ProjectManager.com
MAY 29, 2018
Jargon is how professionals or people within a specialized group talk. It’s like code or shorthand, really, a way to address specifics to their trade or interests. Think of it as special words or expressions that are opaque to most but clearly understood by those in the know. But what if you’re not in the know? Then those buzzwords used by your coworkers can be hard to decipher.
Project Risk Coach
MAY 29, 2018
I wish I had a dime for every time that I have been handed a project with a deadline of yesterday. You've been there too? Well, let's talk about some practical steps that we can take to quickly start a project. Jumpstarting a new project requires time and focus. Clear your calendar as much as possible. Secure a project administrator to help you with your administrative tasks.
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Rebel’s Guide to PM
MAY 28, 2018
A Project Steering Group is the oversight committee of a project. You might use the term Project Board or Governance Committee, or something else that means a similar thing. All projects should have one, but the make up of the group depends on your project. It’s generally acknowledged that having strong leadership is important for project success, so getting your Project Steering Group set up as soon as you can is a good start.
Kiron Bondale
MAY 27, 2018
Those of us who have managed projects with team members dispersed across distant time zones are well aware of the risks caused by geographic, cultural and temporal distance. The benefits of thoughtful co-location for right-sized teams are also well recognized, but even in such ideal situations, we face a different challenge which Daniel Pink covers in his latest book, When.
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LiquidPlanner
MAY 31, 2018
Effective resource management is essential to the success of any project. As a busy project manager, you have enough to do keeping various plates spinning without wasting your precious time herding cats as well. In addition to the other benefits that an online project management tool brings, LiquidPlanner, a resource management tool, delivers a host of features that will help you manage all your resources without breaking a sweat.
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Online PM Courses
MAY 28, 2018
Risk response strategies are the basic ways you can handle project risks. They are also also one of the areas of project management practice that the PMI updated in the 6th Edition of its Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK ? ). So, it seems like a good time to look at this vital aspect of project management in some detail. In this article we’ll examine the risk response strategies you have available to you, what they mean, and when you should use them.
The Digital Project Manager
MAY 29, 2018
You could build a house with your bare hands, but there’s a reason construction companies. The post A Better Approach To The Bunch Of Tools Every Agency Has To Use appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
LiquidPlanner
MAY 29, 2018
We’re often asked how LiquidPlanner compares to Microsoft Project. Which makes sense—after all, Microsoft Project was the go-to project management software for years. But times and the way we work have changed, and you need a project management tool that better fits your evolved needs. Project Management: Then and Now. Just think: 10 years ago, the predominant project management method was using a tool that lived on one person’s computer—namely, the project manager.
Musings on Project Management
MAY 28, 2018
In my book, Project Management the Agile Way, now in its 2nd Edition, I make this statement in the chapter on contracts: Firm Fixed Price (FFP) completion contracts are inappropriate for contracting agile. I got an email from a reader challenging that assertion, to which responded: I always start by asserting that agile is a "fixed price" methodology.
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?
Workamajig
MAY 30, 2018
Well begun, as they say, is half done. Better project kickoff meetings will help you establish expectations, gather requirements, and set the general tone of the project. This article will share 10 tips to running kickoff meetings that lead to project success. After months of emails, phone calls, and negotiations, the kickoff meeting is where the two teams - yours and the client’s - finally meet.
Leading Agile
MAY 30, 2018
In The Dangers of a Definition of Ready , Agile thought leader Mike Cohn expresses a concern that is shared by many in the community: That by establishing strict rules about what information must be provided before a development team can take on a backlog item, we risk backsliding into a linear process model. It is a truly terrifying prospect! Oh, wait.
Wrike
MAY 30, 2018
“This isn’t what we wanted!” “No, you have to do it this way.” “When this project fails, don’t say I didn’t warn you.” If you haven’t dealt with a difficult stakeholder yet, don’t worry. You will soon. This means you must arm yourself with strategies to deal with them amicably and continue working on the project despite possible roadblocks.
Ganttic
MAY 27, 2018
Resource planning is a process of allocating tasks to human and non-human resources in a way that would maximize the efficiency of the resources. Resource planning can also be a process of allocating tasks to human and non-human resources in order to get an overview of resource availability and capacity. It can be both of those things and it can be something in between.
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.
TeamGantt
MAY 29, 2018
No matter who you work for or how big your project, knowing what to tackle first when you’ve got lots of balls in the air is tough for any project manager. Project prioritization gives you and your team an easy-to-follow plan for the work that needs to be done, while also setting clear expectations for […]. The post How to Prioritize Projects in 5 Easy Steps appeared first on TeamGantt.
