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7 Ways Project Manager Roles Are Changing

ProjectManager.com

These new skills are reflected in the new Project Management Institute (PMI) guidelines for certification and professional development units (PDUs) needed to maintain certification, a new triad of skills they’re calling the “Talent Triangle.” So, you’re asked to wear more hats, but you’ve only one head. What do you do?

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Product Development with the Stage-Gate® Process (Part 2): Strengths, Weaknesses, Pitfalls

Inloox

The Stage-Gate® process is a process model for the targeted development of innovations - for example, in the form of products and services. In the second part, we now dive deeper into the strengths and weaknesses of the Stage-Gate® process as well as potential pitfalls and responsibilities. Weaknesses of the Stage-Gate® process.

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Service Design: Process, Tools and Techniques

ProjectManager.com

It’s a collaborative process that aims to improve and innovate service offerings by understanding customers’ needs, expectations and pain points and aligning them with the capabilities and goals of the organization providing the service. Project management software can be instrumental in service design.

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4 Free & Open-Source Microsoft Project Alternatives: Ranked

ProjectManager.com

No wonder project teams look for open-source Microsoft Project alternatives. Because Microsoft Project can be such a pain to use, project managers and their teams seek alternatives. The more technical teams, working in IT and other departments, are familiar with open source and the Linux operating system.

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Organizational Competencies: What They Are and How to Develop Them

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I worked in the IT team at my old job. We did a fair amount of off-the-shelf software deployments, and we frequently made the point that we were a healthcare company, not a software development firm. I would not have said we had software development as one of our core organizational competencies. We didn’t need it. Leadership.

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How To Motivate Your Project Team

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Ruth Pearce knows everything there is to know about motivating your project team. I caught up with Ruth to find out more about how to motivate teams and why it’s something you should be actively doing. Why do you think motivation on project teams is so important? She’s even written the book on it. So how do we do it? Gertman et.

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The Alignment-to-Value Pipeline: Building Products That Matter

Scrum.org

TL;DR: The Alignment-to-Value Pipeline Effective product development requires both strategic alignment and healthy Product Backlog management. By implementing proper alignment tools, separating discovery from delivery, and maintaining appropriate backlog size (3-6 sprints), teams can build products that truly matter.