ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Construction superintendents need timelines to schedule and manage work. Once you’ve set a baseline, progress and cost variants can be tracked in real time to help you stay on schedule and within budget. ProjectManager’s Gantt charts manage schedules and costs. This will inform the construction project’s budget. Many things.

Construction 365

Construction Monitoring Certification Engineering 365

ProjectManager.com

JUNE 15, 2021

They make sure the project plan is sound, report regularly on its progress and monitor it to ensure that its execution stays within the approved budget and schedule. > They make sure the project plan is sound, report regularly on its progress and monitor it to ensure that its execution stays within the approved budget and schedule. >

Certification 441

Certification Prince2 Monitoring PMI 441

Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 21, 2022

They ensure that new versions of software are released on schedule and without any major issues. We had a fortnightly release (and therefore a giant scrabble to try to get your changes in before the cut-off and presented to the CAB in time), but your company might have monthly releases or use a different cadence. Scheduling.

Technical Review 418

Technical Review Software Review Cadence Software Developers 418

ProjectManager.com

JUNE 7, 2023

Whatever it’s called, the process finds all the elements that make up the final deliverable and from that determines what it should cost. Project managers use this tool to help them manage the project’s life cycle, specifically the financial elements. That’s called a contingency margin.

Manufacturing 245

Manufacturing Estimate Project Cost Influencer 245

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

As a working professional, I’ve always been more effective when I have a routine and schedule to adhere to. As a mom, I realized that doing the same with my elementary school-aged son was going to help both of us be more successful when school and work became virtual in March 2020. It is simply about creating a plan and executing it.

PMI 397

PMI 2020 Executing Initiating 397

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 19, 2023

Today, there’s a lot of advice on how to name projects and even project code name generators online that are fun to use when starting a project. Use a Project Name Generator You might be out of ideas right when choosing a project name. In fact, most of us do. However, creating a project name is much harder than it sounds.

Software Review 391

Software Review 2019 Risk Management Software 391

ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Most of us have signed off on or have been given work order, but like so much of what is commonplace, we don’t really have a firm idea of what it is and why it’s such a crucial link in many business transactions. In manufacturing a work order is often called a sales order when a build or engineering is to take place. Work Order Types.

Manufacturing 393

Manufacturing Construction Executing Engineering 393

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

During 2020, many of us didn’t have to ask to work remotely. However, now that there are calls for office workers to hit their desks again, we have to consider if that’s the life we want. The first question your manager will have is: “What does that mean for us?”. “Us” It just happened. Test and prove it works.

Technical Review 327

Technical Review Software Review 2020 Transportation 327

LiquidPlanner

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

We do a lot of projects that are innovative (for us), and my development colleagues always seem reluctant when it comes to project planning. Then, they can start to give you something useful. Then, they can use bottom-up estimating as a way to create a more realistic estimate for the work. ” It depends on what?

Estimate 602

Estimate Risk Management Innovation Budget 602

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 15, 2023

A team meeting is a scheduled event in which people involved in a project will get together and have a conversation about topics related to that work. Use Icebreaker Activities For meetings to be successful everyone should participate. What Is a Team Meeting? Get started with ProjectManager today for free.

Project Life Cycle 342

Project Life Cycle Defining Planning Controlling 342

LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Courses, coaches, blogs, and websites try to give us a rounded view of what project managers need, and some skills and tools do still have value in some situations. Today, our project schedules can run to hundreds of lines, if not thousands. Having said that, the critical path itself is a very useful tool on projects.

Governance 588

Governance Government Influencer Lean 588

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Competency models for project managers also call out these kinds of behaviors so we’ve known for a long time that they are part of what separates a good project manager from an excellent project manager. PMI has also acknowledged the importance of people skills, although I don’t recall them ever being called out so explicitly before.

Technical Review 464

Technical Review PMI Influencer Leadership 464

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 24, 2022

Trends come and go, or they stay with us and evolve into new ways of working that stick around and become “the way we do things around here.”. Since 91% of US workers want to work at least somewhat remotely in the future,” she adds. There’s no denying that project management today looks different to how it did even 5 years ago.

