How to Drive Hybrid

Advertisement [Contact Us](mailto:contactus@projectmanagement.com) [About Us]( [Update Profile]( September 19, 2018 As our month-long theme continues, we help you teach hybrid, select the right PM approach and get big results with small changes. Plus, gaining PMO experience, using a risk ruler, running a beta program and letting new PMs find their way! Our blogs share three ways to track schedule performance, help functional managers through an agile transformation and unlock exceptional performance. And readers ask about PMO benefits, difficult sponsors and organizational culture in our forums! Advertisement [Project Management SOS: How to Rescue an At-Risk Project]( Projects are increasingly complex so it's no surprise that 70% of them fail. Don't be another statistic this year. [Discover]( how to become a better project manager by identifying at-risk projects, confidently course-correcting, and getting your projects back on track! "Everyone looks so much better when they smile." - Jimmy Fallon []PM HEADLINES [How Do You Teach Hybrid?]( Hybrid project delivery is focused on independent judgement and decision making rather than defined processes and techniques. How do you teach organizations to succeed in that environment? [Approach With Caution]( It’s essential that organizations select the right approach to project management, and that's a complicated and challenging activity that shouldn't be taken lightly. [Small Changes to Waterfall Can Bring Significant Results]( Adding a new PM process to an existing waterfall methodology can be time/resource intensive—and not have immediate support. Some practical changes can bring about project benefits that everyone can enjoy. [Gaining PMO Experience]( How does PMO experience fit into a project management career? Who needs to spend time in a PMO? When, how often and what type of experience should it be? [The Risk Ruler and Group Decision]( One of the most important processes in the risk discipline is performing qualitative risk analysis. But how do you determine whether a given delay is low, medium or high? How do you build a scale...and how do you use a risk ruler? [Don’t Bother Up-and-Coming Project Managers]( While you want to safeguard every movement and communication of new project managers, the best way for you to manage is to stand back and watch a few failures. "If a person is treated like a patient, they are apt to act like one." - Frances Farmer [Running an Efficient Beta Program]( In school, this practitioner was taught to think about the “5Ws and H” when writing. He applied the same principle to developing and executing beta programs—which improved efficiency. Keep these basics in mind for your next testing endeavor. [Exposure Draft - Practice Standard for Scheduling – Third Edition]( This practice standard is open for Public Exposure Draft (PED) review. This is an opportunity for you to see a draft of a PMI standard and make recommendations that may improve the document. Help shape the standard today! []THE PM POLL Is there a question you've been itching to ask? [Create a poll]( today to get some PM help from your peers! [Q: Who defines detailed requirements on your Scrum teams?]( - The Product Owner - A Business Analyst - A Business Analyst acting as the Product Owner - Someone outside the team contacted by the PO or BA (please comment) TRAINING SPOTLIGHT We are the Project Management Success Center. 'PMP® Certification' is only the beginning - partner with us on large 'IT Project Implementations' by joining the group of passionate 'PMP® Professionals' on a Mission to Deliver Value to our Clients. [Learn More]( [Search for your solution on our Training Finder]( []BLOG IT Voices on Project Management by Peter Tarhanidis Over time, it’s not unusual to lose sight of the excitement and engagement for executing initiatives. Instead, the project leader may default to simply providing administrative activities of project execution. Learn how to [Find Purpose to Unlock Exceptional Performance](. The Money Files by Elizabeth Harrin It helps to look at the schedule in different ways, or to use different approaches to get updates from the team. The more tools you have available to you, the easier it is to flex your style to manage performance. Our blogger's latest video entry shares [3 More Ways to Track Schedule Performance](. Risk & Reward by Guilherme Caloba Recently, our blogger posted a poll concerning how you [Prepare for Schedule Risk Analysis](. His idea was to understand how you see the question of getting a schedule ready for the simulation exercise. His latest entry delves into the results! Easy in Theory, Difficult in Practice by Kiron Bondale A lot has been written about the challenges caused by functional managers when their company undergoes an agile transformation. But not as much gets published about the specific activities we should be doing to help them. Here are [four questions to ask when considering this key role](. Game Theory in Management by Michael Hatfield There have been several iterations of programs in the Star Trek universe, as well as multiple movies based on two of them. What does this have to do with project management? Find out as our blogger asks [Who's Captain of This Enterprise?]( People, Planet, Profits & Projects by Richard Maltzman In [BRIng It On](, our blogger makes you aware of an initiative that is said to affect 60% of the world’s population and to spend somewhere between 1 and 8 trillion U.S. dollars. One point he is keen to make is the motivators driving this project that stem from climate change. PM View from Rail Transit Programs & Projects by Henry Hattenrath [Do You Know the Entire Contract?]( Henry shares the third part of a series intended to prompt project teams to be aware of the entire contract document, including information for bidders (IFB), general conditions/terms and conditions (GCs) and the technical requirements. PM Network by Dan Goldfischer One challenge project managers don’t want to see is problem behavior by sponsors. An article in September’s PM Network® provides a roadmap of cringe-worthy sponsor behavior—and advice on how to deal with it. Dan shares more in his [latest entry](. The Critical Path by Kimberly Whitby Students and entry-level professionals are invited to join us for a free virtual event on 30 October 2018 from 10am-4pm Eastern time. Kimberly shares more about the Virtual Student Summit in her [latest entry](! []Q & A Did you know that help is just a click away? 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