ProjectManager.com

JUNE 28, 2018

It’s been around for three decades, but Six Sigma can still be somewhat of an enigma. It can mean different things within various organizations or circumstances, but there is a way to broadly outline this business process improvement methodology and define its beginnings, its, rise, its use and its implementation. There has been some backlash against Six Sigma over the recent years, some of which is warranted and will be discussed, but overall the process proves a valuable tool in reducing defec

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PM Basics

JUNE 25, 2018

The post is by PM Basics guest Ashley Lipman. [Depositphoto/jamesgroup] This year is going to be enormous for project management. 2018 isn’t going to be the year of breakout technology or an influx of government-hired project management professionals. No, this year is all about the latest and greatest trends. The business world is in for a major series of changes.

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LiquidPlanner

JUNE 28, 2018

Hands up if you are managing multiple projects? Yes, I thought so! A while back in my career I had the luxury of managing a big project and that was all I did. I use the term “luxury” lightly because it was hard work, but at least my brain was always in the same space each day. These days, like many of you, I manage multiple projects. Some of them are actually quite big in terms of budget and duration, but not so much in terms of drain on my time each week.

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Project Risk Coach

JUNE 25, 2018

Are your projects rooted in facts or hearsay? Knowing the facts puts you in the driver's seat. Why? Because the facts provide points of reference in which we can better judge the significance of things and where there is uncertainty. So, where do facts come into play in risk management? rocket. “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.

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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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The Lazy Project Manager

JUNE 25, 2018

3 books from The Lazy Project Manager for only £10 (eBooks only – pdf format). Just select your 3 choices from the below list and then email me at peter.b.taylor@btinternet.com (or message me) and I will send out the simple PayPal payment options and then email your 3 books – easy! Get Fit with the Lazy Project Manager. How to make sure your project is as healthy as possible and does not become the ‘ex-project’ of tomorrow.

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Inloox

JUNE 25, 2018

Especially digital natives – people who grew up in the digital world – often cannot focus on one single thing for an extended period of time due to overstimulation. However, it must be difficult for almost everyone to concentrate on nothing but work for 8 hours straight. For this reason I have gathered some tips which will help you to concentrate better and improve your productivity.

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Ganttic

JUNE 24, 2018

Resource management is the process of planning or booking the resources of an organization in a way that would maximize the efficiency of the use of these resources. There are different types of resource management. There’s scheduling, planning, and management itself. What differentiates the three is the depth of planning. We go over each type there in another article.

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The IIL Blog

JUNE 28, 2018

By Harold Kerzner, Ph.D. | Senior Executive Director for Project Management, IIL. INTRODUCTION. Companies need growth for survival. Companies cannot grow simply through cost reduction and reengineering efforts. Companies are recognizing that brand loyalty accompanied by a higher level of quality does not always equate to customer retention unless supported by some innovations.

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Musings on Project Management

JUNE 24, 2018

Don't want to slip backward, take a demotion, less pay, risk your savings? Same answer if there is a prospect of doing a whole lot better if you'll just take a risk.? Prospect theory may be for you! Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky may be a project manager's best friends when it comes to understanding decision making under conditions of risk. .

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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

TeamGantt

JUNE 25, 2018

Behind every successful project manager is a strong communication plan. TeamGantt walks you through the importance of creating a project communication plan and how to build one that fits the needs of your team.

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Leading Agile

JUNE 25, 2018

In our Transformation practice, we are helping organizations change how they plan and execute work to be done. We help them shift from a focus on outputs to prioritizing outcomesand delivering business value. As the product practice lead, I help our clients on the develop-the-plan parts of Transformation. Only The Starting Point. The starting point of developing a plan is to focus on outcomes—benefits for the business—and then to determine which things could be built which provide value to user

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The IIL Blog

JUNE 26, 2018

By Dr. Willis H. Thomas, PMP, CPT . In project management, keeping a balanced view of the competing demands (cost, time, scope, quality, risk and resources), requires evaluation to be at the center of the model. Evaluation involves a determination of merit (quality), worth (value) and significance (importance). Placing evaluation at the center helps the project team maintain focus on the potential impacts to the competing demands (AKA competing constraints): Cost = budget, including contingency

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Leading Answers

JUNE 29, 2018

I am excited to be presenting on the Enterprise Agile track at the Agile 2018 conference in San Diego, August 7. I have worked with several organizations this year that had issues with work dependencies between teams. My session called “ Two-Pizza Team Heartburn Relief: Solutions to Team Dependencies ” highlights the shift to global rather than local optimization.

