Kiron Bondale

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

Harvard Business Review published an article this week about how boards can prepare for unexpected calamities such as pandemics, natural disasters or cyber-attacks. The authors provided a three-pronged approach for dealing with both true black swan events as well as the more common black elephants (a low probability significant threat which leaders are aware of but don’t wish to address proactively).

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Techno-PM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Project Integration Management Project Integration Management improves the project management process by organizing and coordinating the activities. Because it accounts for resource allocation, managing interdependencies, and balancing competing goals, it is an effective methodology to approach project management. Download Project Management Templates Project Integration Management Project Integration Management Basics Project integration management involves the coordination of the various compo

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Your most important resource when managing a project is your team. They need tools, equipment, materials and more to get the job done, of course. But without people who have the skills and experience to use those tools and materials, your project isn’t going anywhere. Therefore, those who are tasked with managing a project and delivering it successfully must know how to keep their teams productive.

Software Review 374

Software Review Risk Management Monitoring Software 374

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

Darryl Rosen. This is a guest post on stupid management mistakes by Darryl Rosen, author of Table for Three? Bringing Your Smart Phone to Lunch and 50 Dumb Mistakes Smart Managers Don’t Make! You’re a manager and you glance down at an incoming text while an employee is talking to you. DUMB! Or you bark “Just get it done!” to your team and then walk away.

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Planning 349

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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Project Risk Coach

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Imagine a project manager that focuses primarily on identifying and managing project threats and very little on opportunities. This one-sided mindset can be costly. The best project managers know how to exploit and enhance opportunities. What is a Project Opportunity? The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines opportunity as "a set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something.

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PMI Risk Management Risk Executing 248

Musings on Project Management

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Are you busy building your project budget?Are you going to include a budget for training your project's working staff? New developer and testing tools; New frameworks; New process and workflow management?If that's a Yes and Yes, have you thought about this? You may need to train your project robots also. Really?Really! Robots, whether mechanical and real, or virtual, all depend on training data.

Budget 170

Budget Process 170

LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Practical systems have made me a more productive Project Manager. I used to worry about tools that helped with my workload, ironically. Did they diminish my role? Should I be thinking more on my feet? I’ve come to understand that systems are the foundation of successful individuals. They squeeze more tasks into each day. Systems also add more value to our roles.

Energy 135

Energy Leadership Risk Management Influencer 135

Online PM Courses

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

Waterfall is a term we hear a lot in Project Management. But there are still too many project managers who don't know what it really means. The post What Really is the Waterfall Method? appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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PMI Planning 157

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Everybody wants to Scale Scrum. So you have a couple of Scrum Teams that are working in adjacent areas and you're starting to face some challenges in delivering value in a coordinated integrative way. This is more or less the time you started searching for "scaling agile" "scaling scrum" and exploring your options. Generally, one approach will be to add some scaling principles and practices.

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SCRUM 2008 2013 Software Review 240

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.

Construction

Musings on Project Management

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

"In war [projects] nothing goes according to plan, but always remember your objective" Israeli generalGood advice. And, of course, your objective always is -- or always should be: Apply your resources to maximize their value added while taking the least risk to do so.But our general's admonition begs the question: Is "nothing goes according to plan" the same as there's "no value in planning"?

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Planning Risk Estimate 170

The Digital Project Manager

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

The post 7 Best Online Invoicing Tools For Digital Agencies appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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Teamweek

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Microsoft Excel is a popular tool to create data-driven charts. However, it does not come with Gantt charts. If you’re looking for a step-by-step tutorial on how to make a Gantt chart in Excel, this article is for you. In this article you’ll learn: What is a Gantt chart? What are the important elements of a Gantt chart? Advantages and disadvantages of creating Gantt charts in Excel Step-by-step process to create a Gantt chart using Excel Free Excel Gantt chart templates A simpler and free altern

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2010 2013 2016 Risk Management 98

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

In our book?—? the Zombie Scrum Survival Guide ?—?we dive deep into what causes Zombie Scrum; something that looks like Scrum from a distance, but lacks a beating heart. We also offer 40+ experiments to recover from Zombie Scrum. In this series, we share experiments that didn’t make it to the book but are still very helpful. This post was written collaborative by Christiaan Verwijs, Barry Overeem and Johannes Schartau.

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Henny Portman

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

If you want to make the transformation to a self-managing organization the book Moose heads on the table – Stories about self-managing organisations from Sweden by Karin Tenelius and Lisa Gill is a good starting point. This book gives you insights, stories, lessons learnt from six different small Swedish companies who transformed towards self-managing companies.

