Program Manager vs. Project Manager: What’s the Difference?
ProjectManager.com
JUNE 24, 2022
Project manager vs. program manager. The two roles often differ in their day-to-day tasks and the overarching approach to their role.
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How to Overcome 12 Common Requirements Mistakes
Project Risk Coach
MARCH 21, 2022
How often have you found new requirements towards the end of your projects? Or perhaps your team said they had gathered the requirements, but in reality, the team had hastily rushed through the requirement process resulting in rework, missed deadlines, and another blown budget.
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Project Management Trends [2022]
Rebel’s Guide to PM
JANUARY 24, 2022
There’s no denying that project management today looks different to how it did even 5 years ago. Project management trends shape our profession. We see technology evolving, new tools, consolidation, innovation and more.
The Risk of Inaction (ROI)
Green Project Management
FEBRUARY 5, 2022
Investopedia explains Return on investment (ROI) as a performance measure used to evaluate the efficiency or profitability of an investment or compare the efficiency of a number of different investments.
Cyber Security, Change Management and Enterprise Risk Management: Scaling Operations for Growth
Speaker: William Hord, Vice President of Risk Management and Compliance
Join us as we discuss the various tangents of data and the change management process that will help you make better risk-based business decisions to save time and money for your organization.
What Is The Project Life Cycle: The 5 Phases & Why It’s Important
The Digital Project Manager
MARCH 24, 2022
What is the project life cycle? Regardless of what project management methodology or framework you’re using, every project follows the same life cycle.
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Which estimation methods are favored for adaptive delivery?
Kiron Bondale
APRIL 3, 2022
If you ever find yourself wanting to inject some energy into a cross-functional gathering of delivery staff and stakeholders, ask for their opinion on estimates.
Threats, vulnerabilities, and risks
Musings on Project Management
APRIL 14, 2022
Daniel Messiler has an interesting essay about threats, vulnerabilities, and risks that is worth a quick read.He summarizes this way: A Threat is a negative scenario you want to avoidA Threat Actor is the agent that makes a Threat happenA Vulnerability is a weakness that can be exploited in order to attack youA Risk is a negative scenario you want to avoid, combined with its probability and its.
The 9 Biggest Project Management Trends in 2022
Inloox
JANUARY 5, 2022
Content. Remote work & leadership. Bigger focus on soft skills. Professionalization of project management & increasing demand for project managers. Agile is here to stay. Value and principle-based perspective. AI, machine learning & automation. Cloud as the standard.
8 Resource Management Challenges That Every PM Needs to Know
nTask
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
You’d agree with me that a company’s biggest asset is its resources. However, no matter the size of it, resource management challenges are natural to occur. Keeping a perfect balance between your team members and the back-to-back projects can be a hustle.
The Innovative PM: Cultivating Creativity in the Evolving Hybrid Workspace
Speaker: Rachel Rai Henry, Founder of the Creative Flow School
In this one-of-a-kind webinar, speaker, creativity expert, and educator Rachel Rai Henry will walk you through the evolution of hybrid work management through the lens of creative flow.
How to Create a Project Schedule (step-by-step guide)
PM Basics
APRIL 17, 2022
Creating a realistic project schedule is difficult when you have the wrong mindset. Everyone expects that there’s always a way to squeeze the whole project scope into the deadline project owners set. Stakeholders put a lot of pressure on you to find a solution.
10 Strategies for Successful Project Execution
ProjectManager.com
MAY 19, 2022
Is your organization failing to close the gaps between strategy and project execution? Fortunately, there are strategies ( and tools! ) you can use to help you close those gaps, yet it isn’t easy. And you’re not alone in this challenge.
PMOs Shifting from Watchdogs to Strategic Enablers
Project Risk Coach
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
Unfortunately, many Project Management Offices (PMOs) become nothing more than a watchdog, one that ensures compliance to a strict set of rules. In this article, we will explore why this happens and what it takes for PMOs to become strategic enablers.
Project Quality Plan: The Easiest Guide (With Template)
Rebel’s Guide to PM
JUNE 15, 2022
The big risk as a project manager is that you hit all the project management success criteria: being on time and on budget, but what you deliver doesn’t meet the customer’s requirements.
How to Build Data Experiences for End Users
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Organizational data literacy is often addressed, but it’s uncommon to consider users’ data literacy levels when building products. Product managers need to recognize their end users' data literacy when building an application with analytic features.
Risk Management Approaches
Brad Egeland
MARCH 25, 2022
Few project leaders want to spend the up-front time and money to actually put together a risk management plan, but it truly needs to be your first step in effectively managing risks on your project.
