ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 25, 2018

As we move towards the year’s end, before we look forward, let’s take a look back at some of the best blog posts from ProjectManager.com and from around the web. So, here are the seven blog posts on productivity that we found most interesting. We hope that they help you get more done, so you’ll have more time to read our blog.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Managing those tasks is a constant communicative effort with your team. By describing the project landscape, so to speak, you know what your parameters are, and it’ll help you get buy-in from the stakeholders and your team. What are strengths and weaknesses in your plan? These strengths and weaknesses are not etched in stone.

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Planning Underperforming Technical Team Monitoring Defining 538

Scrum.org

MAY 29, 2023

I definitely see many good things happening within our community, and the teams and organizations we work with. That’s roughly the flow of this blog post. In short, I’ll describe how poor facilitation of the Scrum events can cause Zombie Scrum. Hence the title of this blog post. What’s the dynamic within the team?

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Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Planning Estimate 247

ProjectManager.com

JULY 9, 2024

Once awareness and support have been established, then the change management communication plan has to be developed. Internal stakeholders can include members of the project team, project managers, members of other departments and senior leaders in the organization. Not to mention, they’re poor planning tools.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 23, 2024

How do you lead a post-mortem on your project to learn how to repeat the good stuff and lose the bad stuff? Each project team can develop its post-implementation review process to make it as detailed as needed, but here are some general post-implementation review steps that can be applied to any project.

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Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Closing Project Life Cycle 399

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Managing teams, no matter their size, is an incredibly complex task. It involves knowing each team member’s skills and workloads and creating a plan to make individuals act as cogs in a larger mechanism. This kind of precision demands the best team management software. 2022 Best Team Management Software Rankings.

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Underperforming Technical Team 2022 Software Review Software 306

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 25, 2023

But we’ll also discuss the cost of good quality vs. the cost of poor quality and show you how to measure COQ. It’s also not just forecasting the impact of poor quality but the expense of audits and maintenance that comes with delivering a quality product or service. What Is Cost of Quality (COQ)?

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Manufacturing Controlling 356

ProjectManager.com

JULY 17, 2024

This then acts as a central repository for stakeholder information, which the project manager and project team use to understand the project stakeholders and their needs, expectations and any risks or opportunities associated with their involvement in the project. Then, they can share the plan with the project team and stakeholders.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Either way, project managers have to prepare for risk, either good or bad—it can interfere with project objectives. More often, you’ll address it during the planning phase when you assign roles and responsibilities to your team members. Risk is usually thought of as a negative impact on the project’s budget, timeline or quality.

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Risk Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management Technical Review 407

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

I gathered some project management statistics from original research (thank you, blog reader community) and learned some scary facts: it’s hard out there for project professionals. There is no career development. So why are people leaving project management? And what’s life like if you decide to quit? See the trend?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 4, 2021

I was interviewed by Diego Nei for the Brazilian blog, Papo GP (Talking PM – I think I’ve got that right). — Today, on our Project Management Methodologies Series, we’re going to interview Elizabeth Harrin, from the award-winning blog A Girl’s Guide to Project Management. And what are the weak points?

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 7, 2019

The concept of technical debt comes from software development where it refers to the costs of having to go back and resolve problems that arise because of an earlier decision to take the easy route, instead of the best one. That doesn’t mean that technical debt is all bad. What Is Technical Debt?

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Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Leadership 258

Ganttic

JANUARY 6, 2021

Tuck into some of the best project management blogs of 2021. Adding to the content that we at Ganttic enjoy reading, we’ve put together a roundup of the 15 best PM blogs for the new year. Dive in and discover what might be your next favorite blog! To the blogs! Sure to satisfy anyone leading projects and managing teams.

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2021 Technical Review Artificial Inteligence 2017 218

Scrum.org

AUGUST 11, 2021

Of late, I've been noticing an interpretation of the Scrum Master role - the Scrum Master as An FFFCDO for Developers - a Fierce, Ferocious, Fearsome Chief Defense Officer! What is the Scrum Master protecting the Developers from? Who are the persecutors the Scrum Master protecting the Developers from? SCRUM VALUES.

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Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Leadership Energy 227

ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Now, those goals must be communicated to the team responsible for executing the individual tasks that will lead to achieving those goals. ProjectManager is award-winning project and portfolio management software that has robust roadmaps that can be shared with teams. This will guide the development of a more impactful strategic plan.

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Construction Executing 349

ProjectManager.com

MAY 28, 2019

Team productivity is one of the most important ingredients in business, and it’s everyone’s responsibility to keep themselves on track. Without productivity, projects can fall behind deadlines, leaving teams scrambling to deal with the consequences. Poor Collaboration. Technology Issues.

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Underperforming Technical Team 2018 Leadership Budget 313

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 22, 2021

As work evolves to include hybrid teams that are located in different places with a wide range of skill sets, successful businesses need to connect everyone to keep them productive. Perhaps the best solution would be to develop hybrid work processes that allow for a variety of work styles. Every team needs a leader. No problem.

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Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management Monitoring Energy 366

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 22, 2019

You’ll Get the Project Team You Deserve. Because the uncomfortable truth here is that you get the team that you deserve. This isn’t to say that, if you’re a good person, the universe will reward you with a good team. And if you are bad, then the universe will punish you. So, how do you invest in your team?

