 PMBOK® processes? There are many premium project management templates available — including my template bundles and ebooks. Nope, neither did I.

Prince2 387

Prince2 PMI Certification Software Review 387

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 13, 2022

When you look deeper, you see them struggling to cope with growing technical complexity, coordination costs across teams, and leadership bottlenecks. This affects product innovation as well as GTM innovation and other key business processes. . The trigger to “upgrade the operating system” is sometimes pro-active internal leadership.

Technical Review 184

Technical Review Software Review Agile Innovation 184

Scrum.org

JANUARY 30, 2023

What would you suggest to the leadership of that organization to help the change effort? Engage key stakeholders early on in the process to gather input and buy-in. Be prepared to address and resolve any conflicts that may arise during the change process through effective conflict resolution strategies.

ChatGPT 186

ChatGPT Agile Artificial Inteligence Consulting 186

The Strategic Project Manager

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

These roles involve more responsibility and leadership in managing IT systems, projects, and teams. Leadership Development – Seek opportunities to develop leadership skills and gain experience in managing people, projects, and budgets. They are responsible for managing IT staff, infrastructure, projects, and budgets.

Fractional CTO 98

Fractional CTO Leadership Governance Government 98

Scrum.org

MARCH 16, 2024

Firehawk’s Terran 1 rocket engines and 3D-printed fuel Which components or processes could benefit from composability? Another underlying trend is the participation of individuals, civilians, and other associations in the financing and participatory design of products. Ukrainian drone "Sea Baby". We need both.

Agile 146

Agile Technical Review Manufacturing Innovation 146

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 10, 2019

Continuous growth is difficult, but a strategic plan can help make it more accessible to rally the leadership and resources necessary to support it. What are the changes to structure, financing, etc., Decide on the best way to implement those changes, the timeframe with deadlines and how to finance it all.

Planning 297

Planning Underperforming Technical Team Finance Risk Management 297

Moira Alexander

APRIL 24, 2017

Six Sigma: Define and Measure - an introduction to the Six Sigma methodology and DMAIC cycle for process improvement with a focus on the define and measure phases. Project Management Life Cycle - a course on how to apply project management tools, processes, and techniques for the successful execution of a project from initiation to closing.

Certification 252

Certification Technical Review Lean Software Review 252

Planview

APRIL 15, 2020

Nearly 70 percent of finance leaders are taking cost containment measures and considering postponing or canceling planned investments, according to PwC’s COVID-19 CFO Pulse Surveys (March 30, 2020 and April 13, 2020). EPMOs and Finance, together, can ensure the leadership team is making the best decisions now and for the future.

Planning 109

Planning Finance 2020 Executing 109

ProjectManager.com

JUNE 28, 2018

It can mean different things within various organizations or circumstances, but there is a way to broadly outline this business process improvement methodology and define its beginnings, its, rise, its use and its implementation. As noted, it’s a methodology used to improve the quality of an output in a process. Leadership is critical.

Lean 417

Lean Manufacturing Transportation Sustainability 417

The Lazy Project Manager

NOVEMBER 18, 2017

TAKE THE TEST: Consider each level on the ESP connection and evaluate the change leadership maturity at each level – then assess the strength of connection at each of those touch points, ‘E to S’ and ‘S to P’. Tailwind Project Solutions was formed in 2014 to provide a bespoke approach to project leadership development.

Underperforming Technical Team 186

Underperforming Technical Team 2014 Executing Leadership 186

ProjectManager.com

MAY 2, 2019

Of course, that satisfaction is seeded in employees, processes and the organization at large—long before any product or service reaches its customer. How does a business or organization make sure that their processes and people are aligned with creating success and customer satisfaction? Management Makes it Real.

Controlling 334

Controlling Engineering Finance Defining 334

The Lazy Project Manager

APRIL 25, 2017

Tailwind Project Solutions was formed in 2014 to provide a bespoke approach to project leadership development. The approach is created often uniquely – to solve the real challenges of each of their individual clients.

2014 222

2014 Finance Leadership Risk Management 222

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 8, 2018

Getting certified shows that they have proven their ability to manage many projects and can work on complicated processes that cross various functions, organizations, regions and even cultures. They might do this themselves or contract specialists to facilitate the communications process. Proven leadership qualities.

Certification 233

Certification Finance Monitoring Software Review 233

ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

A product manager can’t get bogged down in only process. Leadership. Whatever leadership qualities you have, tag them to real-life work experiences that show how you have motivated teams, made tough decisions and communicated product visions clearly. Some of those skills are hard to define, such as leadership and communication.

