ProjectManager.com
JUNE 26, 2017
Teams don’t just come together and click into well-oiled productivity machines, at least not always. There’s often a period of time when the team members have to get to know one another and develop a rapport. Even teams that have been working together for years might need a bit of team-building to reinforce their strengths and minimize their weaknesses.
Green Project Management
JUNE 5, 2017
This installment in our series on the SDGs focuses on #14 of 17, conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development, “Life Underwater” This SDG has seven targets which you can read in detail. The short version is to protect the water and life that depends on it. Everything from the economic […].
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Project Risk Coach
JUNE 19, 2017
Changes in project risks are inevitable. As a project progresses, the probability and impact of current risks change, new risks emerge, and residual risks may increase or decrease. How can project managers optimize their risk responses and get the results they are looking for? Allow me to introduce you to two project managers—Tom and Susan. Tom started his project with a risk identification exercise with several stakeholders resulting in a list of 77 risks.
Project Bliss
JUNE 19, 2017
When my team first started holding a daily scrum meeting, it honestly felt awkward. I was accustomed to meetings with in-depth communication. So at first, the act of the team standing around giving brief answers felt stilted and strange to us – or maybe it was just me. A. We stumbled through our first few. But as we continued, we got more comfortable with the routine.
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Rebel’s Guide to PM
JUNE 5, 2017
I’m pleased to be bringing you this post today, written by Maja Mrsic and sponsored by Active Collab. Despite your efforts to clearly define the scope, time and resources necessary to successfully complete the projects, things simply don’t always go according to plan. During a company integration program, customer service levels dropped by 25-50% because Click for more.
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ProjectManager.com
JUNE 20, 2017
Project scope is part of the planning process of any project. Like any other aspect of a project, you want to determine how scope will impact the schedule of your project and, of course, it’s outcome. So, naturally, scope is important. But before you jump into that project plan and begin to tackle the scope of your project, let’s review the basics.
Kiron Bondale
JUNE 4, 2017
Patrick Lencioni’s book The Five Dysfunctions of a Team can help agile leads guide their team building efforts. When team members feel afraid to express vulnerability or feel that any mistakes they make will be held against them, they will be much less likely to take educated risks, to challenge the status quo or to unleash their creativity towards achieving customer goals or overcoming hurdles.
Project Risk Coach
JUNE 26, 2017
Do you live in fear of not getting results in your projects? Risk management is such an effective vehicle for climbing the tallest mountain or swimming the deepest sea. However, the risk management pitfalls are many, rendering us completely ineffective in our attempt to fulfill our dreams. I fear that many project managers live by the letter of the law and may fail to gain the true benefits of risk management.
Project Bliss
JUNE 7, 2017
Photo credit rawpixel.com. You’ve heard your friends sing the praises of Agile. Your project manager buddies are becoming scrum masters. You hear how great it is. All the cool kids are doing it and you’re a bit jealous. You’re feeling left out. You want to see what all the fuss is about. A. Good news – there are Agile practices you can use even in your waterfall world.
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?
Rebel’s Guide to PM
JUNE 28, 2017
Cisco predict that 80% of internet traffic will be video by 2020. YouTube is thought of as the second-largest search engine. Pinterest has exploded in recent years. Visual, easily-understood communication is what your project stakeholders are seeing everywhere else. It’s what they’d love from you, about your project too. I’ve talked in the past about how I’ve used video as a communication tool on projects.
The Lazy Project Manager
JUNE 7, 2017
The following is an extract from my new book ‘How to get Fired at the C-Level: Why mismanaging change is the biggest risk of all’ in association with my friends at Tailwind Project Solutions – the extracts follow a series of 5 Challenges that I think every organisation should consider, and consider very carefully: ‘Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future’ John F.
ProjectManager.com
JUNE 29, 2017
Is leadership something you’re born with or can it be taught? It’s an interesting question, but one that you shouldn’t spend too much time stressing over. Even if you are full of charisma and people naturally line up to follow you anywhere, you could always hone your leadership skills. Or, if you’re like the rest of us, who aren’t natural born leaders, but find themselves in a position of leadership, you’ll want to study the techniques that rally teams to succ
Kiron Bondale
JUNE 25, 2017
One of the benefits of living in the Greater Toronto Area is being less than an hour away from a large number of good wineries in the Niagara region. A few past colleagues of mine got together for a morning round of golf and followed that up with a wine tasting and a hearty lunch at Ridgepoint Wines ( thanks for the recommendation, Brendan! ). After enjoying a glass of their 2010 Reserve Meritage I came to the conclusion that wine tasting and agile have more in common than you might think.
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.
Project Risk Coach
JUNE 12, 2017
Learn threat response strategies Project managers may make risk decisions without much thought. How is this possible? Well, after managing projects for years, you know the drill. You simply know how to respond to the most common risks. Every year, my family takes a trip to the beach for fun and relaxation. I’ve gone to the same beach my entire life.
