Many of us are pretty accomplished project managers, at least while on the job. But how many of us apply project management principles and disciplines to our personal lives? Personal projects come in all shapes and sizes, each accompanied with their own levels of complexity, risk, timelines, budgets and outcome expectations. Enter the world of Personal Project Management...the new PPM!
With the volume of information that we have to deal with, we need effective filters in order to manage our personal project management process. So how do we determine our priorities, and how do we apply them?
Not everyone believes in your project. But sheer force of personality doesn’t bring about buy-in; it doesn’t dissolve legitimate doubts or deliver desired results. Take time before the project starts to build a shared understanding of where you're going, why you're going there, and how success will be measured when you get there.
When it comes to leveraging social media techniques on projects, the most important place to start is frame of mind. It’s not about mimicking Facebook in the workplace, but rather removing barriers to communication and information-sharing. Project leaders who do will improve team camaraderie and productivity.
Distributed project teams are a reality of today’s business world, and the ability to enlist them while upholding Agile principles can bring great advantages as well as real challenges. Our 38-page report looks at those challenges but focuses on the benefits of working with distributed agile teams — and how to achieve them.
In the midst of sprint planning, it can be a challenge to keep track of when your team has reached its forecast capacity. Here is a simple technique that provides a visual representation of the planned stories versus the total time available in a sprint, keeping everyone from Scrum Master to Product Owner to team members in the loop.
Dave Prior interviews Howard Sublett, “senior cat herder” for agile BigVisible, where he is responsible for identifying coaching talent. Here, they discuss what it takes to lead an agile transformation, including adapting to different environments, learning from failures, where the project manager fits in, and moving from “scrum-but” to “scrum-and.” [20:40]
Staying connected is much more likely to yield benefits if you have a plan. How do you make social networking and your LinkedIn profile work for you?
Instant messaging is a popular tool because it facilitates quick, easy communications, and it’s not going away any time soon. It's a powerful tool--but only if you use it correctly.
