Creative Force: Unleash Your Team's Visionaries
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Tired of blank stares and shrugs during brainstorming sessions? Here's how to get your team thinking like the true visionaries they are.
A project team replaces two outdated bridges - and a traditional construction methodology in the process.
Though they may not carry the gravity of a nuclear power plant or skyscraper, movies, video games, and other entertainment projects are big business. But not all entertainment projects are a hit. This article discusses how project teams are under pressure to develop entertainment offerings that will both wow consumers and arrive on time, on budget and without any high-profile problems. In doing so, it reports how entertainment project managers must harmonize the science and structure of good project management practices with the art of fluidity that these projects demand. It details how an entertainment group adapted its traditional waterfall project management approach by adding more opportunities for communication, review and feedback throughout the project life cycle. Then it explains how the organization's project teams begin large-scale projects with a workshop. The article highlights how a digital publishing company based in India gains and maintains stakeholder support for its entertainment projects. In addition, it examines some of the risks involved in entertainment projects and details the effects of timing constraints. For instance, it notes how teams have to narrow their choice for functionality and features while keeping the end date always in mind and finding the balance between creativity, quality and timing. It overviews the importance of change management and notes the role of agile processes. Accompanying the article are two case studies: The first case study details how an online video-creation service scrapped deadlines and trimmed scope to deliver an app project, based on a chosen theme, using all of a user's Facebook photos and captions from the year. The second case study explains the project plan for the planning and management of an annual conference and showcase festival that serves the Canadian arts and culture industry.
How do you know if agile applies to your project? If you are like many project managers, your company is in the midst of an agile transition. Maybe you want to transition to agile, maybe you are already agile…but your organization? Not so much. Here are four tips to see if agile applies to your project.
The strategic PMO goes beyond tactical execution and helps an organization bridge the gap between high-level strategy and project implementation. Here is a roadmap to get there by focusing on capabilities, prioritization, resource allocation, value realization and, ultimately, delivery, which encompasses measuring, understanding variance, predicting, realigning and reallocating.
Ten years ago, project managers were restricted to sticky notes, Notepad and file servers for limited knowledge management. Fortunately, today there are a lot of different knowledge management tools to consider. Here are three of one experienced PM's favorites--and how he uses them in the real world.
The traditional metrics of time, cost and scope are rarely sufficient to determine how a project or program is really performing. It’s important to dive deeper to find the ‘why’ behind the numbers and ensure surface-level data isn’t giving a false sense of security (or doom). Here are some ideas.
Agile organizations are always learning from their customers and their products, using them as guides to new ideas and opportunities. They also bring an agile mindset to selecting and executing the ideas they pursue, making advances iteratively through a continuous cycle of different initiatives at different stages.
In the webinar Technology Impact on Communication Management with Beth Spriggs, she talked about technology’s impact on communication management. She explored with attendees how communication behaviors and preferences have changed, and examined how these changes create both opportunity and risk in our projects. She also discussed ways this impacts our current project communication plans, explored ways to adjust our communications to be more effective and shared some practical communication tips. Here, she answers attendee questions.
Dividing your project into smaller parts that are more controllable helps you move closer to your ultimate goal: successfully achieving your project deliverables and high user satisfaction. Follow these seven tips to gain more direct control over your project.
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