Green Project Management

JANUARY 15, 2018

The only certainty is that nothing is certain. Pliny the Elder, Roman scholar, 23-79 CE Our culture encodes a strong bias either to neglect or ignore variation. We tend to focus instead on measures of central tendency, and as a result we make some terrible mistakes, often with considerable practical import. Stephen Jay Gould, naturalist, […]. The post Sustainable Estimating appeared first on Delivering a better world, one project at a time.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 3, 2018

This article, How To Make 2018 A Successful Year for Your Projects , first appeared on Girl's Guide to Project Management. Would you like to make 2018 a successful year for your projects? I’m sure you do. But what does it take to get there? I asked people two questions: What should people managing projects be aware of as we go into 2018 to make 2018 their most successful year ever?

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Project Risk Coach

JANUARY 15, 2018

Life is filled with risks. Some risks occur slowly. Others strike with little warning. Let’s look at how to evaluate risk velocity and why it matters. What is Risk Velocity? Risk velocity is the time to impact. Think of velocity as an estimate of the time frame within which a risk may occur. Why Risk Velocity Matters. When the velocity is low, we have more time to respond to the risks.

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Project Bliss

JANUARY 24, 2018

You do everything right. You plan your project well and get stakeholder sign-off. You plan for risk. You follow your checklists and double check to be sure. But you’ve got a difficult team member who constantly causes trouble. You’ve got enough to worry about without this added to the mix. You need to know how to handle this and stay focused on your project, rather than worrying about these more challenging behavior problems.

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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?

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Ron Rosenhead

JANUARY 15, 2018

I asked my wife, “what is this” holding up a canvas bag. “It’s for potatoes. It is to give them a longer life. You put the potatoes in the bag and they last longer and are in better condition than when you keep them in plastic bags.”. Great was my only comment. A few days later I opened the cupboard in which we keep the potatoes and sure enough, there was the canvas bag which contained the potatoes.

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Green Project Management

JANUARY 1, 2018

The Only Person that Likes Change is a Baby with a Wet Diaper. Anon By nature we hate change; seldom will we quit our old home till it has actually fallen around our ears. Thomas Carlyle(1795-1881) Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. James Baldwin(1924-1987) […]. The post The necessity for Project Management skills: The transition to freelance and project work appeared first on Delivering a better world, one project at a time.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 22, 2018

This article, 10 Things I Love About Managing Projects , first appeared on Girl's Guide to Project Management. 10 Things I Love About Managing Projects. These are the best bits about managing projects! I’ve been doing the job for some time, and it never fails to amaze me that I still love it, after all this time. Let’s dig into the things that I think are so brilliant about this job. #1.

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Project Risk Coach

JANUARY 29, 2018

Perhaps you are like me. You have lots of thoughts darting around in your mind. If you are looking for a way to sort and organize your thoughts, let’s look at the benefits of keeping a project journal. Project managers are busy people, often managing multiple projects. During the course of a day, you may encounter all kinds of things–schedule conflicts, people issues, poor leadership by your sponsors, too many meetings, and scope creep, to name a few.

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Project Bliss

JANUARY 8, 2018

Photo by Green Chameleon on Unsplash. The Project Status report is a great way to provide lots of information about your project performance in a concise format. It includes updates on project progress, health, issues, and items that need attention. And using a project status report template will make it even easier. So I’m giving you one. A. After all, your boss expects you to know what’s going on with your project.

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Speaker: Timothy Allsopp

Payment challenges often lead to delayed projects, financial bottlenecks, and strained relationships. With construction projects becoming more complex, outdated processes are no longer sustainable. By refining financial workflow, companies can improve cash flow, reduce error, and foster trust between stakeholders. Discover practical strategies for redesigning payment systems to overcome workflow challenges while creating a smoother, more reliable process for contractors and subcontractors alike.

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Musings on Project Management

JANUARY 27, 2018

Garbage in; garbage out. GIGO to the rest of us Re GIGO, this issue is raised frequently when I talk about Monte Carlo. simulation, and the GIGO thing is not without merit.

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Kiron Bondale

JANUARY 28, 2018

Changing mindset is all the rage in the agile community. Years of failed transformations which started with practice, methodology or tooling changes are convincing many that changing the hearts and minds of all stakeholders involved in value delivery provides a more safer road to organizational agility. But how do we change people’s minds? We aren’t trying to change what they do as that results in superficial agility, we want to change how they think about what they do.

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Green Project Management

JANUARY 15, 2018

This post was modified from one I developed several years ago for the Mercure AACE 2013 program I took, called W5_PM_PERT-Challenges. I am still surprised that with the number of project managers I meet who recommend this technique, which effectively puts the Flaw of Averages on steroids. This post is not specifically about sustainable change […].

