Green Project Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Leading student in business propaganda, Australian social scientist Alex Carey persuasively argues that the 20th century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: the growth of democracy; the growth of corporate power; the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy. Noam Chomsky, World Orders: Old and […].

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Project Risk Coach

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Life is filled with new adventures and experiences. Remember the first time you rode a bike, climbed a tree, or took a job. New adventures are exciting, but they can be filled with great uncertainty. Project managers may be asked to manage a project, unlike anything they’ve ever faced. Consider Sue, an event planner, who was asked to manage a project to implement a new accounting system for her organization.

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Ron Rosenhead

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

I was talking with a prospective client (let’s call him Bob) on the telephone and he asked me what I thought was the biggest problem for project sponsors? Now there are many issues around project sponsorship however one stands out for me which I used in my answer; project sponsorship roles. I pointed out that that sponsors themselves ask me what they should be doing.

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Musings on Project Management

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Today's quote: Here's a quotation that is a favorite of mine drawn from Fred Brooks, Jr.'s "The Mythical Man-month" "It is very difficult to make a vigorous, plausible, and job-risking defense of an estimate that is derived by no quantitative method, supported by little data, and certified chiefly by the hunches of the managers" Bookmark this on Delicious.

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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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Agile Coach

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

“ Well, there are only 4 values and 12 principles…which of those do you want me to break? ” I actually said that to a client once. Shockingly enough, they didn’t fire me on the spot. I didn’t renew my contract many months later because I couldn’t see any evidence that this organization was interested in being Agile. 7-ish years later, and hopefully somewhat wiser, I’d have responded differently to their question: “ We have tight deadlines, and we

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Green Project Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

This post highlights the importance of incorporating value management into sustainable change delivery. This blog post is part of a series that provides a foundation for understanding sustainable change delivery. There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. Peter F. Drucker Management of Value (MoV) was the […].

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Project Risk Coach

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

My friend, Dr. Tim McCoy, recently shared a funny and insightful story by John Ortberg that illustrated why it’s critical that people tell the truth about significant risks. Imagine picking your car up from the shop after a routine tune-up, and the technician says, “This car is in great shape. Clearly you have an automotive genius to take great care of your car.” Later that day, your brakes don’t work.

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Zen Project Management

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

I came across another interesting idea in Change By Design. It was presented as Toyota's ideas around training and had 4 principles: There is no substitute for direct observation Proposed changes should always be structured as experiments Workers and managers should experiment as frequently as possible Managers should coach, not fix This idea of experimenting caught my attention.

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Musings on Project Management

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

If you've ever managed a project with a really large data set, say the payroll for a bunch of 1099 developers, or the sales records that you're trying to translate and import to a spreadsheet, you may need to watch a couple of important cells to let you know what's really going on: Summary totals; error codes; record totals, etc.

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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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TeamGantt

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Why would gratitude make the list in a list of Ieadership tools? A growing body of research has uncovered the extraordinary impact of gratitude.

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The Digital Project Manager

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Posted in General Tools. [link]. SimilarWeb is a great freemium tool that gives rich insights into popularity, traffic sources, visits, engagement, usage, referrals, social signals, audience interests and similar sites for any website or app. The post SimilarWeb appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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Susanne Madsen

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Working with geographically dispersed teams is becoming more widespread and is no longer a new phenomenon. Technology allows us to work from wherever it makes the most sense, and economic pressures are forcing corporations to make use of teams that are located in cheaper cost centers. But although there are good arguments for working with remote teams, it isn’t always straightforward to make them work as effectively as co-located teams – not least when they are subjected to different

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Green Project Management

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Last month we surveyed 15,036 individuals who have downloaded the GPM P5 standard since it was released in 2014 and received 3,600 responses. It was conducted to find out how sustainability factors are incorporated into projects, by whom, where was the focus the most prominent, and most important, if the standard having a positive impact. […].

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Zen Project Management

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Anyone that's been around Agile for a while has probably heard of the Design the Box exercise. The idea is to help the team define and understand the product vision. I'm getting near the end of a project. We've had some challenges in terms of making the right decisions on scope. This has manifested itself in completing user stories only to have the business team say "I know that's what I asked for, but I don't think it's right.

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Musings on Project Management

FEBRUARY 20, 2016

PMI has changed the way some PDUs are earned and recorded. Most of these changes went into effect with the dawn of 2016. Here's an excerpt from blog posting that you might want to pay attention to: 1. It is simplified Names of the categories are simplified, and the category letters disappeared.

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Project Management Hacks

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

In today’s Q&A interview, you will learn how Charles Byrd developed his productivity practices, managed products and built relationships. I met Charles in 2015 and have been looking forward to sharing his insights with Project Management Hacks readers. Introduction. 1. What is your background in project management and industry? I have a deep history in project management.

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Wrike

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

For many business professionals, project management is often in the back of their minds. Building business and ROI are two of the top priorities for executives, while project management is generally not on their radar. M ost people are unaware that not having a proper work management process in place is actually costing them money. . We spoke with Robert Kelly, PMO leader and Managing Partner of Kelly Project Solutions, LLC , about the value of project management and the impact it has on busines

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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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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Plans are nothing, Planning is Everything- General Dwight D. Eisenhower . While Eisenhower didn't say this quote as an original. That was "No Battle Plan Survives Contact With the Enemy" - General Helmuth von Moltke. . The quote is used - and misused - by most agilest and in the Agile Manifesto. Of course those authors probably didn't have access to the original context.

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Green Project Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis. Dante Alighieri, Italian national epic poet (1265 – 1321) A recent Harvard Business Review (HBR) post, Why Companies Are Blind to Child Labor, got my blood boiling, and reminded me of this quote warning us that our […]. The post Our Passive Acceptance of Child Labour appeared first on Delivering a better world, one project at a time.

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Brett Harned

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

“How did I get here?” It’s a question many project managers ask themselves. Most of us fell into this. One job led to another, then maybe we realized that we were good at organizing rather than designing or coding. The term the industry uses is “accidental project manager,” but that sounds a tad too aimless to me. You see, we may have fallen into this, but it sure as hell was no accident.

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Musings on Project Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

This we learn from a recent posting at herdingcats: "We must be crystal clear here. Requirements may emerge, but the needed capabilities at the needed time are a critical success factor for any project, no matter the domain. As Yogi reminds us. If you don't know where you're going, you might not get there." Of course, the posting goes on to cite some sources, among which I find myself, for.

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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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Axosoft

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Release time has arrived! Here is what’s new with Axosoft version 16.1: Resource allocation. Global search. UX improvements. And more! Check out our full 16.1 version release notes. Resource Allocation. We have added a new resource allocation feature to our Release Planner. When you plan your upcoming release and add a user, Axosoft will let you know if this user already has work allocated to them in other overlapping releases with the alert mark.

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Wrike

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

We talk a lot on the Wrike blog about businesses needing tools to get their act together. But it’s not just construction companies, software development teams, and marketing agencies that have to organize their work to be efficient. T here is also a large community of creatives using online project management software to coordinate their projects.

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

Jurgen Appelo used the double pendulum on page 42 of his Management 3.0 book to explain the differences between simple, complicated, ordered, complex, and chaotic. He defines the term Chaotic as “very unpredictable.” Like many of Jurgen’s definitions, they are localized to suit the needs of the story line. There is no universally excepted definition of chaos.

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Project Management Hacks

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Coaching is a great way to help people improve at work. Yet, many managers and project managers decline to use this approach. Why? It is widely assumed that coaching involves a major time commitment and extensive training. Further, many professionals are unsure how to use the approach. Fortunately, there is a solution to help you get better at coaching.

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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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