Planio

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Talk to enough project managers and you’ll start to realize that there’s really just one thing that differentiates the great from the good: Good project managers are masters of planning, gathering requirements, sticking to schedules, and hitting milestones…. While great project managers do all that while also keeping their team motivated and happy. As we’ve written over and over, project management is as much about people as it is about projects.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 17, 2020

We created ProjectManager.com to give teams maximum flexibility in planning and working on projects, no matter their preferred view. Some teams prefer to work exclusively on the Gantt, where others prefer a combination of other views, as each view provides unique benefits. The Calendar is great for long-term planning but the Board is a great place to move work along.

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Kiron Bondale

DECEMBER 13, 2020

The final stage in the three-step model for building psychological safety within your team is to champion it. A champion is not afraid of taking on all challengers and you might face plenty of those. You may have some team members who are used to getting their way by ridiculing or bullying others. You could have a mix of managers and their direct reports within your team.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 14, 2020

TL; DR: Scrum Master Trends Report 2019. Back in 2017, we started the Scrum Master Salary Report 2017 —the first industry report that covered in-depth the educational background, working experience, industries, and organizational details of the companies Scrum Masters or agile coaches work for. In 2019, we partnered with Scrum.org —to create the 2019 edition.

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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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Project Risk Coach

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Successful companies know a little secret – making your dreams a reality requires alignment between your strategies and your projects. It's not a matter of just working harder; success requires doing the right things at the right time with the right people. Let's look at ways to boost your bottom line through projects. Strategic Planning Improving your organization's bottom line starts with answering these strategic questions : Where are you today?

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Henny Portman

DECEMBER 12, 2020

The book Engaging stakeholders on projects – How to harness people power , written by Elizabeth Harrin is the starting point if you want to get a better understanding of stakeholder engagement and it gives you a lot of practical advice, tips for improving practice key takeaways and action steps for successful stakeholder engagement. The book starts with an introduction of the topic by explaining that you can’t manage your stakeholders, you can’t manage stakeholder’s behaviour and actions, but y

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 16, 2020

While working with students in my classes or at my customers' teams I have experienced one thing over and over: the power of stories. In my work with Scrum Teams the important moments are usually not the ones where I explain some practice or tool, or we discuss one aspect of Scrum; the important moments are usually when someone tells a story that they experienced in the past that highlights an important learning.

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TeamGantt

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Save time on project management and planning with these easy-to-use gantt chart examples for a variety of different industries and project types.

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Proofhub

DECEMBER 15, 2020

As more people are working from home nowadays, online meetings have started to become the norm. But conducting online meetings is very different from in-person meetings. The lack of physical presence can make it difficult to engage and inspire your audience. Fortunately for you, we have gathered here some great tips to help you succeed and make a great impact on your next online meeting.

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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.

Construction

Musings on Project Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Have you thought much about this? Two of the conceptual conundrums of the hybrid agile-conventional methodology are: How do you verify that which is incomplete and. How do you validate the efficacy of that which is yet to be conceived? Verification and validation (V-and-V) are traditionally held to be very important project practices that to some may be difficult to map directly into the.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 18, 2020

How can you evaluate your success as a Scrum Master using metrics? Agile metrics is a complicated topic with no one-size-fits-all solution. There are many options to choose from. Where do you even start? In this three-part series, I'd like to explore how Scrum Master accountabilities can guide you to choose metrics you can collect and track to evaluate yourself and your team.

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Inloox

DECEMBER 15, 2020

It has become a tradition by now. Right on time for the end of the year, we present you for the fifth time a review of what has kept you, us and the project management industry busy in the past year. 2020 was a very special year that challenged all of us. Old, entrenched work structures had to be reconsidered within a very short period of time due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Henny Portman

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Two weeks ago, I received a blurb request. “I saw on your blog that you reviewed Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard, and I’d like to ask whether you’d be willing to consider giving a blurb to a similar book”. The book ‘ Intention: Building Capabilities To Transform Your Story’ is written by Dr. Ian D. Brooks. This book provides direction for leveraging our greatest ability to realize change by expanding our personal awareness and taking specific action.

