Rebel’s Guide to PM
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge – ( PMBOK® Guide ) 7 th Edition represents a major shift in the way ‘how to do project management’ is presented by PMI. Instead of the Knowledge Areas , we have the whole body of project management split up into 3 performance domains. This change has been a long time coming, and I welcome the shift.
nTask
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
Do you have the recurring thought that you don’t have enough time or that it is too late to accomplish what you want to? If so, you may be suffering from what is referred to as “ Time Anxiety.”. Pretty common, especially in today’s day and age of social media portraying unrealistic expectations and lives rushing us by, time anxiety is no fun and can be weighing you down in your everyday life.
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ProjectManager.com
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
A work order is the connective tissue between a customer and the work they want to be done. They’re the paper trail defining what needs to be done, by when and for how much. They’re the lifeblood of many industries that provide service and maintenance. Most of us have signed off on or have been given work order, but like so much of what is commonplace, we don’t really have a firm idea of what it is and why it’s such a crucial link in many business transactions.
Kiron Bondale
FEBRUARY 14, 2021
After I had reviewed how Monte Carlo simulation could help a team to understand the distribution of potential schedule or cost outcomes for a release or project, one of the learners in the class I was teaching pointed out that while such techniques can be helpful, they are only as good as the inputs provided. When Monte Carlo is used in project contexts, these inputs are usually expected duration or cost ranges for the activities.
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Rebel’s Guide to PM
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
“Time management is dead,” writes Graham Allcott in his book, How To Be A Productivity Ninja. The old time management concepts don’t work anymore, he says, because we don’t have the same working environment. The number of information sources has gone up, and we’re expected to juggle more and manage more complex jobs while our jobs are less defined. “All of this means you have to come to terms with one important thing: you will never get everything finished. &#
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Inloox
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
What do you think of when you hear the word resource? Perhaps natural resources in the form of oil or gold, hidden in the earth beneath our feet. Or do you have a project budget in mind that is running low? We've all heard phrases like "our resources are depleted" However, in HR, phrases like "we need more resources for our software engineering team" are also quite common.
Susanne Madsen
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
Whenever I train, coach or consult in project management, it always surprises me how few people plan in a truly collaborative manner. I’ve trained senior project professionals with fifteen to twenty years of experience who don’t appreciate the importance of fully engaging the team in the planning process. They see it as the project manager’s responsibility to plan, and forget that today’s workforce wants to be involved in the work it’s expected to deliver.
nTask
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
After drafting an impeccable project plan, the next step is to present it to your clients. This is the turning point, as PMs have to deal with the age-old ‘ How to present a project plan efficaciously ?’ dilemma. Presenting a project plan requires more than just PowerPoint slides. Since a good presentation can win you a deal with your clients, you need to be prepared for everything.
Scrum.org
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
There is little point to Scrum when you don’t involve stakeholders. After all, Scrum Teams exist to deliver valuable and useful outcomes to their stakeholders. Yet, many Scrum Teams struggle to involve their stakeholders, and that makes this one of the core symptoms of Zombie Scrum. For some, involving one or two internal stakeholders seems to be enough.
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?
Leading Answers
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
A digital transformation means far more than offering products and services digitally. That is undoubtedly the core of it, but as this article illustrates, it goes far beyond. To start, let's review a simplified business model for a traditional bricks-and-mortar company. White Water Designs sells kayak, and small boat plans to home builders. If you want to build a 3-person canoe or small fishing boat, they will design it for you and provide the plans.
Epicflow Blog
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
Epicflow is a multi-project and resource management software solution that has quite a few features that contribute to the successful project delivery in a multi-project environment. Many of them have unique names. To avoid confusion and misunderstanding, we’ve decided to compile a glossary to make not only our clients but those who are just curious about our product learn more about Epicflow’s functions. .
Teamweek
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
Resource planning, along with the right tools, are key aspects of project management. It doesn’t matter how well you define and plan tasks if you don’t have the right resources when needed. This gets even a bit more complicated when teams share resources. Take for example: developers or copywriters for design and marketing teams. It’s crucial that team tasks assignments do not overlap.
Scrum.org
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: Does a Scrum Master Need Technical Skills? Today's question is from a viewer who wants to know whether or not a Scrum Master NEEDS technical skills to be successful in their role. Ryan and Todd go back and forth on this one on today's episode of Your Daily Scrum. Ryan Ripley and Todd Miller are the author of Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems.
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.
