Rebel’s Guide to PM
FEBRUARY 20, 2022
A project manager approached me recently with a problem. She knew that some of the data that was being submitted in internal reports was — frankly — made up. It was made up with the best intentions from educated guesses and extrapolation. It’s probably fairer and less controversial to say that it was ‘estimated’ rather than created totally randomly from scratch.
nTask
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
Nowadays, planning for a project is as important as creating a project proposal. You can’t just dive into the project blindly and realize at a later stage that it wasn’t worth investing in. Thus, it is necessary to create a great project proposal for its success of it. The more prepared you are the better it is for the team and decision-makers to achieve the goals and objectives of the company.
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ActiveCollab
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
What if you had to handle projects on the go, without a plan, organization, or any order? You would just brief your team, tell them what needs to be done, and they will be on board with everything you just proposed! This is how things work in an ideal business setting. However, projects aren't that simple, and they demand planning, organizing, leading, and controlling, which are four functions of management.
Kiron Bondale
FEBRUARY 20, 2022
Project management standards such as the PMBOK® Guide, Sixth Edition state that contingency reserves, which are established to offset the cost or schedule impacts of realized identified risks, are considered part of the project budget and cost baseline. As the project manager is authorized to spend the budget as planned, it is assumed that they have the ability to draw upon contingency reserves directly as risks are realized.
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?
Rebel’s Guide to PM
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
The Complex Project Toolkit is really a book about paradigms in project management and how to encourage teams (and project managers) to stay curious and to embrace uncertainty. This is not a ‘how-to’ book with templates or checklists, but rather a scaled-out strategy view. It’s packed with examples from history, science, as well as some project anecdotes.
Project Management Update brings together the best content for project management professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Proofhub
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
How Businesses Can Smoothly Manage Work Amid The Scare of Omicron Image Source: ProofHub It’s been nearly two years since the global pandemic of Covid-19 unprecedentedly arrived on the scene and threw normal life out of gear. Amid the grave threat to human life, social distancing and remote work have become synonymous in the last couple of years. Yes, scientists have introduced vaccines, and millions of people have been diagnosed with them.
Leading Agile
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
Imagine you’re a CIO, CTO, IT Leader, or Finance Manager. You prepare an annual operating plan outlining your budget and allocations every year. Once the dust settles and everything is agreed to, you are asked to do more with less. Everything after that is chaos. WHERE THE PLAN GOES WRONG. Projects that you targeted did not start when you planned. Unplanned events, outages, and work eat at the money you planned to invest in a new value.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
FEBRUARY 19, 2022
Social media is a de facto standard for businesses these days. Brands can thrive or wither on the quality of their social media manager and some networks can be ruthless. Campaigns and tweets can stick in customers’ memories for a long time: who can forget the Colin the Caterpillar struggles? (#FreeCuthbert!) They even made it on to the primary school curriculum.
Scrum.org
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
The Product Backlog is one of the three Scrum artifacts. It is the team’s to-do list that shows what to work on next. Each item on the list is called a Product Backlog item (PBI), and each PBI contains a description, sizing, and order. A well-refined Product Backlog is essential for high-performing Scrum Teams. Without it, teams will likely struggle to deliver a Done increment each Sprint.
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.
nTask
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
In the market, when we talk about a complete product that comes in the display, it is an excellent culmination of many individual steps that have been completed by the members of the product development team members playing different roles. In order to make the team exceedingly productive while making sure that every single member of the team knows what they have to do, the project managers create to-do lists in correlation with the scrum team.
Online PM Courses
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
Rich Maltzman is co-author of How to Facilitate Productive Project Planning Meetings. So, we discuss creating productive project meetings. The post How to Facilitate Productive Project Meetings – with Rich Maltzman appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.
PM Times
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
As we set out on the Agile journey, picking Kanban seemed like a no-brainer. It is visual, easy to use, and a perfect fit for the PM tool we have been developing. However, after a short few months, we realized Scrum was indeed a better fit and switched. Here is our story, hopefully, it will […]. The post Choosing Scrum over Kanban – Why we Switched appeared first on Project Management Articles, Webinars, Templates and Jobs.
Scrum.org
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
The agile industry has fallen short in providing agile practitioners with all the tools they need to navigate the complex transformations they face. In my opinion, the biggest gap in the toolbox is professional coaching. . The agile ‘industry’ was born in the 1990’s before the agile manifesto was written. Since then, the market potential of agile coaching was projected at $500 million by 2023 and has moved firmly into the territory of organization transformation.
