Musings on Project Management
MARCH 19, 2022
Leap!And expect a parachute to followFrom the Netflix series "Inventing Anna"Actually, in the book "The Network" by Scott Wooley -- which is a pseudo-biography of Edwin Armstrong (vacuum tube amplifier inventor, among many electronics inventions. 42 patents and IEEE Medal of Honor) and David Sarnoff (founder of RCA and NBC) there are many "Leap!" projects described, to include but not.
Project Risk Coach
MARCH 21, 2022
How often have you found new requirements towards the end of your projects? 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. Let's look at 12 common requirements mistakes. If you want to improve your project success, improve your requirements processes.
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Kiron Bondale
MARCH 20, 2022
One of the clichés about Scrum is that it is “easy to understand but difficult to master” The first part of that is obvious with the Scrum Guide is only eleven pages (if you don’t count the title page, purpose and table of contents). There are three roles, three outputs and four events (five if you include sprints as an event but I prefer not to as the whole idea of events within events makes me nauseous).
Rebel’s Guide to PM
MARCH 20, 2022
When I was working in France, my Indian colleagues rang to tell us they were being sent home after office buildings in Bangalore were damaged: the death of Indian film legend Rajkumar had prompted spontaneous violence amongst mourners on the streets. Another time, I was stuck with other commuters trying to get to work in Paris after strikes about pensions meant that more than 90% of high-speed trains were cancelled.
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
MARCH 21, 2022
Whether you’re a numbers person or not, as a project manager, ownership of a budget is usually a key part of your job responsibilities. Creating and managing a project budget can be a daunting task, but it can be easy if you use the right project budgeting software. Projects can have several different types of costs that all need tracking in order to ensure that everything comes in under budget.
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Leading Agile
MARCH 23, 2022
Mike Cottmeyer was recently a guest on the Agile to Agility podcast with Miljan Bajic where he discussed Transformation, Business Architecture, and Scaling. Listen now. Agile to Agility Website. Transcript: Speaker: Miljan Bajic 00:29. Who is Mike Cottmeyer and what’s been your journey? Mike Cottmeyer 00:33. Okay, well, that’s a big question, man, who is Mike Cottmeyer?
Rebel’s Guide to PM
MARCH 25, 2022
Watch my free webinar training on the 3 critical skills you need to manage multiple projects. Learn the skills you really need to juggle all your work! Managers promote people who are a safe pair of hands, who know how to get the job done and can work efficiently at all levels of the organization. Being able to manage multiple projects is one way to evidence that you can do all of that.
ProjectManager.com
MARCH 25, 2022
What Is Agile Project Management? Agile project management is an iterative approach to delivering a project through short planning cycles called sprints. By using incremental steps towards completing a project, agile teams can easily adjust their project plan or product development plan to better meet their customer requirements. Agile project management allows teams to gather customer feedback as the project progresses.
Scrum.org
MARCH 21, 2022
Scrum’s power is in its simplicity. Rather than containing a set of work instructions, Scrum is a framework offering general principles. That’s what makes it well-suited to complex environments where more is unknown than known. . The simplicity of Scrum means that teams can adopt the complementary practices that work for their environment. For example, Scrum doesn’t tell teams that they need to use points.
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.
Leading Agile
MARCH 21, 2022
For the past 20+ years, I have worked with small and large organizations seeking more business agility. I’ve seen firsthand that the Transformation is not as difficult for smaller organizations because there are fewer layers to work through. For larger businesses, it becomes more challenging. Becoming more Agile for large, well-established businesses is more than just a change for the IT organization; it has wide, sweeping implications.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
MARCH 23, 2022
This is an edited extract from my book Customer-Centric Project Management , co-authored with Phil Peplow (Routledge, 2012). As any project manager will know, projects do not exist in a vacuum. They are created from the need to fulfil an organizational objective such as generating more revenue or improving brand awareness. Projects happen because someone – an individual or a committee – deems that this particular initiative will deliver some kind of business benefit.
ProjectManager.com
MARCH 21, 2022
Projects can feel overwhelming. But when you break down large chunks of the work into smaller pieces, suddenly it’s manageable. That’s basically what any project management methodology is all about. The whole project, from start to finish, is even divided into phases. The software development life cycle (SDLC) is how it’s done in software development.
Scrum.org
MARCH 23, 2022
Recently I was asked to answer some questions for a journalist on how to structure IT organizations. The questions were interesting and I wanted to share my responses here. What's the best way to restructure an IT organization for maximum productivity? Of course, the word productivity is an emotive one. Should we strive for productivity or value? Are productivity and value the same?
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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?
