Rebel’s Guide to PM
JANUARY 22, 2018
This article, 10 Things I Love About Managing Projects , first appeared on Girl's Guide to Project Management. 10 Things I Love About Managing Projects. These are the best bits about managing projects! I’ve been doing the job for some time, and it never fails to amaze me that I still love it, after all this time. Let’s dig into the things that I think are so brilliant about this job. #1.
Project Bliss
JANUARY 24, 2018
You do everything right. You plan your project well and get stakeholder sign-off. You plan for risk. You follow your checklists and double check to be sure. But you’ve got a difficult team member who constantly causes trouble. You’ve got enough to worry about without this added to the mix. You need to know how to handle this and stay focused on your project, rather than worrying about these more challenging behavior problems.
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Project Risk Coach
JANUARY 22, 2018
Winston Churchill said, “True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation, uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.” In this article, I share 30 risk evaluation tips to help you tap into your genius. Enjoy! One of the top reasons for evaluating risks is to determine which risks are most significant. Always perform the qualitative risk assessment.
Musings on Project Management
JANUARY 21, 2018
The introverted leader: is this an oxymoron? In my experience: definitely not. And, my experience aligns well with Susan Cain's popular book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking. And by introverted, we mean: Someone who gets more energy out of quiet time--loner time, even if in an open plan--than they do mixing in a group.
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?
LiquidPlanner
JANUARY 25, 2018
Just over 325 years ago, Sir Isaac Newton explained to the world why planets orbit the way they do, while rocks stay put unless something moves them. When we look at that today it seems like common sense, but it was anything but “common” in the 1600s. Newton’s first law explained inertia and helped subsequent generations piece together how the universe works.
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Digite
JANUARY 21, 2018
In a recent post on a technical forum, a Dev manager had the question (paraphrased here) – My organization wants to operate in a Kanban way but maintain the structure of sprints and burn down charts to keep track of progress. Is it ok to do? Is Scrumban the correct methodology? If so, what is the best way to implement it? This is a fairly common question a lot of Agile teams that are starting to look at Kanban have.
Paymo App
JANUARY 25, 2018
A time tracker is a simple solution that can help you solve your employee productivity and time organization problems. You might have asked yourself the following questions before: Am I monitoring my time accurately? Can I track my time without too much hassle? Have my team members done any work on this task? Look no further for an answer as time trackers are the first tools that you should consider when it comes to improving work efficiency.
Online PM Courses
JANUARY 22, 2018
A large part of your job as a Project Manager is communication; arguably the largest part. So, only focusing on technical skills will not serve you. It’s essential that you develop excellent communication skills. Luckily, there are many great books to help you. Increasingly, this is the area my training business is focussed on. My clients are learning the value of giving their project managers – and general managers – great communications skills.
The Digital Project Manager
JANUARY 25, 2018
Methods of monitoring teams allow all project tasks to be delivered within the agreed criteria and time limit. Sometimes though, you might have everything in. The post Work Happy With Paymo – Manage Your Time, Projects, And Accounting From One Place To Create Harmony At Work appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
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.
Kiron Bondale
JANUARY 21, 2018
If your organization is in the midst of an agile transformation, ideally this change was justified through a business case which articulated expected benefits and the means by which those benefits would be measured. But we rarely live in an ideal world. So how could you assess whether the initiative is delivering value or not? You could look at a metric like average time to deliver scope but this has limitations.
LiquidPlanner
JANUARY 23, 2018
“Dear Elizabeth, I work for a smallish web development company. We do our best to hit deadlines, but often when we fall behind it’s because of the client’s failure to do their part of the project on time. In particular, it’s getting access to creative materials like their brand fonts, or access to data or content that we require to move forward.
Prince2
JANUARY 26, 2018
Not all projects are created equal. Some are fundamentally flawed, and they usually display at least one of these warning signs. If you can spot any of these five red flags early enough, you’ll be better prepared to stamp them out, or avoid managing a doomed project altogether. Losing sight of the outcome. It’s easy for project managers to fixate on the schedules, budget and resources.
ActiveCollab
JANUARY 23, 2018
Guest post by Greg Digneo from TimeDoctor. Greg Digneo writes for TimeDoctor.com, a time monitoring and productivity monitoring software designed for tracking hours and productivity of remote teams. If you would like to see where you and your team are spending your time during work, then try TimeDoctor free for 30 days. Keeping track of your remote workers can be challenging.