2022 480

2022 PMO Risk Management Artificial Inteligence 480

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Competency models for project managers also call out these kinds of behaviors so we’ve known for a long time that they are part of what separates a good project manager from an excellent project manager. PMI has also acknowledged the importance of people skills, although I don’t recall them ever being called out so explicitly before.

Technical Review 292

Technical Review Software Review PMI 2023 292

Scrum.org

MARCH 5, 2024

And yet, we often see so-called agile practices and frameworks being used in ways that are more about trying to control outcomes and people. First, a few clarifications on how I am using terminology. Why do we do this even though we all know it actually makes us less effective at enabling the benefits of business agility?

Agile 170

Agile Innovation Controlling Leadership 170

Scrum.org

JULY 21, 2021

This directly flies in the face of the reality of our situation, the empiricism that Evidence-Based Management calls us toward, and what is needed for organizations operating in complexity. They laughed at me, confident in their ability to outgun my “underpowered” vehicle. And then they wrecked often and hilariously.

Risk Management 249

Risk Management Executing Controlling Risk 249

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 20, 2023

And since every team can use a little extra motivation once in a while, we set out to find the best teamwork quotes for you to share with your employees to get your team working at their best. Our award-winning software offers teams the tools they need to plan, schedule and keep track of all their projects and strategies in real time.

Underperforming Technical Team 450

Underperforming Technical Team Leadership Construction Software 450

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

You might find a project schedule. We used to plan our program about 3 weeks at a time which I’m sure isn’t best practice but we had a very clear vision of where we wanted to get to and everything we did moved us in the right direction, even if we couldn’t see past the end of the month. What’s the reporting schedule?

PMO 296

PMO Governance Government Budget 296

Scrum.org

APRIL 21, 2020

My team are worried, we feel disconnected and I’m finding it hard to bring us back together. What tools will we use to share our work? What tools will we use to visualise progress? Video conferencing and Visual web based calling over telephone calls. Telephone calls over chat-based tools. Sounds challenging.

SCRUM 225

SCRUM Agile Consulting Executing 225

MPUG

APRIL 29, 2024

Erik: You’d be surprised how many well-intentioned PMs fall into the trap of manually editing start and finish dates in their project schedules, rather than utilizing the project scheduling engine behind MS Project. Then establish proper precedence relationships between tasks using dependencies.

Generative AI 98

Generative AI Artificial Inteligence PMO Consulting 98

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 11, 2022

If you have to hold the workshop remotely, with people dialling in, make sure you schedule enough screen breaks. Discuss ways of working e.g. no using mobile phones. Schedule in some time to eat and return calls. What you need to include in the meeting has to tie back to those points. Is it a new strategic plan?

Planning 372

Planning Cadence Closing Defining 372

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 22, 2023

Capital, labor and whatever other resources are required to produce goods and services are called the factors of production. Production Scheduling A schedule in the production process is where you determine the timing of the job. Everyone working on the production line will have a scheduled workflow.

Process 252

Process Manufacturing Monitoring Budget 252

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 21, 2021

Iterations are perfect for developing solutions like a website, and the structure of an over-arching program framework provided the governance and schedule expectations that executives wanted to see. Waterfall tops the list, with 52% of respondents globally reporting that they used that approach. OK, I’ve never used a burndown chart.

Telecoms 467

Telecoms 2021 Prince2 PMI 467

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 12, 2024

Think about the different tools you are able to use (and there are far too many to go into in this article). Sometimes the ones that you know and love the best are the easiest to use because you’ll be confident with them. Is the most senior person going to make the call once everyone has had their say? Send out an agenda.

Logistics 312

Logistics Controlling Governance Government 312

ProjectManager.com

JULY 1, 2021

Gantt charts are visual tools created during the project planning phase and are used to show a wide range of project data as simply as possible with horizontal bars. This horizontal bar chart is the easiest way to see how projects are scheduled over time. Try It Free! Gantt Chart Dependencies. Each shares a unique relationship.

