Musings on Project Management
JULY 13, 2018
I once asked my Agile class what they would do vis a vis change management to prepare the organization to take on Agile methods, if only a pilot to start. One student replied this way. I thought it was pretty decent list, so I present it unabridged: "In order to gain acceptance I would use the following change management techniques: - Vision–Clearly articulate the vision and needs. -.
PM Basics
JULY 10, 2018
You might have a wrong understanding of a Project Manager’s Role. The title may command authority and leadership to you. It is not that simple. In this article, I want to shed some light on what does it feel like to be a project manager. There are three distinct stages: 1. What Does it Feel Like to be a Junior Project Manager? With correct attitude your project team will help you through this period.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Project Risk Coach
JULY 9, 2018
I conduct online surveys to get feedback from project managers on risk management topics. Here’s one of the questions, “What risk management techniques would you like to know more about?” Survey participants often respond with: Nominal Group Technique (NGT). What is the Nominal Group Technique? The nominal group technique is an efficient means for identifying and ranking risks, as well as other items.
ProjectManager.com
JULY 12, 2018
Managing a project can be complicated, especially when different departments have to work together. As each department works on a project, each one likely uses a methodology that they’re most comfortable with to provide them with the results they want. This can make project collaboration between departments difficult, due to differences in process and methodology.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.
Scrum.org
JULY 10, 2018
Time to read: 7 minutes (11 if you watch the video's also). Often I hear people say that Scrum does not take care of risk: there is no risk log, risk is not on the agenda of the Sprint Review or Retrospective as a standard agenda-item. The Development Teams need to be accountable for the quality of the product and how it's made. That's a risk right there!
Project Management Update brings together the best content for project management professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
JULY 9, 2018
Luis Peluffo, a career coach who helps people get their dream project management job, shared this in our Facebook group. With his permission I wanted to pass it on here. I think it shows how project managers, and people who want to make a career in project management, have to be self-motivated. You can influence your career if you want to. It also shows how a good mentor can help shape your future the way you want it to unfold.
ProjectManager.com
JULY 10, 2018
Projects can be complex endeavors. They often have many moving parts that need to work together, and the logistics can be like a knot. That’s why distinct project management roles are adopted, so everyone isn’t pulling in different directions at once. The project manager is responsible for bringing the project in on time and within budget, but there is a team of people who help steer that big ship successfully to port, often working collaboratively via project management software.
The Digital Project Manager
JULY 10, 2018
One way to do optimize your agile approach is to make your meetings or ceremonies more effective. Ben Aston talks to Alexa Huston about sprint planning, daily standups, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives to give you the inside track on how you can do them better. The post DPM Podcast: Pimp Your Agile Ride (with Alexa Huston) appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
Scrum.org
JULY 11, 2018
If you worked in large organizations you have probably heard about the term "dependencies". I am convinced that dependencies need to be eliminated, not managed. With a help of system diagrams in this article, I will uncover the main reasons why Scrum Teams suffer from dependencies, how they impact organizational agility, and what the fundamental solutions to this issue are.
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?
Musings on Project Management
JULY 10, 2018
Did you miss this? My presentation to the Central Florida Chapter of PMI with a presentation entitled: "Agile 103 -- THE THREE BIG QUESTIONS". You can get it at slideshare.net/jgoodpas. Agile 103? Because it covers material not in your usual Agile 101 course The Three Big Questions? After working with hundreds of students who go through PMI's Agile Project Management course, of which I am.
ProjectManager.com
JULY 9, 2018
What does it mean to be a project management consultant? Jennifer Bridges, PMP, explains and shows you how to become one in this short tutorial video. Here’s a screenshot of the whiteboard for your reference! In Review – So, You Want to Be a Project Management Consultant? What is a consultant? Jennifer addressed this question first, explaining that a consultant is simply someone who is experienced in a field and provides their expert advice in a professional context.
LiquidPlanner
JULY 10, 2018
If you Google the phrase “breaking down silos”, you get over 100,000 results. If you search for “building silos”, you get about one-fifth as many. The first result is “The Silo Mentality: How to Break Down The Barriers.”. There’s an assumption that silos are a bad thing. But, generally, if something exists, there’s a reason for it. So rather than breaking down silos, I’d like to take a different point of view and ask: Why do silos exist?
Scrum.org
JULY 10, 2018
The Times News were on a journey to re-platform their system. While working diligently behind feature flags, using elements of Scrum, it wasn’t clear to the stakeholders the value being delivered and how well the teams were progressing towards their end goal. After reviewing the portfolio, the programme leadership team (PLT) recognised they needed to strike a balance between moving towards the proposed technical platforming and delivering valuable features for the business and readers.
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
JULY 11, 2018
As a consultant, I get to see a lot of different organizations and work with a variety of teams. By now, virtually everyone has at least heard of agile and read the manifesto. We also seem to have, in technology adoption terms, crossed the chasm, and so adoption by more traditional, sometimes slower moving, global scale organizations is well under way.
