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How to Develop a Project Summary

Project Risk Coach

You get on the elevator with someone who asks you about your upcoming project. Can you clearly describe your project in 60 seconds? Let's look at how to develop a project summary. Perhaps you are on the way out of a meeting with senior leaders when a Vice President asks you about your project. She says, "I only have a minute, but could you give me a brief summary of the project?

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Scope creep: 6 ways to win against the scariest villain in project management

Resource Guru

Nobody likes a creep. . And if you ask any seasoned project manager, the worst kind of creep comes in the form of scope creep. It’s the last thing they’d want to encounter in a dark alley late at night. Because the next morning, you might be dealing with an entirely different kind of beast: a project that’s out of control. While scary, scope creep can always be fought.

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The first two questions in Risk Management

Musings on Project Management

Doing a little risk management?Here are your first two questions:Can I afford the downside? (Interpret that question with these rewordings: In effect, can I afford to let the risk go unmanaged, or can I afford to take the risk, given I have a choice?)Can I improve the chances that the risk event won't happen, or can be somewhat mitigated, if I can obtain more knowledge?

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Scrum Guide: All You Want to Know about How to Deliver a Scrum Project

Online PM Courses

Scrum is by far the most widely used Agile Methodology. And its simplicity makes Scrum an excellent entry into Agile Project Management. The post Scrum Guide: All You Want to Know about How to Deliver a Scrum Project appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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The 2nd Generation of Innovation Management: A Survival Guide

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?

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Creating an Agile Transformation Roadmap

Leading Agile

When you create an Agile Roadmap, it’s all about getting people to change and making the change sustainable and lasting. But change is hard and people tend to resist it. The thing is what derails Transformation isn’t actually your teams and executives not wanting to change, more often it’s that they don’t actually see how to get from point A to B safely and pragmatically.

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How to Write a Project Plan (with free Template)

Planio

Despite all of your hard work, the honest truth is that 70% of all projects will fail to meet their goals. But while there are countless reasons why projects fail — scope creep , budget overrun, lack of stakeholder support — there’s one roadblock that’s easily avoided. A proper project plan is the most critical element when it comes to delivering success.

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16 Remote Employee Benefits Ideas to Boost Your Perks Package

Teamweek

Great remote employee benefits go far beyond the standard offer of flexible hours and an all-you-need tech stack. That’s a given. The modern remote employee has significantly higher expectations for the benefits package. What’s changed? Data suggests we’re entering a more mature remote work era: 99% of remote workers say they see themselves working remotely, at least some of the time, for the rest of their careers.

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Event Management: A Quick Guide

ProjectManager.com

Having an event is a like executing a project. It has a plan that’s executed by a team with a deadline with the final deliverable being the event. Just like a project, event management is the way you make sure everything seamlessly comes together for your stakeholders. Event management can be anything from a birthday party for your kid to a business convention and everything in between.

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How to navigate accountability without control as a Scrum Master

Scrum.org

In the Scrum framework, the Scrum Master is accountable for establishing Scrum as it’s set out in the Scrum Guide and for the team’s effectiveness. It’s the second accountability that often trips people up. . As Scrum Masters, we know everyone will look to us if the team isn’t performing well. Yet it’s the team that decides how it will get the work done, and many unknowns and unexpected challenges emerge throughout the Sprint.

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Breaking Ground on Better Payment Processes: Strategies for Construction Pros

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.

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Critical Chain in Managing Multiple Projects

LiquidPlanner

Project management methods have evolved for centuries, from records at the Pyramid at Giza to rebuilding London churches after the Great Fire of London in 1666, to the Great Western Railway. The best-known modern methods of managing projects efficiently are: The Gantt chart developed by Henry Gantt in the 1910s . Critical Path invented in the 1950s.

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Using OneNote For Project Management: Easy Templates & Meeting Minutes

The Digital Project Manager

Microsoft OneNote is the underrecognized superhero of a project manager’s world. Many people tend to overlook the product for what they feel are flashier note taking tools, like EverNote, Notion, or Clickup. While all three are solid products, OneNote is often ignored as it is a freebie included with every Microsoft Office 365 account. As […].

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How to Plan a Virtual Event: Virtual Event Planning Checklist

ProjectManager.com

Businesspeople tend to prefer meeting in person. But after a period of virtual events, it’s hard to let go of that digital luxury. Virtual event planning has become commonplace even as events return to IRL or offer hybrid options. The desire to remain virtual in some cases is understandable. Virtual event planning means that more people can attend regardless of where they are.

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Superhero Scrum Masters; helpful or bottleneck?

Scrum.org

Image source: Screenrant.com. Clark Kent is the legendary Superman. There. I’ve said it. The glasses didn’t stop me from finding out. Superman has unearthly powers, which makes sense as he’s not from Earth but planet Krypton. Our Kryptonian friend has, amongst others, super strength, the ability to fly, impervious skin, and heat beams shooting out of his eyes, even melting steel.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

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?

