Project Bliss
JANUARY 30, 2022
Many organizations don’t fully understand the benefits of project management. Here’s how your skills and expertise help organizations deliver greater value for their efforts. This article was originally published on September 30, 2016, and has been updated. Can you easily explain the value you provide to an organization as a project manager?
Project Risk Coach
JANUARY 31, 2022
Some Project Management Offices (PMOs) never get off the ground. I've seen others that are implemented and a year or so later die a slow, painful death. So, how can you build a PMO, one that thrives? Why Are There So Many Troubled PMOs? Many PMOs fail to realize their potential. Why? There are several reasons, but one of the top reasons is the failure to engage key stakeholders.
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Inloox
JANUARY 31, 2022
Worst practice in 4 steps What is worst and best practice anyway? Perhaps some of you are now wondering what worst and best practice actually is. Let's start with a brief definition of these two terms: Best Practice is mainly used in benchmarking processes. In this context, best practice represents the best realized solution for an issue or a project.
ProjectManager.com
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
Projects need approval before they can be executed. A project charter is a project planning document that sells the project to stakeholders and sponsors. If you’re able to show its viability and return on investment, the work will get the green light to move forward. But there are a lot of elements to any successful project charter. If you’re new to project management , a project charter template can set you up to make sure you’re hitting all the major points.
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Rebel’s Guide to PM
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
If I’m honest it has been a while since I’ve worked on a project that has gone totally off the rails. We’ve had little disasters here and there. Perhaps experience helps me frame and deal with these as not the end of the world but rather a problem to be got around. Whether it’s a big problem or a small issue doesn’t actually matter. What matters is whether it feels as if your project is under control and whether your stakeholders believe it is under control.
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Kiron Bondale
JANUARY 30, 2022
Having recently finished Adam Grant’s latest book, Think Again, I decided to read his first book Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success. Like all of his books, Adam provides good insights into our interactions with others along with multiple examples and case studies supporting his assertions. In case you haven’t read the book, Adam believes that people will default to one of three stances: takers, matchers or givers.
ProjectManager.com
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Projects are a series of decisions. Each decision should, ideally, be the result of thorough research, counseling from the team and historic data. Project managers use a decision log to keep stakeholders updated on who authorized a decision and how it came about. A decision log is a critical communication tool that all project managers need to understand.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
Are you aiming to achieve your PMI Agile Certified Professional ( PMI-ACP )®? Then you’ll be looking for a course that will give you exam confidence and fits the way you want to study. I’ve rounded up the best PMI-ACP training courses below based on my knowledge of the industry and working with providers and students as a project manager and trainer.
Scrum.org
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
The 2020 Scrum Guide includes five values that are important to every successful implementation of Scrum. These values are courage, commitment, focus, openness and respect. These values don’t get much attention, but the longer I practice Scrum and coach teams, the more important I find them. This article will outline each value and provide examples of how they play out in the real world. .
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?
Planio
JANUARY 31, 2022
If you’re on a road trip and want to reach your destination on schedule and without wasting a ton of gas, you need a roadmap. The same goes for your product. Except instead of a single car navigating a lonely highway, you’re guiding a group of bikes, boats, mopeds, and trucks coming from all over the map. That’s why a product roadmap is the backbone of every great development team.
ProjectManager.com
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
Uncertainty is a certainty in projects. Risks will arise and threaten the successful delivery of your project. Using a risk breakdown structure (RBS) is how you prepare for the unexpected. A risk breakdown structure is great for identifying and prioritizing risks so you know which will be more or less impactful. That’s the first step in planning, managing and mitigating risk in your projects.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
FEBRUARY 4, 2022
On Agile projects, business representatives work alongside developers so scope unfolds as the project progresses. In this environment it is acceptable to have ambiguous requirements as the collaborative working techniques mean that clarity comes from working with and continually testing iterations of the end product until it meets the business requirements.
Scrum.org
FEBRUARY 4, 2022
This post is for anyone who wants to inspire, change or influence others through their efforts as professionals, with emphasis on the latter. What is the optimal size of a team? Should teams be stable over at least several years, or is it a good idea they change at will? How should leadership interact with autonomous teams? Is scaling always a bad idea?
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.
Leading Agile
JANUARY 30, 2022
Once we get started on the journey toward becoming Agile—whether we’re at the start or further along in the process—we often notice there’s conflict between different parts of the organization. This is usually because we start with team-level Agility thinking that’s all we need. But what we may have failed to consider is how the rest of the organization will need to change to exploit this new delivery capability.
