Kiron Bondale

APRIL 22, 2018

A standard semi-annual ritual for many who live in cold climates is swapping all season to winter tires on our cars and back again. This exercise also presents a good opportunity to catch up on any other outstanding preventative maintenance for our vehicles. For those of us who live in places which observe daylight savings time, we are reminded to change the batteries in our smoke alarms whenever our clocks spring forward or fall back.

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The Digital Project Manager

APRIL 24, 2018

A Project Status Report is just that. The current status of your project. It’s an. The post How To Keep Your Project On Track With Project Status Reports appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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Controlling 201

Online PM Courses

APRIL 23, 2018

Risk analysis is both easy and hard at the same time. If that sounds confusing, read on, because we’ll make everything clear. But one thing is for sure. No project manager can get by without knowing how to analyze risk on your project. Risk is important, because it is baked into the nature of projects. They are time pressured, and need to deliver something new or even unfamiliar.

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Ron Rosenhead

APRIL 23, 2018

That was a question posed by a caller recently. Yes we do! I went on to explain that we have a partnership with OnLinePMCourses where we offer a wide range of project management eLearning. I referred the caller to the page with all the details- [link] and they were impressed. One comment struck me: the caller said: “Why don’t you publicise this bit more?

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Certification Agile 202

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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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 27, 2018

Category Leaders and software rankings for the second quarter of 2018 were recently released by GetApp, the influential Gartner review site, and ProjectManager.com has continued its run of ranking in the top five for project management and project portfolio management apps. ProjectManager.com ranked in the top five for task management in Q1 as well, until the category was discontinued for Q2.

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Project Risk Coach

APRIL 23, 2018

How often have you neared a project implementation date, only to find new requirements? Or perhaps your team said they had gathered the requirements, but in reality, the team had hastily rushed through the requirement process resulting in rework, missed deadlines, and another blown budget. If you want to improve your chance for project success, focus on improving your requirement processes.

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Redbooth

APRIL 26, 2018

If you work in tech or any industry where things change fast, you probably are familiar with agile project management. The model has been favored by software engineers for its efficacy and flexibility, and it’s beginning to catch on in agencies and startups. Agile methods are baked into productivity tech, from Trello to Airtable to Redbooth, and can improve any large body of work, from ad campaigns to app design.

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Leading Answers

APRIL 22, 2018

“ Software is eating the world ” claimed venture capitalist, Marc Andreessen in his 2011, New York Times article. Seven years on, the trend continues, and project managers are also on the menu. The next generation of project managers face new challenges but also new opportunities as organizations undergo a major transformation. Software is becoming omnipresent, it is embedded and integral to all industries.

Technical Review 124

Technical Review 2011 Transportation Development Team Review 124

The IIL Blog

APRIL 27, 2018

By Dr. Willis H. Thomas, PMP, CPT . Virtual teams are becoming more of the norm for organizations as they strive to acquire the best talent from anywhere in the world, minimize overhead everywhere on the earth and stretch their global presence on a worldwide basis. Building High-Performance Teams necessitates that we utilize innovative tools and techniques to engage the audience.

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2004 Software Review 2012 PMI 121

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

Proofhub

APRIL 24, 2018

Time management is one of the most rewarding skills that will take you far in your life?—?both personal and professional. If you aren’t managing your time effectively, sooner or later you would enter into the state of pandemonium. Time, being such a crucial aspect of life, deserves to be treated in the most respectful manner. Only if we learn to master the art of time management, our life would experience a positive change.

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Software Review Estimate Energy Software 92

Project-Management.pm

APRIL 22, 2018

The degree of success or failure of any project depends heavily on the quality of its proposal. You won’t be able to bag the project in the first place if the project proposal is not up to the mark. On the other hand, if you do win the project but the proposal didn’t clearly lay out the critical details of the project, you are in an even bigger trouble.

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Leading Answers

APRIL 25, 2018

I am excited to be presenting at next week’s PMI-SAC Professional Development Conference on May 2 in Calgary. I am looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting new people at this new format conference. My session “ Mining Bitcoins with Your InstantPot: Has Agile Popularity Gone Too Far ?” examines the hype, realities and use of agile approaches.  Here is the presentation summary from the conference site: “The project world seems to have gone agile mad.

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Agile PMI Executing Planning 120

Taskque

APRIL 23, 2018

The celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay knows exactly what he wants from his team, how to get it done, and how to leave his customers coming back for more. Even if that translates into leaving his contestants or his team scampering around apprehensively! You can learn a lot from people who spend a lot of time serving others, especially a profession where people are masters of planning, processing, and even navigating change.

