Rebel’s Guide to PM
NOVEMBER 7, 2018
Process mapping creates value as it helps people understand the business context of the work they are doing. One tool to do this is the SIPOC diagram. Get a free PowerPoint SIPOC diagram template. Join the Project Management Resource Library to get the template, and lots of other free project management templates, checklists and guides. Let me into the Resource Library!
Kiron Bondale
NOVEMBER 4, 2018
I’ve frequently said that agile transformations are marathons and not sprints. But when someone runs a marathon there are mile markers to understand how far they’ve come and to help them get their second (or third or fourth) wind. While there is no single model for how a company will progress through its agile transformation, it is a good idea for transformation teams to proactively identify tipping points where previously unique outcomes or behaviors have become commonplace.
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ProjectManager.com
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
Most projects dip into outside resources to achieve their objectives. It’s becoming increasingly rare for any one organization to have all the goods and services necessary to complete the work they’ve set out for themselves. That’s where vendor management comes in. The practice of vendor management enlists vendors—or businesses and individuals who provide essential goods and services—to help execute their project.
Project Risk Coach
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
Great project managers are great communicators. And we are often required to inform, persuade, inspire, and lead others. Let's look at how public speaking may be hurting your career and twelve ways to become a better speaker. So, what is public speaking (also called oratory)? It is the process or act of performing a speech to a live audience. When does this occur for project managers?
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Rebel’s Guide to PM
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
This year I have rounded up a selection of presents that would make suitable gifts for managers, colleagues and project teams. There are also a few extra-special (i.e. too expensive for a Secret Santa) presents that you could either club together to buy for a colleague. My own experience of gifting for colleagues has been mixed. I took part in the office Secret Santa one year and I didn’t get it right.
Project Management Update brings together the best content for project management professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
ProjectManager.com
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
Project planning is one of the foundational pillars that supports the practice of project management. Jennifer Bridges, PMP, walks through the basics to guide beginners and refresh the pros. Here’s a screenshot for your reference! In Review – Project Planning for Beginners. Project planning is very important in any project, Jennifer said. Managers of any experience level will soon discover how important planning is if they neglect to plan their projects!
Scrum.org
NOVEMBER 7, 2018
The Product Owner role is implemented in organizations in various different ways. The responsibilities and authorities of Product Owners vary across organizations, departments, teams and Product Owners. This can be explained to some extend, because it is a role that people need to grow into. The role requires some specific competences and a specific mindset.
Project Bliss
NOVEMBER 7, 2018
The 5 Whys root cause analysis tool helps you quickly get past surface assumptions. It helps you dig deeper so you can solve the root cause of the problem. . A. What is the 5 Whys Root Cause Tool? The 5 Whys is a simple tool used to help you understand what’s really causing a problem. If you’ve got a problem that needs addressing, it can be beneficial to look deeper to understand what the root cause of the problem may be.
The Digital Project Manager
NOVEMBER 7, 2018
Getting lost in emails and ad hoc texts from coworkers? Here’s a list of the best communication tools we’ve seen, designed to unify and streamline your communication at work. The post 10 Best Communication Tools For More Engaged & Effective Team Conversations 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
NOVEMBER 7, 2018
If only we were able to predict the future, we’d all be rich. Well, that fantasy is played out every day in boardrooms across the globe with the practice of business forecasting. Organizations don’t fly by the seat of their pants: they’re constantly working on forecasting the future. Every decision, each process they engage in, has been based on some manner of forecasting to support it.
Scrum.org
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
This article discusses the growth of agility for customer-facing products with 3+ teams, probably tens of teams with Nexus and/or LeSS. . Background: In this article, I compare and contrast the more advanced maturity patterns of Scaled Professional Scrum, Nexus with Scrum Studio all in one corner, and LeSS. They have a lot in common. . Nexus and LeSS are the only patterns that are based on real Scrum with 1 Product Owner, 1 Product Backlog for each real customer-facing product.
nTask
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
Do you ever feel overburdened by the weight of all the things you have to get done with during the day or during the week? We all do! Believe us when we say this, each one of us thinks, at least once a day, that maybe 24 hours of the day weren’t put in place for us to do this much of work. Or, maybe we need to manage our tasks better? Definitely the latter!
Musings on Project Management
NOVEMBER 7, 2018
I thought this posting on the "Agile Canon" was worthy of passing along in its entirety. So, there's the link for a pretty good read on the most important elements of a canon that all should be interested in adopting: Measure Economic Progress: Outcomes, means to measure, means to forecast Proactively Experiment to Improve: Assess options, embrace diversity and variability, execute.
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
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
Our mastery of the decision-making process plays a big part in the outcome of our lives, as life could be easily defined as a series of decisions. Each step on life’s journey is taken after considering where to put your foot. It’s true that some just march forward without much thought, but even that is a decision. While serendipitous discovery often follows those that accept a more organic, nonlinear path, that creative approach is the luxury of those with time to spare.
