Online PM Courses
OCTOBER 6, 2019
Project Integration Management is the glue that holds the parts of your project together. It's a discipline common to all project management methodologies. The post Project Integration Management: Your Guide to the PM Glue appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.
Teamweek
OCTOBER 9, 2019
“Not again!”. I could hear Dan, one of the other project managers, from across the hall. Excusing myself to my co-worker, I hurried over. “What’s happened?”. He gestured to his computer screen, which looked like it had a new Easter egg screensaver. “Paul sent this UI to the client without running it by me first.”. “Didn’t Mary do the same thing last time?
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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives
OCTOBER 10, 2019
When businesses need to improve all-round performance, it is common for them to turn to high-quality business skills training programmes. Aside from enhancing some of the specific skills that are required to perform project tasks and improve day-to-day operations, these training programmes can also help to build coaching and mentoring skills. This development of coaching and mentoring skills among experienced, senior employees can be invaluable, allowing them to impart wisdom and contribute to t
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?
nTask
OCTOBER 8, 2019
In the old days, businesses or the organizational culture was a hit or miss affair. Businesses were pushed forward and projects were pitched without asking the tough questions or defining a specific direction for the team on how to achieve the goals that were set by the company. If you are in such a position that you are responsible for setting the direction and scope of a team to work on a project, then you should be able to write an effective Project Charter and in this article, we’ll gu
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Project Risk Coach
OCTOBER 7, 2019
Bad project managers create project cultures filled with stress, confusion, and little progress. Unfortunately, many of these individuals are not aware of their behaviors. Photo courtesy of Adobe Stock Let's run through a list of eight behaviors that all bad project managers have in common. Furthermore, let's talk about how to remedy these behaviors.
Leading Answers
OCTOBER 9, 2019
Over the next few weeks, I will be featuring samples from my new Kindle book “ Agile Illustrated: A Visual Learner’s Guide to Agility ”. The book is a graphical introduction to the agile mindset and the best servant leadership behaviors for supporting agile teams. Let’s start with the Agile Manifesto: The Agile Manifesto was created during a meeting in February 2001 that brought together a number of software and methodology experts who were at the forefront of the emerging agile methods.
Kiron Bondale
OCTOBER 6, 2019
How many times have you been on a project where your customer or some other key stakeholder has prematurely tried to jump to a solution without having fully articulated their needs and wants? This behavior gives rise to many risks including wasted effort, the perceived loss of autonomy for delivery team members, and a loss of optionality. So why should we consider our personal development to be any different?
ProjectManager.com
OCTOBER 8, 2019
The day to get organized is now, not later. Without having some organization for your project, you run the risk of sending an extensive and time-consuming project spiraling into abject failure. A well-organized project ensures that everyone knows what’s expected of them, what their authority is and what they need to do. It provides the track on which to run a project.
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.
Project Risk Coach
OCTOBER 8, 2019
Project management is "the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet the project objectives" (PMBOK—6th Edition). So, how does project risk management fit into the world of project management? Hand in Glove Relationship Project risk management fits in project management like a hand in glove. It empowers the project manager to achieve the project objectives.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
OCTOBER 7, 2019
So you have to do a presentation at work? Presenting in meetings or to your boss is always a bit nerve-wracking. Here are 10 tips for giving a fantastic work presentation. 1. Know your audience. First, know your audience. Who are you presenting to? And where are they in the organisational hierarchy? The presentation you give to a team of technical system developers is going to be very different to the presentation you give to the CEO, even if you are talking about the same project.
Scrum.org
OCTOBER 8, 2019
Hello awesome people. I want to share with you my recent experience and discussion with a senior manager who needs advise on how to measure his organisation agility. His company already invested quite a lot of money to send people to trainings and get them certified, purchased tools and processes from vendors and even hired the most expensive consultants in the market to make his company more agile.
ProjectManager.com
OCTOBER 9, 2019
All projects can be improved with the right tool. Smaller construction projects need construction project management software, and bigger ones definitely require the kind of control that only a PM tool can provide. Construction projects can be big, complex and often unruly, with regulatory issues, safety concerns, equipment rentals, multiple teams and more.
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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?