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Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

Growing Agile

JUNE 26, 2018

One of the biggest questions about this experiment has been ‘who’s doing the testing?’ I, as a full time tester, quit that to be the scrum master, right? And we only had the one tester on our squad. I don’t recommend dropping your tester in favour of a scrum master, a tester is a vital part of the team and they have experience, training and knowledge that you can’t just spread over the team.

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Scoro

JUNE 25, 2018

Every company measures money in detail, but how much do we track and value time? Untracked work hours are costing businesses billions of dollars per day. In this 5-minute read, you’ll find out why time is an even more valuable asset than money – and how to make every minute count. Financial capital is relatively abundant and cheap. The after-tax cost of borrowing money is at or near inflation for many companies, making the cost of borrowing close to zero.

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Leading Agile

JUNE 27, 2018

The Joke, as recounted in this blog : Milk production at a dairy farm was low, so a farmer wrote to the local university to ask for help. A multidisciplinary team of professors was assembled, headed by a theoretical physicist, and two weeks of intensive on-site investigation took place. The scholars then returned to the university, notebooks crammed with data, where the task of writing the report was left to the team leader.

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Leading Answers

JUNE 29, 2018

I am excited to be presenting on the Enterprise Agile track at the Agile 2018 conference in San Diego, August 7. I have worked with several organizations this year that had issues with work dependencies between teams. My session called “ Two-Pizza Team Heartburn Relief: Solutions to Team Dependencies ” highlights the shift to global rather than local optimization.

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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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Growing Agile

JUNE 26, 2018

One of the biggest questions about this experiment has been ‘who’s doing the testing?’ I, as a full time tester, quit that to be the scrum master, right? And we only had the one tester on our squad. I don’t recommend dropping your tester in favour of a scrum master, a tester is a vital part of the team and they have experience, training and knowledge that you can’t just spread over the team.

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Online PM Courses

JUNE 24, 2018

Project Managers can learn from all sorts of places. And, since your job is partly to serve your clients and stakeholders, one valuable source of ideas for you is customer service. In this article we will look at how you can keep your client and stakeholders happy by applying some of the principles of good customer service. Very little of this will surprise you, because you have been a customer plenty of times.

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Leading Agile

JUNE 28, 2018

Creating a Definition of Ready is one of the best ways to help your Team(s) make sure they’re only committing to work they can actually get done. It’s also one of the best ways for a Product Owner to make sure they’re not going to waste valuable time in Sprint Planning by asking the Team to work on things that aren’t in an actionable state.

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Teamweek

JUNE 24, 2018

New to the project management world? It doesn’t have to be as hard as you think. Project management tips, techniques, and software change daily, but the foundation remains the same. Using the following best practices will give you an edge when you’re starting off. Let’s jump right into it! Here are 11 project management tips to start you off on the right foot.

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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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Celoxis

JUNE 26, 2018

Artificial Intelligence has slowly but surely entered the realm of business, and is rapidly taking roots there. Contrary to the collective fear of AI replacing us and usurping our jobs, AI has proved to be a boon to business.

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Wrike

JUNE 26, 2018

Remember group projects in school? One person always did all the work. You paid the price for other teammates’ senioritis. GPA panic ensued. Perhaps this is why the mere mention of teamwork still strikes fear into even the most seasoned workers. Yet anxieties aside, studies show collaboration improves business outcomes across the board. Companies that encourage collaborative working are five times more likely to be high-performing, according to a joint study between the Institute for Corporate P

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Techno-PM

JUNE 26, 2018

What is Wrike? “Wrike” is an on-line web PM tool which allows a number of team members to update their tasks and status. The tool is offered for a 2 week trial base, after which it is required to pay for the service. Download all our templates here Wrike Review You might be also interested in Smartsheet Review Schedule Management in Wrike Method 1 : The old fashioned way: Simply type in the tasks in the “New Task” , and after hitting “enter” it is possible to add the start and finish dates, assi

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Teamweek

JUNE 27, 2018

Lean project management sounds like a brand-new concept when in actuality it’s been around for over 40 years. Until the 1990s, however, it was mostly applied in the manufacturing industry. Then it slowly took hold in construction projects. Now, fortunately for project managers across all sectors, the lean philosophy is more widespread and making a difference in all sectors that value customer service.

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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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