What Is And How To Manage The Project Management Triple Constraint
The Digital Project Manager
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How to Prevent Response Bias when Conducting Surveys
ProjectManager.com
APRIL 18, 2019
The adage, “good data in, good data out,” cannot be truer in today’s digital business landscape. Furthermore, if knowledge is power, then to quote Alexander Pope, “A little learning is a dangerous thing.” Okay, enough with the quotes and clichés. But that’s the problem with surveying people: they’re imperfect and don’t always answer honestly.
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16 Pre-Project Questions for Project Initiation Meetings
Rebel’s Guide to PM
APRIL 8, 2019
As I’ve got older and more experienced I’ve also got lazier when it comes to preparing for meetings. Recently I was completely caught out when I checked my diary in the morning. That afternoon I had four external people coming in for a meeting that I had forgotten about! It was an informal pre-kick off meeting for something that might turn into a project.
3 Ways Your Team Makes Your Project More Risky
Project Risk Coach
APRIL 1, 2019
This is a guest article by Elizabeth Harrin from GirlsGuideToPM.com. Much of the time, risk management at the beginning of a project looks like getting the team in a room to review the whole project and work out what might be coming that could affect how the project proceeds. The project manager writes up the discussion in the risk register along with what the team is going to do to avoid or amplify (in the case of positive risk) the risks.
Toward a Unified Project Management Understanding
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The objective of this research is to dispel misunderstandings about crucial project management terms and their definitions. It aims to accurately place these terms and facilitate a comprehensive global understanding of their meanings.
Mixing Agile with oil and gas
Musings on Project Management
APRIL 30, 2019
There comes a point where more planning can not remove the remaining uncertainty, instead execution must be used to provide data and remove uncertainty. This quote comes from a nicely argued case -- from the agile blog 'leading answers' -- for mixing agile methods in rather traditional businesses, like the oil and gas exploration/production business If ever there was a business that.
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Compare The 10 Best Mind Mapping Software of 2019
The Digital Project Manager
APRIL 10, 2019
You can use mind mapping software to brainstorm ideas and create beautiful data visualizations. Discover the best mind mapping tools and easily compare pricing and features in this mind map software review. The post Compare The 10 Best Mind Mapping Software of 2019 appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
Crisis Management: How to Lead During a Crisis
ProjectManager.com
APRIL 1, 2019
Sometimes leading a team, project or organization goes well. Sometimes it doesn’t. Jennifer Bridges, PMP, shows you crisis management techniques to help you successfully lead during a disaster. Here’s a screenshot of the whiteboard for your reference. In Review – Crisis Management: How to Lead During a Crisis. Jennifer noted that whether you’re leading a team , project or organization, things are either going well or poorly.
How to Select Your Risk Responses
Rebel’s Guide to PM
APRIL 22, 2019
This is a guest article by Harry Hall from projectriskcoach.com. Risk management is one of the core knowledge areas for project managers. Harry Hall. You’ve identified and assessed your project risks—both threats and opportunities. Now, you are planning your risk responses with your risk owners. A risk response is the way you intend to address the risk.
Risk Analysis — The Managing Up Secret Weapon
Project Risk Coach
APRIL 22, 2019
This is a guest article by Dana Brownlee from professionalismmatters.com. One of the most common questions I get when speaking to groups is “How do you deliver a difficult message to/push back on senior leaders – particularly the difficult ones?” I certainly understand the popularity of the question because that’s a sticky situation for sure. While project managers and others often find themselves in opposition to the boss’ ideas, recommendations, or preferred course of action, telling the boss
Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data
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Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?
Stage gates and Agile?
Musings on Project Management
APRIL 14, 2019
Stage gates and Agile? To some, that might sound horrifying! Not exactly! One of my Agile Project Management students asked me about stage gates and agile. My first response was this: Agile is not a gated methodology, primarily because scope is viewed as emergent, and thus the idea of pre-determined gate criteria is inconsistent with progressive elaboration and emergence.
There can be only one (and it is not YOUR project)!
Kiron Bondale
APRIL 28, 2019
Managing a high priority project can be a wonderful experience. You will usually receive ample support from senior leadership in resolving critical issues, getting funding for team celebrations is rarely a challenge, and helping team members and other key stakeholders understand the importance of the project and how its success will benefit them should be simple.
Tool Review: Leantime – Project Management System
The Digital Project Manager
APRIL 4, 2019
Do you remember being a kid and playing Super Mario Brothers? You know, you’d get. The post Tool Review: Leantime – Project Management System appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
How Negativity Bias Is Affecting Your Project Management
ProjectManager.com
APRIL 2, 2019
Are you the type to dwell on the bad stuff and not acknowledge what’s going well? You might have negativity bias and Jennifer Bridges, PMP, says it can be poison to your project. Here’s a screenshot of the whiteboard for your reference. In Review – How Negativity Bias Is Affecting Your Project Management. If you’ve not heard of negativity bias, Jennifer defined it as a psychology term meaning the phenomena by which humans give more psychological weight to bad experiences than good ones.