Healthcare 285

Healthcare 2025 Certification 2018 285

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Practically any specialist area of your business needs people with decent management skills in leadership roles, so if you fancy moving into HR, Finance, Customer Service, Marketing or anything else, have a think about the types of projects you were involved with and whether there is a lateral move into that area.

Underperforming Technical Team 437

Underperforming Technical Team Influencer Risk Management Finance 437

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

You can never build the perfect process and everything changes over time, so by focusing on delivering the value today you get an immediate return. Many of the core backbone processes of an agile organisation (e.g., Many of the core backbone processes of an agile organisation (e.g., And I really mean active engagement.

Agile 254

Agile Technical Review Development Team Review SCRUM 254

The Lazy Project Manager

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

And then select or identify the Cost/Impact ratio and the growth Value Add ratio – these really should be part of your business case approval process by the way. Tailwind Project Solutions was formed in 2014 to provide a bespoke approach to project leadership development.

2014 186

2014 Finance Leadership Estimate 186

Scrum.org

MARCH 19, 2022

As Johannes Schartau , Christiaan Verwijs , and I describe in our Scrum paper , it’s up to the Scrum Master to include the perspective of empirical process control and the quality by which transparency, inspection, and adaptation are taking shape in and around the Scrum team. budgeting, career paths, strategy processes,…).

SCRUM 213

SCRUM Leadership Influencer Agile 213

Henny Portman

JANUARY 3, 2024

A PMO has three main activities: Design – the creation, establishment and maintenance of standards, processes, procedures, and tools that define how work should be done inside. All the competences are aligned with the IPMA ICB that is used by all the project, programme or portfolio managers in their everyday activities.

PMO 52

PMO Finance Governance Government 52

Inloox

JULY 1, 2021

High flexibility, adaptability and increased communication are just a few of the benefits that have led to significant improvements through the introduction of agile work processes in organizations. Lean Agile Leadership: Managers are the very core of lean agile development and business agility.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Lean 2011 Cadence 100

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 6, 2018

Do this early in the process, of course, but also do it often to revise as necessary. Upgrade Technology: To help the process of growth, you’ll want to automate as much as you can, which means investing in new management software and tools that can handle the new scale of the organization. Revise Process: What processes are you using?

Technical Review 180

Technical Review Software Review Finance Governance 180

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

Strong leadership in projects is important for success, so getting your project board and/or project steering group set up as soon as you can is a good start. For example, on one project, I had the CFO steering group, and attendees were all SLT (senior leadership team members). Who will get you access to the resources you require?

Governance 358

Governance Government Risk Management Technical Review 358

The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

AI technology will automate repetitive processes, generate insightful program reports, and highlight potential problems before they arise. Before founding The Ackert Group, Steve held leadership roles in two global consulting firms and a Fortune 250 company where he was responsible for sales, technology strategy, and transformation.

Artificial Inteligence 88

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review ChatGPT Generative AI 88

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 26, 2021

This includes products or services, the market, finances and more. Organization and management team: This section shows exactly how the small business is organized, from day-to-day operations to its leadership team. It’s important to understand the options before beginning the writing process. A lean plan is just that—lean.

Planning 404

Planning Lean Executing Finance 404

The Lazy Project Manager

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

Tailwind Project Solutions was formed in 2014 to provide a bespoke approach to project leadership development. From the previous ‘Control Test’ of portfolio value you will now know the ‘what’, that is the ‘what is the value of our change investment’, which is an excellent start. Now we come to the ‘so what’ part. ‘So

2014 199

2014 Executing Leadership Finance 199

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 26, 2021

A Master’s degree in project management will give you a deep insight into the theory and technical skills required to work in a strategic project leadership role. You’ll learn the project management processes inside and out, the practical skills of leading project work and gain the knowledge to work in complex projects.

Technical Review 305

Technical Review Certification PMI Leadership 305

The Lazy Project Manager

JUNE 7, 2017

In terms of a ratio that typically might be at around 4:1 (apply your own business factor here you should be able to find relevant figures in your business case approval process). Tailwind Project Solutions was formed in 2014 to provide a bespoke approach to project leadership development.

Finance 186

Finance 2014 Leadership Executing 186

WorkOtter

JULY 12, 2023

Some of the resources that you’ll need to hash out include budget and finance, staffing needs, PMO timeline management, tangible resources, and other details. Have Solid Leadership in Place Above all, you need to make certain that you have solid leadership in place.

PMO 78

PMO Software Review Planning Finance 78

Teamweek

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Finances are the heart of every business (and staff, of course). As the financial backbone of the organization, the finance professional in this position plays a critical role in the success of a business. Because excellent finance people will always be expensive — and you’ll find that in this field, you get what you pay for.

Controlling 52

Controlling Finance Risk Management Healthcare 52