Rebel’s Guide to PM
MAY 15, 2020
Projects are made up of tasks. Lots of them. Staying on top of your tasks as a team is so important if you want to hit your project deadlines. In this article we’ll cover everything you need to know about task management and how to keep your team on track managing their tasks. What is task management? First, we should make sure we’re talking about the same thing.
ProjectManager.com
MAY 20, 2020
Are employees more productive when they’re working in the office or when they’re allowed to work from home? Well, it depends on who you ask. Company leaders can’t seem to agree whether working from home is good or bad for business. However, one thing is certain: the numbers show that remote work is on the rise. A recent study by Global Workplace Analytics shows that 40% more U.S. employers offered flexible workplace options than they did five years ago.
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PM Basics
MAY 17, 2020
Understanding the Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs will help you better understand how to motivate your project team. It’s still one of the theories tested during the PMI PMP exam. Maslow’s theory describes the pattern of how human motivation develops. Nowadays, the theory is represented as a pyramid. For sure, you have already seen it many times: It’s a modern interpretation.
MPUG
MAY 18, 2020
Even before children learn to walk, they start to communicate. Human beings have the inherent gift of communication. It is the most basic part of our daily lives. But, what is there to plan in communication? Well, day to day mundane communication does not need any planning, but project communication requires serious planning. Try to think about a typical day in your professional life.
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Proofhub
MAY 26, 2020
Micromanagement At The Workplace: Here’s How It Is Destroying Your Team Micromanagement at the workplace is the worst thing that you can do to a team. The article discusses everything from the signs of a micromanager to tips on how to stop micromanaging your team. Are you never satisfied with your team’s work? Do you always feel frustrated that you would have employed a different approach for a task than your team member?
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ProProfs Project Management
MAY 11, 2020
We’ve all heard about the secret recipe for decision making in project management: Focusing on goals that should be achieved during and at the end of a project. Making data-driven decisions based on the available information. Keeping all organizational and resource crunch constraints into account when planning implementation. Managing unforeseen risks and coming up with better solutions, so they do not repeat in similar projects in future.
Kiron Bondale
MAY 24, 2020
Sabina Nawaz’s article “ In Times of Crisis, a Little Thanks Goes a Long Way “, which was published this week on HBR.org, is a great reminder of the need we all have to be appreciated. In a blog post from a few years back I’d written that team members need to possess sufficient Capacity, Capability and Commitment to contribute towards the success of the team.
ProProfs Project Management
MAY 27, 2020
‘Let’s stamp this year with success,’ thoughts my business friend shared with me recently. I kept thinking about a few things, and the thought that kept hammering my brain was, ‘how can he manage business projects amid COVID-19 pandemic?’. So I shared my concerns with him openly. Contrary to what I had thought, he smiled and then revealed some fantastic tips on how to organize a project.
ProjectManager.com
MAY 29, 2020
Scrum is a flexible framework that’s designed to help self-organized teams execute projects quickly in an agile environment. Clients or customers often change ideas mid-stream. The dynamic nature of these projects makes evident the need for each team to offer transparency and share information quickly and effectively. Thus, successful agile sprints make use of scrum software and scrum artifacts to convey key information, deliver transparency and keep the project rolling on time.
Speaker: Chris Townsend, VP of Product Marketing, Wellspring
Over the past decade, companies have embraced innovation with enthusiasm—Chief Innovation Officers have been hired, and in-house incubators, accelerators, and co-creation labs have been launched. CEOs have spoken with passion about “making everyone an innovator” and the need “to disrupt our own business.” But after years of experimentation, senior leaders are asking: Is this still just an experiment, or are we in it for the long haul?
PM Basics
MAY 26, 2020
People often ask me what is a digital project manager ? And they ask because this role assumes fully online and remote work. On normal days without pandemics, everyone wishes to work remotely and have freedom. Let’s review what is a Digital Project Manager. What is a Digital Project Manager? First of all let’s separate typical project managers working in the IT industry from a Digital PM.
Kiron Bondale
MAY 31, 2020
A few years back, I wrote an article in which I provided some gardening tips to developing good teams. I’m spending more time tending my garden these days so I decided to share a few more lessons for those wishing to cultivate a team building “green thumb” Fertilization should be regular, but situational. Grass lawns need to be fertilized at regular intervals but the composition of the fertilizer (the proportions of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium) varies by season and by th
Project Bliss
MAY 12, 2020
If you’ve wondered how to develop empathy, it is possible. It may be challenging at times, especially when dealing with difficult personalities or in a charged emotional state. But practicing empathy has a place even at work, and it’s possible to tap into it in appropriate situations. Emotional Intelligence and Empathy. It’s well established that emotional intelligence is a critical trait for strong leaders.
Proofhub
MAY 5, 2020
A list of communication tools in the workplace that you can use to bring remote teams together and solve the major challenges faced while working remotely. Internal Communication is one of the most important, yet highly ignored aspects of modern workplaces. In one of the surveys published by Queens University , it was concluded that 3 in 4 employers rate collaboration as very important.