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Closing Process Budget Planning 88

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Binfire

APRIL 25, 2018

Wrike is a popular project management application. It is used in various industries and team sizes all over the world. Wrike was funded in 2006 by Andrew Filev and has locations in California, Ireland, and Russia. . In this article, we cover what is good about this application, what is bad, facts you need to know before purchasing it, and how it stacks up against the competition.

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LiquidPlanner

APRIL 24, 2018

Working remotely can be a blessing and a curse, for employee and employer alike. Providing flexibility and work/life balance is critical to positioning your company as a great place to work and is a major deciding factor for talent. But, how can you ensure that productivity and effective collaboration are not impacted when a team is spread out over multiple locations?

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Planview

APRIL 27, 2018

Warning: The following is an emergency alert. There is an outbreak infecting businesses across the world, creating a condition termed the “Zombie PMO.” The name, coined from behaviors such as a languished state of existence and a narrow focus on projects, points to the reality that many PMOs are failing to be flexible and adaptable—two traits that are critical in today’s work environment.

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PMO 2021 Consulting Planning 79

Green Project Management

APRIL 25, 2018

I went out recently with some friends and had a curious experience. And of all things it was around disposable plastic straws. What caught my attention was that each place we went to did not offer straws. More importantly though the establishments were proud and adamant about their no-straw policy. It opened up some interesting […]. The post Disposable Plastic Straws… What can we do?

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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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PM Basics

APRIL 24, 2018

Have you noticed? Software Development Life Cycle is on every job description for a Project Manager. Everyone wants you to know how to develop software applications. That is true. Understanding of SDLC can make the whole process more efficient. But there is a real problem here: With so many different frameworks and project management approaches, life cycles are so confusing.

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Software Developers Software Development Software Review Software 67

Leading Answers

APRIL 25, 2018

I am excited to be presenting at next week’s PMI-SAC Professional Development Conference on May 2 in Calgary. I am looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting new people at this new format conference. My session “ Mining Bitcoins with Your InstantPot: Has Agile Popularity Gone Too Far ?” examines the hype, realities and use of agile approaches.  Here is the presentation summary from the conference site: “The project world seems to have gone agile mad.

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Agile PMI Executing Planning 60

Proofhub

APRIL 23, 2018

Is your project losing money? Are you always in the fear of losing too much? Do you have the right set of tool for managing the team and project? In the life of a project manager, these are some common fears. They are always susceptible to finding the potential bottlenecks in a project. As projects are added, it becomes important for a project manager to look at how their teams work as a whole.

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Software Underperforming Technical Team 2018 Budget 60

LiquidPlanner

APRIL 26, 2018

I’m the member of the group project who ends up doing the whole thing, because “it’s just easier.”. I’m the delegator who assigns a task, but chimes in at any moment to adjust steps, offer unsolicited direction, and/or generally hover over the entire process. I’m the one who starts sentences with phrases like “not to totally take over,” and ends them with a hasty “just a suggestion.”.

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Construction Closing Process Controlling 74

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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GanttPRO Project Management

APRIL 24, 2018

When you’re dealing with project management, you’ll become aware of the Scrum method sooner or later. It’s a system that’s revolutionizing the face of software development but is also bringing […].

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SCRUM Software Developers Software Development Software 71

Leading Answers

APRIL 22, 2018

“ Software is eating the world ” claimed venture capitalist, Marc Andreessen in his 2011, New York Times article. Seven years on, the trend continues, and project managers are also on the menu. The next generation of project managers face new challenges but also new opportunities as organizations undergo a major transformation. Software is becoming omnipresent, it is embedded and integral to all industries.

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Technical Review 2011 Transportation Development Team Review 60

Function Point

APRIL 26, 2018

The Bulletproof Basic Creative Brief [download]. We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again — a solid basic creative brief is the backbone of any creative project. They are, in essence, a roadmap to project success that provides clarity for both your creatives and your clients. Sometimes a good creative brief can end up taking a large amount of time to complete, and for large-scale projects, that’s a good thing.

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Software Review Energy Communications Management Risk Management 68

Meisterplan

APRIL 25, 2018

Reporting methods are receiving more and more attention, which is just as true for project portfolio management as it is for most other disciplines. I do not find this to be surprising (and I’m not only speaking as the Data Analyst at Meisterplan when I say that). We have realized the importance of reporting by talking to our users and, of course, by organizing our own data.

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