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Agilemania
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
What is DevOps. The term DevOps is a combination of two words- Development and Operations. It combines a variety of cultural concepts, processes, and tools that improve a company’s capacity to deliver applications and services effectively. . Organizations can provide better services to their clients and compete in the market with ruinous competition because of the swiftness provided by DevOps. .
Resource Guru
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
The project management software market is booming, with an expected value of $9.8 billion by 2026. Most project managers forecast an increase in project volume and their responsibilities over the next few years. So, user-friendly digital tools that reduce manual work and help PMs stay on top of resource management and project scheduling will be more valuable than ever.
PM Times
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
What is eCommerce Project Management and Why is it Important? eCommerce project management is the application of knowledge skills, tools, and techniques in a structured manner to reach eCommerce project goals and requirements. Proper project management can improve a business’s efficiency, foster collaboration between teammates, boost a team’s performance, and improve customer satisfaction. eCommerce project […].
Scrum.org
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
Where in the Scrum framework do reflection and learning happen? You’re only partially right if your answer is the Sprint Retrospective. Because although learning should certainly happen there, it’s a waste of opportunities to do it *only* during Sprint Retrospectives, Sprint Reviews, or one of the other Scrum events. There are many ways to encourage learning throughout the Sprint in a way that makes it a natural part of your work together.
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.
Agilemania
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
Scrum Master is a job rising in demand in the last decade. We took a look at the Google Trends data over the past decade, and the results are astonishing. Source: Google Trends. The search term ‘Scrum Master jobs’ grew in popularity by 37% in the last 5 years. Validating this fact is Glassdoor’s 50 Best Jobs of 2021 , where Scrum Master is ranked at 40 and received a job satisfaction rating of 4.0. .
The Strategic Project Manager
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
A Business Model is an important input to organizational success. So how can you easily develop a good Business Model? This post examines the Business Model Canvas, a simple tool that provides a template for building an effective Business Model. What Is a Business Model Canvas? The Business Model Canvas encompasses the framework of what a Business Model is.
MPUG
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
What criteria should businesses look at to decide on the Project solution they need? There’s plenty of documentation on the features of each of the various Microsoft Project solutions, but where do you start, what do you need, and what’s the right answer? These are the questions we’re going to explore in this article. Microsoft seems to be pushing strongly towards Project for the web (P4W), but that doesn’t mean that’s the only option.
Scrum.org
FEBRUARY 20, 2022
Scrums größte Stärke ist dessen Einfachheit, welche aber auch die Quelle vieler Mythen und Fehlinterpretationen ist. In meinem fortgeschritten Professional Scrum Master Training helfe ich den Teilnehmern auf unterhaltsame Art und Weise zu verstehen, dass Scrum keine Einheitslösung, kein Allheilmittel oder eine vollständige Methodik ist. Indem ich ihnen Aussagen präsentiere und sie begründen müssen, ob es sich hierbei um eine Tatsache oder um einen Mythos handelt, lernen sie die Grenzen des Rahme
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
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
In the way of organizational success, there lies a noteworthy foe that is ever-present and makes sure that you and your goals are berated and questioned at every step of the project development process. Not to make it sound too comical, but the general idea is the same. This “foe” is the stakeholders’ approvals and reviews. Trust me, if you haven’t suffered from this, then you are one of a few that haven’t.
Inloox
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
In the first three articles of our series on product development with the Stage-Gate® process, we covered the theoretical basics. This article is about the implementation, using the project management software InLoox. We also provide you with a free downloadable template of the idea-to-launch process described in part 3. Contents. The Stage-Gate® process as a phase-milestone plan.
Agilemania
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
‘Product Owner vs Product Manager’ is a topic that has been debated infinite times in many communities. . Are they the same? Or are they different? If they are different, what is the distinction between the two? These roles are pretty contextual depending on what processes or framework you opt for to build and sustain your product. To contribute to this, here are a few points to the add-in. .
Scrum.org
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
In Kürze: Product Owner Sabotage – 53 Beispiele aus der Praxis. Eine meiner Lieblingsübungen aus meinen Professional Scrum Product-Owner-Kursen ist die Frage, wie als Mitglied des mittleren Managements am besten Product Owner Sabotage betreibt. Die Regeln der Übung sind einfach: Sie dürfen keine Form von illegalen Aktivitäten anwenden. Es kommt also nicht infrage, die Aufgabe an einen Haufen Gesetzloser zu übertragen.
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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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