When it comes to PM philanthropy, there is more that can be provided to organizations in need beyond serving as a project manager. Helping organizations to become project management self-sufficient may provide a higher calling.
PMI is actively seeking individuals from the academic/training, consultant and general interest communities to serve on the PMI Standards Consensus Committee (SCC). Apply before December 13th!
When discussing our soft skills, many of us fall back on vague generalities and focus instead on the hard skills we deploy to deliver successful projects. But to differentiate ourselves from our technically qualified peers, we need to make our soft skills a meaningful part of our story by connecting them to principled beliefs.
Much like a flu shot protects you from a specific strain of the flu, this article presents actionable techniques for project managers to take to immunize their team from the negative effects associated with a toxic member. Learn how to identify and mitigate the contagious spread of toxic behaviors before the risk to your project becomes too great.
Immunize Your Project from Toxic Team Members
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Automation represents the next frontier for organizational efficiency and innovation, but leaders must navigate ethical, technological and operational minefields to realize the benefits. Let’s consider some key elements of an automation strategy, including customers, costs, and people.
Agile was born from the necessity to adapt product development to market changes. In the 1990s Agile Enterprise, the Agility combined with Lean practices resulted in fast market release of products combined with efficiency delivered by waste reduction and improved development and build processes. Using Lean Six Sigma for innovation brought efficacy and efficiency. In any product development, systematical innovation is crucial to the competitiveness. Although TRIZ (Theory of Solving Inventive Problems) has been developed with special emphasis on manufacturing, it is after all an approach to product development and process improvement. TRIZ proved useful in process problem solving, so it can be useful for all project management issues and activities.
By Ramiro Rodrigues A good definition of the word “maturity” is the state of people or things that have reached full development. For entities such as business organization ...
By Ramiro Rodrigues A good definition of the word “maturity” is the state of people or things that have reached full development. For entities such as business organization ...
Friends, I bought a simulator too late before my exam was scheduled. Did not make it through the first exam, which killed me. I have purchased another simulator with an extension from PMI to take the ...
Project Managers can learn from watching a mother hen taking care of her chicks. It's a neverending job keeping watch over those chicks to make sure they are safe and don't wander off and ...
Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM) Buffer Sizing Methods (BSMs) ...
Until recently, Commissioning, Acceptance and Maintenance Plan (CAMP) deliverables on major projects were delegated to the contractor for determining format, content, level of detail and the submittal ...
I am interested to hear about the success stories and lessons learned from adopting the Agile - Scrum model for large IT enterprise dev projects. Any best practices, tips/tricks, tools, and any other ...
One of the 4 Key Competences for the 21st Century is Critical Thinking. What does critical thinking mean to you? How can it be developed? How important is critical thinking in project management? ...
There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. Peter Drucker For every complex human problem, there is a solution that is& ...
You can move your projects from me to we to why by creating an emotionally intelligent environment that provides recognition, strives for clarity, and equips and empowers your teams.
The article talks about the myth that you must have strong pre-existing relationships to drive the key changes necessary to transform an organization. What truly helps attain success is having crucial conversations with one and all—one at a time.
In this webinar, learn how you can take your career to the next level by applying for a PMIEF award!
Each year, PMIEF honors those excelling in our field with the Kerzner Award for Excellence in Project Management. We had the opportunity to interview last year's winner, Sudhakar Ravada, on how the award helped him advance on his career path.
Ever wonder what your life would have looked like if you learned project management early in life? If you said yes, you’re not alone. We’ve wondered – if we learned PM skills as life skills early on, what would life look like now and how can we help young people today? Find out in this webinar!
Gutiérrez-Pacheco has experienced the power of project management throughout his career as an IT systems engineer and manager. But it wasn’t until he took his granddaughter to a PMIEF session on project management and robotics that he saw how easily it could be absorbed by one so young.
Read how a community prospered when PMIEF awarded a grant to Partners for Education (PFE) at Berea College in Berea, Kentucky for “The PMIEF – PFE Promising Appalachian Leaders in Service (PALS) Initiative."
PMIEF awarded a grant to Special Olympics, Inc. in 2017, which has since strengthened the project management capabilities of Special Olympics’ staff across the globe through in-depth training to support its fundraising, programming and communications.
Learn how you can take your career to the next level by applying for a PMIEF award!
Looking to make an impact in your community through project management? Look no further! In this webinar, listen in as Agata Czopek, PMP Vice President of the PMI Switzerland Chapter and PMIEF Liaison and Ka Yi Hui, Director of the PMI Switzerland Chapter share how they hosted a workshop with WFUNA and used their project management skillset for social good.
This is in the sixth installment in an 8-part webinar series, A Billion Dollar Project Health Framework, presented by Uri Galimidi. The series covers an advanced yet practical framework which Project Managers can use to assess the health of their projects. The framework consists of eight key project management areas. This webinar covers Stakeholder Management.
In this webinar, we will discuss how mediation, an alternative dispute-resolution technique, can defuse tensions to make for a more productive work place. Using mediation skills instead of imposing a decision, you will be able to apply communication skills, objectivity, and creativity to help disputants reach their own voluntary solution to the conflict.
What should you do to ensure lasting change in your organization? George Trachilis, Shingo Research Award winner, explains this is as easy as 1-2-3. However, it is not simple. It requires understanding your true potential as a leader and transferring the same challenge to your students.
No one loses weight just by wearing gym clothes or acquiring gym equipment. Likewise, dressing an organization with new technologies and exotic tools is not enough to achieve the expected benefits. Could it be even as dangerous as putting roller skates in an elephant? What is needed to ensure lasting results in digital transformation? The key is in the human side.
Martial arts principles are applied to first manage the self, the people around you, and the environment around the people, this is very similar to a project management context, and many of the principle are directly applicable and can lead to more positive experiences and positive outcome. Participants will get a basic understanding of these principles, why they are important in a martial arts context, examples of how they relate to the project management discipline, and how to practice them.
Based on the presenter's experience as a practitioner, this webinar is an analysis of the principles of the Earned Value Standard and the challenges of using it in Agile projects.
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