Proofhub
JULY 26, 2021
Virtual Meeting Etiquette?—?33 Golden Rules to Follow Source: [link] The global pandemic undeniably caused a huge shift in working habits. After more than a year of work from home, a whopping 74% of employees said they expect remote work to be the new normal. Additionally, most opting to come into the office again want to do so on a part-time basis.
Epicflow Blog
JULY 26, 2021
In the present-day business environment, which is dynamic and uncertain, multiple projects management (MPM) as well as project portfolio management (PPM) are becoming common practices. High standards of managing multiple projects ensure that all the projects within a company contribute to achieving business objectives. At the same time, managing multiple projects is undoubtedly challenging.
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PM Times
JULY 28, 2021
As a bit of a motor head, I was excited to watch the inaugural Formula One sprint race format at the British Grand Prix recently. I was pondering Formula One and how efficiently the teams work to make sure that everything comes together so that teams can perform at their peak and achieve success in […]. The post Why Every Project Needs A Formula One Style Pit Stop appeared first on Project Management Articles, Webinars, Templates and Jobs.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
JULY 29, 2021
How do you manage your projects? Whatever it is you’re managing you’ll probably use, or need, a tool to help you do it. Maybe it’s a Trello board, a Kanban board, a system of sticky notes…Asana, Toggl… a wall calendar and planner, or a combination of them all! What remains the same is that there is a lot to manage. And a lot to remember. There’ll be different tasks, different meetings, and multiple deadlines to meet.
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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.
ProjectManager.com
JULY 29, 2021
Throughout the life of a project, project managers check in on progress and compare it to the project plan—comparing their predictions to reality. If they don’t do this regularly, odds are the budget will suffer and their project will fail entirely. Luckily, these deviances from the plan, such as cost variance, don’t have to sink a project. In fact, they can actually strengthen it.
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Inloox
JULY 26, 2021
Founded in 1969 in the USA, the Project Management Institute is a global non-profit project management association. In 2020, the institute counted more than 600,000 members in over 200 countries, making it the PM organization with the largest membership worldwide. Besides certification programs and extensive market research programs, PMI has been publishing its PMBOK guide (Project Management Body of Knowledge) since the late 1990s by setting standards for project, program and portfolio manageme
Rebel’s Guide to PM
JULY 26, 2021
Office Timeline is a powerful PowerPoint plugin for creating professional timelines and roadmaps. The Pro+ edition is aimed specifically at project managers needing to create timeline slides for executive briefings and project reviews. In this review of Office Timeline Pro+, I’ll share the pros and cons that I found from using this tool. Summary. Product: Office Timeline.
ProjectManager.com
JULY 28, 2021
If you’re looking for project management software, you’ll find countless options. This can make narrowing the search feel like an insurmountable task. Ultimately, choosing the right project management software comes down to identifying your needs and finding a good fit. Which one is the best for you? Let’s look at two of the top options, Monday.com and ProjectManager.
Scrum.org
JULY 25, 2021
. A Scrum team consists of three clear accountabilities: one Scrum Master, one Product Owner, and Developers. Often, when working with a Scrum team struggling with excessive conflict or a lack of trust, I find the culprit is a lack of clarity around each of these accountabilities. Even with the best intentions, the Product Owner can become too focused on the upcoming Sprint and not focused enough on the bigger picture.
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?
Kiron Bondale
JULY 25, 2021
Two of pillars of adaptive approaches are inspection and adaptation. These can be applied to the product, service or results being produced by the team as well as the way in which those are produced. For the former the use of Minimum Viable Products, Spikes, Minimum Marketable Features and Minimum Business Increments are used to reduce the impacts of building the wrong thing.
nTask
JULY 28, 2021
Technological advancements in recent years have made the digitalization of business processes an inevitable feat. Companies all over the world endeavor to transform their business, equipping it with the latest technologies and machinery in an attempt to stay abreast with the rapidly transitioning world. The transition from the physical to the digital world is unavoidable, the same goes for paperback documents.
Proofhub
JULY 29, 2021
What’s the one thing you are Photo by RF._.studio from Pexels looking for when searching for a job? That’s right. Company culture. A Glassdoor’s Mission & Culture Survey in 2019, found that over 77 percent of people across four countries?—?US, UK, France, and Germany, would consider company culture as an important factor for applying for a job, while almost 80 percent would consider a company’s mission and purposes before applying.
Scrum.org
JULY 25, 2021
In December 2020, Johannes Schartau , Christiaan Verwijs , and I published the Zombie Scrum Survival Guide. We wrote it to help readers understand why Scrum so often descends into Zombie Scrum and to offer practical and down-to-earth help. Zombie Scrum isn’t something you fix with one simple experiment. The deeper it’s ingrained in your organization, the more effort it takes to resolve.
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.
