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Today, I’m handing the blog over to Leigh Espy. In this piece, Leigh talks about how to tailor your presentations for C-suite level executives. As you grow in your project management career, you’ll be called upon to make various presentations. MORE
But how do you come up with the answer? Sometimes, the answer to a problem is staring you in the face. There is only one sensible solution to fixing an issue. You are confident that using that approach is going to get you where you need to be. How-To MORE
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Whether you’re new to the software development game or been a player for years, chances. The post How To Run A Sprint Retrospective That Actually Leads To Change appeared first on The Digital Project Manager. MORE
Need to know how to plan an event? This blog will go over everything you need to consider when planning an event, including an easy-to-use checklist. Key Elements to Consider When Event Planning. The first thing to consider when planning an event is the date. MORE
In reality, you might have an internal kick off meeting for just your in-house team resources, and then another one with the client, when you are ready to share project information with them (and if you have a client). When to hold a kick off meeting. I look forward to seeing you there. MORE
Creating a project budget involves: being able to identify all the items that are going to cost money building a complete picture of what you need to spend getting approval for that amount. It gives you another opportunity to check that you haven’t missed anything out. MORE
And with everything else happening in the world, it can feel like a challenge to keep a positive attitude at work when team members are preoccupied or just don’t want to work on your project. Listen to their woes. You might need to do this away from them. MORE
But how do you come up with the answer? Sometimes, the answer to a problem is staring you in the face. There is only one sensible solution to fixing an issue. You are confident that using that approach is going to get you where you need to be. How To MORE
You are also responsible for your team, and making sure they have the skills required to do their jobs. Part of a resource management plan is to build the skills of your team. However, you should also consider how good they are at doing the work of projects – project management. MORE
But what is a PERT chart and how does it assist project managers when they’re working on larger, more complex projects? It’s a graphic representation of the timeline of a project, which gives project managers the tools they need to breakdown each of the project’s tasks for analysis. MORE
A business case is the way you prove to your client, customer or stakeholder that the product you’re pitching is a sound investment. Below, we illustrate the steps to writing one that will sway them. Projects fail without having a solid business case to rest on. MORE
This article, How To Start A Project As An Accidental Project Manager , first appeared on Girl's Guide to PM. How do I get started? Managing projects is a secondary part of their role, at least to start with. How To Create A Shared Understanding. MORE
This article, How To Categorise Data in Project Management Software , first appeared on Girl's Guide to Project Management. To get round this, you need a data taxonomy. An information taxonomy is simply a way to classify data. Why You Need To Classify Data. MORE
When you are trying to calculate percentage complete in a Gantt chart, you need to take into account various different figures, and get lots of information from other people. There are simple ways to track percent complete on your project, so you know what to input into your software. MORE
If you have a project that involves any type of process improvement, a SIPOC Model is a great tool to get your team started. And you don’t need to have six sigma training to use this simple tool. When to Use a SIPOC. It's an easy and helpful place to start. MORE
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You can count on technical projects, no matter how well-planned, to involve change orders, re-prioritization and the regular appearance of surprises. Knowing how to prioritize work affects the success of your project, the engagement of your team, and your role as a leader. MORE
You know how it goes—you’re a few months out from a deadline, and your team isn’t anywhere close to finishing the project. You’re quickly running out of budget and time, and you’re starting to stress. How can you stop this from happening? How to Properly Track Results. MORE
And a statement of work is the worst, because it’s a lot of work to produce – and even just a tiny mistake, can have massive repercussions. The post How To Write A Statement Of Work The Easy Way (With A Free, Editable Template) appeared first on The Digital Project Manager. Agile How-to Guides How-to Project Initiation How-to Project Planning PM Skills & Best Practices Risk Management Scope Management Stakeholder Management Topics MORE
In this article I’ll share some tips on how I asked for part-time hours and how you can do the same. My switch from full-time to part-time hours (eventually). In the UK, employers have to consider your request, but they don’t have to grant it. MORE
Project managers and their teams depend on those processes to ensure that a project runs smoothly. That type of thinking is what will quickly send a project off track and possibly cause it to fail. Constantly analyzing your processes is the best way to reach a successful end. MORE
Estimating successfully is all about getting the right amount of funding to enable you to successfully deliver a project. But creating a project budget that works – delivering worthwhile value for a client at a cost that’s still going to make a respectable profit for the agency is a tricky balance, so how do you do it right? The post How To Estimate Projects: The Complete Guide To Project Budget & Cost Estimation appeared first on The Digital Project Manager. MORE
