The post Remote project management strategies: How to keep the human touch appeared first on The Digital Project Manager. Remote project management is growing in popularity but how can we make projects a success and empower our team to thrive when we’re not face. General How-to Guides MORE
Why do organisations need an effective knowledge management strategy? Knowledge Management MORE
Risk response strategies are the basic ways you can handle project risks. In this article we’ll examine the risk response strategies you have available to you, what they mean, and when you should use them. How many Risk Response Strategies are there? MORE
In fact the best solution is to put a strategy in place before you are even faced with the problem, so that you will be better prepared and get a more successful outcome should you be faced with the dilemma. Planning an exit strategy is a smart move that helps you move roles. MORE
What is your Project Risk Management Strategy? Is there any other Project Risk Management Strategy?” The post Change your Project Risk Management Strategy appeared first on PM-by-PM. Humor Risk Management definitions risk management strategies MORE
The post The 10 Most Effective Conflict Resolution Strategies appeared first on The Digital Project Manager. I’ve faced my fair share of conflict as a project manager: repeatedly having to tell a difficult client ‘no’ on wildly out-of-scope requests, or dealing. MORE
Think of the strategy and PM connection in construction terms, where the step of pouring footings and foundations needs to adequately support all other work that follows and ultimately the final structure -- in this analogy the final structure are the end goals. Suresh Srinivasan, CTO at NYU Langone Medical Center , tells CIO, within the NYU IT department there are two key components that link the business strategy and project management. MORE
So what are the secret strategies that experienced Project Managers use to manage multiple projects? The Number one Strategy that will help you Manage Multiple Projects. Serial mono-tasking is the essential strategy. Secret Strategies to Manage Multiple Projects. MORE
For the remainder of this article we are going to present tips on how to manage email, including email organization strategies and email management best practices. Email Management. The Pervasiveness of Emails. MORE
Here are eight organic strategies that can improve your employee retention rate. A high turnover rate is always an unwelcome sign, especially for project managers who rely on a committed team. MORE
Optimizing Your Digital Presence For The Web When you’re considering any data-driven marketing strategy, you can’t exclude SEO , or Search Engine Optimization. MORE
If that makes the most sense, given the objectives of the investment, strategy of the firm, and architectural vision, great. There is nuance to understanding customer goals when developing requirements or formulating product strategy. MORE
Strategy is a much overused, misused, and abused word. It's tossed around by those who are unfamiliar with Strategy Making roles in businesses. . Strategy is creating fit among a company's activities. The success of a strategy depends on doing many things well - not just a few. If there is no fit among the activities, there is no distinctive strategy and little to sustain the strategic deployment process. The Framework for IT Strategy . Strategy MORE
The answer is they come from the Strategy of the IT function. Where is the strategy defined? What are the measures of the outcomes connected to each other and connected to the top level strategy to the strategic needs of the firm. NoEstimates Balanced Scorecard Strategy MORE
The statistics on strategy execution are dismal: 59% of middle managers fail at resolving conflicts in corporate strategy. Strategy45% of middle managers cannot name one of the top five corporate goals. 64% of cross department/functional issues are poorly resolved. MORE
To make your team work more effective follow the tips and strategies which are going to be discussed here. Strategies for an effective Teamwork . The post 5 Strategies for an Effective Teamwork appeared first on Collaboration Corner. MORE
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Planning a strategy is time-consuming; apart from exerting so much time and effort in it, you need to gather experienced people for the job. And the people should be devoted and not chicken out once the strategy plan is implemented. Another factor to take note is when planning a strategy; you cannot go wrong with specific and clear details. But the burning question is: why do organizations feel the need to plan a strategy ? Planning a Strategy #4: Strategy Alignment. MORE
But what exactly is strategy? Wikipedia defines strategy as a “high level plan to achieve one or more goals under conditions of uncertainty” Yet strategy is different from vision, mission, goals, priorities, and plans. Project Management business strategy strategy MORE
