ProjectManager.com
APRIL 19, 2024
Kanban and scrum are agile project management methodologies that can be used for similar purposes, but each has its unique pros and cons. As a project manager, it’s important to understand the difference between kanban and scrum so you can determine the best approach for your team. So, which is the best project management method if we compare kanban vs. scrum?
Rebel’s Guide to PM
MARCH 14, 2024
If you’re searching for a project management job, you’ve no doubt come across a range of different job titles. Which one should you go for? The ‘project manager’ job descriptions have a wide variety of roles and duties, which can make it hard to know what’s right for you. And therein lies the challenge. What ‘project manager’ means to one business will be slightly different to how another company uses the term.
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Scrum.org
APRIL 21, 2024
Kommen dir diese Situationen bekannt vor? Vor dem eigentlichen Sprint Planning im Team muss der Product Owner noch weitere Abstimmungsrunden mit anderen Teams drehen, damit die Arbeit für den Sprint geplant werden kann. Im Daily Scrum berichten die Entwickler, dass sie nicht weiterarbeiten können, da die Datenbankspezialistin nicht auf ihre Anfragen reagiert.
The IIL Blog
MARCH 5, 2024
By Sophie Hussey and Georgina Otubela What is ITI and how can it benefit your organisation and support your career development? In this article, we explore the foundational concepts of ITIL 4 and discuss how the ITIL framework has supported their career progression. Why ITIL and what’s in it for you? Regardless of whether you work in a technology function or the wider business, there are many learnings from the ITIL4 framework that can apply.
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Planio
MARCH 25, 2024
You can build the best product in the world, but without a solid customer acquisition strategy (and the right team to pull it off), no one will ever use it. But customer acquisition isn’t just about getting users for your product — it can be life or death for your company as a whole. In the last five years, the average cost of acquiring a new customer has increased by a staggering 60%.
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NimbleWork
MARCH 27, 2024
The Agile project management methodology encourages organizations to empower teams with clear responsibility and authority, so they can work together to autonomously develop ingenious and innovative solutions. From the workforce perspective, this requires trust between team members, cross-functional teams, business executives and stakeholders. It also requires a structured mechanism for collaboration and information sharing, a guiding framework that maps interdependencies between individuals and
The Strategic Project Manager
MARCH 11, 2024
This post explains what the Strategy Canvas tool is, and how to create a basic Strategy Canvas. It then walks through several examples – generically and for two real companies. Finally, it details the use and benefits of the tool for practicing strategy and project management. What is the Strategy Canvas Tool? The Strategy Canvas tool is a management tool introduced by W.
PM Times
MARCH 12, 2024
As both a Project Management practitioner and a College Professor and University Instructor, I have found that there are very few simple-to-use templates for creating a time-based project schedule and budget. This package has a series of 4 Excel spreadsheets (but any standard spreadsheet program should also work) that allow a student or practitioner to […] The post Cumulative Cost and Budget Spreadsheet Tool appeared first on Project Management Articles, Webinars, Templates and Jobs.
MPUG
MARCH 8, 2024
Live Event: Copilot Studio and the PMO – Creating a Capable and Useful AI Assistant Wednesday, March 20, 12:00pm – 1:00pm EST Earn 1 PDU: 1 Ways of Working Click to register now and join us live! Copilot Studio is an offering from Microsoft that enables power platform administrators to create chatbots without (a lot of) coding. Copilot Studio used to be called Power Virtual Agents, but it has been rebranded and enhanced with new features and AI capabilities.
Speaker: Ketan Jahagirdar - Sopheon’s Director of Product Management
Empower yourself as a project manager with insights that directly influence the financial landscape and strategic direction of your organization! Join us for a deep dive into the world of financial strategy, as we dissect key metrics that drive CFOs and business leaders’ investment decisions. This session will equip you with the necessary tools to craft compelling business cases as well as a comprehensive understanding of the crucial distinction between capital expenditure and operational expend
Wrike
APRIL 16, 2024
Most tech companies these days are heavily focused on AI — and for good reason. In the span of just a few years, developments in the area have spurred so much innovation at a rate that makes your head spin! From OpenAI’s ChatGPT to Google’s Gemini and Gemma to X’s Grok , there’s a new form of AI everywhere you turn. Our philosophy at Wrike has always been to use our maximum technological capabilities while keeping humans in the driver’s seat.
ProjectManager.com
MARCH 7, 2024
The most successful companies always have one eye on the future so they can not only survive but thrive. That doesn’t happen without an organizational strategy to plan for the organization’s long-term success. Organizational strategy has many layers. We’ll first define the term and then go into the organizational strategy levels, as well as explain its importance in business.
GanttPRO Project Management
JANUARY 3, 2024
GanttPRO continues to receive professional recognition and heartwarming awards in prestigious industry categories. This honorable recognition is the result of recent user reviews. Our Gantt chart maker has been recognized […] The post GanttPRO Recognized With Top Awards in Marketing Planning, Project Management, and Other Categories first appeared on GanttPRO Project Management Blog.