Leading Agile
MAY 28, 2018
Velocity is the most widely used-and-abused metric associated with Agile software development. Let’s take a quick look at some of the most popular abuses. But first… A Conversation. Nice to see you again. How are things going in your software development organization? We’re doing Agile! That’s great. Congratulations. What sort of process are you using?
Meisterplan
MAY 30, 2018
Are you using Jira for software development? Do you find that agile approaches are helpful? And are you trying to tackle all projects in the company using agile and Jira? Yes? Then we’ve already found three things in common! Ok, let’s keep going: Are you asked every week “Where do we stand now?” and “When will project XY be finished”?
Proofhub
MAY 28, 2018
The definition provided by the Project Management Institute (PMI) states that successful project management is ‘the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements’. Whether you’re in charge of a huge conglomerate or you run a small/medium sized enterprise, you are going to come up against projects in the natural course of business.
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Online PM Courses
MAY 30, 2018
You’ve heard of Scrum… You’ve heard of Kanban… So, what is Scrumban? Dr Mike Clayton is founder of Online PM Courses.com. Here, he answers this question, in under 5 minutes. Project Management in Under 5. What is Scrumban? You may also like… Agile Project Management. What is Scrum? What is Kanban? What is Lean Project Management?
ActiveCollab
MAY 28, 2018
Imagine a beach. Late summer, when it’s still warm and pleasant, but no longer too hot. Soft sand glittering under the morning sun, palm trees swaying in the breeze. The waves, high and imposing, drawing you in, daring you to take up the surfboard and mount them. Now, doing outreach can easily compare to surfing in a tropical paradise such as this. I own the wave, glide through water on my board, in perfect sync and balance.
Teamweek
MAY 30, 2018
Declutter your timeline by breaking a task down into smaller units. Check the items off one-by-one and keep everyone up to date with the progress. Up until now, Teamweek’s product team has developed mostly with project managers in mind. Our new checklist feature, however, will empower individual users by helping them think through, communicate and manage all the sub-tasks of a larger task.
PM That Works
MAY 30, 2018
In my daily reading, two articles peaked my attention today. The first was called The Blair Witch Project Manager. It talked of a horrible project and a horrible experience the person had with a project manager. He then went on to say: "I get, though, why awful PMs enthral senior leaders. The PM ‘Body of Knowledge’ features lots of complex tools and techniques that make ‘planning’ seem like rocket science.
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Wrike
MAY 29, 2018
This article was originally published on MarTech Advisor. My primary goal as a CMO is to create a world-class marketing organization. I’ve been fortunate enough to work with and around many organizations that have achieved this lofty objective, including Zendesk, Salesforce, Yahoo, eBay, Facebook, and Zynga. However, it’s challenging to create and sustain a high-performing marketing team.
Herding Cats
MAY 29, 2018
I do not define Time, Space, Place and Motion, as being well known to all. Only I must observe, that the common people conceive those quantities under no other notions but from the relation, they bear to sensible objects. And thence arise certain prejudices, for the removing of which, it will be convenient to distinguish them into Absolute and Relative, True and Apparent, Mathematical and Common - Issac Newton, Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica , Book I, def.
Teamweek
MAY 31, 2018
If you’re managing a complex project, a simple Gantt chart may be the perfect tool to help you keep track of all the moving parts. You don’t have to be an expert to use one, we’ll show you why you it’s useful and how to set up your first Gantt chart. . How to use a Gantt Chart. So, what is a Gantt chart? A Gantt chart has a very simple definition and an even more simple application.
GanttPRO Project Management
MAY 30, 2018
Projects are all about tasks, dependencies, deadlines, and of course resources and assignees. If you use a Gantt chart online tool, it means that you manage your tasks efficiently. But […].
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.
ActiveCollab
MAY 28, 2018
Hey there. I’m Andrew Folts, a freelance web designer, developer, and owner of Sherpa Design Co. I collaborate with small businesses to help them share their unique products, services, and stories through Hard-Working Websites ™. Making of my own system [that rocks]. I use ActiveCollab to plan and organize literally everything—from complex custom Wordpress themes to simple website builder projects, and even my own professional development.
Herding Cats
MAY 31, 2018
Capabilities Based Planning is Planning, under uncertainty, to provide capabilities suitable for a wide range of modern-day challenges and circumstances while working within an economic framework that necessitates choice. This process requires making estimates of cost, schedule, and technical performance to increase the probability of program success as defined by with Measures of Effectiveness, Measures of Performance, Technical Performance Measures, and Key Performance Parameters.
Teamweek
JUNE 1, 2018
Teamweek is all about focusing project managers’ time and energy on the things that matter. And as plans always change, sometimes all that matters is reacting to change fast, by rearranging the project timeline. Sometimes tasks need to be reassigned to someone else. This can be done by simply dragging them to another place on the timeline. OR you can also use our duplication feature to assign the task to someone and thereby distribute the workload between peers.
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