Rebel’s Guide to PM
FEBRUARY 14, 2018
This article, How to Create a Project Team Culture with Colin Ellis , first appeared on Girl's Guide to Project Management. I recently did a Live Q&A with Colin Ellis in my Facebook group. Are you a member yet? Sign up for the Facebook Project Management Cafe and join in the discussion. We discussed creating a project team culture. You can watch the video or read the transcript below.
Project Risk Coach
FEBRUARY 12, 2018
Do you remember the first time you missed a project deadline? I do. I recall the embarrassment for me and my team. I promised myself I would take proactive steps to mitigate this outcome for future projects. Why do projects take longer than expected? Often times, risks occur and project managers lack adequate schedule reserves. Once burned, many project managers start a bad habit – padding their project schedules.
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Digite
FEBRUARY 12, 2018
This year’s Nobel for Economics has gone to the Behavioural Economist Richard Thaler. Richard is a Distinguished Professor at the Chicago Booth Business School. His big work is the influence of clues and society on individual decision making and actions. The field of Behavioural economics has fascinated me ever since I read Daniel Kahneman’s bestseller “ Thinking Fast and Slow ”.
Kiron Bondale
FEBRUARY 11, 2018
In a recent role, I had the opportunity to review the lessons submitted by teams running large, complex projects and programs and found that over 90% of what was being captured and shared was of low or no value. Back in April 2009, I published my very first blog article titled “ Lessons Learned; Avoid the Oxymoron “ Since that time, I’ve gained a broader appreciation of the multiple challenges organizations face when trying to get sustainable, reusable knowledge out of projec
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?
Rebel’s Guide to PM
FEBRUARY 12, 2018
This article, What I’m Reading , first appeared on Girl's Guide to Project Management. I have to get new glasses and I’m trying to give my eyes a rest from screen time by reading more on the train. Actually, my optician said that it’s not the screen itself that’s the issue, it’s the distance – having your eyes focused on one distance all the time is hard work for them.
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Digite
FEBRUARY 13, 2018
Introduction. Continuing our theme of helping Agile teams understand the Kanban Method, so they can effectively adopt it for their improvement efforts, I am again honored to publish a guest article by another great friend of ours – Dave White. Dave is a Principal Consultant at Depth Consulting Ltd, and Program Director of the KCP Program at the Lean Kanban University.
The IIL Blog
FEBRUARY 12, 2018
By Harold Kerzner, Ph.D. Senior Executive Director for Project Management, IIL. Introduction: The 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang are well underway, with athletes from all over the world being awarded medals for their achievements. Military personnel, police departments, and other professional organizations also recognize the achievements of their labor force through medals and ribbons.
Scoro
FEBRUARY 13, 2018
With digital transformation being a top priority for modern organisations, the digital intelligence of your team is the key to striving in this age of technology. In this 7-minute read, you’ll find out what exactly is digital IQ, why it’s important and how to improve it within your team. DIGITAL IQ , by definition, is the measurement of an organisation’s ability to harness and profit from technology.
Boost by Brightpod
FEBRUARY 15, 2018
This week we feature Larry Meador, CEO at Evok Advertising. Evok Advertising Agency Orlando is a full service, award-winning Orlando advertising agency with strategic planning capabilities proven to deliver results.
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.
PM Basics
FEBRUARY 14, 2018
What are the most relevant challenges of leadership in multinational leadership? Without forgetting the time difference, language barriers, different assumptions based on different cultures, I have experimented that using the right multinational leadership to manage resources is the most challenging one. In the future, the offshore activities will also be challenged by other factors such as the research of innovation from outsourcing agreements, which require definition and motivation of oversea
The IIL Blog
FEBRUARY 12, 2018
By Tom Friend – Agile Consultant / LtCol USAF (Ret). CSP, ACP, AHF, FLEX, CSM, PSM, ATP. The 6th International Conference on Space Mission Challenges for Information Technology, held in Alcala de Henares, Spain, brought together scientists, engineers, and researchers from NASA, the European Space Agency, universities and industry. Case studies on how agile methodologies have been applied to mission planning and how scrum has been used in spacecraft construction were discussed, as well as t
Online PM Courses
FEBRUARY 12, 2018
Team Leadership itself is not hard. What makes it difficult is fitting it in among a load of other project priorities that are facing you. You’re under pressure to do this and do that. So, you often default to a combination of doing it yourself, telling people what to do, and getting annoyed with a general lack of progress. And, if this is your first opportunity to lead a project team, you want to do well.