I used to think project communication plans were a waste of time for projects that. The post How To Create A Project Communication Plan (with FREE template) appeared first on The Digital Project Manager. Communication How-to Guides How-to Project Planning Topics MORE
But that’s EXACTLY what it’s intended to be. It’s structured in a way that allows participants to quickly talk through various topics they choose in a short amount of time. How is a Lean Coffee better than that? You may even want to host one yourself. DURATION: 1 to 1.5 MORE
Are you actually doing what you want to accomplish with your sprint planning meetings? Here’s an overview of sprint planning meetings, why and how to do them, and a free sprint planning meeting agenda template. The post How To Run A Sprint Planning Meeting Like A Boss (+ Meeting Agenda) appeared first on The Digital Project Manager. Agile How-to Guides How-to Managing And Controling How-to Project Planning Topics MORE
What are project controls, and how can they help in risk management? Learn how to control projects by leveraging your existing project management reports. The post Project Controls Simplified: How To Manage And Control Your Projects appeared first on The Digital Project Manager. MORE
Have you ever found yourself in a meeting discussing something relatively unimportant, yet the time and energy everyone poured into the topic seemed to go on and on? It seemed that everyone had an opinion and needed to have a say. How to Correct Bikeshedding? How-To MORE
It simply consumes resources and carries on because no one has the foresight (or courage) to kill it off. It simply consumes resources and carries on because no one has the foresight (or courage) to kill it off. How to spot a zombie project. How To MORE
The post How To Write A Project Scope Statement That’ll Save Your Bacon appeared first on The Digital Project Manager. How-to Guides How-to Project Planning Scope Management Topics MORE
The beginning of a project: the calm before the storm or a manic rush to get things sorted ready for the core work to start? Whichever way it happens, the start of a project is critical to its future success. You have to set the tone for success. MORE
How To Create A Responsibility Assignment Matrix That Actually Works appeared first on The Digital Project Manager. How-to Guides How-to Project Planning PM Skills & Best PracticesYou hear the term RACI, and inwardly groan. Far from the slightly exciting sounding acronym, The post RACI Made Simple. MORE
Ruth Pearce knows everything there is to know about motivating your project team. I caught up with Ruth to find out more about how to motivate teams and why it’s something you should be actively doing. So how do we do it? Engagement is closely related to motivation. MORE
In this webinar for PMI Phoenix Chapter, I talk about how to reframe your work and stay on top of your To Do list with creative strategies for managing everything — even when it feels like everything is a priority. How To Training MORE
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When you are trying to calculate percentage complete in a Gantt chart, you need to take into account various different figures, and get lots of information from other people. There are simple ways to track percent complete on your project, so you know what to input into your software.
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Creating a project budget involves: being able to identify all the items that are going to cost money building a complete picture of what you need to spend getting approval for that amount. It gives you another opportunity to check that you haven’t missed anything out.
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You are also responsible for your team, and making sure they have the skills required to do their jobs. Part of a resource management plan is to build the skills of your team. However, you should also consider how good they are at doing the work of projects – project management.
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And with everything else happening in the world, it can feel like a challenge to keep a positive attitude at work when team members are preoccupied or just don’t want to work on your project. Listen to their woes. You might need to do this away from them.
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In reality, you might have an internal kick off meeting for just your in-house team resources, and then another one with the client, when you are ready to share project information with them (and if you have a client). When to hold a kick off meeting. I look forward to seeing you there.
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Are you actually doing what you want to accomplish with your sprint planning meetings? Here’s an overview of sprint planning meetings, why and how to do them, and a free sprint planning meeting agenda template. The post How To Run A Sprint Planning Meeting Like A Boss (+ Meeting Agenda) appeared first on The Digital Project Manager. Agile How-to Guides How-to Managing And Controling How-to Project Planning Topics
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Whether you’re new to the software development game or been a player for years, chances. The post How To Run A Sprint Retrospective That Actually Leads To Change appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
Girl's Guide to PM
MARCH 28, 2019
Today, I’m handing the blog over to Leigh Espy. In this piece, Leigh talks about how to tailor your presentations for C-suite level executives. As you grow in your project management career, you’ll be called upon to make various presentations.
