Rebel’s Guide to PM
OCTOBER 15, 2018
This is a guest post by Nick Nuss from VocationCultivation. Nick Nuss. You can’t tell from the picture, but he’s actually an Excel Wizard. There comes a time when you have to step up and lead your manager, or any senior manager in your organisation. There might be any number of reasons behind this, normally connected in some way to getting the answers you need to continue managing a project.
PM Basics
OCTOBER 16, 2018
The higher you get on the career ladder, the colder and lonelier it becomes. You may be a talented leader. Nevertheless, you are in the role that prescribes management. People don’t like to be managed. Your job is to make people do what needs to be done. And it is always at the top of their mind. Now you add the reality of the workplace. Companies compete each other in the perfection of covering up Herzberg’s hygiene factors.
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ProjectManager.com
OCTOBER 15, 2018
Team communication is the bedrock on which productive project management is built. Jennifer Bridges, PMP, shows how you and your team can communicate effectively. Here’s a screenshot of the whiteboard for your reference! In Review – 7 Secrets for Effective Team Communication. Effective team communication might seem complex, but Jennifer said that when it’s boiled down to essentials, it can become very simple.
The Digital Project Manager
OCTOBER 16, 2018
Working with a remote team? Collaboration tools are vital in today’s world of online work. This expert review compares 10 of the best collaboration tools, explaining their pros & cons, pricing, features, integrations, and more. The post 10 Online Collaboration Tools To Boost Your Project’s Efficiency appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
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Kiron Bondale
OCTOBER 14, 2018
I’m reading Greg McKeown’s book Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less and many of the lessons within it echo the tenth principle from the Manifesto for Agile Software Development which is “ Simplicity–the art of maximizing the amount of work not done–is essential “ In the past, I’ve mostly considered this principle as it relates to how we deliver value to our customers.
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ProjectManager.com
OCTOBER 17, 2018
Everybody’s head is in the cloud nowadays. The phrase has shifted its meaning, however. Where it once implied daydreaming, now it is the realm of innovative businesses and forward-thinking leaders. The cloud, of course, is not the fluffy ethereal thing its name suggests. Rather, it’s technology that supports online business tools and helps drive today’s industry.
Scrum.org
OCTOBER 13, 2018
Scrum prescribes one person in the role of Product Owner (PO). Not multiple people, not a committee, just one person: “The Product Owner is the sole person responsible for managing the Product Backlog.” (Scrum guide). And when multiple teams work on a single product, the Scrum Guide says: “Multiple Scrum Teams often work together on the same product.
LiquidPlanner
OCTOBER 16, 2018
Dear Elizabeth: The project I am working on is quite complex. Our work overlaps with that of other teams, plus there are a few things in the business that might have an impact on what we are doing. Some of these dependencies might have significant impacts on the project. How do you recommend managing dependencies that put the project at risk? First, have a virtual high five for identifying that you’ve got dependencies on your project that could cause a problem.
The Digital Project Manager
OCTOBER 15, 2018
The post DPM Podcast: Project Managing Agile On The Sly (With Sarah Hoban) appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
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?
ProjectManager.com
OCTOBER 18, 2018
If you told me you don’t feel stress in the workplace, I wouldn’t believe you. I might ask, “Oh, do you work from home? Is that why you don’t feel stress ‘in the workplace?’” “Are you a professional puppy cuddler?” Or maybe, “Are you happily unemployed?”. The thing is, even if you enjoy your job, it is totally normal to experience stress. Stress is a regular human emotion, just like joy.
Leading Agile
OCTOBER 17, 2018
Warning: This may be a little bit preachy. If so, it’s only because I’m a little bit frustrated by it. Tying Up Loose Ends at Home. We’ve had a bad habit at our house over the years. When we used a tool, we’d neglect to put it back in its proper place. The next time someone needed the tool, we’d spend more time looking for it than it took to use it for the task at hand.
Scrum.org
OCTOBER 15, 2018
How often have you found yourself juggling too many balls? You may start dropping things left and right in a frantic effort to keep everything in the air. You will also find yourself unable to pick up new balls as it will only add stress and chaos. This may happen to you personally. Or in your team. Or in your entire organization. Ecocycle Planning is about exploring what it is that you’re keeping in the air (but shouldn’t), and what it is that you aren’t (but should).
Online PM Courses
OCTOBER 14, 2018
#PMOT is the Twitter hashtag used by Project Managers on Twitter. If you want to follow project management conversations on Twitter… Or if you want to keep up with the latest articles, or products… #PMOT is a good tag to follow. It’s not the only tag project managers use. Frankly it’s a bit of a blunt tool in these days where Twitter users often prefer narrower and more precise tags.
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.
ProjectManager.com
OCTOBER 16, 2018
Conflict is a part of any work environment. It can’t be helped. When you have a group of people working under stress with different personalities, there’s bound to be a few problems. That conflict exists is not the issue, but having an effective conflict resolution strategy to resolve that conflict if it begins to impact the business is crucial for any manager.
