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Six tips for a successful project manager transition
The idea of losing the key project manager on a critical project is an unwelcome one, but it happens from time to time. These tips will help your next transition be a smooth one. Even though changing project managers during an in-flight project can add new risk, it is a realistic situation that occurs in our field. The transition can be more of a challenge for the incoming project manager, as the exiting project manager no longer has the same motivation since that person is headed for new glory. Below are some useful tips for the outgoing project manager on how to make the transition a success. 1: Review the project kick-off presentation deck If you've developed a kick-off presentation, it will provide an excellent orientation to the incoming project manager on the goals, objectives, scope, timeline, and major deliverables. 2: Provide a project schedule deep dive A detailed review of the project schedule is a must. 3: Review the financial management processes
Hello 2013
For me, 2012 will go down as a year I basically went dark publicly. While I wrote a lot for my work, I think I posted here just 5 times. Good grief, three or four years ago I probably was posting 5 times in a week! As 2013 begins, it seems an ideal time to reflect back on 2012, share some observations and predictions, and get blogging again. LCMSs are alive and well and the market will grow. So that’s a ridiculously long post that I hope will serve as a catalyst for your own reflections on 2012. Tagged as: predictions
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Benefits to Having Your PMP
January 7, 2013 | Author: PM Hut | Filed under: Certification, PMP Benefits to Having Your PMP By Amanda Alderman - Global Knowledge Instructor For the last five years I’ve told myself, “I will get my PMP this year,” but I have yet to make the time for it. Over the years I talked to many, many people who went through the PMP process. There really are many benefits to having your PMP certification. Here are a few: Gain confidence as a project manager. Almost 40% of projects don’t meet their purpose or goals. According to the lateset IT Salary and Skills Study conducted by Global Knowledge and Tech Republic, adding a project management certification to your IT certifications can increase your pay by 12% and have other benefits: Certified PM professionals are more apt to say their certification has been beneficial to their career path and that it has had a positive impact on their salary vs. certified IT personnel. So, if you meet the qualifications, why not get it? No comments yet.
16 Great Free Teaching Tools for Teachers
Microsoft has some great free resources to help you better integrate technology into your classroom and turn it into an engaging learning environment. I have gone through all of these resources and I found them very interesting and worth sharing with you. Check them out below and let us know what you think about them. 1- Flashcards With Microsoft's Flashcards application, teachers and students alike can create, share and study flashcards online 2- Microsoft Office 365 Free for schools, Microsoft’s Office 365 offers faculty and students exciting new ways to collaborate. 3- Photo Synth Encourage creative learning in your classroom by using interactive 3D technology to tell personal stories and explore places, events, and activities. 4- Microsoft Mathematics 4.0 Equip students with the tools needed to grasp mathematical concepts by complementing your teaching with Microsoft Mathematics 4.0. 5- Math Worksheet Generator 6- Digital Storytelling Teaching Guide 7- Interactive Classroom 8- Sky Drive
List of Tweetchats By Day of Week
From Gnosis Media Group Looking for a tweetchat? Below is a list of tweetchats in both alphabetical order and by day. Text GNOSISARTS to 368266to get tweetchat info by text message! Note: All times listed in Central Standard Time with a couple of noted exceptions. List of Tweetchats by Day of the Week Sunday #vegrunchat: Chat for vegan and vegetarian runners to share tips, recipes, and races. #giftchat: We discuss holiday gifts on Twitter. #pcinsurance: We will be discussing property and casualty insurance for both business and personal lines. #FashionInternPH: We meet twice a month to talk about internships, resumes, cover letters and everything about internships! #Spiritchat: Discuss the spiritual life. #PeopleSkills: We explore all aspects of people skills that impact business (communication, leadership, teamwork, customer service, leading change) as well as impact on non-work life. #NostalgiaChat: A weekly chat all about childhood memories and other nostalgia. Monday #TheSMGirl. #BCSM.
Agile Project Management: Agile Basic Training - What is an Acceptable Level?
January 5, 2013 | Author: PM Hut | Filed under: Agile Project Management Agile Project Management: Agile Basic Training - What is an Acceptable Level? By Bob Galen The agile methods are deceptively simple and common sense oriented. In many ways, that’s one of their great strengths, but its also one of their fundamental weaknesses. I typically categorize these teams as “bad agile” teams in that they adopt a small, superficial, and somewhat trivial set of the core agile practices and then think they’re agile. Ken Schwaber coined the term ScrumBut to capture this common anti-pattern, as in—“We’re doing Scrum, but…”. One of the core drivers for this is that teams don’t receive sufficient agile training from the right level of experienced coaches and trainers. In this post I want to explore what sorts of training are sufficient to get agile teams up and going. Agile “Spaghetti” Certification Choices Most often the recipe is study a set of materials, then take & pass a requisite test.