Scrum.org
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
I’ve had this ongoing discussion with a few of my colleagues who says that the term “agile leader” is an oxymoron - that the ideal organization is a bunch of Scrum Teams and not much else. Even in an ideal world, I disagree, and here’s why in a nutshell: I’ve never seen, and have not even heard of, an organization that was successful in their pursuit of agility who did not have a strong leader guiding the vision for what the organization can become, motivating people to achieve that vision, nurt
LiquidPlanner
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
From the Desk of Todd Humphrey. Since joining LiquidPlanner 12 months ago, I’ve put my competitive spirit, passion for sports, and 20 years of technology startup experience to good use. By taking the crown jewels of our technology—scheduling, tracking, and reporting—really exploring the opportunities in front of us, and talking to so many of our customers, I really feel like we can take our company to a new level.
The Digital Project Manager
NOVEMBER 7, 2018
Scoping out Basecamp alternatives to help your team stay on the same page? This review helps you compare the features and pricing of some the best tools for team collaboration on the market. The post 10 Of The Best Basecamp Alternatives For Team Collaboration appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
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Online PM Courses
NOVEMBER 4, 2018
The PMI Talent Triangle is a simple tool that reminds us all about the value of a broad range of professional skills. It is all too easy to settle for excellent technical skills and think ‘that’s it. I have project management nailed.’ Not at all. All of the professional bodies and providers of general project management qualifications recognize that this is far from the truth.
Scrum.org
NOVEMBER 7, 2018
SAFe includes Scrum - so how come many Scrum practitioners and thought leaders consider it unsafe? The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe™) is one of the most popular approaches to applying agile at scale out there. SAFe's perspective is that "Nothing beats an Agile Team" and it doesn't try to reinvent the wheel or even innovate too much when it comes to the Team level.
Inloox
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
Many people look forward to fall and winter with the colorful leaves and ski-season awaiting them. Others hate the idea of the weather getting colder and the days getting shorter. If you identify with the latter group and can’t seem to motivate yourself to get anything done, the following guide will help you make it through the dark times and maintain motivation and a good mood.
Leading Agile
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
If you’ve met a great product person you’ve met a time traveler. The great ones, in fact, find themselves moving through the dimensions of time in the same day—sometimes even before lunch. It is essential for the success of their products that they can do this well and never get stuck in any one dimension (past, present, future) too long to neglect the needs of the other two.
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PM Basics
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
It is hard to imagine what you can do with a project risk. Yes. Avoid, mitigate, transfer and so on. But what does it mean? What specific actions can you take to avoid something? What can you, as a project manager, do to mitigate a risk? Adding some risk reserves and removing requirements from the scope are not the only options. I want to share some stories of risk management with you.
Scrum.org
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
"There's no predictability/commitment in Agile/Scrum". Over the years I've heard my share of these kinds of statements from various levels of executives: "When my guys run a product development release I really want to know what I will get at the end so I can make business plans accordingly". "In the old days when we ran projects we knew the timeline, we knew the scope, there were no surprises.
Green Project Management
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
Perception is reality. We have heard that many times. One definition of perception “is the organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information in order to represent and understand the presented information, or the environment.” The key with perception though is that people generally believe perception is fact, and not just an opinion or option.
Wrike
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
In our LinkedIn Project Management 2.0 group ( you can join us here! ), we asked experienced project managers to divulge their #1 tip for newcomers to the field. Not surprisingly, these process fanatics shared a plethora of great tips to help newcomers succeed in this ever-changing area of work. Read through their project management advice below, and see what you can learn as you walk into your first, second, or even tenth PM role. “I think that all the important tips could be summarized w
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.
Planview
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
Your organization is transforming. Maybe you’re part of a newly-minted project management office (PMO). Or perhaps you’re a tenured PMO leader and looking to refine your skills. You’re valiant and ready to spearhead the challenges ahead for developing process and governance. But they have given you a butter knife for the proverbial “battle” to slay the fire-breathing dragon.
Scrum.org
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
The gap between deciding to Limit WIP and actually lowering WIP. One of the key Kanban practices we discuss in the Kanban Guide for Scrum Teams is Limiting Work in Process. . Some of us have the luxury of designing processes for greenfield systems meaning there is no history/legacy to deal with. Typically though, we are dealing with Brownfield/Legacy systems - This usually means there is some work in the system already, there are outstanding commitments, and some existing queues between steps in
Teamweek
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
Normally, you love your job as a project manager at a creative agency in London. Today you don’t. You’re even wondering if you’re in the wrong calling. Despite your best efforts, a photo shoot in Notting Hill for a new line of women’s wear was a complete disaster. Two of the models showed up late. The courier delivered the clothing to the wrong location.
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