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Gunther Verheyen

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Scrum has been around for a while, they say. The Scrum Guide holds the definition of Scrum, they say. The first, official version of the Scrum Guide was released in February 2010. So, how was Scrum defined before 2010 then? How did its definition evolve before and after 2010 and become the framework that we know today? What else happened along the road to the way that Scrum is defined and represented?

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 14, 2020

For organizations in the midst of an agile transformation, the question “how do we know if/when we’re agile?” is pressing. When quizzed about why they want to be agile, they respond that they “want to go faster”, or maybe even that they “want to be more responsive.” But what does this mean, and how can an organization know whether they are good enough?

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Teamweek

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Without a systematic process, managing a marketing campaign can become chaotic. Marketing project management software helps you plan, collaborate, and track the delivery of marketing projects. In this article, we look at the top 10 project management software tools for marketing teams. Specifically, we look at: What types of teams need marketing project management software?

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Leading Agile

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Webinars Learn the Physics of Agility Sign Up. Transformation is really about forming teams, building backlogs, and producing working, tested product. At scale, it’s about defining structure, and creating governance, metrics, and tooling strategies that support Agility. Anything that gets in the way of doing any of these things is an impediment to Transformation.

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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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nTask

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Despite different campaigns in an age where equality is being fought with inequality on the frontline of many conversations, women are not always equally represented. This is also true in the area of project management. It can be difficult to pinpoint why this is, but one common argument is that project managers are essentially found in the industries of construction and engineering.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Scrum has been around for a while, they say. The Scrum Guide holds the definition of Scrum, they say. The first, official version of the Scrum Guide was released in February 2010. So, how was Scrum defined before 2010 then? How did its definition evolve before and after 2010 and become the framework that we know today? What else happened along the road to the way that Scrum is defined and represented?

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Leading Answers

DECEMBER 15, 2020

A theme for the 2019 World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland was the “Fourth Industrial Revolution.” It was concerned with how a combination of technologies are changing the way we live, work and interact. Few people in attendance could imagine how quickly the ideas would transition from an emerging trend to thrust upon us.

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 16, 2020

If you want to build a product, you have to make a product backlog with all the essential requirements. Next, you have to start working on the high priority requirements to build the product. You can start working on the product requirement within Sprint. Now, what is a sprint? Well, when you start building a product, the entire product may… The post What Is Sprint Planning: Definition, Advantages, and 10 Pro Tips appeared first on Agilemania.

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Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

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Techno-PM

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Change Management How many times have you seen this happening? You put new software in, prepare plenty of guidance, issue a newsletter about the new system every month, provide extensive training to everyone involved, and yet…no one is using it. Download Change Management Pack Change Curve The thing is organizations don’t just change because of new systems or structures – they change because people change.

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Wrike

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The primary output of a schedule management plan is the project schedule , an essential component of a comprehensive project plan. A thorough schedule management plan is essential for project progress and success. . As a project manager, smart planning can be the difference between achieving your project goals and missing deadlines or delivering poor results.

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MindGenius

DECEMBER 16, 2020

It’s so important to keep up-to-date with trends in today’s modern world. One of the most recent trends we’ve seen is companies using infographics to provide information on their product or organisation. Infographics are a fantastic and intuitive way of grabbing your customer’s attention and pointing out key facts of the subject you’re focusing on. They make your information stand out and are particularly useful for those who enjoy visual learning, something we know a bit about.

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The scrum framework incorporates multiple management characteristics that determine its high project benefits. Retrospectives being one such example. Traditionally, a retrospective is a meeting organized right after a sprint to grasp the positive and negative happenings during the process. It allows the team members to project their feedback on the previous sprint.

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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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