ProProfs Project Management
FEBRUARY 19, 2021
Since the commencement of the Industrial Revolution of the 18th century, technology has been the driving force behind improved workplace productivity. . Fast forward to a few years, and all of us are carrying highly smart and advanced computers in our pockets or wearing them on our wrists. . Whether you have to attend an online meeting with overseas team members or track your productivity using an app- technology has made our lives easier. .
Henny Portman
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
We all know Peter Drucker’s famous quote ‘Culture eats strategy for breakfast’ and I transformed that into ‘Culture makes or breaks your agile transition’. For me this is reason number one why so many agile transitions fail. In this article I explain what I mean with culture, I make some references to books or articles explaining culture and I make a reference to my Bird’s eye view on the agile forest and elaborate on the, what I call, culture targeted frameworks or ways of working.
nTask
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
Project tasks, in their entirety, can be daunting, if they are not managed properly. It can be difficult to surmise the outcomes if these tasks are treated as such. Therefore, it’s better to break a project into smaller chunks rather than processing it all together. In other words, if you have kicked off simultaneous project activities , take a step back and divide your project into smaller, achievable, and deliverable chunks.
Scrum.org
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
With the Scrum Team Survey , you can create transparency with your team around five core questions: Are you building what stakeholders need? Are you shipping fast enough? Are you improve continuously? Do you have the autonomy to organize in the way that works best? And do the outcomes you generate actually add something valuable. To date, over 3.450 teams participated (and over 5.281 team members) Until last week, our tool only allowed an inside-out perspective on these questions.
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Online PM Courses
FEBRUARY 14, 2021
There are many Project Management Organizations - and many reasons to engage with them. But how much do you know about the top ones? The post How Much do You Know about the Top 10 Project Management Organizations? appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.
Wrike
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
If you begin a new project without gathering project requirements from sponsors and end users, you’re setting yourself up for failure. Projects are successful when they deliver positive outcomes and satisfy stakeholders’ expectations. If your project does not meet project and user expectations , it has failed no matter how fast you completed or kept it within budget. .
MPUG
FEBRUARY 14, 2021
If you have trouble managing your time, you’re definitely not alone. Washington State University recently reported that over 7 billion dollars is lost every day due to unrecorded work activity and productivity issues. Our world is stressful and busy, which means that we all need to find strategies that work to keep us on track. Whether you’re working from home or at the office, you need to be able to resist distractions and focus on work.
Scrum.org
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: Can a Manager Be THE Scrum Master? Today's question is from a viewer who wants to know if a manager can also be the Scrum Master? While the Scrum Guide does not forbid it, having a manager in the Scrum Master role can cause many anti-patterns. Watch the video to learn more about how Ryan and Todd have tried to fulfill both roles and have both failed in epic ways!
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EasyProjects
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
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Project Risk Coach
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
PMBOK® Guide – Seventh Edition The PMBOK Guide – Seventh Edition will be released later this year. Mike Clayton provides an excellent update in his post: PMBOK 7 is getting Closer. What we Know. The post PMBOK® Guide – Seventh Edition appeared first on Project Risk Coach.
MPUG
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
Many kids learn to play chess in school or after school. I was a member of my school’s chess club when I was in the 7 th and 8 th grades. I only played chess a few times since those junior high days, but that has changed over the past several months. When the Covid-19 pandemic started, I began working on a few 1,000-piece puzzles, but was really getting bored.
Scrum.org
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
TL; DR: How to Make Agile Work in Fast-Growing Startups. For years, I worked in several Berlin-based, fast-growing startups in my capacity as Scrum Master, agile coach, and Product Owner. These are my lessons learned on making ‘agile’ — including Scrum as a framework — work in a fast-growing startup. Also, let me introduce you to the anti-patterns agile startups shall avoid at all costs. ??
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.
Teamweek
FEBRUARY 13, 2021
Recruiting is difficult. While hiring businesses now have more access to quality candidates than ever before, this also usually means that unqualified or under-qualified candidates can easily apply for positions. The result is hundreds of applications being sent to almost any position posted and leaves hiring managers drowning in too many applicants to find someone great in a timely manner.
MindGenius
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
As someone who has used M ind M ap techniques daily for the last 25 years , I cannot quite understand why their use is not more widely adopted by organizations the world over. We grew a very successful software business that help ed organizations in over 100 countries manage quality, safety and risk in highly regulated industries and I am convinced that our company wide adoption of the technique let us punch way above ou r weight for years.
EasyProjects
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
Professional services companies are a part of a rapidly changing ecosystem – one where new challenges, expectations and opportunities are being presented all the time. Easy Projects provides services companies with an adaptable, scalable and interconnected platform that enables them to navigate and grow within an increasingly challenging and competitive environment.
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