Girl's Guide to PM
OCTOBER 21, 2019
In this article I’ll share some tips on how I asked for part-time hours and how you can do the same. My switch from full-time to part-time hours (eventually). In the UK, employers have to consider your request, but they don’t have to grant it.
The Digital Project Manager
JUNE 19, 2018
The beginning of a project: the calm before the storm or a manic rush to get things sorted ready for the core work to start? Whichever way it happens, the start of a project is critical to its future success. You have to set the tone for success.
Speaker: Laura Klein, Principal at Users Know and Author of UX for Lean Startups
We all have to make quick decisions about product interfaces, and there's not always a designer around when you need one. That doesn't mean that you're doomed to failure, though. Learn a few really common user experience design mistakes and how to avoid making them. Join UX designer and product management expert Laura Klein for a no-holds-barred Ask Me Anything session on UX design. Laura—principal of Users Know and author of Build Better Products and UX for Lean Startups—has over 20 years of experience helping companies innovate responsibly and improve their product development processes.
The Digital Project Manager
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
What are project controls, and how can they help in risk management? Learn how to control projects by leveraging your existing project management reports. The post Project Controls Simplified: How To Manage And Control Your Projects appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
Girl's Guide to PM
JULY 26, 2017
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Project Bliss
MAY 16, 2019
But that’s EXACTLY what it’s intended to be. It’s structured in a way that allows participants to quickly talk through various topics they choose in a short amount of time. How is a Lean Coffee better than that? You may even want to host one yourself. DURATION: 1 to 1.5
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MAY 1, 2018
How To Create A Responsibility Assignment Matrix That Actually Works appeared first on The Digital Project Manager. How-to Guides How-to Project Planning PM Skills & Best PracticesYou hear the term RACI, and inwardly groan. Far from the slightly exciting sounding acronym, The post RACI Made Simple.
Speaker: Richard Cardran, Chief Creative Officer and VP Strategy, HIA Technologies
Innovation is both a process and an outcome. The best way to begin innovating your products is by innovating your internal process. We'll explore the challenges, solutions, and hands-on techniques for becoming a successful "agent of change" within a well-established product culture. We'll examine the importance of UX and user-centric feature analysis, the adaptation of Agile Methodologies to the creative process, as well as a way to drive successful culture change for setting expectations and winning approvals with cross-functional stakeholders. Innovation and Leadership go hand in hand. Join Richard Cardran, Chief Creative Officer and VP Strategy, HIA Technologies, as we assess some case studies to see how to lead with a clear strategy well-defined tactics, and an unbiased understanding of the fundamental question: "why are you innovating?"
The Digital Project Manager
MARCH 5, 2018
I used to think project communication plans were a waste of time for projects that. The post How To Create A Project Communication Plan (with FREE template) appeared first on The Digital Project Manager. Communication How-to Guides How-to Project Planning Topics
The Digital Project Manager
APRIL 28, 2020
The post A Project Manager’s Guide To Work Breakdown Structure appeared first on The Digital Project Manager. How-to Guides How-to Project Planning PM Best Practices Topics
Project Bliss
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
Have you ever found yourself in a meeting discussing something relatively unimportant, yet the time and energy everyone poured into the topic seemed to go on and on? It seemed that everyone had an opinion and needed to have a say. How to Correct Bikeshedding? How-To
Girl's Guide to PM
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
But how do you come up with the answer? Sometimes, the answer to a problem is staring you in the face. There is only one sensible solution to fixing an issue. You are confident that using that approach is going to get you where you need to be. How To
Speaker: Cait Porte, SVP Product and Customer Experience, Zmags
Gathering support for a product feature or enhancement is a critical skill for Product Managers. Talking to customers, working with key stakeholders in the business and convincing development that a feature is necessary can be a daunting task. Join Product Management expert Cait Porte as she covers how to sell your ideas internally by leveraging data to drive decision making.
ProjectManager.com
DECEMBER 3, 2019
Need to know how to plan an event? This blog will go over everything you need to consider when planning an event, including an easy-to-use checklist. Key Elements to Consider When Event Planning. The first thing to consider when planning an event is the date.