Whatever media they use, project teams will increase their chances of achieving their goals if they develop successful strategies for keeping everyone informed about what’s going on. Hold regular strategy meetings for the entire team. Project teams are in a constant state of communication via email, videoconferences, telephone calls, texts, face-to-face discussions and even nonverbal interactions. MORE
Do you use Project Risk Response Strategies to avail Opportunities? Most of us never think about Project Risk Response Strategies for Opportunities. The post 4 Project Risk Response Strategies for Opportunities appeared first on PM-by-PM. MORE
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. MORE
The good news is, there are some proven strategies for evaluating and prioritizing projects. Regardless of business size, industry or structure, many projects today are unfortunately still selected and initiated in a siloed department-by-department manner, without considering the overall strategic impact. What are the risks of initiating projects in this manner? MORE
The root cause of this dysfunction is the lack of line of sight traceability for Why the firm is in business to how the firm fulfills the strategy needed to deliver on that WHY. Here's one way that has been shown over the years to connect the dots between Why and How and critically importantly, how the projectize the work efforts needed to implement the strategy. Balanced Scorecard StrategyMike Cottmeyer posted. MORE
Connecting projects to organizational strategy can improve projects in several areas including preparation of business cases, request management, planning and resource allocation, risk management, budget control, and collaboration. Delivering successful projects enables organizations to reach their strategic objectives quickly with enhanced long-term commercial results. MORE
Vicki James, Peter Taylor, and Ron Rosenhead share their insights on the secrets to effective project sponsorship from their new book “Strategies for Project Sponsorship” Research into the causes of project failure clearly shows there is a real problem around the Project Sponsor role. MORE
In the article, Yuri shares some valuable lessons that we learned when we redefined our go-to-market sales strategy when we launched Amium. Through Yuri’s article, readers can get an inside view of how a company pivot affected our prospecting approach, changed our sales management strategy, and helped define the new skills that our sales team needed to succeed in the new model. The post Successfully Pivoting Your Sales Strategy appeared first on Amium. MORE
Research the market and turn your ideas into strategy. Put everything together in a launch day strategy (and use your project management tool to track it all). Debrief your go-to-market strategy. Research the market and turn your ideas into strategy. MORE
The standard ‘four-box’ approach to deriving stakeholder engagement strategies can easily leave newer project managers believing there are just four basic strategies they can use. In fact, there are many stakeholder engagement strategies you can choose from. MORE
Managing any project can become a slippery slope when your organization doesn’t have a solid grasp of all the moving pieces. Project management can be a complex discipline to understand and navigate. After all, there are enough key phases, knowledge areas, and project management-specific terms to fill a glossary. To simplify the key components of successful project management, CIO has put together this guide to understanding project management — the phases, knowledge areas, tools and more. MORE
It’s virtually impossible for organizations to make sound strategic decisions and completely accomplish objectives when deprived of strong change management strategies. “If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.” -Lao Lao Tzu In the business world, change is all around us, almost every minute of the day. It can come in the form of: Stakeholder expectations. Human resources. The environment (Internal or external). Management. Organizational structure. MORE
One piece of advice I appreciated is what he called the canvas strategy. This strategy will accomplish a number of things. I’m making my way through the Tim Ferris' book Tools of Titans. It’s well over 600 pages but it has a lot of useful, interesting advice, though I'll admit some of it is a bit out there. He breaks the book up into three areas; Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise. The book is really just a summary of podcasts done over the years with some other advice added in. MORE
There’s a webinar being held this Tuesday 5th December – 12noon UK time by Strategy Execution (a project management and strategy execution training specialist – they’re part of our training directory). MORE
"I will not take by sacrifice that which I can achieve by strategy" General Douglas MacArthur And, so what we have in that philosophy, when put in project context, is the oft-criticized 'brute force approach' vs a more subtle tactical alternative. We see it all Strategic Plan Strategy MORE
