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KPIs for Project roles

Rebel’s Guide to PM

People often ask me how project managers can be evaluated, or what targets should be set for people in project roles. It’s a bit tricky to provide a one-size-fits-all answer, but I have come up with some Key Performance Indicators for project managers, that you can use as a starting point for your own team. I find it easiest to start with the ‘why’ of why your team exists.

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Developing your Company as a Product using Agile/Scrum/EBM

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“One of the things that we do differently is that we treat our company as a product” – Jason Fried – CEO and co-founder of 37signals (on Wisdom From The Top with Guy Raz ) “ Culture is a Product. Every company builds two products, one is the product they build for their customers, and the other is a product they build for their team…. ” Dharmesh Shah – Founder and CTO at HubSpot on Lenny Rachitsky ‘s Podcast What does it mean to treat your company as a product?

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Just because they are non-critical, doesn’t mean they are not risky!

Kiron Bondale

The term “critical path” is unfortunate. While a critical path does denote the longest sequence of activities through a project network diagram from start to finish, the activities along the critical path (also unfortunately named “critical activities”) might not be those which possess the greatest uncertainty. Why should this concern us?

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Powering Success: The Impact of Project Management in the Energy Industry

The IIL Blog

By Jorgelina Bross-Puglisi By 2050 renewable energy could account for 90% of the world’s electricity and effective project management will be key to achieving this ambitious goal. The energy and utilities industry is facing one of the most significant transitions in its history. From the rapid growth of renewable energy sources to digital transformation and infrastructure modernization, managing complex and high-stakes projects has become more critical than ever.

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The Ultimate Guide To Data-Driven Construction: Optimize Projects, Reduce Risks, & Boost Innovation

Speaker: Donna Laquidara-Carr, PhD, LEED AP, Industry Insights Research Director at Dodge Construction Network

Contractors today are navigating a market with increasing challenges, from cost management to project delays. Fortunately, digital tools now offer valuable insights to help mitigate these risks. However, the sheer volume of tools and the complexity of leveraging their data effectively can be daunting. That’s where data-driven construction comes in. It integrates these digital solutions into everyday workflows, turning raw data into actionable insights.

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How to Craft Effective Product Experiments

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Experimentation is a powerful tool in product development. When done right, it allows teams to test assumptions, validate ideas, and gather crucial data before fully committing to a feature or change. But what does it take to design an effective experiment? In this blog post, we’ll explore the key steps to crafting product experiments and delve into various techniques you can use to ensure your experiments lead to actionable insights.

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ManagementYogi’s Hybrid-Agile (CHAMP) Certification: Retrospective Boards in Hybrid-Scrum Projects (2)

Management Yogi

In the earlier part, we saw the following:A Retro Board and Out Current ScenarioCreation of the “isRetro” custom fieldCreation of Retro Board FilterCreation of the Retro Board In this post, we will visualize the retrospective work items in the boards, associate them with the Sprints as well as manage the retrospective work items.

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Breaking the Myth: Developers Aren’t Just Software Engineers (SGE006)

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From the Scrum Guide: “We use the word “developers” in Scrum not to exclude, but to simplify”. From Oxford Languages: “Developer: a person or thing that develops something”. In other words, a developer is not only a software developer. It is every person who is part of the development of something. Sometimes this is software, sometimes that is a plane, sometimes it is a marketing campaign, sometimes it is… So let’s bust this myth that a developer equals a software developer.

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Human–AI Synergy in Innovation: from Innovation Management Software To Open Innovation

The IIL Blog

By Luigi Morsa and Richard Maltzman Introduction In a former article on this Blog, we discussed how Artificial Intelligence (AI) software intersects with Project Management [1]. In that article, we highlighted how AI can assist with daily Project Management work, and more specifically during the typical tasks of planning, monitoring, scheduling, resource allocation, KPI reporting, risk analysis, customer and sponsor reporting, and so on.

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Scrum is Hard and Disruptive #14 - Conflict Not Fights

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How To Align Product Management And Supply Chain Operations For Successful Product Launches

Speaker: Shalini Dinesh

Effective cross-functional collaboration and communication heavily influence product launch success. Research shows that as many as 70% of product launches fail due to inadequate coordination among stakeholders, including supply chain, product management, legal, marketing, and change control teams (Gartner, 2022). The 2023 Supply Chain Insights Report highlights that 60% of supply chain disruptions are caused by poor communication and misalignment among cross-functional teams.

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Future-Proofing the Grid: The PLTE, Industry Cloud Advantage

Sitetracker

Traditional utility-telecom systems are strained under the data loads of the clean energy transition. Private LTE and industry cloud for infrastructure could help. The post Future-Proofing the Grid: The PLTE, Industry Cloud Advantage appeared first on Sitetracker.

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5 Examples of Failed Products: Lessons on Product Validation

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