Girl's Guide to PM
MAY 16, 2020
In this webinar for PMI Phoenix Chapter, I talk about how to reframe your work and stay on top of your To Do list with creative strategies for managing everything — even when it feels like everything is a priority. How To Training
Girl's Guide to PM
NOVEMBER 8, 2017
This article, How To Categorise Data in Project Management Software , first appeared on Girl's Guide to Project Management. To get round this, you need a data taxonomy. An information taxonomy is simply a way to classify data. Why You Need To Classify Data.
Project Bliss
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
If you have a project that involves any type of process improvement, a SIPOC Model is a great tool to get your team started. And you don’t need to have six sigma training to use this simple tool. When to Use a SIPOC. It's an easy and helpful place to start.
Speaker: Hope Gurion, Product Coach and Advisor
As a Product Manager, prioritizing work on your roadmap is an important part of your role. To answer roadmap questions, you're probably familiar with frameworks like RICE and Cost of Delay. But products are built by people, and people are messy - unlike these frameworks. Hope Gurion, Product Coach and Adviser, has identified potholes in your roadmap that are preventing you from planning as best as you can. She'll take you through all the opportunities to improve your organization's relationship to its roadmap that you may have missed along the way.
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OCTOBER 11, 2018
You can count on technical projects, no matter how well-planned, to involve change orders, re-prioritization and the regular appearance of surprises. Knowing how to prioritize work affects the success of your project, the engagement of your team, and your role as a leader.
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DECEMBER 19, 2019
A business case is the way you prove to your client, customer or stakeholder that the product you’re pitching is a sound investment. Below, we illustrate the steps to writing one that will sway them. Projects fail without having a solid business case to rest on.
ProjectManager.com
APRIL 28, 2020
Project managers and their teams depend on those processes to ensure that a project runs smoothly. That type of thinking is what will quickly send a project off track and possibly cause it to fail. Constantly analyzing your processes is the best way to reach a successful end.
ProjectManager.com
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
You know how it goes—you’re a few months out from a deadline, and your team isn’t anywhere close to finishing the project. You’re quickly running out of budget and time, and you’re starting to stress. How can you stop this from happening? How to Properly Track Results.
Speaker: Ashley Carroll, Partner, Social Capital
In this session, we’ll look beyond revenue as the primary metric in product analytics. What other metrics are applicable as your north-star, and how do you establish reliable data sources? By taking an experimental approach to your KPIs, you’ll establish more useful analytics that reduce churn in the long term.
Project Bliss
MARCH 19, 2019
But how do you come up with the answer? Sometimes, the answer to a problem is staring you in the face. There is only one sensible solution to fixing an issue. You are confident that using that approach is going to get you where you need to be. How-To
ProjectManager.com
DECEMBER 5, 2019
But what is a PERT chart and how does it assist project managers when they’re working on larger, more complex projects? It’s a graphic representation of the timeline of a project, which gives project managers the tools they need to breakdown each of the project’s tasks for analysis.
The Digital Project Manager
JANUARY 9, 2018
And a statement of work is the worst, because it’s a lot of work to produce – and even just a tiny mistake, can have massive repercussions. The post How To Write A Statement Of Work The Easy Way (With A Free, Editable Template) appeared first on The Digital Project Manager. Agile How-to Guides How-to Project Initiation How-to Project Planning PM Skills & Best Practices Risk Management Scope Management Stakeholder Management Topics
The Digital Project Manager
DECEMBER 5, 2017
Estimating successfully is all about getting the right amount of funding to enable you to successfully deliver a project. But creating a project budget that works – delivering worthwhile value for a client at a cost that’s still going to make a respectable profit for the agency is a tricky balance, so how do you do it right? The post How To Estimate Projects: The Complete Guide To Project Budget & Cost Estimation appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
Speaker: Brian Balfour, CEO, Reforge
Have you ever been part of a launch that, despite everyone's hard work, was more like a balloon deflating than a rocket taking off? It turns out that some of the most popular product and feature launch tactics can be counterproductive to achieving sustainable growth. Brian Balfour, Founder and CEO of Reforge, has taken a close look at these practices to figure out just why they can slow - or even hurt - growth. Now, he has a repeatable model for you to use in your next launches to get the growth you're looking for.
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