Whatever media they use, project teams will increase their chances of achieving their goals if they develop successful strategies for keeping everyone informed about what’s going on. Hold regular strategy meetings for the entire team. Project teams are in a constant state of communication via email, videoconferences, telephone calls, texts, face-to-face discussions and even nonverbal interactions. MORE
Optimizing Your Digital Presence For The Web When you’re considering any data-driven marketing strategy, you can’t exclude SEO , or Search Engine Optimization. MORE
These answers start with defining the strategy. For these strategies to work, we need to define the Measures of Effective, Measures of Performance, Technical Performance Measures, and Key Performance Parameters for each of the outcomes that produce Value in exchange for the Cost and Time to produce that Outcome. There always talk about Focus on Value. But that does that mean? What are the units of measure of Value ? What does it Cost to deliver that Value ? MORE
One of the common struggles that Product Managers are faced with is figuring out how to be “agile” while still managing to a vision or strategy that’s been established by the Executives or Board. The important thing to remember is that strategy and agility are not in conflict with one another — if a strategy is […]. Product Management Agile Culture Good PM Influence Leadership Organization Planning PM Strategy MORE
How to Connect Emerging Risks, Strategies, and Project Management. Once senior management has clearly defined their long-term and short-term goals, projects may be initiated to support the operational strategies. Is your organization identifying and managing emerging risks? MORE
On Friday 14th October at 5pm UK time (12pm ET), I’ll be hosting #pmchat for an hour alongside Deanne Earle on Strategy Execution and Portfolio Management. MORE
Strategy Related Topics Arras People
APRIL 20, 2017
But what exactly is strategy? Wikipedia defines strategy as a “high level plan to achieve one or more goals under conditions of uncertainty” Yet strategy is different from vision, mission, goals, priorities, and plans. Project Management business strategy strategy
The Clever PM
JUNE 1, 2017
One of the common struggles that Product Managers are faced with is figuring out how to be “agile” while still managing to a vision or strategy that’s been established by the Executives or Board. The important thing to remember is that strategy and agility are not in conflict with one another — if a strategy is […]. Product Management Agile Culture Good PM Influence Leadership Organization Planning PM Strategy
Musings on Project Management
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
"I will not take by sacrifice that which I can achieve by strategy" General Douglas MacArthur And, so what we have in that philosophy, when put in project context, is the oft-criticized 'brute force approach' vs a more subtle tactical alternative. We see it all Strategic Plan Strategy
Arras People
OCTOBER 14, 2016
On Friday 14th October at 5pm UK time (12pm ET), I’ll be hosting #pmchat for an hour alongside Deanne Earle on Strategy Execution and Portfolio Management.
Speaker: Cait Porte, SVP Product and Customer Experience, Zmags
Strategies for getting to commitment, not consensus. Gathering support for a product feature or enhancement is a critical skill for Product Managers.
Troubled and Failing Project
NOVEMBER 17, 2017
The statistics on strategy execution are dismal: 59% of middle managers fail at resolving conflicts in corporate strategy. Strategy45% of middle managers cannot name one of the top five corporate goals. 64% of cross department/functional issues are poorly resolved.
Moira Alexander
DECEMBER 15, 2017
Managing any project can become a slippery slope when your organization doesn’t have a solid grasp of all the moving pieces. Project management can be a complex discipline to understand and navigate. After all, there are enough key phases, knowledge areas, and project management-specific terms to fill a glossary. To simplify the key components of successful project management, CIO has put together this guide to understanding project management — the phases, knowledge areas, tools and more.
Moira Alexander
MAY 2, 2017
Think of the strategy and PM connection in construction terms, where the step of pouring footings and foundations needs to adequately support all other work that follows and ultimately the final structure -- in this analogy the final structure are the end goals. Suresh Srinivasan, CTO at NYU Langone Medical Center , tells CIO, within the NYU IT department there are two key components that link the business strategy and project management.
Brad Egeland
AUGUST 1, 2017
Here are eight organic strategies that can improve your employee retention rate. A high turnover rate is always an unwelcome sign, especially for project managers who rely on a committed team.
Speaker: Tom Evans, Senior Principal Consultant and Trainer, 280 Group
But there is one essential element that is often left out of the conversation, and that is strategy. How does my product decisions support the overall strategy of the business, and am I tracking the right metrics based upon that strategy?
