Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

“Who is free to work on this task?”. That’s something all project managers will hear at some time or another. And it isn’t the best way to allocate work to your project team members. After all, would you have brain surgery done by a surgeon who specialises in feet just because he or she happened to be free that day? Of course not. Would you ask a colleague to give a presentation to the board, just because they happened to have some spare time?

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Project Risk Coach

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Colin Gautrey This is a guest post by Colin Gautrey from Learn to Influence. Colin is an author, trainer and executive coach who has specialized in the field of power and influence for over ten years. He combines solid research with deep personal experience in corporate life to offer his audiences critical yet simple insights into how to achieve results with greater influence.

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Musings on Project Management

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

What's the hybrid thing? It's agile coexisting in the same project with a traditional methodology, presumably for the swim lanes that are not software. Some call hybrid agile as: agile in the waterfall Are hybrids practical? After all, the traditional is top down planned, most requirements up front, much system testing at the end, etc. Agile is the not-traditional.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

A Scrum Master might sound like a character in a role-playing game, but it’s a serious job that’s rooted in leadership. The Scrum Master is responsible for ensuring a true Scrum process over the course of a project. They hold together the Scrum framework, facilitating the process for the organization, product owner and Scrum team. Scrum, according to Scrum.org , is a framework that allows teams to work on complex projects and deliver high-value products by approaching problems adaptively.

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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?

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Kiron Bondale

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

A lot has been written about the challenges caused by functional managers when their company undergoes an agile transformation. But with this emphasis on what they shouldn’t be doing, not as much gets published about the specific activities we should be doing to help them through the change. Here are four questions to ask when considering this key role.

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LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Agile means a lot of different things to different project teams. Many teams I meet describe themselves as “Agilish” or use “Scrumerfall”. These teams struggle with Agile practices as business analysts author reams of business requirements only to have a development team write the user stories. Business representatives assume the product owner role but only check in with their team at the sprint review.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

If Thomas Edison was right when he said, “Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration,” then consider these leadership quotes the one percent. Because sometimes, you just need that little bit of inspiration to get over those humps as a manager. Quotes from great leaders can help you put things into perspective by providing a different angle that you had not previously considered, which can unlock the leadership magic that you need.

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Digite

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Digital Transformation (DX) is one of the, if not the, most crucial initiatives that many organizations have undertaken or are taking up. The perfect storm of a wide range of technologies such as SaaS, Mobile, Robotics, IoT (Internet of things), Virtual Reality (VR), etc. is playing a crucial role in the Digital Transformation (DX) of companies. However, it is our belief that Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) will be the key technologies that will propel organizations throug

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Online PM Courses

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

You want to embrace Agile as part (or maybe all) of your Project Management practice. And you know that a good qualification will help you get the jobs you want, to put it to use. But there is such a wide range of choice. Which Agile Certification program should you follow? First, let me say that I am not going to tell you which one is best. What I hope to do is give you the information to start researching which is best for you.

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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.

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Musings on Project Management

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

A note from a reader of some of my stuff on slideshare.net/jgoodpas: ". I just read your slide presentation on using stats in project management and am a bit confused or perhaps disagree. that using Monte Carlo will improve the accuracy of a schedule or budget based on subjective selections of activity or project. a) optimistic, realistic and pessimistic ($.Time) values, b) a.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Scores of people talk about leadership and its benefits, but few mention the obstacles that leaders face. Jennifer Bridges, PMP, discusses common leadership challenges, what the role looks like to the team and the larger organization, and how one must constantly adjust in order to succeed. Here’s a screenshot of the whiteboard for your reference! In Review – Leadership Challenges.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Scrum se ha convertido en el marco ágil de trabajo más usado en el desarrollo de software en el mundo. Uno de los beneficios de Scrum es la entrega de incrementos de producto en periodos de tiempo cortos. El trabajo se basa en la colaboración y trabajo en equipo. Algunos aspectos como el descubrimiento, el empirismo y la inspección continua son claves para lograr un proceso de mejora continua y de innovación en el producto a construir.