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Emotional Intelligence and Leadership

LiquidPlanner

In his groundbreaking book Emotional Intelligence from 1995, Daniel Goleman explains that emotional intelligence is about twice as important as cognitive ability for positions at every level. The higher you go in the organization, the more it matters. For top-level C-suite jobs, up to 90% of the abilities that are essential for a leader’s performance are emotional competencies. .

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How to Control Project Scope and Avoid Scope Creep

PM Basics

You’ll get into the implementation phase of a project at some point. You need to start to control project scope right away. Most of all, you need to focus your attention on scope creep. I’ve been managing software development projects for more than 11 years. Controlling the project scope is arguably the most challenging project management activity.

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Event Management: A Quick Guide

ProjectManager.com

Having an event is a like executing a project. It has a plan that’s executed by a team with a deadline with the final deliverable being the event. Just like a project, event management is the way you make sure everything seamlessly comes together for your stakeholders. Event management can be anything from a birthday party for your kid to a business convention and everything in between.

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A story of why psychological safety enhances the abilities of the Scrum Team

Scrum.org

Join the Mastering Agility Discord community. Long has spoon-feeding solutions and off-the-shelf feature descriptions prevailed in many development teams. We seek out frameworks in the hope of solving our issues. Although some issues might have been fixed, I rarely see the full potential of a Scrum Team being achieved. And quite often, I see the main reason is worrying about repercussions when things get awry.

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

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.

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4 Useful Mind Mapping Techniques For Project Managers

The Digital Project Manager

Project managers have a lot of responsibilities on their plate. The job can be quite demanding, from ensuring that projects are completed on time and within budget to ensuring that all stakeholders are happy. One of the most important tools at a project manager’s disposal is mind mapping. Mind mapping can help organize thoughts and […]. The post 4 Useful Mind Mapping Techniques For Project Managers appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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Software Tools or not Software Tools? That is the question. The way to achieve Enterprise Agility

PM Times

The way to achieve Enterprise Agility How many times we have heard about agile, Jira, Kanban, etc., and everything related to agile philosophy? Today we can find a lot of software tools to manage projects or processes using agile methods. However, can enterprises implement agile through implementing a software tool? What is Agile? Agile is […].

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Roles and Responsibilities of Business Owners in SAFe®

Agilemania

Self-Managing Agile Teams and Agile Release Trains are essential to success with SAFe®. This means there should be a significant change in the traditional management mindset. Instead of directly supervising work by assigning tasks and activities, managers lead by establishing a mission and vision. To facilitate this goal, SAFe® defines the role of the Business Owner as the key manager who guides the ART to successful outcomes.

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A deep dive into the purpose of each Scrum artifact

Scrum.org

Understanding the “ why” behind the Scrum framework can help Scrum teams improve their ability to deliver value to the organization. We previously discussed the purpose behind each Scrum event and the purpose behind each Scrum accountability. In this article, we’ll take a deep dive into the purpose of each Scrum artifact. . The Scrum artifacts. As the Scrum Guide points out, the framework’s artifacts represent work or value and maximize the transparency of key information.

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

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.

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10 Ways to Leverage Tech for Better Project Management

Binfire

Project management is essential for the success of any business. It helps to ensure that projects are completed on time, within budget, and to the required standard. However, project management can be a complex and challenging process, particularly in large organizations with multiple projects underway at any one time. Technology can help to streamline project management and make it more efficient.

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A cleaner Schedule, navigation improvements, fixes for webhooks, and more

Resource Guru

At Resource Guru, we’re committed to building the best team scheduling tool out there. In recent months, we’ve made a bunch of improvements to the app for an even better scheduling experience. Here’s what we’ve been up to at Guru HQ. First and foremost, let’s focus our attention on a number of the more notable additions: In the Schedule, you now have more control over which imported external calendar events are displayed.

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5 Reasons Why TeamHeadquarters Will Organize and Simplify Your Project Delivery Service

PM Times

In this next instalment of my exclusive “5 Reasons Why…: series I am doing an overview of 5 reasons why you should be looking over Entry’s TeamHeadquarters platform to organize your project delivery process. Let’s examine what you can do for your project teams and organization… Plan, execute, and monitor projects from anywhere Simply create […].

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Facilitar los eventos Scrum

Scrum.org

Scrum define eventos para crear cadencia, ritmo y mejorar la transparencia. Puede suceder que los miembros del equipo no encuentren utilidad en su uso o que el resultado no sea efectivo o el esperado. Estas circunstancias pueden ser mejorados con una facilitación para impactar en forma positiva en el resultado que se necesita obtener. La facilitación no debe estar orientada a crear patrones repetitivos o secuencias mecánicas sino por el contrario buscar explorar ideas con la divergencia necesari

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Navigating Chaos in Project Management

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.