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Herding Cats
JANUARY 23, 2018
The goal of every program manager is to have a set of practices that connect all the programmatic planning, risk, and performance information in a single unified view needed to support the decisions that increase the probability of success of any project or program. If we look to other paradigms, successfully unifying information doesn't start with a reductionist approach.
ProProject Manager
JANUARY 25, 2018
Welcome to Lee Lepkowski! Lee is the latest in our series “How Did I Get Here?” Lee is relatively new to the Denver area and hoping to get more involved in the Project Management community here. Here’s his story. When did you first decide to become a project manager? It was an evolution. When working for small software consulting firms, with virtually no budget or resources for project management tools or training, we frequently faced budget overages, schedule overruns, and scope issues.
TimeCamp
JANUARY 22, 2018
A good Project Manager contributes to a large extent to company’s success. He makes sure that the final product is a result of hard and passionate work. He focuses on the team’s effectiveness and makes his best to reach the set goal. Project management is one of the key factors to success in any field of work. It is important for every company that deals with many tasks and projects.
ActiveCollab
JANUARY 23, 2018
We relied on a free service called HARO to interview over 50 people and create 7 original posts last year. Here is what we learned. Creating and posting original content on your blog gets you visits. Greater number of visits gets you two things: Greater number of conversions; Better SERP position. But you already knew that. What you are here to find out is how we tried to combat unoriginal content internet is flooded with.
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
JANUARY 22, 2018
Strategy is a much overused, misused, and abused word. It's tossed around by those who are unfamiliar with Strategy Making roles in businesses. . Strategy is creating fit among a company's activities. The success of a strategy depends on doing many things well - not just a few. The things that are done well must operate within a close nit system. If there is no fit among the activities, there is no distinctive strategy and little to sustain the strategic deployment process.
Workzone
JANUARY 24, 2018
How personal are we talking here? We’re talking about being consultative and helpful and getting to root needs and pains, not getting into your grooming habits…unless you really want to! We are unique here at Workzone. We offer a ton of support – much more than others in the project management space – so we’ve come to really understand and decipher needs and pains our customers face.
TimeCamp
JANUARY 24, 2018
Concerts, sporting events, charitable collections, festivals, industry conferences ? each and all can cause a headache, particularly those who are responsible for organizing such occurrences are at high risk. Everything can go wrong. Deadlines may be missed, the budget exceeded, resources pushed to the limits, helpers confused and not able to cooperate with each other.
PM by PM
JANUARY 25, 2018
In this post I will talk about the major advantages of a PMP Bootcamp for the certification exam prep, why it is beneficial over an online training course for gaining 35 contact hours of project management education, and how exorbitant cost of a bootcamp is inconsequential in the long run. PMP Bootcamp is another name […]. The post How PMP Bootcamp Save More $$ Than An Online Training?
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
JANUARY 22, 2018
Five Different Decision-Making Strategies That Don't Need Estimates. This is from a #Noestimates presentation. Remember, most projects operate in the presence of Uncertainty. . Do the most important strategic work first. How can you know what is most important without knowing the cost to produce that value? How can you know what is strategic without estimating the strategic value to those paying?
Brightwork
JANUARY 24, 2018
One of the common challenges with deploying project management to an organization, or to a new group or department, is the differing needs and experience of the end users in that group. As a result, getting people to start managing projects with any kind of consistency can be a real challenge. In these scenarios, practically everyone involved in project management has their own way of doing things.
TimeCamp
JANUARY 24, 2018
Some may say that administrative assistants working life is a misery. They have to be constant multi-taskers, juggling tasks and responsibilities like professional circus artists. Planning projects, bookkeeping, providing customer service, establishing and using authority to get things done, making people cooperate ? all those duties are the daily bread to administrative support specialists.
Musings on Project Management
JANUARY 24, 2018
Patrick Weaver gave a talk at Primavera06 about the history of scheduling. His talk is captured in an interesting paper: "A brief history of scheduling: back to the future" Patrick is somewhat of a historian and prognosticator on matter such as these. He also has written: The Origins of Modern Project Management: www.mosaicprojects.com.au/Resources_Papers_050.html ‘Trends In Modern Project.
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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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