Project Risk Coach

JUNE 1, 2021

This is a guest article by Elizabeth Harrin from GirlsGuideToPM.com. When I’m on holiday I want to be, you know, actually on holiday. Enjoying my vacation time, chilling out with a cocktail and a barbeque and playing ball with my kids. I don’t want to be checking emails, dealing with phone calls from my project sponsor or still doing project reports from the cabin in the woods because no one else can possibly write them in my absence.

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Kiron Bondale

MAY 30, 2021

In a recent HBR article , the authors wrote about research they had conducted over a year on the relationships between how dispersed teams were and the speed at which their projects either succeeded or failed. While dispersed teams appeared to be more efficient than co-located teams when it came to completing successful projects, co-located teams were quicker at abandoning those projects which were doomed to fail.

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nTask

JUNE 3, 2021

Whether you are launching a new product or looking for ways to revamp your brand, the first step should be to create an impeccable go to market strategy. Developing a detailed go to market strategy forms the basis for a successful start. Without the backing of a perfect strategy, you will not be able to break into the market. To claim your place, you should fuel your efforts and devise the perfect go to market strategy.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 4, 2021

Any construction project, no matter the size or scope, requires a wide range of documents. These documents must be thorough and clear, and using construction excel templates guarantees each document includes all the information it needs. . The following are our top 8 Microsoft Excel construction templates for better construction project management. Use them as needed, and combine them all for a cohesive set of documents owners and team members will appreciate. 1.

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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.

Scrum.org

JUNE 4, 2021

Earlier this week, I shared a doodle-style video about how you can use an Agile Approach to an Agile Transformation with a Kata. Yes, you heard right, we have seen so many agile transformations that are planned top-down and waterfall. The Agile Transformation Kata can not only help with that, it also creates a culture of autonomy and self-organization while going through the agile transformation.

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nTask

JUNE 3, 2021

The first 3 months of your new job are usually the most demanding. These 90 days play a fundamental role in defining your future in the company. To make the most of these crucial months, you can take help from the infamous 30 60 90 day plan. 30 60 90 day plan is your gateway to successfully adapting to your new job. It is a detailed roadmap that guides you on how to form a firm foothold in the new environment.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 2, 2021

Task management software is crucial for managing projects big and small. You need to be able to coordinate the work of all the project team members who are tackling the project from their own specific angles. There are many tools on the market that help project managers with assigning tasks and team members with executing them. Let’s take an in-depth look at one: Asana, a task management tool with collaborative features for getting everyone organized and working more productively.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 3, 2021

Backlog Refinement Techniques – Semantic Analysis. To meet schedules, deliver valuable products, and exceed your stakeholder’s expectations, you need the ability to flex scope and offer an actual minimum marketable product. You need to know how to break down your work to be forced by technology or business processes to deliver anything more than the minimum. .

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The Lazy Project Manager

JUNE 2, 2021

Episode 1 – Meet Tim Stumbles of Office Timeline. A free Zoom gathering where Peter Taylor, The Lazy Project Manager, introduces some of his friends from the wide world of project management. Episode one is Tim from Office Timeline. Book your free place today here [link]. And share the link with everyone you know. About the Me: Peter Taylor: Speaker, Consultant, Trainer and Coach, Peter is the author of the number 1 bestselling project management book ‘The Lazy Project Manager’.

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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?

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nTask

JUNE 3, 2021

Teamwork requires a collective effort, every member of the team contributes with his hard work and time. Quick and efficient communication breaks barriers to collaboration and prompts productivity. Effective collaboration is the hallmark of successful project completion. But as it is often said, “Too much of anything is bad”, collaboration overload thwarts individual working.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 3, 2021

How you assemble the items you need to execute the project is called procurement, which is a fancy way of saying how you get the goods and services you need for a project. If you don’t have a steady or at least managed supply of the stuff you need to execute the project you’re going to go off track and threaten the success of the project. When you need supplies from a third party it’s important that you enter into an agreement to make sure you get what you need and it is delivered when you need

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Scrum.org

JUNE 1, 2021

TL; DR: 71 Product Owner Interview Questions to Avoid Imposters. If you are looking to fill a position for a Product Owner in your organization, you may find the following 71 interview questions useful to identify the right candidate. They are derived from my fourteen years of practical experience with XP and Scrum, serving both as Product Owner and Scrum Master and interviewing dozens of Product Owner candidates on behalf of my clients.