Scrum.org
APRIL 22, 2024
Velocity is a complementary practice many Scrum teams use to plan future work. Here’s how it works: A team selects a point system and decides that certain types of work are worth one point and other types of work may be worth different point values. Every Sprint, the team adds up points for each Product Backlog item (PBI) that meets the Definition of Done by the end of the Sprint.
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You’ve read the PMBOK® Guide several times, taken the certification exam for project managers, passed, and you are now a PMP®. So why do you keep making rookie mistakes? This whitepaper shows 20 of the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make, issues that can cost significant time and money. It's a good starting point for understanding how and why many PMs get themsleves into trouble, and provides guidance on the types of issues that PMs need to understand.
The IIL Blog
JANUARY 17, 2024
By Ray W. Frohnhoefer In the ever-evolving landscape of project management, staying ahead of the curve is not just beneficial—it’s imperative. As we step into 2024, the dynamics of project management continue to shift, demanding professionals to be agile, skilled, and strategically focused. This is a guide to exploring key strategies for growing your project management career throughout the year.
Resource Guru
JANUARY 8, 2024
Every project manager aims to avoid the unexpected. Our new Activity Log gives you a clear, chronological view of changes made to any booking, so you’re never on the wrong end of a scheduling surprise. See who changed what and when A shared schedule enables clear communication, but things can quickly go sideways when someone makes an unexpected edit to a work assignment.
Leading Agile
APRIL 17, 2024
Understanding where you are as an organization and where you want to go is essential to transformation. Understanding that creating the conditions for teams, backlogs, and working tested product to exist is the real work of the transformation is critical. The next most important aspect of transformation is being able to demonstrate progress through tangible metrics that will resonate with executives.
NimbleWork
MARCH 7, 2024
As the Agile project management framework reaches adoption maturity at lean, progressive and disruptive startup firms, many teams at established organizations are struggling to fully embrace the Agile project management framework at scale. This is substantiated by the fact that large enterprises are slow to embrace change, and Agile is predominantly driven by a shift in mindset, culture and process of operating at speed.
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The Strategic Project Manager
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
This post introduces the Buyer Value Equation – a simple concept that is challenging in practice but a powerful and focusing. It then digs deeper into the two components of the framework: Benefits and Cost. For clarity, it discusses the pros and cons of the framework. Finally, it looks at the impact and application of the Buyer Value Equation framework for developing strategy and managing projects.
PM Times
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
A Statista survey reveals that the estimated revenue of the accounting industry will grow to $145 billion. The growth in the audit and accounting industry can be attributed to various factors, including increased demand for advisory services, the growing complexity of tax regulations, a rise in financial fraud, and ongoing technological advancements.
Online PM Courses
APRIL 3, 2024
I'll assume you like Project Management videos. So, If you want to expand your repertoire of channels, here's my top 10 list for 2024. The post My Top 10 Project Management YouTube Channel Recommendations for 2024 appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.
Wrike
APRIL 15, 2024
We understand that change can be difficult. That’s why we have this blog series, Championing Change , to highlight how our customers have implemented Wrike, increased its usage, and convinced skeptics within their teams and across their organizations. In the latest Championing Change blog post, we’re chatting with Nitisha Prasad, Traffic Admin at Fulton Hogan , an infrastructure organization that employs over 9,000 people and provides construction products, services, and expertise that seek to
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ProjectManager.com
APRIL 16, 2024
Excel is a versatile spreadsheet tool that can create a variety of graphs, charts and forms, including timelines for projects. In this blog, we’ll go through each step needed to create a timeline in Excel and explain the advantages and disadvantages of doing so. Why Should You Create a Project Timeline in Excel? Learn how to create a timeline that can be used to visualize how tasks or projects will be executed over time, identify who will be responsible for completing them and identify milestone
GanttPRO Project Management
APRIL 11, 2024
We’ve improved the way of working with project portfolios in GanttPRO online Gantt chart maker. From now on, you’ll be able to see a detailed big picture of your projects […] The post How to Manage Multiple Projects with GanttPRO: Updated Project Portfolios first appeared on GanttPRO Project Management Blog.
Scrum.org
APRIL 16, 2024
The path to success change is often strewn with obstacles, primarily due to resistance from within the organisation itself. Understanding these barriers is crucial for any VP of Delivery aiming to lead an agile transformation successfully. Let's explore the ten common sources of resistance and discuss the importance of addressing these challenges to ensure successful leadership and project implementation. 1.
The IIL Blog
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
By Jorgelina Bross-Puglisi February 28, 2024 Project Managers Have One Key Goal: Project Success By integrating risk management into project management processes, project managers can anticipate and respond to potential challenges, increasing the likelihood of project success. However, project managers can encounter various pitfalls while managing project risk management.
Speaker: Erika R. Bales, Esq.
When we talk about “compliance and security," most companies want to ensure that steps are being taken to protect what they value most – people, data, real or personal property, intellectual property, digital assets, or any other number of other things - and it’s more important than ever that safeguards are in place. Let’s step back and focus on the idea that no matter how complicated the compliance and security regime, it should be able to be distilled down to a checklist.
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