Moira Alexander
JUNE 8, 2016
Whatever media they use, project teams will increase their chances of achieving their goals if they develop successful strategies for keeping everyone informed about what’s going on. Hold regular strategy meetings for the entire team. Project teams are in a constant state of communication via email, videoconferences, telephone calls, texts, face-to-face discussions and even nonverbal interactions.
Project Risk Coach
OCTOBER 27, 2016
How to Connect Emerging Risks, Strategies, and Project Management. Once senior management has clearly defined their long-term and short-term goals, projects may be initiated to support the operational strategies. Is your organization identifying and managing emerging risks?
Arras People
DECEMBER 4, 2017
There’s a webinar being held this Tuesday 5th December – 12noon UK time by Strategy Execution (a project management and strategy execution training specialist – they’re part of our training directory).
Moira Alexander
JULY 4, 2016
Whatever media they use, project teams will increase their chances of achieving their goals if they develop successful strategies for keeping everyone informed about what’s going on. Hold regular strategy meetings for the entire team. Project teams are in a constant state of communication via email, videoconferences, telephone calls, texts, face-to-face discussions and even nonverbal interactions.
Online PM Courses
JANUARY 29, 2018
So what are the secret strategies that experienced Project Managers use to manage multiple projects? The Number one Strategy that will help you Manage Multiple Projects. Serial mono-tasking is the essential strategy. Secret Strategies to Manage Multiple Projects.
Speaker: Sandhya Hegde, Director of Product, Amplitude
Whether you are building new features, trying to improve customer experience or battling poor retention - user behavior forms the foundation of your product strategy. Present and drive product strategy based on evidence.
Zen Project Management
FEBRUARY 8, 2017
One piece of advice I appreciated is what he called the canvas strategy. This strategy will accomplish a number of things. I’m making my way through the Tim Ferris' book Tools of Titans. It’s well over 600 pages but it has a lot of useful, interesting advice, though I'll admit some of it is a bit out there. He breaks the book up into three areas; Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise. The book is really just a summary of podcasts done over the years with some other advice added in.
Girl's Guide to PM
JUNE 26, 2016
In fact the best solution is to put a strategy in place before you are even faced with the problem, so that you will be better prepared and get a more successful outcome should you be faced with the dilemma. Planning an exit strategy is a smart move that helps you move roles.
Brad Egeland
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
Optimizing Your Digital Presence For The Web When you’re considering any data-driven marketing strategy, you can’t exclude SEO , or Search Engine Optimization.
Herding Cats
JANUARY 22, 2018
Strategy is a much overused, misused, and abused word. It's tossed around by those who are unfamiliar with Strategy Making roles in businesses. . Strategy is creating fit among a company's activities. The success of a strategy depends on doing many things well - not just a few. If there is no fit among the activities, there is no distinctive strategy and little to sustain the strategic deployment process. The Framework for IT Strategy . Strategy
The Digital Project Manager
NOVEMBER 14, 2016
The post Remote project management strategies: How to keep the human touch appeared first on The Digital Project Manager. Remote project management is growing in popularity but how can we make projects a success and empower our team to thrive when we’re not face. General How-to Guides
Brad Egeland
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
Optimizing Your Digital Presence For The Web When you’re considering any data-driven marketing strategy, you can’t exclude SEO , or Search Engine Optimization.
Moira Alexander
AUGUST 11, 2015
It’s virtually impossible for organizations to make sound strategic decisions and completely accomplish objectives when deprived of strong change management strategies. “If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.” -Lao Lao Tzu In the business world, change is all around us, almost every minute of the day. It can come in the form of: Stakeholder expectations. Human resources. The environment (Internal or external). Management. Organizational structure.
Moira Alexander
NOVEMBER 23, 2015
The good news is, there are some proven strategies for evaluating and prioritizing projects. Regardless of business size, industry or structure, many projects today are unfortunately still selected and initiated in a siloed department-by-department manner, without considering the overall strategic impact. What are the risks of initiating projects in this manner?
Online PM Courses
JANUARY 15, 2018
The standard ‘four-box’ approach to deriving stakeholder engagement strategies can easily leave newer project managers believing there are just four basic strategies they can use. In fact, there are many stakeholder engagement strategies you can choose from.