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Underperforming Technical Team Monitoring Controlling Software Engineering 418

ProjectManager.com

APRIL 2, 2024

Jira is project management software designed for agile software development teams. It has tools that allow you to plan sprints, track the completion of tasks, balance your team member’s workload and create product roadmaps. Additionally, you can attach files and share comments with your team.

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Software Development Software Developers 371

ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Teams get sick. Change is an opportunity for your team to work together to figure out how to respond to the change request. Change control not only reinforces your team’s ability to work better together, but the positive effects bleed into overall efficiency. Weather gets in the way. Supply chains break.

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Controlling Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team 385

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 5, 2020

The latter requires that leaders be globally fluent and defend against biases, strive to build more cohesive teams, be proactive, scout opportunities for the individuals they lead and help them grow. Modern organisations and the leadership gap. Recommended Reading: The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness (Lolly Daskal).

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 29, 2019

For the last four years, I’ve published my annual women in project management blog for ProjectManager.com. Stevens is a podcaster, author, speaker and works with women in project management to reinforce within themselves their true value to their team, company and industry. It’s Time to Change the Ratio. Invest in your network.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 6, 2024

It’s up to the production team to determine the proper level for the process being controlled. The team develops it to control the process and ensure the product quality meets customer expectations. The following seven steps capture the process of developing a control plan for manufacturing.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 3, 2018

We’re tasked with developing new products, taking them to market, making our systems more efficient and well, so much more. Quality is a very good thing in an end-product, but it can slow you down in development. The Exercise : This one is easy; come up with as many ideas as possible — good and bad. Work in a New Location.

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Process Executing 298

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 27, 2021

The other side of the coin is poor production planning , which can leave you unable to respond to demand—all because you didn’t have adequate demand forecasting to analyze sales and customer needs. Either way, you lose money due to poor demand management. Let Your Teams Work Their Way. That’s a lot of loss to deal with.

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Planning Software Review Artificial Inteligence Underperforming Technical Team 467

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

I wanted to share some tips from the fabulous women in project management whom I have interviewed on this blog. Sofia Hess says: Virtual meetings are essential for geographically dispersed teams. This is incredibly important for our team. 3: Understand The Strengths of Your Team. 5: Make Time for Personal Development.

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Artificial Inteligence Underperforming Technical Team Construction Leadership 414

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 7, 2024

It’s not only communicative but helps management develop strategic plans so the company can accomplish its goals. Differentiation: Here the company focuses on developing and marketing products that provide greater value rather than cheaper costs for the customer. There’s also space to define your team and financial projections.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 20, 2017

This way you begin to define the boundaries of your project and figure out what responsibilities you will task your team with, and the process by which that work will be verified and approved. You’ll be using this documentation throughout the project as a means to for you and your team to stay focused on task. Train your team.

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Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Defining Infrastructure 529

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Let’s take a look at Jira, which says it helps teams to track, manage and automate their projects. Jira is software that was developed by Atlassian, an Australian-based company, to track bugs, issues and for general project management. They allow teams to view, manage and report on their work. That’s a tall order. What Is Jira?

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Software Review Development Team Review Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management 392

Inloox

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In the last parts of our blog series on innovation management with the Stage-Gate® process, we looked at the basics such as the definition, strengths and weaknesses, and the basic principles. At the end of each stage, all work results are compiled by the project team, jointly analyzed, and prepared for the subsequent review.

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Underperforming Technical Team Process 2018 Technical Review 246

ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Agile is a way of working that comes from software development. While the roots of incremental development methods of working stem back to the 1950s and into the 1970s, it wasn’t until 2001 that a group of software developers published the Manifesto for Agile Software Development. Agile Tools for Agile Teams.

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Underperforming Technical Team Agile Software Review 2001 245

ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

When the leadership team defines an organization’s vision, they look toward the future and identify the goals and objectives they want to achieve. You can list your business goals, marketing and operational plans, financial projections and the team that will be tasked with meeting your strategic goals.

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Planning Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Defining 368

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 13, 2021

A construction risk management plan is developed in the early stages of the construction planning process. These include poor management of the resources, missing deadlines and falling behind schedule. Engage other department leaders to help, and empower the team to respond to risk. Try it for free today! Multiple Project Views.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Whether you’re a one man team or a large corporation, a project manager with the right tools can help take a lot off your plate and make it seem like you have more hours in a day. Almost every team can benefit from a project manager. Team Collaboration. Even the best teams will miss small tasks. A lot can go wrong.

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Underperforming Technical Team Planning Software Executing 252

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Enterprise environmental factors can be defined as conditions that aren’t under the immediate control of the project team. Both being beyond the control of the project team, and even the organization that initiated the project, enterprise environmental factors can affect the outcome of the project, both negatively and positively.

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Underperforming Technical Team Influencer PMO Governance 383

ProjectManager.com

APRIL 21, 2021

Just as a project has a charter to define its scope, so too must your team have a charter to put their work in context. Teams need to know the who, what, why, when and how of the project, and a team charter is the perfect way to feed them that information. Let’s explore how to put a team charter together.

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Logistics Defining 239

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Managing teams, no matter their size, is an incredibly complex task. It involves knowing each team member’s skills and workloads and creating a plan to make individuals act as cogs in a larger mechanism. This kind of precision demands the best team management software. 2022 Best Team Management Software Rankings.

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