Planio
FEBRUARY 13, 2018
Cloud apps are indispensable tools today, as they allow you to take your work everywhere there’s an internet connection and to free up space on your computer’s hard drives. When teams are working on the same project (or ones that influence each other), working in a cloud environment, where changes are immediately saved and synced, is essential. Without a cloud component, vast amounts of time are wasted on manually compiling various aspects of a project, which often leads to the discovery of dupl
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LiquidPlanner
FEBRUARY 12, 2018
If improving your efficiency is a professional goal for you this year, our latest product update delivers the ultimate tool. With the updated LiquidPlanner Timesheets , you’ll shave off approximately 15 to 30 seconds per entry, which adds up to more than an entire work day of saved time per year! What’s new? Along with the time entry process, additional features have been simplified to allow users to get their time entries into LiquidPlanner quickly and without delay.
Meisterplan
FEBRUARY 16, 2018
In past years, project management offices (PMOs) had somewhat of a bad reputation. Their failure rates were high, and everybody seemed to hate them. From my experience, that is now changing. PMI’s Pulse of the Profession 2017 reported that companies who align their PMOs to strategy report “38 percent more projects meet original goals and business intent and 33 percent fewer projects are deemed failures.
Celoxis
FEBRUARY 14, 2018
By the End of 2018, at Least 40% of Organizations Will Have a Fully Staffed Digital Leadership Team Versus a Single DX Executive Lead to Accelerate Enterprise-wide DX Initiatives. (Source: IDC) With enterprises looking to accelerate their digital transformation journeys, the pace of change could be unsettling for organizations. Organizational culture can be seen both as a proponent and as a by-product of change.
Taskque
FEBRUARY 14, 2018
Project Manager Smith rolled through the security gate of his new office. He nodded to the security guard and the guard smiled in acknowledgement. Smith picked up a freshly brewed cup of latte from the downstairs cafeteria – the earthy aroma with a subtle undertone of hazelnut always served to tantalize his senses. It was his first week as a Project Manager and Smith was increasingly feeling apprehensive about impressing the board of directors with his dedication and hard work.
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.
Herding Cats
FEBRUARY 15, 2018
There was a tweet yesterday. In casinos, the betting rules ensure the house wins (Eliminates Risk) over time. This of course is not true, nor is it how casinos work. Let's start with a brief overview of Monte Carlo Simulation. Not because of its use for estimating cost, schedule, and technical performance outcomes on projects, but because this simulation started with a casino's need - in Monte Carlo - to have some level of confidence on how much money they needed every night for the roulette wh
Wrike
FEBRUARY 14, 2018
Despite your best intentions to set your marketing team’s priorities and tasks, your team is always being asked to do more. Sales needs a new one-sheet. HR requests a revamp of their hiring materials. An executive requires graphics for a big presentation. And all of these requests are also urgent. Your team is soon buried under an avalanche of work, trying to figure out what’s a priority and what’s not.
TimeCamp
FEBRUARY 15, 2018
Risk in Project Management Managing a project is not only about being in charge of.
Hydra
FEBRUARY 14, 2018
Themesparx selects Hydra and Evidence and Change to optimise resource scheduling and project planning.
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.
Herding Cats
FEBRUARY 14, 2018
Yesterday's Post Epistemic Uncertainty Creates Reducible Risk and What Is Risk? was a response to a tweeter post conjecturing. Risk is not there to be mitigated, it's there to be eliminated. This, of course, is not factually true. Risk is the result of uncertainty, which comes in two kinds for all projects, for everything actually. Aleatory uncertainty, from the naturally occurring variances in the process and Epistemic uncertainty from the probabilistic event-based processes that impact the
Wrike
FEBRUARY 15, 2018
It’s hard to find good talent. It’s even harder to keep them around. A big factor: your company’s ability to execute flawlessly. Today we’re releasing our 2018 Operational Excellence Report , which reveals many hidden costs to operational problems. Staff retention is among them. More than 1,000 US managers and individual contributors at organizations with anywhere from 100 to 10,000 employees participated in our report.
Brightwork
FEBRUARY 15, 2018
Whilst planning your project schedule and timelines is no easy feat, getting the plan as right as possible before work commences is vital. After all, the plan will help you allocate resources, provide a baseline for performance management, and enable tracking as the project progresses. Of course, if you do develop a well-considered plan, you also need to work hard to ensure your team sticks to it.
ActiveCollab
FEBRUARY 13, 2018
The answer is simple: push yourself until you can take no more, and then take a step back. There you go - welcome to your sweet spot! This one goes out to the fellow team members: if you haven’t already, you will face an unrealistic deadline at some point in the future. This necessary evil of project management is usually caused by someone’s inability to determine how much time is required for a task to be completed - that someone can either be you or your project manager.
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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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