LiquidPlanner
JUNE 20, 2017
Technology has made our lives easier. If you don’t believe that, go watch a few episodes of the PBS series, The Frontier House. While technology and automation have lessened some of the strain, they’ve also stirred up a lot of fear. The Luddite movement in the early 1800s is one of history’s more famous examples of humans lashing out at automation. During a period of low wages and England’s war with France, English textile workers saw automation and textile machinery as a threat to their livelih
Project-Management.pm
JUNE 23, 2017
As far as portfolio management processes go, portfolio management office is embedded in an organization in order to support a certain strategic objectives towards a successful result. Portfolio management office also serves as an additional support in terms of business goals and benefits from projects or programs. However, getting lost in the true purpose of portfolio management office can break the purpose you are expecting.
Musings on Project Management
JUNE 28, 2017
One of my Agile Project Management students asked me about stage gates and agile. My first response was this: Agile is not a gated methodology, primarily because scope is viewed as emergent, and thus the idea of pre-determined gate criteria is inconsistent with progressive elaboration and emergence. Agile does embrace structured releases; you could put a criteria around a release and use.
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ProjectManager.com
JUNE 27, 2017
Collaborative planning with your team has many benefits. First of all, it engages your team. You depend on your team members to get the tasks done that lead to a successful project. Getting buy-in from them should be proof enough of the importance of planning with teams. But there’s more. Your plan will be better. When you get the whole team thinking together it provides ideas you might miss and a perspective you don’t have.
Kiron Bondale
JUNE 11, 2017
Agile transformation is a long journey for large companies. Holding off on getting started until all the necessary enablers are in place for successful adoption means the valuable learning which comes through experimentation will be lost. During this formative time, teams will have to cope with constraints which hamper how far down the agile delivery continuum they can operate.
Project Risk Coach
JUNE 5, 2017
Some portfolio, program, and project managers make a big fuss over risk management. And others use lots of acronyms and big words to impress people. But at the end of the day, all that really matters is getting results. For eighteen years, I worked for a property and casualty insurance company. Each year, our senior management team would meet with a credit rating agency to share our goals, strategies, and progress.
LiquidPlanner
JUNE 29, 2017
It’s official: the cloud has gone mainstream. While early-adopters have been touting the benefits of cloud-based solutions for years, larger organizations, as well as those facing hurdles with new technology, have been slower to adapt. But, according to recent research from Gartner, Inc., that’s changing. Recently, more organizations, even large enterprises and slow adopters, have begun turning to the cloud.
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.
Project-Management.pm
JUNE 25, 2017
A contingency plan isn’t just exclusively for calamities. Contingency planning , in general, is all about planning and preparing for certain occurrences such as loss or shortages of people, clients, data, budget, and other relevant factors that undermine its subjects. That’s why every existing project or business must have a contingency plan in order to have a smooth workflow and it will be easier tackling issues and threats that way.
The Digital Project Manager
JUNE 6, 2017
I’ll never forget the time I unknowingly delayed a project by months, caused my client unneeded stress, and threw a wrench in our launch plan. The post Learn From 5 Common Project Red Flags How To Build Trust In Your Client Relationship appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
Ron Rosenhead
JUNE 15, 2017
I wrote recently about the skills shortages in the UK and the link to having sufficiently trained and developed project staff. Today, I read a report called Transforming Talent in the Modern Workforce . I have shown below some findings from the report and I do suggest taking time out to read a report that impacts us all. How well prepared is your organisation for the modern workforce?
Kiron Bondale
JUNE 18, 2017
Father’s Day might be a holiday which is much newer than the project management profession itself, but let’s not miss the opportunity to celebrate the many ways in which project managers help their projects succeed through effective risk management. F is for Failure Mode and Effect Analysis, which can be a mouthful to say, A is for avoidance to hold critical risks at bay, T is for risk transfer for which we’ll have to pay, H is for human bias, which can stand in risk management
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.
Leading Answers
JUNE 9, 2017
April’s theme at ProjectManagement.com where I write a monthly column was “Consulting,” and in this article, I examine the world of Agile Consulting and coaching. I distinguish consulting as providing advice, solutions and information; whereas coaching is more asking (hopefully insightful) questions and leading clients to find their own answers and grow in capability.
LiquidPlanner
JUNE 6, 2017
A multiple-methodology approach to project management may lead to happier project teams, according to a new report by LiquidPlanner. The 2017 State of Project Management in Manufacturing report found that 74 percent of the respondents who said they were highly satisfied with their existing project management methodology actually used a combination of methodologies.
Project-Management.pm
JUNE 7, 2017
A successful project management is basically out of reach if your project keeps failing and failing and traped in a loophole of unsolved issues and challenges. Not only that, such existing failures cause your team to become uninspired and tasks are nothing but a failed attempt for organizational relevance. As failures add up, the business industry has become a complicated web of industry; so how can you achieve successful project management out of it?
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