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Those areas include risk management, gantt preparation, mindmapping and more. This is a rapidly growing marketplace, and so if you know of a great tool, or indeed want to tell us about your tool, please do so and if we’re impressed we’ll happily add it to the list. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5eb14c12f2f87343b0920cd9/1588677663835/ PM Tools - Agile Tools There are a host of tools available to support Agile Development. These vary greatly from Jira plug-ins to Kanban boards and beyond. If project execution in your organisation is not ‘all in’ on agile then caution is needed to ensure that your chosen tool can adapt to your hybrid way of working. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5eb14b7efca301714e39a957/1588677506354/ PM Tools - PPM Tools These all-in-one tools provide a variety of functions on top of basic collaboration. The PPM title makes reference to their project and portfolio management capabilities. They are normally adopted by organisations with maturing PM capabilities. This category of tools is predominantly web-based, SaaS type solutions, but a number can also be installed on your own servers, or even as client software although this model is becoming increasingly rare. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5eb14b13566d6b5e372ca67c/1588677398348/ PM Tools - Productivity Tools There is a growing plethora of productivity tools which can help individuals and teams keep on top of project tasks and priorities, with varying levels of sophistication (complexity). A subset (collaboration) was established by the market leader, 37 Signals’ Basecamp has over the last decade become much more crowded. Particularly in this space there is an increasing trend towards mobile project management tools, as evidenced by the abundance of iOS and Android applications available. https://pmadvisor.co.uk/free-resources daily 0.75 2020-05-07 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5ea6b055acf55532e3fd8c2a/1587982446907/ PM Resources https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5e9d83bf4ee1eb45609f39bb/1587982733472/ PM Resources https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5ea6b107192a052e37b8df9a/1587982617207/ PM Resources https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5ea6b1b95af5b10c110785cc/1587982804800/ PM Resources https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5e9d804439a29d137e13b842/1587982089247/ PM Resources https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5e9d8456aef03710d3954238/1587982972969/ PM Resources https://pmadvisor.co.uk/home daily 1.0 2020-04-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5e9c4f930feebf4d48473c60/1587389219642/b.jpg PM Advisor - PM for SMEs Insights and services https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5e9c4f930feebf4d48473c63/1587389276075/d.jpg PM Advisor - PM Tools Navigate through the maze of available PM Tools https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5e9c4f930feebf4d48473c5a/1587980984773/a.jpg PM Advisor - PM Resources Templates, guides, links and more https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5e9c4f930feebf4d48473c5d/1587389161156/c.jpg PM Advisor - PM Answers Coaching and support https://pmadvisor.co.uk/pm-for-smes daily 0.75 2020-06-24 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5e9d736439a29d137e12785e/1587983819339/ PM for SMEs - Projectification With the “projectification of society“, there are many more project managers than specialist project professionals. There are increasing expectations on these PMs (transformational business leaders) to behave as sub-enterprise CEOs or “mini-MDs”. It is essential to support these entrepreneurs to deliver demonstrable value, as they seek greater agility and efficiency. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5e9d78ad49f74c43e7d4bde2/1587983917318/ PM for SMEs - PMO Services When you have more than one or two PMs, a PMO of some form becomes increasingly important. They support the PMs as well as driving consistency and discipline which is central to the success of an organisation. In the current economic climate, there’s no time to waste in establishing a fully-functional PMOffice, whether in-house, outsourced or even virtual. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5e9d740e39f0f40fc8903bb7/1587983895667/ PM for SMEs - PM Competence Competence is the combination of skills and experience. You might need to get some project management knowledge, recruit or onboard some project managers, or train yourself or your colleagues in how to do project management or project sponsorship better. And while it's important to have the competence, it is also critically important to have the discipline to use it. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5e9d73cf39f0f40fc89034b4/1587983874677/ PM for SMEs - PM Methodologies Your chosen project management methodology is Step 1 to success. Get the process or methodology for project management right and you’ll be well on your way. Step 2, you will need to find the right tools to help you follow the methodology. Finally in step 3, you’ll need to make sure that you (or your PMs) have the skills and experiences necessary to follow the process and use the tools for maximum effect. