Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Neglecting these risks can lead to project delays, budget overruns, and even project failure, which will negatively impact a manufacturer’s reputation. Therefore, a proactive approach to effective risk management is critical. Let’s take a look at the most essential ones.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Enterprise environmental factors can be defined as conditions that aren’t under the immediate control of the project team. These can influence the outcome of the project, program or portfolio so they must be managed. Project management software can facilitate this process.

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NimbleWork

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Risk management is a cornerstone of successful project management, yet it’s often treated as an afterthought rather than a strategic imperative. Effective risk mitigation goes beyond simply reacting to problems as they arise; it involves anticipating potential issues and developing strategies to address them proactively.

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Kiron Bondale

DECEMBER 20, 2020

What was very surprising to me is that the authors never made any explicit references to psychological safety, and yet that is an effective vaccine to prevent these ailments. This will help staff to become less worried about how to handle the team conflicts which they will inevitably face.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 9, 2018

It’s an edited extract from his book Risk Happens ! Group Think Introduces Risk. Therefore, with dissent discouraged, groups tend to endorse higher risk decisions than individuals would. Psychologists refer to this as “risky shift”. A bright cover for Mike’s own book, Risk Happens! Dr Mike Clayton.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Scope creep in project management is where additional requirements are added to the project, beyond what was originally agreed and these additions are not formally authorized. The term refers to how the project’s requirements or feature list grows over time without proper control. What’s so bad about scope creep anyway?

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Epicflow Blog

JUNE 10, 2022

Accordingly, they are more vulnerable to the consequences of risk-bearing events. When unmanaged, these risks can impact people’s safety and, to make matters worse, come down to considerable financial losses. . What are the most typical risks associated with aerospace engineering projects, and how to manage them effectively?

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 7, 2019

The concept of technical debt comes from software development where it refers to the costs of having to go back and resolve problems that arise because of an earlier decision to take the easy route, instead of the best one. That doesn’t mean that technical debt is all bad. What Is Technical Debt? Types of Technical Debt.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Did you know that 56% of your project budget might be at risk due to poor communications? Perhaps that number (from research by PMI ) surprises you, but I’m sure you aren’t surprised by the fact that good communication management on projects leads to higher success rates. What is project communication management?

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Inloox

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Know the risks in your project! Risk management plays an enormously important role in project management. The task here is to identify, analyze, control and ultimately minimize risks. The better risk management is handled in your project, the greater the probability of success, all other things being equal.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 29, 2022

I have been a bit lax with project management reading recently but one book that I have made time to review again is The Conscious Project Leader: How to Create a Culture of Success for Your Projects, Your Team and Yourself. The book covers what I think is important about project management: leadership and culture. Colin Ellis.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2022

A business case is a project management document that explains how the benefits of a project overweigh its costs and why it should be executed. Think of the business case as a document that is created during the project initiation phase but will be used as a reference throughout the project life cycle. What Is a Business Case?

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Alan Parker Blog

APRIL 21, 2024

Introduction to Software Development and Management Purpose The fundamental purpose of software development and management practice is to ensure that software applications meet the diverse needs of internal and external stakeholders.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 10, 2022

To properly schedule the work to execute your project, you need to know the timeline, costs, scope, risk and more. Project estimation techniques are tools that help project managers forecast cost, time and other variables as they relate to a forthcoming project. Project management software can help when using estimation techniques.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 7, 2023

Since I became a Professional Scrum Trainer in November, I have been asked a lot about the current state, and the future perspectives, for Scrum and agile development in Japan, where I’ve worked for the last six years. Yet, Scrum and the principles of agile development are not as common in Japan as they are in other parts of the world.

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Epicflow Blog

JUNE 24, 2021

Risk is often perceived as a potential hazard or something that should be better avoided. However, we all know that the road to success is fraught with risk, as it’s often associated with new opportunities that lead to better results. The process of managing projects is always accompanied by a certain degree of uncertainty and risk.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 13, 2022

TL; DR: Scrum Developer Anti-Patterns. After covering the anti-patterns of the Scrum Master, the Product Owner, and the stakeholders, this article addresses Scrum Developer anti-patterns, covering all Scrum Events and the Product Backlog artifact. The Role of the Developers in Scrum. Developer Anti-Patterns by Scrum Events.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

This year, the theme of International Project Management Day is ‘Focusing on What Matters.’. So, what matters in project management? Risk management? Leading the team? They avoided the excessive hours and ‘hero’ culture we so often see in project teams. We can all manage that. Is it delivery?

