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Clarifying Misconceptions of the Big Launch

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Specifically, Movable Type’s May 2004 decision to change the terms of its license. After Movable Type’s owners decided to charge users in 2004, WordPress attracted a deluge of incensed refugees fleeing the company. This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management. Excerpted with permission by St.

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PRINCE2: The Project Management Method Explained

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I took my first Practitioner course in 2004. This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management It’s a customizable way of managing and controlling the work. It’s tailorable and suitable for projects of all sizes, large and small. Who is PRINCE2® for? PRINCE2® works in a huge number of industries and domains.

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Burnout in Project Management

The IIL Blog

Articles are now appearing addressing burnout specifically in a project management environment [Verma (1996), Haynes and Love (2004), Richmond and Skitmore (2006), Pinto et al., 2014), and Jugdev et al., Managing project time effectively may eliminate many of the causes we have identified. REFERENCES Freudenberger, H. Staff burn-out.

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The Origins of Scrum Might Not Be What You Think They Are (Wisdom from Rafael Sabbagh)

Gunther Verheyen

Sutherland and Schwaber frequently mention the article, “The New New Product Development Game,” published in 1986 by Takeuchi and Nonaka in Harvard Business Review (1). In the article, the authors used the analogy of a rugby game to describe how the development teams for new products in the more successful companies were working.

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PRINCE2 and PMBOK: How They Compare

Rebel’s Guide to PM

She first took her PRINCE2 Practitioner exam in 2004. Elizabeth is the author of Shortcuts to Success: Project Management in the Real World and writes widely on the topic of project management for a range of publications. Hello Elizabeth, thanks for coming, how are you? Well, thank you!

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The Road to Responsible Collaboration: Strive for Alignment

The IIL Blog

In this second article, Robin explores the concept of alignment, specific techniques the project manager can apply to achieve it, and the benefits it can bring in addition to the promise of enabling productive owner/provider engagement. And business alignment is so significant I will devote a complete future article to it.

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The Road to Responsible Collaboration: An Introduction

The IIL Blog

In this introductory article, Robin defines the terminology and concepts central to the topic, explains the two themes that inspire collaboration, and lays the groundwork for the proposition that stakeholders have responsibilities as well as rights. By Robin Hornby Collaborative working has become something of a buzzword. 4 Hornby, Robin.

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