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2014 Energy Construction Leadership 95

LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Practical systems have made me a more productive Project Manager. I used to worry about tools that helped with my workload, ironically. Did they diminish my role? Should I be thinking more on my feet? I’ve come to understand that systems are the foundation of successful individuals. They squeeze more tasks into each day. Systems also add more value to our roles.

Energy 78

Energy Leadership Risk Management Influencer 78

Teamweek

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

I am a proponent for reduced screen time because of a brain injury. I suffered a debilitating concussion in 2018 after I was hit by a car. For over a year, I was unable to look at active digital screens without suffering vertigo, confusion, or seizures. The only way to recover from a concussion is to rest. Initially I thought this referred to physical output alone, so I continued to read the news online whenever I was awake.

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2020 Lean Healthcare 2018 98

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Somewhere between the 15th and 45th minute of the first pre-sales call, the prospect usually asks me - "Based on what you have heard about our company, by when do you think we will be 100% Agile Transformed and what will it cost? BTW, in full transparency, we are considering other companies." Hint, Hint - We want a fixed date, fixed scope, fixed price Agile Transformation Project and we will sign the SOW with whichever company provides the cheapest and fastest quote to getting us 100% Agile Tran

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Agile 251

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.

2025

Proofhub

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

ProofHub Bags A Place In The Best Project Management Software Companies Of 2020 by Digital.com With its powerful features in one centralized location, intuitive interface, and simple, flat-rate pricing, ProofHub has made its way into the 20 best project management software service of Digital.com Every dark cloud has a silver lining, and how this age-old proverb proved to be true once again as ProofHub added another remarkable accomplishment in its long list of achievements amid the grim situatio

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2020 Software Review Software Estimate 78

Henny Portman

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Proud to see that the PM World Journal published a next article that I wrote together with Marisa Silva. As you might recall, last year we (Marisa Silva and myself) went on a safari to hunt the project creatures that could negatively impact a portfolio of projects [ Silva, M. and Portman, H. (2019). Creatures that slow down portfolio delivery and how to kill them; PM World Journal, Vol.

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2020 2019 PMO Planning 100

Agilemania

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Did you ever witness teams and coaches arguing on the floor, battling over which one is better, Scrum or Kanban? Did you ever witness hours and hours of debate, where each side tries to prove that their framework is better and outperforms yours? I have been a part of such vain discussions, and I am sure most of you are!!… The post An Introduction to the Professional Scrum with Kanban Course appeared first on Agilemania.

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SCRUM 98

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

I was recently asked. What should each role be doing during the Sprint? So, I took a copy of the latest Scrum Guide (November 2017), read it (again) and broke it down for them and now for you! . The items below are taken directly from the Scrum Guide Novermber 2017 and so may see vague or less prescriptive than you're expecting. As Scrum is framework, your teams may be doing additional things in the events - which is fine,as long as they're getting value from doing the actions.

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Development Team Review 2017 SCRUM Estimate 169

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.

Sustainability

Admation

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The marketing world is moving faster and with this so is the expectation to produce more campaigns via a growing number of channels. Sounds overwhelming, especially if you’re still managing your projects without a dedicated marketing project management tool. But perhaps you’ve never considered the run-on effect that comes with using traditional tools.

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Software 94

Management Yogi

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

By Shahpour Kakaei, PgMP, PMP, ACP, RMP, ITIL, Attended Harvard Business School Introduction I have lived with and grown up in large enterprises in Telecommunications and Information Technology. With rapid and ever-changing technologies in all aspects, it is vital to deal with managing people, business, projects and systems in an enterprise.

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Information Technology Risk Management PMI Technical Review 90

MPUG

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Imagine you are a running a program containing five separate projects. The following “step by step” guide will help you set up a Roadmap for managing your projects. Obviously, the laid out scenario is fictional, but it might be closely aligned with your own situation if you manage a program at your organization. Background Information. The example we will consider has five active projects that are managed by three different project managers.

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PMO Construction Risk Management Closing 59

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

You may have heard about the tragedy of Belarus, a country with a population of 9.5 million residing between Poland and Russia. Thousands of people have been tortured and repressed after the falsified presidential election held on 9 August 2020. An interesting phenomenon though is that hundreds and thousands of people continue to self-organize and struggle without any leaders, centralized structures, and opposition parties.

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Transportation 2020 Logistics Closing 225

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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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