The Digital Project Manager
OCTOBER 11, 2019
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Rebel’s Guide to PM
OCTOBER 9, 2019
I recently sat down and interviewed Carole Osterweil and now I am happy to announce that I have two copies of her book, Project Delivery, Uncertainty and Neuroscience: A Leader’s Guide to Walking in Fog, to giveaway! What is the book about? Fully referenced, yet concise and easy to read, Project Delivery, Uncertainty & Neuroscience, draws on recent research in neuroscience, mindfulness, complexity and project management.
Scrum.org
OCTOBER 7, 2019
TL; DR: Faking Agile Metrics — An Eye-Opening Exercise. Imagine you’re a Scrum Master and the line manager of your team believes that the best sign for a successful agile transformation is a steady increase in the Scrum Team’s velocity. Moreover, if the team fails to deliver on that metric something is wrong with the Scrum Team. Alternatively, something is wrong with you as you are the Scrum Master and hence responsible for the team’s performance.
nTask
OCTOBER 10, 2019
The organizational culture is complete mayhem right now because of the humongous size of projects and activities of thriving companies throughout the industry. When the projects are large in size and number, there has always been a need for a strategy to manage the mix of interrelated, connected and dependent projects. That’s where Project Portfolio Management comes in.
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.
Musings on Project Management
OCTOBER 5, 2019
Perhaps I've said this before. I certainly intended to. But, percent complete is a worthless metric Not a value measurement: Percent complete is a ratio. The ratio is dimensionless, whereas value has a dimension; it can be measured. Percent complete is not only not a measure of value completed; it’s really not even a measure of completeness, even if some things are "completed" at less.
Workamajig
OCTOBER 7, 2019
The right PM course can change your career. This article shares a list of project management courses to help you learn faster than ever. Are great project managers born or made? The honest answer: a little bit of both. Some of the skills you need to be a project manager are innate. If you’re a naturally good communicator and a born leader, you’ll be at home in a project management role.
Scrum.org
OCTOBER 7, 2019
There are four key words in the first value of the Agile Manifesto: “ Individuals and their interactions over processes and tools ”. Most of us can spend countless hours debating the value of focusing on people and the dangers related to focusing on processes and tools. Interestingly, in our debates we seem to be oblivious to the reference to interactions and what it truly means to social and tribal animals as we, humans, are.
nTask
OCTOBER 8, 2019
There are many slack alternatives available out in the market and in this article we explore the 9 best ones. Any activity in an organizational culture is successful largely because of the communication that the employees have with each other. This conversation and staying in touch in the development phase or even in the normal phase is an effective team collaboration factor.
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.
Scoro
OCTOBER 10, 2019
Fred Krieger is the Founder & CEO of Scoro, the all-in-one business management software that helps agencies and professional service companies to work smarter, not harder. Besides being a successful leader in the tech world, Fred Krieger has also been an award-winning music producer and songwriter for more than 20 years. He has always been inspired to find ways to be more productive and work more efficiently.
MPUG
OCTOBER 6, 2019
Introduction. The core technique available to Project Managers for planning and controlling their projects is Network Analysis. This short guide will provide a basic understanding of networking principles before applying them. Network Analysis, Critical Path Analysis (CPA), or the American “Program, Evaluation, and Review Technique” (PERT) is one of the classic methods of planning and controlling the progress of projects.
Scrum.org
OCTOBER 11, 2019
. CONTEXT. Your Sprint is over. Your increment is “done”, you have coded cleanly, your unit tests and integration tests are bright green, you are proud of your work. The Sprint Review is running smoothly. The Sprint Retrospective allows the team to find 1 or 2 axes of improvement without revolutionizing the world. Well done ! You follow on your Sprint Planning, identifying a friendly Sprint Goal as a target, a dozen Product Backlog item as a trajectory and a nice Sprint Backlog to get there.
Wrike
OCTOBER 9, 2019
Remember the good old days when making it a “Blockbuster night” was the thing to do? Nothing beat the feeling of walking through those doors to eagerly scan the new release wall before perusing aisle after aisle of classic, obscure, and off-the-wall films… that is, nothing except having on-demand access to practically every movie ever made without having to leave the comfort of your couch.
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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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