Speaker: Dylan Secrest
Construction projects are high-stakes operations where even minor inefficiencies can lead to costly delays, safety concerns, and budget overruns. Managing risk in construction has always been a challenge, but as projects grow in complexity, traditional methods no longer cut it. Enter Digital Transformation - a game changer approach that replaces inefficiency with AI-powered analytics, real-time monitoring, and automated workflows to proactively manage risk.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
MAY 16, 2020
In this webinar for PMI Phoenix Chapter, I talk about how to reframe your work and stay on top of your To Do list with creative strategies for managing everything — even when it feels like everything is a priority. Project managers are busier than ever. We need smart tactics for workload management and different ways to think about the work we do to prevent overwhelm and boost productivity.
Project Bliss
MAY 19, 2020
When your project has a tight deadline, follow these steps to deliver in a short time without sacrificing project quality or team sanity. photo source: Pexels. The following is a guest post by Heather Redding. Project deadlines are valuable to teams in multiple ways. Deadlines keep people focused and help them manage their time effectively. They also help with quality control.
ProjectManager.com
MAY 6, 2020
Collaboration is more important than ever as more people are working from home and teams are distributed across the globe. Getting people to work together in a room is hard enough, but when they’re miles or even a time zone away it can feel close to impossible. Collaboration software is the grease that turns the collaboration wheel. It helps teams work better together.
The Lazy Project Manager
MAY 26, 2020
Not a Project Manager? But you are a Project Manager? Then book your place on this Free webinar. [link]. The Informal Project Manager. There are three strata inside organisations today. There is ‘Business As Usual’ (BAU) what your business is all about, what do make, what you sell, what you offer, there are ‘Projects As Projects’ (PAP), the big scary changes that demand a full-time project manager, and ‘Projects As Usual’ (PAU).
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Scrum.org
MAY 14, 2020
Note - I have been running a series of webinars on this, and next is tomorrow at 7 pm Malaysia time. You can check here , and for further updates, you can join our meetup group. . . If you are new to Scrum Framework or would like to visit Scrum quickly, here is 3 minutes watch for you to get an idea about essential elements of Scrum. . . . Scrum Master's role is unique, and comparing with any traditional roles will limit our thinking and exploring a beautiful journey of servant leadership.
Kiron Bondale
MAY 3, 2020
Remote teaming is not a new concept but physical distancing restrictions have forced many project managers who had never previously worked with teams of dispersed team members to quickly adapt. While this transition might create a few hiccups with a well established team it will much more challenging when we are working with teams whose members have never worked together.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
MAY 7, 2020
Change management is so important for making sure that the change you deliver is embedded in the organisation. In other words, if you want people to use what you create — or to shift their ways of working to the new standards and processes you implement — then you have to help them through the transition. Here’s my list of top change management books for leaders.
Musings on Project Management
MAY 15, 2020
Under stress, the biases come out Not only do the risks change, but risk attitudes change as well The stakes may be higher; the consequences greater. Now is the time to revisit the best book ever written on risk management -- in my opinion "Against the Gods, The remarkable story of Risk" by Peter L. Bernstein is an excellent read and ambitious premise well delivered.
Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali
As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.
ProjectManager.com
MAY 22, 2020
If you want better results from your team and your work, you should regularly stop to think about what was learned at the end of each project. This will get you thinking about what’s working well and what can be improved. To help you do this, we’ve created a lessons learned template for Excel. At the end of each project, fill out this worksheet and watch how a little bit of reflection can help you achieve better results at work!
The Digital Project Manager
MAY 19, 2020
One of the many legacies of Steve Jobs was his annual product launch keynotes. It. The post Working Backwards: A New Version Of Amazon’s “Press Release” Approach To Plan Customer-Centric Projects appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
Scrum.org
MAY 19, 2020
. This post is an excerpt from the book we’re writing, the ‘ Zombie Scrum Survival Guide ’. It’s our way of delivering small increments and involving our stakeholders: you, the reader. So we’d love to hear your feedback, encouragements, and wild ideas. The thumbnail description of Zombie Scrum is that it looks like Scrum, but without a beating heart.
LiquidPlanner
MAY 21, 2020
Sustainability is a critical business focus and a key driver of change in the way that organizations operate, and in the way, that project managers approach their work. Projects that were previously managed in isolation from things like organizational strategy and corporate governance and at a distance from the wider world of society and the environment, must now be aligned with all of these things. .
Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions
Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
MAY 12, 2020
Regular readers will know that I’m not an expert in Agile, by any means. So I’m delighted to bring you this guest contribution by Elisa Cepale who lives and breathes this stuff in her day job. Elisa, over to you…. Elisa Cepale. I facilitate daily standup meetings for our support team. When I started working for White October we followed the conventional “scrum” format, where the team get together, share what’s new, what’s challenging and what’s happening, and everyone gives feedback
Inloox
MAY 6, 2020
Due to the current situation, many project teams have to work from home. In order to enable a structured workflow and to keep track of who has to do what and which tasks still have to be done, there is a simple method: the Daily Standup. The short meeting originally comes from the agile projectmanagement method Scrum. In agile, the Daily Scrum is a central event where the team meets every day to agree on upcoming tasks.
ProjectManager.com
MAY 1, 2020
Team organization is the key to every large project. When every person knows exactly what his/her role is in the project, then success rates skyrocket. The RACI matrix (sometimes called RACI diagram or RACI chart) was created to ensure that all stakeholders are on the same page, and working together in unison. With our free RACI matrix template, you can get your own team organized and working better together.
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