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Leadership Framework of Big MNCs # Microsoft # Microsoft’s leadership framework, introduced under CEO Satya Nadella, centers on three core principles: Create Clarity: Leaders are expected to …

GenAI Usecases for Project Managers # Introduction # GenAI is a major breakthrough in human evolution. It is definitely very powerful for businesses. You can generate any kind of content using GenAI, …

Popular Business Process Frameworks # What is business process framework? # Business process frameworks are structured sets of best practices and methodologies designed to improve the efficiency, …

ZED Best Practices Based on Version 2 # Introduction & Background # Objective # Adopt Best Practices Through ZED to be Competitive in Emerging Markets. Make in India. # What is the meaning of …

Agility vs Scale in Business # Recently I was watching a video about entrepreneurship. This was going viral and people were appreciating the talk. I wanted to analyze and understand what the speaker …

Sustainable Development Goals # What are the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)? # No Poverty – Economic growth must be inclusive to provide sustainable jobs and promote equality. …

SA – Scrum Alliance MG – Mountain Goat JS – James Shore AM – Agile Modelling CG – Cunningham IXP – Industrial XP Sno Agile Practices Reference and Detail of the Practice 1 Product Vision / Vision …

Why 6sigmastudy Certification? # 6sigmastudy™ Six Sigma Certifications Other Six Sigma Certifications 1. Biggest accreditation body for Six Sigma certifications 6sigmastudy™ is the biggest …

What is Six Sigma? # Six Sigma Introduction # Six Sigma is a data-driven, customer-focused, and result-oriented methodology that uses statistical tools and techniques to systematically eliminate …

What is a Technical Spike? # Estimation is the center of agile planning or sprint planning. But you cannot estimate a user story till the time you know what the work is. Sometimes to understand a user …

What is a user story? # When you are managing a project using agile methodology that time you do not have access to the complete requirements of users. In fact, this is one of the reasons you chose …

Agile HR # Background # Being in IT Industry for around 25+ years and played all kinds of roles from a programmer, analyst, leader, manager, delivery head, trainer, coach, and consultant I have …

PMBOK 6 Processes & Process Groups # Project Management Body of Knowledge 6th Edition has 49 processes, across 10 knowledge areas and 5 process groups. How these 49 processes are distributed …

Process Groups and Processes in PMBOK 6 # PMBOK 6th Edition Process Groups and related processes. PMBOK6 has 49 processes in 5 process groups. The Initiating Processes # [glossary …

Microsoft Project Online also known as Project Online is an excellent planning tool. It has very powerful inbuilt reporting and analytics templates. These templates can be customized by users based …

PowerBI is a powerful tool for data analytics. This Business Intelligence tool is developed by Microsoft. This application was originally conceived by Thierry D’Hers and Amir Netz of the SQL Server …

Workshop Topics of PMI-ACP Exam # Introduction # PMI ACP exam expects from a candidate who is appearing for the exam that he must understand the following topics. It is an exhaustive check of the …

Introduction # What is speaking? How to be an efficient and effective speaker? Everybody who can open his mouth has a tongue and a healthy vocal cord can speak. But, is everybody able to communicate …

Balanced Score Card # What is the difference between Dimension and Measures? # In business intelligence (BI) there are two terms, Dimension, and Measures. Dimension is something which can be used for …

Nontechnical skills every project manager needs # Interpersonal Skills # To succeed in any profession you need to strike a balance between the art and science of that profession. Science is about …

Challenging Your Team # Background # Karthik is working with the current company for the last 12 years. By virtue of his hard work and initiative, the company has done good progress in the last few …

Project Management with PMBOK # What is Project? # Without going into the PMBOK definition of a Project let us understand with an extremely simple example. “Go to Chennai and meet a family friend in …

When to Kill a Project? # Introduction # Any project is a temporary endeavor that must end on a given day. A project is an investment in a business objective or in some change initiative that is …

