The Strategic Project Manager

OCTOBER 12, 2022

This post reviews the basics of agile scrum roles, ceremonies, and their impact on developing strategy and managing projects. Here are the key roles that make up the scrum team: Product Owner – This key role is the team’s interface with the stakeholders. Agile Scrum Roles. Agile Scrum Ceremonies.

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nTask

MAY 20, 2021

You have heard about Project management, otherwise, you wouldn’t even be near this webpage right now. It is the way we manage all of the different tasks and elements related to the project development process, to make it a success. These different methods to perform project management are also known as frameworks.

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The Strategic Project Manager

JULY 25, 2023

This post examines an interesting strategy implementation model, the OGSM framework – composed of Objectives, Goals, Strategies, and Measures. What Is the OGSM Strategy Framework? What Is the OGSM Strategy Framework? Hence, it’s a great framework for tying together elements of strategy and implementation.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 19, 2022

No one needs to tell you that projects cost money. The closer you can come to an accurate forecast of project costs, the more likely you’ll deliver a successful project. Rough order of magnitude (ROM) can help you better estimate project costs. You’ll also find it being used in IT projects and construction projects.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

Would you like to make 2023 a successful year for your projects? A while back, I asked project management experts w hat we should be aware of as we go into the new year to achieve their most successful year ever? I’m sure you take away tips and ideas for making this your best year yet managing projects at work.

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Inloox

OCTOBER 18, 2022

In the first part of our two-part blog post, you learned that complex planning and a multitude of dependencies can make a project a very fragile construct. If a project fails, it always fails in its entirety. This is because the project only adds value after it has been 100% completed successfully.

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Techno-PM

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The lean portfolio management is a new way to look at the old problem of balancing cost vs. value in product development projects. The idea behind this method of managing projects is to identify and manage only the most important tasks at any given time, so as not to overload your team with too many things to do.

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MPUG

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In the world of project management, a methodology stands out like a sore thumb, and that’s the notorious ad hoc project management. Suppose you’ve ever had the misfortune of encountering a project managed in this haphazard manner. Lack of Planning Ad hoc project management epitomizes “winging it.”

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The Strategic Project Manager

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Stable industries require a well-defined, largely predictive approach to managing projects. Less stable environments, by contrast, require a more adaptive approach – to both strategy and project management. This post explores an old rule in strategy for stable industries, the Rule of Three and Four.

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Resource Guru

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Workload planning ( or “ workload management ”) is your fast track to meeting project goals without causing team burnout. Expect team engagement and productivity levels to rise. Dive into your project head first without a solid plan? What is workload planning? Get this stage right?

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Managing a project requires juggling many different tasks at once—it’s no easy feat. But what if you had to manage multiple projects at once? That’s program management in a nutshell. A program is many projects linked together in order to match one overall business objective. What is Program Management?

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 29, 2022

What is PI Planning? It is crucial to comprehend and plan for these interdependencies in order to make sure that the efforts of each team are directed toward a single, project-specific objective. This objective is far simpler to accomplish if you have PI planning in place. Do: Execute the PI plan.

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Agilemania

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Project management is a set of principles, tools, and techniques to plan, execute and manage projects. It helps project managers, and all the leaders to manage work while supporting team collaboration. There are a variety of project management methodologies. Scrum Framework.

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WorkOtter

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Managing your portfolio is essential for any business, big or small, in 2023. There are several ways to start, including project and lean portfolio management. But what is the difference, and how can poor portfolio management negatively impact your enterprise and overall business growth?

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NimbleWork

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

The community largely accepted Agile and Waterfall as mutually exclusive project management paradigms. Critics of Waterfall believed that the world for a phase-gated and static project management style no longer exists. Adopting Agile requires change in culture, mindset and operational processes.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

If you are looking to fill a position for a Product Owner in your organization, you may find the following 71 interview questions useful to identify the right candidate. So far, this Product Owner interview guide has been downloaded more than 6,000 times. Download the 71 Product Owner Interview Questions Ebook.

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Planio

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

According to CB Insights , more than ⅓ of all businesses fail for the same reason: there’s no market need for their products. While it may sound like common sense to make sure people actually want what you’re building, project and product teams often think they know better than their customers.

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Planio

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

If it takes a village to raise a child, then it’s safe to say it takes a whole city to run a project. No matter how agile and lean you try to run your projects there are inevitably going to be a lot of people involved in getting you from project proposal to launch day. What exactly is a project stakeholder?