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5e9d73a30feebf4d487287a8/1587983850965/ PM for SMEs - Product Management Is product management a specialism within project management, or is project management a component part of product management. We have known countless debates and can see the arguments on both sides. One thing that is certain, is that there are unquestionable strong links between both disciplines. Whilst not all projects are creating new products, products are always created as part of a project, regardless of the methods or techniques used. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5e9d76bcf7ab3222f3b42b90/1587983955833/ PM for SMEs - Business Continuity Business Continuity Management (BCM) or Organisational Resilience is an incredibly critical, but often overlooked, activity for businesses large and small. It is so important to identify potential threats, provide a framework for building resilience, and to create a capability for an effective response that safeguards stakeholder interests, reputation, brand, and value creating activities. Often Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery are confused as the same thing. Disaster Recovery (the recovery of critical business data and/or IT systems) is only, an albeit important, component of a more holistic approach to protecting the continuance of a business. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5e9d785f707f1905f1c6ba64/1587983935914/ PM for SMEs - Project Sponsors Poor sponsorship is the major contributing factor to project failure. Sponsors often don’t fully appreciate their pivotal role, or as a result make or delegate the time for the task. There is a wealth of resources for project managers, but oddly very little for project sponsors, and we aim to put that right here. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5e9d78ed0343e60e1d358bc8/1587983980610/ PM for SMEs - Property Developers We’re often asked for advice in construction and particularly self-build projects, presumably stimulated by Channel4’s Grand Designs and host Kevin McCloud. While generic project management techniques apply to any type of project in any environment, for someone about to embark on building their dream home (or office in the garden) there are some specific techniques that are really important to the novice developer. https://pmadvisor.co.uk/pm-answers daily 0.75 2020-09-11 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5eb15b3520f28c1741f340fa/1588681533229/ PM Answers - Option 3: Individual Answers Members schedule a one-to-one online video call with their PM Advisor and spend an hour working through their issue to agreed actions, following the recognised GROW model, with expert intervention where necessary. Individual Answers session are can be laser focused on the specific challenges faced by project managers, programme managers, portfolio managers or sponsors. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5eb15bc690eeaa3bc4133683/1588681735222/ PM Answers - PM Answers Club If you need more, you have an urgent question, or you would prefer to keep your question confidential, then maybe PM Answers Club is for you. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5eb15afffca301714e3ba086/1588681502135/ PM Answers - Option 2: Group Answers Club Members sign-up for these timetabled sessions. They join a small, closed video connected group to explore & answer the current project management challenges faced by the group, all facilitated and directed by an experienced Project Management Coach. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5f5b99cd7b7019791b31d9fa/1599838904365/ PM Answers - Choose the right PM Answers Club for You https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5eb15ab890eeaa3bc4131294/1588681409122/ PM Answers - Option 1: Group Learning Club Members sign-up for these timetabled sessions on a variety of project management topics. They join a small, closed video connected group to learn about the published topic and then discuss experiences on that topic and address any burning project management questions together, all led by an experienced Project Management Coach. https://pmadvisor.co.uk/business-continuity daily 0.75 2020-04-24 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5ea19796dda0f855b34e02ec/1587648414557/ Business Continuity https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5ea1984a8ad64529a719a2ca/1587648603542/projexc-bcp-project-steps.jpg Business Continuity https://pmadvisor.co.uk/free-project-management-templates daily 0.75 2020-04-27 https://pmadvisor.co.uk/post-prince-pm daily 0.75 2020-04-24 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5ea30ce5640262784810ef49/1587744187932/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Projectification - It’s not a bandwagon! In the last 2 decades project management has seen 2 big “movements”: First there was a movement to structure. PRINCE2™ brought a super toolkit which training companies rolled out to countless individuals, often without equipping them with how to select the right tools for the project and so it gained a somewhat unfortunate reputation. Perhaps by way of a reaction to that structure some saw the growing agile development movement as an opportunity to shake-up project management and make it more nimble and reactive. The term agile project management was coined, but of course agile is about development, the thing that a project produces, rather than the project management. In addition some started describing project management as ‘waterfall’ not understanding that waterfall, like agile is a type of development, not of project management. We see a real need for a real-world implementation of leading project management techniques which ensure ensure project success time-after-time. An approach to project management built on solid foundations and loaded with sound helping of common sense. Projectification is about recognising over-complication, and a need for entrepreneurial spirit. