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In brief, project management objectives are the successful development of the project’s procedures of initiation, planning, execution, regulation and closure as well as the guidance of the project team’s operations towards achieving all the agreed upon goals within the set scope, time, quality and budget standards. Projects are temporary and, in a sense, unique endeavors....
Project management terminology is constantly evolving to adapt to the hyper-fast pace of change in the world around us. This can often create situations where we’re stuck wondering to ourselves, “How does the Delphi method work?”, “Where did the Kotter Change Model come from?” or “Exactly what is a Scrum Master?” While some terminology changes...
Status meetings can often seem like time-consuming rumble strips, which only serve to slow a project down and drain it of enthusiasm instead of the desired opposite effect. One way of shifting the format of your status meetings to something more energizing is by altering its dynamic. Brainstorming is a technique used to generate ideas...
We’re excited to announce that Planview has built Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) capabilities into Planview AgilePlace™! In this post, you’ll learn: why we’ve added OKR capabilities into the Planview platform why OKRs are particularly valuable for Agile organizations how OKRs have changed in recent years what to look for in OKR software But first, here’s a quick introduction to OKRs,...
“Eating your own dog food,” “ice creaming,” “drinking your own champagne” — whatever you want to call it — refers to a company using its own product, either to test drive it or to show confidence in it. Well, here at Tasktop we have another reason for using our own products: We actually really like...
Ah spring… the flowers start to bloom, the sun finally starts to make an appearance, people come out of hibernation, and patio brunches become the regular. Oh, and it just so happens that one of our favourite events of the year takes place too, providing the perfect opportunity for the DevOps community to come together:...
The important role played by ethics in project management is something which is quite often overlooked when considering the responsibilities of a project manager. Not only is a PM responsible for the various budgets, deadlines and deliverables of the project but they should also be highly aware of both the company’s code of conduct as...
Productivity is influenced by a huge number of factors such as experience, skills, technology at hand and how clear task scheduling is. Some of these factors you can change and others you can’t, but one major element which can improve productivity which you can control is the workplace design of your work space. While the...
There’s an endless supply of stress management tips for project managers. And while this advice is well-intentioned, most of it isn’t that helpful – because it’s not aligned with the day-to-day reality that project managers face; a reality that isn’t characterized stress/no-stress, but by a continuum of stress. In other words: there’s really no such...
There are several good glossaries that define and standardize key project management terms, including versions from the PMI, APM, CIO.com, and many others. However, like language itself, lexicons are dynamic and organic – which means that they shift over time to capture new thinking, and just as importantly, shed expired notions. With that in mind,...