Brad Egeland
JUNE 20, 2017
Connecting projects to organizational strategy can improve projects in several areas including preparation of business cases, request management, planning and resource allocation, risk management, budget control, and collaboration. Delivering successful projects enables organizations to reach their strategic objectives quickly with enhanced long-term commercial results.
Herding Cats
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
The root cause of this dysfunction is the lack of line of sight traceability for Why the firm is in business to how the firm fulfills the strategy needed to deliver on that WHY. Here's one way that has been shown over the years to connect the dots between Why and How and critically importantly, how the projectize the work efforts needed to implement the strategy. Balanced Scorecard StrategyMike Cottmeyer posted.
PM by PM
OCTOBER 18, 2015
What is your Project Risk Management Strategy? Is there any other Project Risk Management Strategy?” The post Change your Project Risk Management Strategy appeared first on PM-by-PM. Humor Risk Management definitions risk management strategies
Appfluence
JANUARY 30, 2018
For the remainder of this article we are going to present tips on how to manage email, including email organization strategies and email management best practices. Email Management. The Pervasiveness of Emails.
Hydra
AUGUST 17, 2017
Why do organisations need an effective knowledge management strategy? Knowledge Management
Binfire
MARCH 25, 2018
To make your team work more effective follow the tips and strategies which are going to be discussed here. Strategies for an effective Teamwork . The post 5 Strategies for an Effective Teamwork appeared first on Collaboration Corner.
Project-Management.pm
FEBRUARY 10, 2017
Planning a strategy is time-consuming; apart from exerting so much time and effort in it, you need to gather experienced people for the job. And the people should be devoted and not chicken out once the strategy plan is implemented. Another factor to take note is when planning a strategy; you cannot go wrong with specific and clear details. But the burning question is: why do organizations feel the need to plan a strategy ? Planning a Strategy #4: Strategy Alignment.
PM by PM
OCTOBER 15, 2015
Do you use Project Risk Response Strategies to avail Opportunities? Most of us never think about Project Risk Response Strategies for Opportunities. The post 4 Project Risk Response Strategies for Opportunities appeared first on PM-by-PM.
Herding Cats
AUGUST 17, 2016
The answer is they come from the Strategy of the IT function. Where is the strategy defined? What are the measures of the outcomes connected to each other and connected to the top level strategy to the strategic needs of the firm. NoEstimates Balanced Scorecard Strategy
Tyner Blain
JULY 10, 2017
If that makes the most sense, given the objectives of the investment, strategy of the firm, and architectural vision, great. There is nuance to understanding customer goals when developing requirements or formulating product strategy.
Guerrilla Project Management
AUGUST 21, 2013
Vicki James, Peter Taylor, and Ron Rosenhead share their insights on the secrets to effective project sponsorship from their new book “Strategies for Project Sponsorship” Research into the causes of project failure clearly shows there is a real problem around the Project Sponsor role.
Planio
MARCH 21, 2018
Research the market and turn your ideas into strategy. Put everything together in a launch day strategy (and use your project management tool to track it all). Debrief your go-to-market strategy. Research the market and turn your ideas into strategy.
amium
FEBRUARY 21, 2017
In the article, Yuri shares some valuable lessons that we learned when we redefined our go-to-market sales strategy when we launched Amium. Through Yuri’s article, readers can get an inside view of how a company pivot affected our prospecting approach, changed our sales management strategy, and helped define the new skills that our sales team needed to succeed in the new model. The post Successfully Pivoting Your Sales Strategy appeared first on Amium.
Binfire
MAY 25, 2017
Follow these three steps to keep your independent business growing
Herding Cats
FEBRUARY 5, 2018
These answers start with defining the strategy. For these strategies to work, we need to define the Measures of Effective, Measures of Performance, Technical Performance Measures, and Key Performance Parameters for each of the outcomes that produce Value in exchange for the Cost and Time to produce that Outcome. There always talk about Focus on Value. But that does that mean? What are the units of measure of Value ? What does it Cost to deliver that Value ?
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