Your Guide To Workflow Automation & The 10 Best Software Tools
The Digital Project Manager
MAY 18, 2022
Project managers have a lot on their plate. Juggling tasks, timelines, and resources can be a daunting task.
What are the differences between management and leadership - and how does it relate to PMs?
Susanne Madsen
MARCH 3, 2022
In recent years there has been much debate on how to characterize management versus leadership.
Why hold retrospectives if ideas don’t get implemented?
Kiron Bondale
APRIL 10, 2022
I’ve written and spoken frequently about the many issues with holding infrequent lessons learned sessions.
Alternatives to PPM Tools for Today's Anywhere Workforce
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To survive in the future of work, PMOs need to evolve beyond what most basic PPM tools offer. The best project portfolio management tools enables teams to plan and execute in one place, giving PMOs the visibility they need to ensure project success.
Balancing project sponsor and project manager conflicts
Musings on Project Management
JANUARY 30, 2022
If you follow this blog you've read several references to the project balance sheet. So, is this about accounting? Yes, and no: Yes, it's about a double entry tool to keep track of "mine" and "yours", but no, it's not the accountant's tool used in your father's accounting office.
Public Infrastructure: Project Management as a Key Success Factor
Inloox
MAY 30, 2022
Content. External influences. Intentional miscalculation. Lack of uniformity in implementation. Incompetence in project management. Lack of risk management.
7 Essential Steps to Robust Project Scheduling
nTask
JANUARY 12, 2022
Project scheduling is a critical part of the project life cycle. It determines if the end results of a project will be achieved within the set timelines.
Make Your Project Estimation More Reliable, Using the PERT Method
Online PM Courses
MAY 8, 2022
One of the hardest tasks for Project Managers is Project Estimation: predicting the future, despite the uncertainty. Meet the PERT method. The post Make Your Project Estimation More Reliable, Using the PERT Method appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.
The #1 Reason Why Sales Coaching is Critical to Your 2022 Sales Success
Speaker: Tim Hughes, Co-Founder and CEO of Digital Leadership Associates
Join Tim Hughes, Author of Social Selling – Influencing Buyers and Changemakers and Co-Founder/CEO of Digital Leadership Associates, as he details how investing in sales coaching will teach your team how to navigate social media and therefore create greater sales success.
Resource Management: Process, Tools & Techniques
ProjectManager.com
MARCH 8, 2022
Resource management is one of the most important aspects of project management. That’s because projects need resources and those resources must be managed. Project resources are all the raw materials, equipment and human resources necessary to execute project tasks. What Is Resource Management?
10 Things Successful Project Managers Never Tolerate
Project Risk Coach
MAY 24, 2022
Project managers are not just managers. They’re leaders. Project managers shape and influence their project culture for good or bad. Tolerance can be a great trait. However, project managers must be deliberate in what we will tolerate and what we will not tolerate.
How To Be An Estimating Superhero
Rebel’s Guide to PM
JUNE 14, 2022
I love things that make my job easier. A statistical model for estimating isn’t normally something I’d put in the ‘make my job easy’ box, but I might just have found one that works. William W. Davis, MSPM, PMP and Project Management Superhero. I caught up with William W.
Should You Estimate Your Feature Backlog?
Growing Agile
MAY 12, 2022
Anyone who knows me knows I’m not a fan of estimation. Asking a team how big something is when they know the least about the item seems like a bad idea, but I do understand the need to know how long something will take.
How to Integrate Your Tech Stack for Seamless and Practical Application
Speaker: Patrick Rohlfsen, Engagement Manager at Wrike | Frank Saladis, PMP, PMI Fellow, Trainer, Consultant, International Project Management Event Speaker | Chris Hare, PMP, Industry Principal, PMO at Wrike
How do you choose the correct project management technology? In this webinar, you will hear from three project management professionals about the importance of having an intentional approach to choosing and integrating your technology.
What Is The Scaled Agile Framework®? Explained For Project Managers
The Digital Project Manager
MARCH 17, 2022
Scrum, Kanban, Lean…and now SAFe®. The SAFe framework has shown up to the project methodology party. If you don’t want to be left out, let’s get to know our new party guest—the SAFe framework.
From Servant Leadership to Shared Leadership
Mike Griffiths
JUNE 22, 2022
This is part one in a series on leading agile teams from the Beyond Agile book. We will examine what leadership entails and how it applies to agile teams. Then discuss the transition from servant leadership to shared leadership. EQ as a Foundation for Leadership.
You say “positive risks”, I say “opportunities”
Kiron Bondale
FEBRUARY 27, 2022
Similar to my previous article, this topic stemmed from a discussion I had with the learners of the PMP preparatory course I taught this week.
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