ProjectManager.com
FEBRUARY 4, 2022
The best project planning software gives managers the means to build a project plan , manage team members, control costs and stay on schedule. To do that, it’s equipped with project scheduling, time tracking, task management and resource management features. Yes, project planning software is massive. It’s an umbrella under which a number of team collaboration and project planning tools reside, such as Gantt charts , task lists, kanban boards, reports and more.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
JANUARY 30, 2022
I’m not a great one for making resolutions so this year I thought I’d take a different look at things. Instead of setting myself up for failure by making promises to do new things, I wanted to turn it on its head. Let’s look instead at the things to stop doing. Here are the 5 habits I am going to ditch this year. Will you join me? 1. Wasting time. Oh, goodness.
Scrum.org
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Currently, I am an “active” stakeholder for 4 Scrum Teams. And, when I say active I mean I actually care deeply about the outcomes, will invest time and effort preparing for the reviews, and when I attend I do not do email, Slack or even look at my phone during the event. But I have an admission, I am also the person paying for these Scrum Teams as CEO of Scrum.org.
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MPUG
JANUARY 31, 2022
Many times, managing a Hybrid-Agile project with a sole Lean-Agile approach doesn’t meet the needs of an organization, the expectations of stakeholders, required delivery frequency of customers, or address uncertainties associated with engineering work. In certain cases, it may be necessary to employ multiple Lean-Agile approaches to manage hybrid projects.
The Digital Project Manager
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Have you ever hit a part of your project where you need a certain specialist, but they’re not available? Or where you needed a physical space that should have been booked 6 months in advance? On the flip side, have you ever had project team members sitting on their hands waiting for a dependent task […]. The post What Is Resource Planning In Project Management, And Why Is It Necessary?
Rebel’s Guide to PM
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
This is a guest article by Diana Eskander for Genius Project – Project Management Software. Have you ever been in a situation where you had to balance the various interests of a group of people? Stakeholder management is one of the most vital components to any successful endeavor – but it can often prove to be the most difficult. Why’s that? In a nutshell, people have different opinions, expectations, agendas and ways of communicating, and managing these differences takes a skilled leader.
Scrum.org
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
Would you be interested in increasing your chances of success following through on your New Year’s resolutions by 12%? Researchers at Stockholm University and Linköping University in Sweden analyzed resolutions made by 1,066 people and had some fascinating results that might impact not only your New Year’s resolutions but decision-making in general.
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nTask
FEBRUARY 4, 2022
Sometimes thrusting yourself headfirst into work is not the best of decisions. Proper planning and division of work can miraculously reduce the time and effort required on your part. Having a viewable chart makes the process even easier to follow. Enter PERT chart. PERT Chart or Program Evaluation Review Technique Chart is a project management tool that showcases a project’s timeline.
The Strategic Project Manager
JANUARY 30, 2022
It can be a daunting task to look for an agile project planning tool. You will find a plethora of option – even free agile project management tools. This article focuses on three hosted agile project management software tools – from Atlassian, Microsoft, and Google. You will find comparisons of key attributes, pricing, and strengths against market competitors.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
Are you aiming to achieve your PMI Agile Certified Professional ( PMI-ACP )®? The most successful students also include reading a range of PMI-ACP books in their exam prep, as well as a training course, just as that little bit of extra comfort. It’s also useful to have books to carry around with you for reference when you can’t access your training materials.
Scrum.org
JANUARY 30, 2022
Scrum uses an iterative, incremental approach to deliver value to the business through the medium of the Sprint. The purpose of each Sprint is to deliver a Done, usable increment. It sounds straightforward, but it can be tricky to achieve. Here are the three steps to Done in Scrum: ensure your Scrum Team has a workable Definition of Done, a well-refined Product Backlog, and uses the Sprint Retrospective to identify improvement opportunities. . .
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.
Resource Guru
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
Humans love seeing a 100% score, whether on a test, a report card, or even a film rating. We equate it with complete success and accomplishment, no room spared. So, when it comes to your resource management , it seems logical to aim for 100% utilization and assign work that fills all of your team’s time. However, in our chase for the magic number, we forget that our resources are human.
Management Yogi
JANUARY 31, 2022
Many project managers utilize a Lean-Agile approach when there is high change or churn in project requirements, significant lack of clarity in scope, high complexity to their projects, and/or a larger number of risks associated with such. As these approaches have gained wide acceptance in a number of industry verticals, there has also been an increase in the problems being reported.In this.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
You’re here because you are planning to take your PMI Agile Certified Professional ( PMI-ACP )® exam. Well, you’re in the right place! As well as a PMI-ACP training course, the most successful students also include a study guide in their exam prep because those books are designed to help you get ready for the test. Below, I list the best PMI-ACP study guides for your agile certification studies.
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