Initiating 359

Initiating Influencer Planning Monitoring 359

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 3, 2021

And the moment we make "achievement" of certain measures mean something about us in terms of our effort, our skills, or our worthiness, we risk losing the information we need to guide us in navigating complexity and unpredictability. This leads us to the second common mistake. #2 This leads us to the third common mistake. #3

2021 236

2021 Innovation Influencer Controlling 236

The IIL Blog

AUGUST 23, 2023

According to FlexJobs, project management is the fourth most common profession for remote work, so those numbers are much higher for us as project managers. This makes a lot of sense because many of us lead teams that are globally distributed, so the need to be in an office is less pressing when your team members are geographically dispersed.

2023 148

2023 Artificial Inteligence 2025 2009 148

LiquidPlanner

JANUARY 11, 2023

The unexpected but anticipatable weather events that impacted flight schedules triggered staffing challenges and ultimately caused thousands of cancellations. Your schedules will not be able to adapt to inevitable change, delays will stack up, and your project will be vulnerable to significant hindrances or even complete meltdowns.

Critical Chain 148

Critical Chain Estimate Manufacturing Risk Management 148

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 1, 2021

Think: live radio shows where you can just join the conversation, or podcasts where the audience takes part in the call. Or simply conference calls where it’s OK to join in half way through, stay for a bit and then drop out. And what could we use it for? Clubhouse is a social platform where you can drop in to audio chats.

PMO 289

PMO Planning 289

MPUG

APRIL 18, 2024

But, in the real world within which we work, Requirements and priorities change New opportunities emerge The market moves underneath us We run into technical challenges We find new ways to do things So, our objective is not to prevent change: it is to manage it. This article provides an overview of the scoping process in four steps.

Controlling 59

Controlling PMI Governance Government 59

The IIL Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Mundane activities will be automated, allowing us to focus on more value-added work—such as engaging stakeholders. Sam.ai, the Scheduler Project scheduling experienced its first transformational moment 40 years ago when Primavera and Microsoft Project were introduced. Tools are already available to analyze project schedules.

Artificial Inteligence 88

Artificial Inteligence Underperforming Technical Team Generative AI Technical Review 88

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

A Rubber Ducky Might Not Be Sufficient While the rubber duck method can be very useful and valuable, sometimes it's good to talk to someone who will ask the right questions, provide a different perspective or suggest a new idea. Scrum.org introduces Immersion Training, a unique alternative to traditional 2-day courses.

Process 160

Process 160

Scrum.org

AUGUST 30, 2020

When I ask this rhetorical question in a training class or a coaching call, I often get knowing smiles and uncomfortable laughs. Those meetings aren’t working sessions that are moving us forward and creating new insights as a team; instead they feel like a waste of time. But of course you can use the Scrum events well or poorly.

Underperforming Technical Team 170

Underperforming Technical Team Development Team Review SCRUM Leadership 170

LiquidPlanner

DECEMBER 7, 2022

As such, most of us are facing resource constriction and forced now to think about how to do more, with less. To some degree, each of us is a victim of procrastination and most of us find temptation in first tackling what is urgent or easy vs. what is most important strategically. It is called strict prioritization.

Technical Review 148

Technical Review Software Review 2023 Underperforming Technical Team 148

LiquidPlanner

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Perhaps it’s something an executive called you about last night, or a new project that landed on your desk this morning. Trust us, teams breathe a sigh of relief when someone takes that mental overhead away from them. My project is going sideways because schedules are unrealistic and people aren’t aligned.

Executing 158

Executing Software Engineering Estimate 158

LiquidPlanner

JUNE 14, 2023

The basics of good collaboration, communication, scheduling and managing risk might still underpin everything we do, but project professionals have to regularly adapt to the world around them. Economic landscape changes It feels like making the right choices about what projects to do and prioritizing work is harder than it used to be.

2023 158

2023 Artificial Inteligence Generative AI 2025 158

Velociteach

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Mundane activities will be automated, allowing us to focus on more value-added work—such as engaging stakeholders. Sam.ai, the Scheduler Project scheduling experienced its first transformational moment 40 years ago when Primavera and Microsoft Project were introduced. Tools are already available to analyze project schedules.

Artificial Inteligence 81

Artificial Inteligence Underperforming Technical Team Generative AI Technical Review 81