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

To best plan and respond to change, first, a clear definition of change management must be understood. What Is Change Management? The term change management refers to the actions, tools and models implemented to manage different types of change either at the project or organizational level.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 1, 2019

Sometimes leading a team, project or organization goes well. Jennifer Bridges, PMP, shows you crisis management techniques to help you successfully lead during a disaster. Here’s a screenshot of the whiteboard for your reference. In Review – Crisis Management: How to Lead During a Crisis. These crises impact teams.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

A project manager approached me recently with a problem. That didn’t sit quite right with her (and she didn’t know she was a perfect example of a project management ethics case study when she was telling me the story!). What is Ethics in Project Management? What are ethical issues in management?

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MPUG

MAY 17, 2021

Imagine you are managing a large project, which is strategically important and complex. At the outset, you realize there will be a number of risks, which if not managed well, could paralyze the outcome and have negative impacts on the project objectives. Will a software tool for only project management meet your needs?

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 8, 2024

Malinawan, PMP Navigating the complexities of modern project management demands a sophisticated comprehension of the Development Approach and Life Cycle Performance Domain. Your pursuit of streamlining and enhancing project management processes led you to a pivotal crossroads.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 4, 2022

The scrum methodology was developed as a response to rigid project management approaches such as the waterfall method, which didn’t adapt to the needs of agile product and software development teams. The bad news, it’s hard to master. The scrum methodology emphasizes teamwork in project management.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Over the years I've heard my share of these kinds of statements from various levels of executives: "When my guys run a product development release I really want to know what I will get at the end so I can make business plans accordingly". "In Types of Uncertainty in Product Development. Let's make it clear up front.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 20, 2024

Ageing infrastructure affects service quality, poor performance creates negative customer sentiment and ultimately stalls Digital Transformation agenda. Projects focus on managing and delivering requirements whereas product focus is customer satisfaction gap and understanding which problems to solve.

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Planio

OCTOBER 14, 2024

As team leaders or project managers, we need to do better. Unconscious bias refers to the ingrained assumptions, beliefs, and associations we hold outside of our conscious awareness. As our brains evolve, we develop unconscious biases as a way to process information faster. Your team can become disengaged.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 4, 2021

I have updated my responses in order to better reflect the PRINCE2 and A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge — PMBOK® Guide , as at October 2021 as the PMBOK® Guide has been updated since this interview first took place, and PRINCE2 US was launched in 2020. She first took her PRINCE2 Practitioner exam in 2004.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Many project management tools can help you plan, manage and track your projects. We’ll even do a side-by-side comparison of Gantt vs. kanban and throw in a couple of free templates so you can kick the tires of both and see if they’re a good fit for managing your project. What Is a Gantt Chart?

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 16, 2019

If you’re looking to become more productive, then you must use work management tools and methods that help every aspect of your organization to achieve that goal. It must positively influence all aspects of a business, including revenue, cost and risk. Without one or the other, a business will struggle with weak performance.

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LiquidPlanner

MAY 3, 2023

Both project (PM) and portfolio management (PPM) are core processes for driving growth in many businesses – large and small. Project Management vs Portfolio Project Management One of the best ways to visualize the difference between PM and PPM is to put yourself at sea on a boat.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 18, 2022

A production schedule template is an essential part of your supply chain management. It helps you manage your resources effectively and even supports the sales team as they know when products will be delivered and available for sale. Gantt charts have been essential project management tools for over a century.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Scrum has proven time and again to be the most popular framework for software development. And that demand causes the market entry of new professionals from other project management branches, probably believing that reading one or two Scrum books will be sufficient. The whole Scrum team creates a corresponding Sprint Goal.

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Wrike

OCTOBER 6, 2023

In the world of project management, uncertainty is an ever-present element that can greatly impact the success or failure of a project. It is essential for project managers to understand the nature of uncertainty and how it manifests in various forms. This uncertainty can impact project timelines and deliverables.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Contracting for Agile software development projects continues to be a major organizational impediment. Your legal department is trained to protect the firm from all the bad things that can happen when the unexpected occurs. Combine that tendency with management’s desire to protect their jobs when the bad things happen.

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Henny Portman

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

In the first chapter we see, based on extensive study of 16,000 projects, the iron law of project management – Over budget, over time, under benefits, over and over again: 47.90% on budget (or better), 8.50% on budget and on time (or better), 0.50% on budget and on time and on benefits (or better). Alternatives are not explored.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

In today’s competitive business landscape, having a stellar product development team can make all the difference between failure and success. Building a team of talented individuals who possess the right skills, expertise, and mindset can foster innovation, drive growth, and ultimately propel your business forward.

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