Scoro
OCTOBER 16, 2018
Fred Krieger is the Founder & CEO of Scoro, the all-in-one business management software that helps creative companies to work smarter, not harder. Scoro has a team of over 60 people in offices across Europe and the US, and customers in more than 50 countries worldwide. Recently, Deloitte named Scoro as one of the fastest growing tech companies in Europe – a result of a truly innovative product, and forward-thinking leadership supported by strong teamwork.
Susanne Madsen
OCTOBER 15, 2018
When I consult with organisations, train their staff or help review their processes, I’m often told that they don’t get around to formally review their projects. There seems to be so much pressure on businesses and teams today t hat many rush from one project to the next without taking the time to learn from the experiences they have just been through.
Atlassian Blog
OCTOBER 17, 2018
Admit it: You’ve got a few pesky habits you’d like to kick. Oh, and we know you’ve got big plans for how you’re going to change your ways. But how long have you been saying this without actually springing into action?
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Binfire
OCTOBER 18, 2018
Do you have tasks that you need to do every day? Managing tasks should not be a pain. With the advent of online task management software , managing work just got easier. Let’s start by defining what is a task? Task simply means any work that needs to be undertaken to achieve the desired result. So, buying milk is a task, taking kids to school is another task and so on.
Leading Agile
OCTOBER 15, 2018
A non-controversial title: Three words that have clear, unambiguous, consistently-understood meanings. If you use one of those words, everyone immediately understands exactly what you mean, and vice versa. Right? Well, okay, maybe not so much. From Three to One. These three words have been bandied around the software community for more years than I can count.
Teamweek
OCTOBER 18, 2018
Where did I put my keys? Who is my next meeting with again? What was I supposed to do before I left for the office today? Do you ever find yourself asking questions like these throughout the day? As more responsibilities and tasks are added to your list, it can become a bit overwhelming and easier to forget the little things. Taking steps to improve your memory and using tactics to help you recall things will relieve some of the stress from your overtaxed brain.
Prince2
OCTOBER 18, 2018
PRINCE2 oder Methoden wie Scrum und Kanban kommen alle ursprünglich aus dem IT-Umfeld. Trotzdem: Wenn Du ein Agilista bist, dann lächelst Du nur müde über die „Wasserfall“-Methode PRINCE2. Nieder mit den Hierarchien und sturen Prozessen! Was kümmern uns Dokumentationen? Der Mensch steht im Vordergrund, nicht der Prozess: „Individuals and interactions over processes and tools, Working software over comprehensive documentation, Customer collaboration over contract negotiation, Responding to change
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Herding Cats
OCTOBER 18, 2018
. Here's a picture from a Tweeter post (without attribution) that is suggested to represent what it means to apply #NoEstimates. Let's look at the detail of each of the boxes in the context of the uncertainties encountered on all projects. Prioritize features and stories by Value. Priority means different things to different stakeholders. Without a clear and concise definition of the Units of Measures for those stakeholders, prioritizing the Features is just a buzzword.
Meisterplan
OCTOBER 19, 2018
Retrospectives with the Portfolio Board. The agile world has an important building block to enhance cooperation when it comes to working with Scrum: retrospectives. According to the Scrum Guide, the Sprint Retrospective is an opportunity for the Scrum team to analyze themselves and create a plan for improvements to be implemented during the next Sprint.
Teamweek
OCTOBER 15, 2018
Project management techniques have helped change the way project managers tackle different projects. Using a specific project management technique can help you finish a project more easily. Here are nine project management techniques to help any project manager complete their next project. 1. Scrum. Scrum is a project management technique that comes from a group of processes known as the Agile Development Framework.
Tony Adams
OCTOBER 13, 2018
You’re on a long project and the finish line is way over the horizon. How do we keep stakeholders interested, when you have a long way to go? An interesting thing happened this week. I’ve been leading an office fit out project in North Sydney since June 2017. When it’s complete later this year, it will provide a showcase facility and a regional hub that will allow the client to work across the Asia Pacific.
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.
Herding Cats
OCTOBER 17, 2018
Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of the world. — Arthur Schopenhauer. What does that mean? . Each of us has our limits. For some, the limit is in the seeing , for others, it’s in the doing. Others have limits built into their thinking, or the ability to believe. This is neither an accusation nor a problem unless we let it become so.
Leading Agile
OCTOBER 18, 2018
?. Once again, Mike Cottmeyer and Dave Prior sat down to discuss some of Mike’s latest thoughts on Agile Transformation and answer questions that we received from the audience. Some of the topics discussed were: Agile PMO, velocity, and governance just to name a few. These live Q&A sessions will be recurring, so make sure you’re on the lookout for the next installment.
Teamweek
OCTOBER 17, 2018
Project risk management is the process of identifying and planning for potential risks, which are factors with the potential to affect the schedule, budget, or performance of your project. It’s a concept that causes us to have (in addition to Plan A), a Plan B, C, and even D if a project is big or has enough moving parts. While risk is impossible to eliminate completely, a well-developed project risk management plan will reduce not only the likelihood of an event occurring but also the significa
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