Find out everything you need to know before you start using the planning poker estimation method for your agile projects: benefits, drawbacks, and how to do it in 5 easy steps. Continue reading on DPM.
Welcome to Budget Crunch. In this ongoing series, we’re covering project budgets and estimates and the challenges that come along with them. Big or small, there’s a story behind every budget, and we’re bringing you these stories to help you solve your own budget challenges. Continue reading on DPM
People attach meaning and value to different things over time. For example, at its basic level, money could be described as pieces of paper or metal. It’s the value that we associate it with these pieces of paper and metal that make it desired and valuable. Continue reading on DPM
Who are the project management influencers and brightest minds shaping the industry today? Which influential thinkers and top strategists should you be following during this unprecedented time of change and upheaval in the industry (and in the economy at large)? Continue reading on DPM
Here’s a good mantra for your project retrospectives: “Sometimes you gotta look backwards to move forward.” You’re inching closer to a project due date. The sponsor is expecting to see your awesome deliverable presented on time, under budget and with all the bells and whistles they asked for. Continue reading on DPM
For the past 8 years, I have taught an introductory project management course at a local university in Southwestern Ontario. In the first class of every semester, I usually ask students two questions: Do you have any project management experience? What do you think a project manager does? Continue reading on DPM
Pre-2020, phrases such as ‘socially distanced’ did not really have much meaning or context. The pandemic has not only added phrases such as ‘socially distanced’ to our lexicon, but we are also seeing new phrases such as ‘the great resignation of 2022’. Whether organizations are going through corporate restructuring or people are voluntarily deciding to…
In this day of apps, AI, and the metaverse, it’s hard to believe there was a time where technology did not play a central role in our lives. When I started my career as a project manager, I enrolled in a project management course at my local community college to get some training.
They say life isn’t linear, but your career path as a project manager may have looked like this:
Scrum, Kanban, Lean…and now SAFe®. The SAFe framework has shown up to the project methodology party. If you don’t want to be left out, let’s get to know our new party guest—the SAFe framework.