Understand Digital Debt, Form a Team, Set Goals, and Plan Roadmap for Transformation
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From Technical to Exceptional Book Giveaway
Rebel’s Guide to PM
APRIL 4, 2019
Recently I reviewed Andrew Zeitoun’s training course, From Technical to Exceptional. It is about transitioning from a technical expert to a team leader or project manager. I found his course very grounded in reality and I recommend you check out my review. Andrew Zeitoun. Andrew was nice enough to provide two copies of his book of the same name to giveaway.
Risk Management Wisdom and Humor of the Ages
Project Risk Coach
APRIL 8, 2019
Most of us have personal and career goals. Our ability to achieve those goals is dependent on our risk management skills, that is our ability to manage opportunities and threats. We seek to make good things happen and to eliminate or reduce the bad things. Through the years, I have captured my favorite quotes related to the art and science of risk management.
Risk un-management
Musings on Project Management
APRIL 8, 2019
Risk un-management? Perhaps the largest task within risk management, and requiring the greatest judgment, is "risk un-management" On any project there are going to be dozens, perhaps hundreds, of unmanaged risks. These comprise the population to be un-managed. I doubt this is news to anyone, but these are, as a group, more numerous than those selected for the usual risk management paradigm.
Proactive dependency management with agile approaches
Kiron Bondale
APRIL 7, 2019
When we are managing projects using a predictive delivery approach, dependency identification and tracking is done as part of the BPUF (Big Planning Up Front) exercise using the activities from a work breakdown structure and the collective wisdom of our team members and key stakeholders. If a major scope or solution approach change is identified afterwards, the impacts of addressing new dependencies is usually considered in the analysis of the change request.
Strategic Project Finance Essentials: A Project Manager’s Guide to Financial Metrics
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
DPM Podcast: Managing A Portal Build (With Rebecca Germond)
The Digital Project Manager
APRIL 16, 2019
Building a web portal? Join Rebecca Germond, Director of Client Services at digital agency FCV, as she discusses the tools, processes, and challenges specific to managing a portal build. The post DPM Podcast: Managing A Portal Build (With Rebecca Germond) appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
Seven Priorities for Project Managers in 2019
ProjectManager.com
APRIL 2, 2019
Anyone who tells you, with 100% certainty, what 2019 will look like at the start of the year is bonkers. The best we can do is to recognize that the seed of each new year was planted in the previous year. If you want to know what your priorities should be for 2019, look at the way your world was at the end of 2018 and at the start of this year. The one trend that seems to be 100 percent reliable coming into 2019 is disruption.
Project Planning Process
Rebel’s Guide to PM
APRIL 26, 2019
Let’s look at the project planning process and how you can make it work to your advantage! This quick 11 minute video offers you hints and tips for project planning. The post Project Planning Process appeared first on Girl's Guide to Project Management.
Are You Making These 8 Stakeholder Mistakes?
Project Risk Coach
APRIL 15, 2019
Have you ever had someone torpedo your project? Did this individual have a motive to undermine your efforts? Or, did you make some stakeholder mistakes that gave rise to this event? Either way, it's hindering your progress. Things are not going as planned. What can we do to manage stakeholder risks better? A Stakeholder Story I once observed a junior project manager who was knighted to manage a project with a fixed regulatory deadline.
20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers
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Epic Fail - Why Product Backlog Refinement is Essential for Scrum Teams?
Scrum.org
APRIL 7, 2019
This is the first part of a 2-part blog post series about dealing with very large Product Backlog items. Part 1 intends to focus on the Scrum Team, Part 2 will be released shortly after our Webinar on April 29th and will focus on the “Epic” challenges agile leaders are facing. Product Backlog is not an event in Scrum, but has its place in the Scrum Guide and therefore the Scrum Framework.
How much technical knowledge should a Product Owner possess?
Kiron Bondale
APRIL 14, 2019
In an earlier article I’d written about the pros and cons of a Scrum Master or agile lead having deep technical expertise in the solution space but what about a Product Owner (PO)? In their 2003 book, Balancing Agility and Discipline: A Guide for the Perplexed , Barry Boehm and Richard Turner coined the well known acronym C.R.A.C.K. to describe the attributes of an effective PO and the K in that acronym stands for Knowledge.
Anti-fragile -- surviving shock
Musings on Project Management
APRIL 11, 2019
A good system is one in which the risks are visible Nassim Nicholas Taleb Nassim Nicholas Taleb, most famous for authoring "The Black Swan: the impact of highly improbable fragility", also has a just-as-interesting book: "Antifragile: things that gain from disorder" Taleb's objective for this book is to be the definitive explanation of the spectrum of fragile (read: Black Swan,
How to Improve Your Emotional Intelligence at Work
ProjectManager.com
APRIL 2, 2019
Leaders need emotional intelligence to succeed. Jennifer Bridges, PMP, explains why and shows you how to improve your emotional intelligence. Here’s a screenshot of the whiteboard for your reference. In Review – How to Improve Your Emotional Intelligence. There are many intelligences, or to put it another way, intelligence isn’t measured solely by one metric.
How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech
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Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr
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