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The Strategic Project Manager

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Project management, which is where operational change is made to happen, is right in the middle of this, and the framework has a familiar look because of emphasis on risk management, as well as opportunity management. What Are Dynamic Capabilities? And the level is not permanent – it can and will change!

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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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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The following 70 Scrum Master theses describe the role of from a holistic product creation perspective. The theses cover the role of the Scrum Master from product discovery to product delivery in hands-on practical manner. It is not a mere management role. forecasts vs. velocity, does not help.

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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 interview guide comprises eight topics, from the role and artifacts to collaboration with the Product Owner to Scrum anti-patterns.

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Teamweek

MAY 22, 2024

Depending on how you use them, they can also be incredibly useful in the hiring process (although we’d warn against using them as the only measure of a candidate’s personality, skills, and abilities; more on that in just a bit). Executive (ESTJ) : Excellent administrators, unsurpassed at managing things – or people.

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MPUG

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Product Goal. The Product Goal has been defined clearly. As per the guide, the Product Goal is the future state of the product. Ideally, the vision is the future of a product or program/portfolio or an organization. As the product roadmap is prepared, it gives further directional clarity to the product goal.

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Planio

APRIL 24, 2023

Creative features, successful product ideas, wild marketing stunts, full rebrands, or massive IT projects — none of them work without the project managers that tirelessly make sure everyone’s on the same page and making progress towards a shared goal. Researching and validating project ideas 2.

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The Strategic Project Manager

MARCH 8, 2022

This post explores Customer segments, how it fits into the business model canvas, and how this strategic choice also drives projects. Ansoff Matrix Model – This approach entails use of a quad chart to visualize strategic options based upon choices characterized by new vs existing markets, and new vs existing products.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 3, 2018

This article, How To Make 2018 A Successful Year for Your Projects , first appeared on Girl's Guide to Project Management. Would you like to make 2018 a successful year for your projects? Amongst them I count my virtual mentors and project delivery professionals who inspire me. I’m sure you do. Get the ebook!

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Resource Guru

JUNE 7, 2023

Welcome to part two of our agency project management series. This time, we’re digging into methodologies to help you figure out which approach is the best fit for your projects and your agency culture. Project management styles vs. methodologies Project management styles and methodologies are similar but not the same.

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Agilemania

MAY 17, 2021

Scaled Agile is an agile framework for developing or delivering large products or solutions produced by multiple teams working in parallel at an enterprise level. SAFe is designed to give teams flexibility and help manage some of the challenges larger organizations have when practicing agile. Passing on the Vision to Product.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 7, 2019

Would you like to make 2019 a successful year for your projects? I asked people two questions: What should people managing projects be aware of as we go into 2019 to make 2019 their most successful year ever? Amongst them I count my virtual mentors and project delivery professionals who inspire me. I’m sure you do.

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International Institute for Learning

MARCH 29, 2022

Agile has become one of the hottest topics in the project management world, mainly due to its proven success in software projects and its ability to deliver quick and real value to customers. Today, agile concepts have expanded well into nearly every industry, across products and services. Let’s take a deeper preview.

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ActiveCollab

MAY 2, 2017

Many titles include project management in their job description. Does this mean that, for example, a product manager does the same job as a project manager? What’s a project manager’s job. What’s a project manager’s job. Difference between managers. That’s all they do.

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Agilemania

MAY 17, 2021

Scaled Agile is an agile framework for developing or delivering large products or solutions produced by multiple teams working in parallel at an enterprise level. SAFe is designed to give teams flexibility and help manage some of the challenges larger organizations have when practicing agile. Passing on the Vision to Product.

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International Institute for Learning

MAY 4, 2021

Agile has become one of the hottest topics in the project management world, mainly due to its proven success in software projects and its ability to deliver quick and real value to customers. Today, agile concepts have expanded well into nearly every industry, across products and services. Let’s take a deeper preview.

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Planio

JANUARY 3, 2022

Nothing ensures the failure of a project faster than misunderstanding the problem you’re trying to solve. Yet too often, product leaders jump from broad goals to specific project objectives without really knowing what they’re trying to achieve. It’s the project management equivalent of putting the cart before the horse.

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Wrike

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Even though it’s a simple concept, takt time can be a very powerful tool for project managers who need a more productive strategy. Knowing the exact production rate of a project will help you avoid running out of time or resources. What is takt time?

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Planio

JANUARY 30, 2023

Reward prioritization over productivity 5. That doesn’t leave much time for real, productive work that gets projects over the finish line. Management consultant Peter Drucker is famous for saying that what gets measured gets improved. Give your team more ownership over their work 2. Focus on diversity and inclusion 7.

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