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 19, 2018

This article, Slenke.com: How To Get Started [Software Review] , first appeared on Girl's Guide to Project Management. Slenke has been around since 2015, but you might not have heard of this Canadian-built project management software tool. There are two differentiators that the Slenke team pride themselves of from my research: the collaborative nature of the tool, and the comprehensive encryption offered for messages and files.

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Project Risk Coach

JANUARY 22, 2018

Winston Churchill said, “True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation, uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.” In this article, I share 30 risk evaluation tips to help you tap into your genius. Enjoy! One of the top reasons for evaluating risks is to determine which risks are most significant. Always perform the qualitative risk assessment.

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Project Bliss

JANUARY 29, 2018

Does work always take longer than you expect it will? You make a commitment or plan a task, and it always takes twice as long as you thought it would? I became more aware of this when I had a daughter. Just getting out the door in the morning suddenly took ten times longer than before. But I’ve also noticed this is the case with many other things.

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Musings on Project Management

JANUARY 21, 2018

The introverted leader: is this an oxymoron? In my experience: definitely not. And, my experience aligns well with Susan Cain's popular book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking. And by introverted, we mean: Someone who gets more energy out of quiet time--loner time, even if in an open plan--than they do mixing in a group.

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The Digital Project Manager

JANUARY 9, 2018

The SoW (statement of work or scope of work) is one of the best, and worst weapons in a project manager’s arsenal of tools. It’s the best because a statement of work (SoW) is so often the one piece of documentation that saves you from a world of trouble. And a statement of work is the worst, because it’s a lot of work to produce – and even just a tiny mistake, can have massive repercussions.

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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.

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Online PM Courses

JANUARY 29, 2018

As your experience as a Project Manager grows, you will be increasingly called upon to manage multiple projects. And this does not just apply to full time Project managers… Over the years, I have been asked about this by a lot of managers and professionals. They have been tasked with two or more projects to manage, on top of their day-to-day job.

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LiquidPlanner

JANUARY 11, 2018

When we talk about “organizational change,” the words “resistance” and “tension” often spring to mind. Consider the difficulty, for instance, when two organizations merge, or the fear that employees feel when a part of their job is automated and some of their skills become redundant. The problem isn’t with the change itself, in spite of the difficulties that it may bring.

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Project Risk Coach

JANUARY 8, 2018

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto.com. We all have biases; many are helpful. In projects, we have biases towards successful projects and motivated teams. If a project sponsor says that schedule is the top priority, the project team has a bias towards meeting the schedule. However, some biases are harmful. Stakeholders may attempt to sway project decisions in unfair ways.

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Kiron Bondale

JANUARY 14, 2018

Over time companies tend to take on projects with increasing levels of complexity. This happens either as a side benefit of a boost in organizational project management maturity, reactively when responding to regulatory or competitive pressures or organically as an outcome of strategic planning. Unlike many of my previous posts, the WHY behind this increase is not my focus but rather the HOW.

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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.

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Musings on Project Management

JANUARY 18, 2018

1 Frequency-impact: When you say "risk management" to most PMs, what jumps to mind is the quite orthodox conception of risk as the duality of an uncertain future event and the probability of that event happening. Around these two ideas -- impact and frequency -- we've discussed in this blog and elsewhere the conventional management approaches.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 8, 2018

This article, 5 Easy Ways to Keep Tasks Out of Your Inbox , first appeared on Girl's Guide to Project Management. Thanks to Sendtask for sponsoring this article on email management tips! Are you guilty of using your email inbox as a To Do list? You get sent a message that needs actioning, but right now you’ve got to dash to a meeting or deal with a query.

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The Digital Project Manager

JANUARY 23, 2018

Ben Aston talks to Joanna Leigh Simon to discuss the questions to ask about the project plan, team, client and work to get your bearings and get a project in order. Listen up to learn how you can make your own project onboarding experience a whole lot less stressful. ? The post DPM Podcast: How To Get Your Bearings On A New Project (with Joanna Leigh Simon) appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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LiquidPlanner

JANUARY 2, 2018

As we move into the New Year, it’s the time for reflecting on what’s happened and what is to come. It feels to me like 2017 passed by in a flash. And yet, we had some significant shifts this year, most notably PMI releasing the sixth edition of “A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge” ( PMBOK® Guide ), alongside the Agile Practice Guide.

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This text offers practical guidance for project managers navigating diverse frameworks. It covers topics like centralized reporting, standardized metrics, communication, training, risk management, and alignment reviews. By implementing these strategies, project managers can improve efficiency and achieve their project goals.

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