ProjectManager.com
JULY 11, 2018
Everyone has their own idea of a good time management plan. People often make to-do lists, use task management apps , set alerts, pin things to their fridge and even write notes on their hands. It’s great to plan, but the execution is where things often go awry. No matter how good your plan is, if you don’t use it, then it’s useless. A to-do list is a start, but a list alone won’t get you across the finish line.
Online PM Courses
JULY 8, 2018
The PMI is currently the most widely used source of professional project management accreditation. To win your coveted CAPM, PMP, or PMI-ACP, to will need to chalk up enough education Contact Hours. And to maintain them, you’ll also need Professional Development Units, or PDUs. But just what are contact hours and PDUs? What are the rules, and how can you get them?
Scrum.org
JULY 8, 2018
So Ralph Jocham and I wrote a book called The Professional Product Owner: Leveraging Scrum as a Competitive Advantage. It took well over a year of many late nights in hotel rooms and early mornings on weekends, but we got it done. It was a lot of work, but very rewarding. Getting your thoughts down on paper is a great way to reflect on and sort out the complicated aspects of our industry.
Advertisement
Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?
Inloox
JULY 10, 2018
Change is good and important for progress. Without change we would get nowhere. Today, change primarily means internationalization and digitization. But change can also bring a lot of difficulties and problems. At the very least, though, it means different requirements for your new employees and adaptation for your existing ones. Changing requirements While until this day features like assertiveness, autonomy and a lot of self-confidence were important for management personnel, in order to have
LiquidPlanner
JULY 12, 2018
Tensar International’s best-of-class ground stabilization products and design expertise are in demand in many infrastructure sectors, including roadways, airports, rail, utilities, and marine. The multinational firm is often managing many large projects at once, so many that in May 2016 they hired Gina Rosen PMP as PMO Director and, not coincidentally, also committed to project management solution LiquidPlanner.
Leading Agile
JULY 9, 2018
You’d think that once I’ve blogged about something, everyone in the universe would be on board with it immediately. I mean, like, obviously, right? So, I wrote about the differences between information radiators and information vaults, and yet many people still assume that the use of tactile tools in a team room for process visualization conflicts with the use of electronic tools as systems of record, or that the two represent duplicate effort for the same value.
Scrum.org
JULY 8, 2018
This is the second in a series of posts exploring Scrum Mastery. In our first post, we introduced the 4 dimensions of Scrum Mastery. Scrum requires self-organizing, cross-functional, collaborative teams. The success of Scrum hinges on the strength of a team. In this post, we will explore the Team Identity dimension. 5 Steps to Grow a Strong Team Identity. #1 - Appreciate the Individual.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!
Scoro
JULY 10, 2018
“Technology” and “productivity” are two words that often don’t have a positive association. Lately, the word technology alone is usually enough to conjure the negative images of a distracted teenager scrolling through social media on their phones or a frustratingly outdated computer that never works quite right. And while it is true that technology—when not used strategically—does sometimes have the potential to cause distractions, create confusion, or decelerate an otherwise industrious day, it
Teamweek
JULY 11, 2018
As an actor, rapper, professional wrestler, and television host, John Cena is a busy guy with a schedule that likely keeps him on his toes from day to day. With such an intensive workload, it is essential to maintain productive habits and routines. From waking up to working out and still having time to call his mom, John has made an exerted effort to keep his daily regimen simple and schedule based.
TrustRadius Project Management
JULY 12, 2018
Kanban vs. Scrum. Let’s face it, this sound like a deathmatch in outer space between hero and villain. In reality, this is a distinction that can make a world of difference to how business owners, managers, developers, and others track the flow of work coming across their desks. Kanban and Scrum boards are work-management tools that help you organize and complete projects.
ActiveCollab
JULY 12, 2018
Behavioral analytics is comprised of metrics which determine how the user behaves when using an application, or visiting a website. These metrics go beyond standard ones, such as page views, sessions, monthly active users, etc. They show us the engagement our product has with users, how it affects retention, conversion, revenue and this is why understanding these metrics is so important.
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.
Wrike
JULY 12, 2018
When Matt Andrews joined Aerotek , a leading recruiting and staffing firm serving more than 300,000 contract employees and 18,000 clients, he was tasked with creating customer marketing campaigns. The initiative required coordination across more than half a dozen marketing teams—each with independent systems and processes. Teams sent hundreds of emails back and forth for some projects.
Teamweek
JULY 10, 2018
Roadmapping is an increasingly important piece in our own workflow. And that has made us see project planning in a whole new light. That’s why we’re happy to announce the redesigned version of the Project View. . Project View 2.0. You can now divide your projects into different segments. Here at Teamweek, for example, one project might have three project segments: research, design, and development.
TrustRadius Project Management
JULY 12, 2018
Kanban vs. Scrum. Let’s face it, this sound like a deathmatch in outer space between hero and villain. In reality, this is a distinction that can make a world of difference to how business owners, managers, developers, and others track the flow of work coming across their desks. Kanban and Scrum boards are work-management tools that help you organize and complete projects.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
150 
Let's personalize your content