Musings on Project Management
JULY 29, 2021
You ask: What's he best thing I can do to manage risk?Answer:Make time your friend. Insert time buffers in your schedule around every uncertain event, around milestones that are critical to success, and around major blocks of scope that determine whether project objectives will be met.Time is your friend if it is allocated in your schedule to give you space to work, and rework, mitigations.
nTask
JULY 27, 2021
You deal with hundreds of tasks daily, and each task takes up a valuable part of your time. Dealing with all the tasks at once would be an unwise move, you need structure and order in your life to make sure you stay on top of your A-game. As an Agile professional, you must bring the same orderliness to your work. One way of doing that is to prioritize your tasks , but how?
Planio
JULY 27, 2021
As a project manager, it’s your job to help shield your team from the constant communication, notifications, and meeting requests that threaten their daily tasks (and sanity). Asynchronous communication –when you send messages without expecting an immediate response –is probably the best tool you can use for this. However, it’s also one of the hardest to implement properly.
Scrum.org
JULY 26, 2021
TL; DR: Abandoning Scrum. Can a Scrum team simply decide to abandon Scrum? After all, the Scrum team is self-managing, according to the Scrum manual, also known as the Scrum Guide. So, let’s explore this question at the very heart of team autonomy. ?? Shall I notify you about articles like this one? Awesome! You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 32,000-plus other subscribers. ??
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Project Bliss
JULY 28, 2021
If you’re working with a group trying to choose among a large number of options, multivoting is an easy, structured approach to help your team make a decision. It’s a great tool to use with brainstorming sessions , but there are many times it can be useful. It’s a handy tool for your problem-solving toolbox. What is Multivoting? Multivoting is a way for a group to vote on a long list of ideas and narrow the list down to a few options for deeper analysis or final decision.
nTask
JULY 27, 2021
Being an entrepreneur or a freelancer is a very tricky one-person show that either makes you successful or someone who struggles to manage clients. The work-day as an entrepreneur is full of different proposal drafting , contract creation, client on-boarding, and tax compliance. And, after all of that, they get to manage their business execution and the activities that are going to make them money.
Online PM Courses
JULY 25, 2021
When a project stakeholder wants something different, what do you do? You can't just say 'yes'. or 'no'. You need Project Change Control. The post Project Change Control: What You Need to Know to Make it Effective appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.
Scrum.org
JULY 30, 2021
One of my favorite saying is “Inspection without adaptation is waste”. For continuous improvement it is important not only to identify things that did not go so well but to also change something in the way you are working. If you change nothing, the inspection did not have an impact at all and is a waste of time and energy. But change is hard. To make changes not only easier and more likely to happen but also to drive change in an evidence-based manner, experiments are a great opportunity.
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Epicflow Blog
JULY 29, 2021
Scope creep is a common challenge that project managers have to deal with. In an effort to make the project’s final outcome perfect and satisfy customers, project managers/team members/stakeholders may be unable to leave it well enough alone. This results in making too many or too significant changes to the project until its scope goes far beyond what was agreed upon initially.
PM Times
JULY 27, 2021
The Scenario The decision to implement a new technology solution is a significant one and, in many cases, a project that typically an organization is unlikely to undertake often. It is a project that requires a significant investment of money, time, and effort and so, return on investment (ROI) represents an important set of metrics […]. The post Change Management in Projects – The Overlooked Methodology appeared first on Project Management Articles, Webinars, Templates and Jobs.
Scoro
JULY 30, 2021
As we all know, COVID-19 has had a seismic impact on how just about every industry approaches the work they do. When the pandemic first took hold, many businesses were left floundering, desperately trying to figure out not only how to continue working, but how to do so effectively. The digital project management tools that we have relied on to get us through this extended period of unrest and remote working have been indispensable.
Scrum.org
JULY 29, 2021
Does the role of the Scrum Master go away with time? For addressing the doubt, first, understand the role of a Scrum Master clearly. . Suppose you go by the Scrum Guide , the person accountable for ensuring that everyone in the Organisation understands the purpose of the Scrum Framework. Thus, the Scrum Master serves not only the team but also the Product Owner and the Organisation.
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.
Planview
JULY 29, 2021
Across the enterprise work landscape, the idea of completely eliminating the existence of silos is more of an idealistic aspiration than a realistic goal. However, the good news is that there are practical ways to overcome teams working in silos. Here are seven best practices to keep in mind and apply as needed. Generally, a top-down approach works most effectively to prevent or reduce silos, provided that a roadmap is well-developed and truly supported by leadership.
Bridge the Gap Consulting
JULY 26, 2021
Have you ever heard the term “IT and the Business?” Have you ever said “IT and the Business?” Did you know every time you say “IT and the Business” a baby kitten dies? OK, that last part isn’t true and probably a little harsh, but that’s the way I feel when I hear it. This phrase insinuates separation and difference.
Scoro
JULY 30, 2021
Creativity is a funny thing. Creative people need the freedom to be able to come up with concepts and develop their ideas. But too much freedom can be a bad thing. The truth is that even the most out-of-the-box creative projects require firm and structured management if you want to get the most from the team responsible. In this blog post, we’re going to deep dive into the whys, wherefores, and how-tos of creative team management.
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