Online PM Courses
MARCH 20, 2022
The PMBOK Guide 7th Edition introduced Models, Methods, and Artifacts. This is a set of tools to help you get the Project Management job done. The post Models, Methods, & Artifacts: PMBOK’s Awesome Tools to Get it Done appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
MARCH 21, 2022
Michelle Symonds. This is a guest post by Michelle Symonds, on behalf of Parallel Project Training. Clearly, men and women are different and deal with situations differently in the workplace. The skills that they naturally excel at rarely coincide and it is the innate talents of women that help to make them better project managers than men. The industries in which women work as project managers vary and few work in the still male-dominated ones such as construction projects and engineering, but
ProjectManager.com
MARCH 21, 2022
Microsoft Project is one of the most commonly used project management software, but it’s popularity has decreased over the years due to its many drawbacks such as not working on Apple products. The truth is, that Microsoft Project is an expensive, clunky project management software like many others in the market. It can be hard to find a similar project management tool for Mac with robust task management, resource management and time tracking features.
Scrum.org
MARCH 23, 2022
Professionalism is a key part of our identity at Scrum.org. We spend a lot of time thinking about how to bring professionalism alive for our learners, our trainers and the broader community. What does professionalism mean in a broader context than Scrum? How do we bring it alive for Scrum practitioners? As we do this work, it often gets us wondering do we know what it means to be a professional in the Agile industry?
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.
PM Times
MARCH 22, 2022
A few of my colleagues raise eyebrows when I mention that I used to be a programmer back in the days, I am not talking about assembly language, but I could write a few things in Java and C++. Recently I picked up some new skills creating Power Apps, connecting data with Microsoft Dataverse, building […]. The post Progressive PMOs are harnessing the power of Citizen Developers appeared first on Project Management Articles, Webinars, Templates and Jobs.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
MARCH 25, 2022
This is a guest article by Dr Mike Clayton, who is the well-known author and trainer behind Online PM Courses.*. It was about 17 years ago. I sat opposite the new project manager. What to tell her? The First Meeting. I remember sitting down with a new project manager over coffee. Don’t get me wrong: she had lots of good experience, but was off to manage her first project for a client the next day….
Agilemania
MARCH 25, 2022
The Agile methodology has long been accepted over the waterfall methodology. Despite over decades of its inception, agile transformations have been a failure for many organizations. What’s the reason for this? Is it something that the naked eye is failing to notice? Whatever the reason, today we are going to talk about the phases(steps) in Agile methodology.
Scrum.org
MARCH 24, 2022
In Kürze: 24+2 Daily Scrum Anti-Patterns. Nach meiner Erfahrung ist das Daily Scrum das Scrum-Ereignis mit der höchsten Anti-Pattern-Dichte unter allen Ereignissen. Erfahren Sie mehr über die Daily Scrum Anti-Patterns, die Ihren Weg zur Agilität gefährden. ?? Soll ich Sie über Artikel wie diesen informieren? Großartig! Sie können sich hier für den Newsletter "Food for Agile Thought" anmelden und sich über 34.000 Abonnenten anschließen. ??
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.
nTask
MARCH 25, 2022
Starting with a project is easy but wrapping it up effectively is tiresome and challenging. When it comes to project closure, we procrastinate or don’t do it all. Truth be told, we mostly don’t find time and energy to properly put the whole project to bed. So, we tend to skip it. However, project closure is pivotal to properly tie up loose ends and finish the project.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
MARCH 25, 2022
Very early in my career I worked with an IT manager who refused to use the term ‘the business’ in conversation. He’d pull people up when colleagues said things like, “The business is asking for…”. What you really mean, he would argue, is that the Marketing team, or the Finance team, is asking for something. There is no dichotomy of IT and ‘the business’.
Hub Planner
MARCH 23, 2022
Are you still using Spreadsheets to Manage your team? We chat daily with project managers around the world who find themselves trying to manage teams of resources with nothing but a spreadsheet and a headache. You are not alone, so don’t be surprised if you find yourself reading this article. By the time PM’s talk to us at Hub Planner t hey are frustrated with their current “hack” of a solution, that they spend more time maintaining it than doing their job.
Scrum.org
MARCH 21, 2022
TL; DR: 24+2 Daily Scrum Anti-Patterns. In my experience, the Daily Scrum is the Scrum event with the highest anti-pattern density among all events. Learn more about Daily Scrum anti-patterns that threaten your Scrum team’s success, from becoming a reporting session to assignments to answering these three questions. ???? Zur deutschsprachigen Version des Artikels: 24+2 Daily Scrum Anti-Patterns. ??
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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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