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Leading the human side of ERP implementations

by Luis Alberto Caceres Villota

April 25, 2024 | 61:40 | Views: 11,471 | PDUs: 1.00 | Rating: 4.34 / 5

Just as no one loses weight by merely buying gym equipment and wearing sports clothes, organizations cannot truly transform by merely implementing new ERP systems. Join us as we dive deep into the underlying human factors that prevent the benefit realization and explore the crucial elements that enable user adoption.

Getting the Most from Generative AI with Prompt Engineering Skills

by Edivandro Conforto, Olalla Garcia Perez, Nathan Rischling, Yuliya Zhevno, Rupal Bhandari

April 16, 2024 | 61:42 | Views: 37,249 | PDUs: 1.00 | Rating: 4.62 / 5

Prompt engineering skills are critical for project professionals to get the most effective results from Generative AI (GenAI) tools. This webinar will cover how to build good prompting skills and how to apply them to your projects.

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Project Status Report Template

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by Theresah Nyantakyi

Use this Excel template to keep stakeholders up to date on project status, including the executive summary, milestones, issues, risks and action items.

Project Plan/Project Definition

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Behind every successful project is a rock-solid, detailed project plan. This template defines every aspect of your project. The final product can be used to make what you are doing clear to all project stakeholders.

WBS Planning Worksheet

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There is a lot riding on your project's work breakdown structure. Use this worksheet to help you plan the WBS smarter and better.

Overview of the Project Management Process

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by John Galyon

While actively participating in mentorship during a project with a local design/build firm, this practitioner compiled an overview of the project management process as detailed in PMI’s A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide). Use this overview with other project managers as a tool to reference in your day-to-day PM activities (as well as share with new project managers).

Project Closeout Checklist

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by Kenneth Darter, PMP

While there are some subtle differences in closing a project with a party or a wake, a carefully defined checklist will help with either ending to the project. This checklist should be defined early on in the project and communicated to everyone who will have input into the checklist at the end of the project.

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The Politics of Integration (Part 1): Planning

by Andy Jordan November 28, 2016

Of of the most significant challenges for PMO leaders is managing relationships across the organization. And as the PMO’s role becomes more and more central to all elements of corporate planning and project delivery, politics inevitably come into play. How do we manage that minefield?

Embracing Mistakes: Learning from Experience

by Jon Quigley, Shawn P. Quigley July 11, 2016

Failure to learn from mistakes--and from each other--can cost organizations dearly. Learning and adapting are hallmarks of good project management and of functioning organizations. Making mistakes is not a problem--it's how we learn.

Have PMOs Turned the Corner?

by Andy Jordan August 19, 2015

A few recent events have left this project manager feeling very positive about PMOs--and that’s something that hasn’t happened in quite some time. While we can't yet proclaim PMOs as saviors of organizations, they are now on the journey to success.

Four Steps Project Managers Should Follow to Help Ensure Strategic Success

by Marcela Diaz Angel, MGP, PMP July 9, 2015

Although project managers are often called upon to begin a project immediately, it is important to stop and think critically about the project before getting started. By integrating relevant knowledge before beginning a project you can save time during execution and will have a more complete view to help develop adequate and necessary structure, tools, techniques and guidance to ensure project and organizational success.

3 Secrets to Successfully Managing Product Development Programs: Q&A

by Randall Iliff June 2, 2015

Randy Iliff presented the 3 Secrets to Successfully Managing Product Development Programs webinar to the ProjectManagement.com community and provided three secrets to successfully manage product development programs. Randy provided a wealth of information in his presentation. We were not able to get to all of the questions during the live session, but we have included them here.

Best Practices for Application Integration

by Tad VanderVorste September 22, 2014

Application integration is the process of exchanging data between two or more business/application systems. Integration between software applications presents a unique set of challenges. The author describes seven best practices that can be applied to any integration effort, large or small, to improve delivery results.

Preparing for the Exam with PMBOK Guide—Fifth Edition (Part 3): Integration Management

by Bruce Garrod June 19, 2014

Why did PMI make Project Integration Management the first knowledge area instead of the last? Doesn’t integration happen when everything else is complete? Read on while we continue our series that shows why getting in physical shape is much like getting ready to write the PMP/CAPM exam...

Continuous Integration and Testing

by Kapil Kr. Bhatia March 20, 2014

Using continuous testing, one can immediately detect problems in code — before it’s too late and problems spread. Using a clever combination of tests, tools, and techniques you can tell right away when there’s a problem and it’s easiest to fix. The author uses a case study to illustrate the benefits of continuous integration (CI) and how it leads to better quality control (QC) and quality assurance (QA).

All Integrated Now?

by Kenneth Darter, PMP January 6, 2014

The project manager needs to make sure that integration management is not skipped while all of the other project work is going on. When thinking about how you are going to integrate everything together, the following themes are important to keep in mind.

When Estimates Go Wrong

by George Dinwiddie August 29, 2013

Custom software development is notoriously difficult to estimate. We start with vague ideas of what we want, expecting to fill in the details later. We’re usually doing something a little different than what we’ve done before, or completely different. How can we act more productively?