During times of continual change, Agile project management can help project teams stay on track and be successful. Agile was created to embrace change and bring rapid value to your organization. Before you can implement …
Project Management
Three Reasons to Get a Professional Development Certificate
As a professional, you know how important it is to continually grow your skill set. When you’re ready to learn something new, have an immediate need for growth, or want to transition to a new …
75 Stories – Ryan Johnsen, Senior Business Systems Specialist at American Family Insurance Group
To celebrate over 75 years of CPED, we’re publishing 75 stories about members of our community. Ryan Johnsen is a CPED community member and a senior business systems specialist at American Family Insurance Group. He …
75 Stories – Robert Stone, CPED Instructor
This year marks our 75th Anniversary. To celebrate, we’re publishing 75 stories about members of our community. Robert Stone has been an instructor at the Wisconsin School of Business Center for Professional & Executive Development …
Rapid Value Creation Using Agile [Webinar Recording]
Our recent webinar, Rapid Value Creation Using Agile, explored how Agile project management focuses on iterative planning, development, and improvement to help organizations maximize rapid value realization. In the webinar, CPED instructor Shawn Belling taught …
Three Ways to Improve Your Root Cause Analysis
By: Scott Converse In an earlier blog post, we examined why “lack of training” can never be the cause of a process problem. I received feedback from several readers that asked for help with their …
One Simple Formula for Project Success
By: Scott Converse First, I need to provide you with full disclosure: in my current role, I participate in and manage project teams, I mentor professionals working on projects, and I teach topics in project …
Some Obvious (And Not So Obvious) Factors That Lead To Project Success
By: Scott Converse Progressively, the 21st century workplace is becoming more project focused, and projects are no longer the exclusive domain of engineers, project managers, and construction professionals. What is the reason for this increased …
Project Initiation: Identifying and Implementing the Right Toolset [Webinar Recording]
At the beginning of every project, whether you are using Waterfall or Agile, is an “initiation” phase. The goal of the initiation phase is the answer the question, “what does ‘done’ look like in this …
Identifying Root Cause: Essential Questions To Ask Before You Start A Training Program
By: Scott Converse There’s a common trap I see when individuals and teams try to solve business issues, whether the project involves streamlining a form submission process, automating a production area, creating a new interactive …