The Digital Project Manager
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Your business success isn’t determined by attracting new clients, but by keeping existing clients. How you are managing client expectations matters a lot. Naturally, managing expectations well helps to keep customers satisfied while giving them enough space, so you can keep bringing in the revenue. The data suggests that the retention of customers is overall […].
Rebel’s Guide to PM
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
There are both advantages and disadvantages to working as part of a team. Advantages include being able to pool resources (both human and financial), having built-in support systems, and being able to hold each other accountable. Disadvantages of teamwork can include conflict between team members, difficulty in making decisions, and feelings of isolation from the rest of the company if you’re not working closely with others on a daily basis.
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Planio
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
People don’t leave bad jobs - they leave bad managers. Unfortunately, 77% of organizations say that they lack great leadership. So, it only makes sense that to keep your team together and happy (and avoid project failure ), you need to level up your leadership game. That’s where servant leadership comes in. Servant leadership is a leadership philosophy that focuses on empowering and supporting team members.
Binfire
NOVEMBER 20, 2022
As workloads increase, employees, managers, and business owners across a range of industries have been pushed to constantly devise workplace productivity hacks. Since every workplace is unique in its own way, it can be somewhat challenging to figure out what can help increase workplace productivity. This is where technology comes into play. Technology is not the solution to all problems, but if used correctly, it can contribute to higher productivity in the workplace, make employees more efficie
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?
Project Risk Coach
NOVEMBER 20, 2022
Risk management comes in many flavors – enterprise, operational, and strategic risk management. But what is risk management in projects? How can we integrate risk management with project management, resulting in greater project success? Hand in Glove Relationship Project risk management fits into project management like a hand-in-glove. Project managers can use it to achieve their project objectives and goals.
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PM Times
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
The business world is characterized by constant change – particularly in project-oriented businesses – and if you don’t bend, you’ll break. Flexibility and responsiveness are key to success in an environment that’s hard to predict. But unpredictability doesn’t mean you SHOULDN’T plan ahead. It just means you need the agility to create, compare, and adjust […].
Online PM Courses
NOVEMBER 20, 2022
Many Project Managers need to work with a Project Management Office. So, in this guide, I survey everything you need to know about a PMO. The post Superior PMO Guide: All You Need to Know about Project Management Office appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.
Agilemania
NOVEMBER 20, 2022
In today’s complex business environment, organizations are constantly looking for ways to increase efficiency and adaptability. To meet these demands, many companies have adopted new ways to integrate development, operations, and other departments as well as use Agile and DevOps principles. But there are many misconceptions about Agile and DevOps not only in the general public but also within businesses that have adopted them.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Teamhood is a Kanban project management system for teams. It’s a visual, flexible tool that is perfect for small and medium businesses who want to improve how they manage projects. It’s extremely easy to use with a low learning curve, so even if you aren’t (and don’t want to be) agile experts, you can quickly improve productivity and collaboration. Let me show you how!
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.
ProjectManager.com
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
Producing an event, whether virtual, in-person or hybrid, is hard enough. Having to make an event budget adds another layer of stress. But it doesn’t have to be a nightmare if you follow a few simple steps to creating an event budget. Successful events should be fun and informative. If you’re struggling with the event budget it can negatively impact the whole event.
Scrum.org
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
TL; DR: Value Creation in Scrum. As a tactical framework, Scrum is good at delivering Increments into customers’ hands. As we work in iterations, we probably do that several times per month, mitigating risk by closing feedback loops. Nevertheless, there is a potentially hazardous void in the framework that successful Scrum teams start plugging early: how to figure out what is worth building—product discovery—in the first place.
Musings on Project Management
NOVEMBER 19, 2022
If you follow this blog you've read several references to the project balance sheet. So, is this about accounting? Yes, and no: Yes, it's about a double entry tool to keep track of "mine" and "yours", but no, it's not the accountant's tool used in your father's accounting office. Take a look at this figure: What have we got here? First, the business and the project; but.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
Have you ever started a project and thought: how is all this going to come together? It’s a question I get asked a lot by the project managers I mentor, because frankly, the beginning of a project is an unsettling time. You don’t know enough to pull it all together. But it does all come together in the end. The reason a project comes together is because of project integration management: this is what you do as a project manager all day, every day, even if you don’t know it.