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5ea30e37a181326f66fe223e/1587744338599/ Projectification - It’s what business needs in turbulent times. The project management profession has, over time, made project management very complicated. It may have lost sight of that need for focus on delivering value while overseeing transformation. Futurists predict that we will see more change in the 2020s than we have in the last 250 years. With the necessary “projectification of society“, there are and will be many more project managers than specialist project professionals. There will be increased expectations on project managers or transformational business leaders to behave as sub-enterprise CEOs or “mini-MDs”. It is essential to support these entrepreneurs to maintain their momentum and deliver value whilst also protecting them and their organisation with just the right level of tools and governance. This puts a great deal of expectation on the project profession, and this is at the same time that we’re facing the 4th Industrial Revolution. https://pmadvisor.co.uk/pm-podcasts daily 0.75 2020-04-24 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5ea3042305de50150d41f702/1587741748340/ PM Podcasts - Project Management Podcasts Timelimit by TeamGantt The Digital Project Manager Podcast The Project Management Podcast by Cornelius Fichtner Projectified with PMI dpm also have a PM podcast directory listing 58 podcasts for PMs & leaders! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5ea304f7fdcbdf51a6aedda2/1587742033167/ PM Podcasts - Productivity Podcasts Cortex with CGP Grey and Mike Hurley The Productivityist Podcast with Mike Vardy Back to Work with Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin https://pmadvisor.co.uk/sponsors daily 0.75 2020-04-25 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5ea44ad13c53f8760054616a/1587825383077/ Project Sponsors - Make it succeed. Poor sponsorship is the major contributing factor to project failure. Sponsors often don’t fully appreciate their pivotal role, or as a result make or delegate the time for the task. There is a wealth of resources for project managers, but oddly very little for project sponsors, and we aim to put that right here. As Tony Adams in his super article 'Keeping Your Project Sponsor Satisfied' put it, one of the best tools in the Project Manager’s kit is a positive, flag-waving Sponsor. In fact, nothing shapes your success in quite the same way as having an engaged, switched-on Project Champion sitting in the Big Chair – leading the charge, clearing roadblocks, keeping momentum and giving your project that all-important credibility. As ProjExc explain whereas the PM is responsible for creating the deliverables which create a capability for an organisation, the sponsor is accountable for ensuring that the organisation realises the benefits from that capability long after the project is completed. The sponsor sits across the project and the business and should provide essential leadership. The perfect sponsor is an executive with ultimate accountability. If they can't fulfil the role on a day-to-day basis then they must delegate (not abdicate) tasks to ensure that the PM is not left stranded. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5ea44b679bc8f31a11017092/1587825527312/ Project Sponsors - Useful Articles Executive Sponsor Engagement Drives Project & Program Success BusinessWire Positive reinforcement as to the importance of project sponsors. Mark Langley makes a valuable quote “Effective project sponsors use their influence within an organization to actively overcome challenges by communicating the project’s alignment to strategy, removing roadblocks, and driving organizational change.” How to Be a Great Project Sponsor HR BLR Russell Harley shares some great tips for being a great sponsor: Be there, Don’t Delegate, Trust your SMEs, and The PM is NOT a sponsor. How to Smash It as a Project Sponsor CIO Colin Ellis provides a few tips for project sponsors: Governance isn’t something you can delegate, Only fools rush in, If you are the only person interested, you should stop it, You need to manage the PM, and Big projects are a thing of the past – break them up. https://pmadvisor.co.uk/pm-careers daily 0.75 2020-04-24 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5ea2f7a09b39e36b9f365a29/1587738560221/ PM Careers - What Makes a Great PM? There are many skills, attitudes and behaviours which make up a project manager. The APM Competence Framework is a great place to start. In our experience these attributes make the difference between a PM and a great PM: the ability to quickly move between the detail and the big picture, awesome communication, a sense of urgency, great organisation and structural understanding, emotional sensitivity, and being an inspiring leader, able to infect the team with passion and enthusiasm. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5ea2f7e32988be03b56e12e5/1587738611552/ PM Careers - Specialist PM Recruiters Arras People Wellingtone PM The APM Careers Hub also offers some super career advice and a job board. https://pmadvisor.co.uk/pm-sites daily 0.75 2020-04-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5ea1c7932ae0fe024da1280b/1587660712203/ PM Webites - P3M Websites Association for Project Management (APM) – the chartered body for the project profession. Project Management Institute (PMI) Praxis Framework Axelos the home of PRINCE2, MSP, ITIL and more. The Digital Project Manager blog If you would like your site added to this list, or if you can independently recommend an excellent PM resource on the web then get in touch with the PM Advisor team. We’re incredibly approachable and believe in abundance so are not in the least threatened by similar resources on the web – we don’t see them (you?) as competitors, more as friends in a constantly growing eco system! https://pmadvisor.co.uk/product-management daily 0.75 2020-04-24 https://pmadvisor.co.uk/pm-methodologies daily 0.75 2020-04-24 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5ea1a035f3110c4651db4c1a/1587650744109/ PM Methodologies - Your 1st step to success. Your chosen project management methodology is step 1 to your project success. Get the process or methodology for project management right and you’ll be well on your way. Next, in step 2, you will need to find the right tools to help you follow the methodology. Finally in step 3, you’ll need to make sure that you (or your project managers) have the skills and experiences necessary to follow the process and use the tools for maximum effect. Here we list some relevant Project Management resources on the web which we have found useful in the field of methodologies, processes & supporting frameworks. Agile: Agile Cheat Sheet, Agile Project Management Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM): Goldratt, Youngman (also take a look at our post below on CCPM) Traditional: APM, PMI, PRINCE2™ SCRUM: Scrum Alliance If you’d like to suggest additions please do drop us a line. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5ea2c866576e035ff7dbd8bb/1587726453929/ PM Methodologies https://pmadvisor.co.uk/self-build-projects daily 0.75 2020-04-24 https://pmadvisor.co.uk/project-management-news daily 0.75 2020-04-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5ea1c0e361ae65784a86d4ff/1587994757650/ PM News - News Archive 1. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5ea1c09dbe7b77187ae55479/1587994778388/ PM News - News Archive 2. https://pmadvisor.co.uk/pm-competence daily 0.75 2020-04-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5ea1ad0b152f6a1cdd20a4ae/1587654479073/ PM Competence - Competence = Skills + Experience So you’ve got the process for successful project management right (step 1), you’ve found the right tools and templates to help you follow the process (step 2). Now you need project management competence to follow the process and use the tools. This is step 3. You might now need to get some project management knowledge, recruit some project managers, or train yourself or your colleagues in how to do project management better. Here we’ve attempted to gather some of the web key resources to get you on the way. If you’d like to suggest additions do drop us a line. PM Knowledge Project Managers in any organisation build a large knowledge base, either informally or formally. Where it is more formal there is often a PMO to help share best practice. Often we are asked where should a PM in a smaller organisation turn. If you are in that situation take a look at PM Answers. PM Recruitment There are many pitfalls when recruiting project managers. ProjExc can support you in the journey of defining, recruiting, and onboarding PM talent. Take a look at the PM Careers page in PM Resources for some of the amazing specialist PM recruiters we’ve come across. PM Discipline When you have the people who can use the techniques, a layer of discipline or governance will ensure that the attitudes and behaviours of the team are layered on to to ensure project success. This is even more important where you have more than one project (a portfolio) running concurrently. This article talks more about this and getting an early warning system in place for problems. https://pmadvisor.co.uk/free-guides daily 0.75 2020-04-27 https://pmadvisor.co.uk/pmo-services daily 0.75 2020-04-24 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5ea2d87cbacb402100e4a754/1587730589178/79_PMOffice_Logo_CMYK_JPG_100mm.jpg PMO Services ProjExc have recognised that in the current economic climate, there’s no time to waste in establishing a fully-functional PMOffice, whether in-house, outsourced or even virtual, and created a unique service offering. Take a look at why ProjExc are well placed to help you take control of your projects and how they can help you. At PM Advisor, we thought that it was important to lay the ground for our thinking on PMOs and why they matter so much. On this page, we aim to take a look at: what PMO is, why you might think of having PMO for your organisation, the basic components of the PMO, the options that you might have, and finally point you to some useful PMO resources.. https://pmadvisor.co.uk/voluntary-work daily 0.75 2020-11-12 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e9c4c17ee732265f290a1dc/t/5fad4da136358572f1f212d2/1605193207048/John+Williams.jpg Voluntary Work John chairing an APM Young Project Manager of the Year Awards