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Leading Agile

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

This one is for software developers. One of the basic ideas of agile software development is that the requesters of software have the primary responsibility to understand customer value and to explain “the What” to the people who build solutions; while the makers have the responsibility to determine “the How” when they build solutions.

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Inloox

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Achieving and maturing organizational agility is the key object for established organizations in order to keep delivering business value. In fact, an organization’s agility level is the most important factor influencing project success rates. But what does agility really mean? And what does it take for an organization to successfully implement agile approaches?

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The IIL Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

By Analuz Montejano | IIL Instructor and Sr. Consultant. Project Managers and their teams carry out planned projects on a daily basis, such as the development of new applications. To be successful, they must be able to evaluate and allocate resources necessary to complete deliverables on time, with quality, and without exceeding the budget. However, there are a lot of challenges, many of which arise because of limitations in current processes and tools, which impede success.

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The Digital Project Manager

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Triumph over the contracting madness: Alexa Huston explains how an agile contract can benefit your project—and how to get buy-in from clients. This episode offers welcome advice for anyone struggling with the awkward space between fixed scope and agile projects, discussing the challenges, benefits, and drawbacks of working with different types of agile contracts.

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Planio

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

If it takes a village to raise a child, then it’s safe to say it takes a whole city to run a project. No matter how agile and lean you try to run your projects there are inevitably going to be a lot of people involved in getting you from project proposal to launch day. One very important group of these people are your project stakeholders. What exactly is a project stakeholder?

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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.

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Inloox

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

The supply chain manager is responsible for the entire supply chain of an organization, sometimes even the coordination and cooperation between several companies that form one supply chain together. Accordingly, managers in this profession bear a great deal of responsibility, but also earn quite a lot as a result. Tasks of a Supply Chain Manager The tasks of a supply chain manager are diverse and vary greatly from industry to industry.

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PM Basics

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

TED talks for project managers ? I can list dozens! They would all make a perfect sense. Why? The role of a PM is that much diversified. In this article, I want to share my top five TED Talks any project manager should watch. (In fact, I hope you will find time to watch at least one or two. Yeap, I know you are busy ). The Project Management knowledge domain is big.

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Leading Agile

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Warning: Snark alert. I read something recently – might have been on social media somewhere, but I don’t recall exactly – a story about how test-driven development (TDD) had caused a software development team to allow a defect into their product. The feature in question was a funds transfer operation. A customer could use the application to move funds from one account to another.

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Prince2

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Understandably, we believe that being certified in project management is a sure-fire way to boost your career chances, knowledge of best practice and overall skillset. However, without the right personal skills, a qualification can only take you so far. We’ve pulled together 4 essential attributes you can use to take your PM skills from good to great.

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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.

Sustainability

Gunther Verheyen

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

The house of Scrum is a warm house. It’s a house where people are W E L C O M E. In the house of Scrum people from different backgrounds, in different roles, with different skills, talents and personalities work, learn and improve together. The house of Scrum is an inclusive house of warm, open and collaborative relationships. The house of Scrum knows no ‘versus’.

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Proofhub

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Can you imagine the kind of difference it would make if everyone in your team brings the very best of themselves at work? Well, it’s not a no-win situation, right? As a project manager or entrepreneur, you have a lot of roles and responsibilities in your hand. From figuring out each employee’s needs, finding an ideal project management software , planning projects , solving problems, making recommendations , brainstorming ideas , and keeping things on-track, you’ve got plenty of work to do in a

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Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

Here's a paper that has been under constant development for several years now and is headed to a Journal and part of an upcoming book chapter. The motivation for the paper started when there were claims made the somehow agile software projects were different than other types of projects. In practice there are differences. In principle, there are not. .

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Redbooth

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Project management tools should make your life simpler, not endlessly complicated. When you’re managing a growing team, it’s easy to lose track of things. You may find yourself wondering where you stashed a document, digging through emails to see if you sent an invoice, or worrying that you didn’t remind a junior designer about a changed delivery date.

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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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