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ProjectManager.com
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
There are several ways you might find yourself buying a product or service. As you shop around, you might be enticed to purchase something. For example, two common tactics include push marketing and pull marketing. Let’s look at push vs. pull marketing to better understand them. Pull and push marketing are two marketing strategies that are used to sell products or services to an audience.
Scrum.org
NOVEMBER 25, 2022
Properly setting up your new Scrum Team is an absolute necessity if you want them to be successful. 97% of employees, executives , and educators believe that a lack of alignment within a team directly impacts the outcome of a project or a task, Salesforce found a while ago. And 86% of them believe that workplace failures are related to a lack of collaboration or ineffective communication.
Musings on Project Management
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
Well, talk about cratering a schedule and resource plan!Layoffs in the middle of a project will do it for you.But wait!There may be a silver lining here:Communication complexity in and among project participants decreases as the square of participants. That could be a winnerYou may be able to select the departees. That's tough in any circumstance, but it's also an opportunity to prune the lesser.
nTask
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
There’s no denying that conflict resolution at the workplace can be difficult. The rise of social media has made communication more difficult than ever before, and disputes have become more common. Unfortunately, it often goes hand in hand with stress and anxiety. When conflicts arise, it’s important to have a plan for resolving them swiftly […].
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.
The Digital Project Manager
NOVEMBER 24, 2022
Where do project managers fit into the procurement management process? It affects our projects, and yet we often aren’t the ones sourcing the vendors and suppliers that will work on our projects. It’s also a major source of risk—what happens to your project when the developer you procured drops off the face of the earth? […]. The post Procurement Management & The Project Manager’s Role In The Project Life Cycle appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
Scrum.org
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
According to the 2020 Scrum Guide, Scrum teams are “self-managing, meaning they internally decide who does what, when, and how.” Self-managing teams are able to more easily adapt to changing situations, which promotes Empiricism and enables the Scrum team to deliver increased value to the organization while solving complex business problems. . The most empowered Scrum teams in my experience not only decide who does what, when and how, they also control the structure and organization of the S
Leading Agile
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
There’s a part of Transformation that’s essential that we don’t talk about as much—expenses. During Transformation, we mainly focus on variable expenses because those costs are negotiable. The most often overlooked variable expense during Transformation is external vendors, likely because they aren’t technically a part of your company. It’s no surprise that companies don’t want to pay to Transform external vendors, in the risk that the people will leave after the contract is up, or the vendor wo
Green Project Management
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
The 27th UN climate change summit (COP27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, was expected to promote climate justice. Like the 26 that preceded it, progress continues at a snail’s pace while climate chaos spirals out of control. There are other COPs that receive little to no attention by the media and business community, such as COP […]. The post The Climate COP System Needs an Overhaul. appeared first on Doing the right things, the right way, for the right reasons.
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.
Agilemania
NOVEMBER 24, 2022
When it comes to product management, we tend to hear a lot more about things like road mapping, requirements gathering, and wireframing because the mechanics of the job are easier to explain. And yet, when you start getting into metrics and KPIs (Key Performance Indicators), the principles become a lot more abstract. So let’s make metrics and KPIs feel a little less conceptual for you.
Scrum.org
NOVEMBER 24, 2022
77 posts ago. we took a start with introducing the underlying - core - concepts of the Scrum framework. Jep, that is 77 weeks, or 20 months, over one and a half year ago already! We discovered that a professional use of the Scrum framework is really not about “doing” Scrum, about doing the events or about having the artefacts. Everything we do while aiming for professionally using Scrum has something to do with at least one of the following, probably a few, or hopefully all of these underlying
Resource Guru
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
Let’s face it. Job interviews can be stressful. But it’s natural to feel anxious before a job interview—most of us do (a whopping 93% of us in fact). But those nerves aren’t all bad. It shows you care about the job and that you’re motivated to succeed. Plus, that very nervousness is what often encourages you to do the prep work necessary to land that dream job of yours. .
Teamweek
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
The interview process is all about getting to know a potential candidate. Learning what they’re capable of and who they are. When recruiters have the chance to do this in person, they can connect with candidates, build trust and hook someone that’s a good fit. But in-person interviews are not always possible. When local or even global circumstances prevent face-to-face interviews, virtual interviews present a safe, convenient alternative.
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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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