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Leading Agile

JUNE 2, 2021

When I accepted my job at LeadingAgile, I never thought I would be unlearning how to be an engineer. I thought to be a good engineer, you had to always be right. But upon leaving college to enter the real world, I realized that being right was not the end all, in fact, just a stepping stone to being understood. Once I began to appreciate that “right” was not so black and white – that there were dimensions to it – I started to see how the same thing is true in organization

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Understanding digital debt is crucial before digital transformation. Assemble a team to assess internal operations, market pressures, and digital debt's impact. Define future digital vision with measurable goals. Refine hypotheses and conduct market analysis. Develop a roadmap for transformation with defined projects, cost estimates, and governance.

Planning

nTask

JUNE 1, 2021

2020 was the year of Zoom. This amazing video conferencing tool has become a household name because of its amazing features and its ability to fit in with some of the most important applications that you might use daily in your professional life. This integration-ability is very important nowadays, as it is becoming increasingly difficult to simultaneously manage all of the projects that you have got going on.

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Online PM Courses

MAY 31, 2021

Deliberate practice and purposeful reflection. These are the two most valuable tools for developing your skills. The post What Did You Learn? Purposeful Reflection | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 3, 2021

Organizations need to move fast and receive ongoing feedback from customers to drive sustainable innovation through continuous discovery and value delivery. But there is a problem — dependencies. . Dependencies are knowledge gaps. . According to Michael James , dependencies in knowledge work — as in software development — are caused by knowledge gaps and not by the laws of physics. .

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PM Times

JUNE 2, 2021

Project Management can at times feel like an exercise in the tedium. A pursuit of an end goal with a trail of bread crumbs that seem to never end. Over the years I have come to respect the profession even more as it has expanded and evolved to try and address every type of scenario […]. The post Project Management Excellence – A Path to Success appeared first on Project Management Articles, Webinars, Templates and Jobs.

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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

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nTask

JUNE 1, 2021

Complex long-term projects usually involve different variations parts that need to eventually be aligned. If this process involves the work of different teams or departments everything just becomes a whole lot more complicated. Project integration management is a process that allows such a complex process to align and create the harmony needed to deliver a successful project outcome.

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GanttPRO Project Management

MAY 31, 2021

You can hardly overestimate the need to use resource management tools. According to Wellington’s survey (2020), respondents call poor resource administration one of their organization’s most significant project management (PM) […]. The post 7 Resource Management Tools to Make Allocating Processes Smoother [+Free and Open Source Software] first appeared on GanttPRO.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 4, 2021

In the 2017 version of the Scrum Guide a required output of the Sprint Retrospective was to include at least one high priority improvement to how the team works in the upcoming Sprint Backlog. In the 2020 version of the Scrum Guide, we see less prescriptive language, but retain a sense of urgency with this language: The Scrum Team identifies the most helpful changes to improve its effectiveness.

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MPUG

MAY 31, 2021

Printing a Gantt chart can be a frustrating experience if you don’t take time to get used to the way printing in Microsoft Project works. In MPUG’s recent top frustration survey , one responder explained his frustration when trying to present a consistent look and feel to printed Gantt charts. He said, “ The software seemingly randomly changes the format of the print output of Gantt charts.

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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.

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Leading Agile

JUNE 3, 2021

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Spotify. Soundcloud. RSS. This week in SoundNotes Lance Kind joins Dave to talk about Scaled Agile Tech Coaching. In this episode, Lance and Dave explore how technical coaching can be used to supplement the process coaching that is typically offered during an agile transformation.

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Dotto Tech

JUNE 3, 2021

This is the episode of Grey Matters that every person thinking about starting a business – or succeeding in their existing business – should listen to right now. The alternative may mean months or even years of focusing in the wrong direction. Show Notes The age old question for entrepreneurs, “What should my business look like?” is one where the answer – or at least the correct answer – can elude us for far longer than we were hoping or imagining.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 1, 2021

I had a leadership nightmare. It was as if most of the directors I have heard and met so far gathered and accompanied me…. “Instead of providing me with the answers to “what? and why?” questions, my top-level director constantly occupied with “how?” I am doing the job, and it makes me feel trapped…. We are in a constant battle with other units and we keep trying to answer what front did we lose today, where did we win?

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Project Management Essentials

JUNE 3, 2021

The virtues of high-performing teams are well documented. They are 50% more productive. They are more creative, and members are 76% more likely to be engaged. Gallup studies of organizational performance find that companies with highly engaged employees are twice as likely to be successful. Specific performance metrics include: 17% increase in productivity, 10% increase in customer satisfaction.

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