40 Commandments of Project Management # In this article, I am trying to put Best Practices of Project Management in the form of 40 Commandments of Project Management. Project management is a complete …

All PMI Certifications at a glance # Download This Table PMP Education & Experience Secondary degree (high school diploma, associate’s degree or the global equivalent) 7,500 hours leading and …

Software Testing Confusing Terms # I am sure that like me if you have been in the industry for quite some time then you must have argued with different stakeholders around the gaps in a software …

Rethinking Superiority in Customer-Vendor Relationships # The Customer-Vendor Dynamic # As project managers, we often find ourselves in dual roles: both as customers and vendors. On one hand, we …

PMI-ACP Vs. Scrum Master Certification # If you are looking for agile certification then a question may come to your mind which agile certification? There are many certification bodies and every …

Agile Project Management # Why Agile is popular in project management? We know that Agile practices are not new but the relevance of these practices in the 21st century is more. There are 200+ agile …

Project Manager Responsibilities & Skills Required # Who are Project Managers? # A project manager is a person accountable for accomplishing the project objectives. The project objectives are …

Project Success Criteria # Introduction # You ask yourself how many years you have been in project management? How many times you were waiting for a long to get the start of an exciting new project? …

Agile and Waterfall # The debate of Waterfall Methodology vs Agile is one of the longest running debate in the project management world. In 20th millennia people supporting waterfall were winning and …

Enterprise Project Server 2016 # This post I am using to share useful links and videos about Enterprise Project Server 2016 Links for Security Settings # These 4 videos are very good and important to …

Difference between PMP and PRINCE2 # Before taking up a project management certification, professionals do a lot of research and often get confused with the issue of choosing between the PMP and …

CMMI Version 1.3 (Summary) # CMMI stands for Capability Maturity Model Integrated. CMMI Version 1.3 came into the market in November 2010. This version has three constellations and they apply to the …

PMBOK 5 Process Summary Table (Acronyms) # These acronyms are constructed by me and I use them in my workshop to help participants to practice faster by writing. If you draw a complete table 5 times …

PMBOK 5 Processes & Process Groups # Project Management Body of Knowledge 5th Edition has 47 processes, across 10 knowledge areas and 5 process groups. How these 47 processes are distributed …

The data points below are related to Software Development State of Art in America. You can imagine what may be happening in other part of the world. United States spends more than $250 billion each …

Change Request Management # Introduction # Project is an instrument of change. Hence during the project lifecycle changes are inevitable. Therefore Change Request in Project Management is an …

Who uses PMBOK? # PMBOK® (Project Management Body of Knowledge) guide book is an ANSI standard and used as a project management guiding standard in most parts of the world. There are 1,036,367 active …

PMI Exam Change Schedule 2013 # Exam Planned Date to sit for Examination Study recommendation Examination Updated PMP® Prior to 31 July 2013 PMBOK® Guide—Fourth Edition 31/07/13 PMP® After 31 July …

PMI-ACP Exam Preparation Books # Like PMBOK PMI does not have any guide book or standard for the PMI-ACP exam. PMI has published an exam content outline on their website and as per that you are …

PMI has three types of standards 1- Foundational Standards, 2- Practice Standards, and 3- Extensions. PMI conducts exam for 8 credentials PMP, CAPM, PgMP, PfMP, PMI-SP, PMI-RMP, PMI-ACP, PMI-PBA. How …

Behaviors that lead to Exceptional Performance # Introdunction # Achieving exceptional performance involves adopting key behaviors that can make one a go-getter while maintaining a happy personal …

30 Ways of Conducting a Bad Business Meeting # After analyzing the patterns of hundreds of meeting as a consultant, as a manager, as a normal participant, and as a boss I found these are the …

{: width=“768”} Tips of Effective Communication # Introduction # Managing [glossary]virtual team[/glossary] is one of the biggest challenges for today’s project manager. Keeping the …

Disclosure: This is a fictional case study with made-up numbers, designed to help readers (especially those who are non-technical, non-project professionals, or beginners) grasp key concepts of …