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Clarifying Misconceptions of the Big Launch

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In December 2005, Saturday Night Live aired a digital short called “Lazy Sunday” starring Andy Samberg and Chris Parnell. When website analytic vendors like HitWise plot the growth of YouTube’s traffic, you can easily see the day in December 2005 when “Lazy Sunday” started accelerating growth dramatically. billion.

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Project Management and Leadership – can you have one without the other?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It’s been said that managers work with processes and leaders work with people (The 360 Degree Leader, Maxwell, 2005). This will make it easier to meet challenges presented during the project – the team will be happy that they can trust their leader, and the manager will find it easier to rely on others to get the job done.

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Wild West to the Agile Manifesto — Jim Highsmith

Scrum.org

Meet Jim Highsmith Jim has penned numerous books on the subject and was honored with the International Stevens Award 2005. Join 300-plus peers and help create the next edition of the Scrum Master Salary Report !

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5 Insider Tips and Tricks for Working Well as a Remote Team

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Since 2005, the number of work from home employees had grown by 173%. By March, I was joined by the majority of workers transitioning into a work-from-home lifestyle. Do you remember what happened? The COVID pandemic only perpetuated an already present trend. By 2028, it is estimated that 73% of all departments will have remote workers.

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What Comes Next After Scrum?

Scrum.org

Since I first started working with Scrum in 2005, I have wondered what would eventually come along to replace it. Scrum has now been around for over 25 years, so surely something else would emerge?

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Get Motivated: 10 Motivational Speeches That Will Change Your Life

ProjectManager.com

Steve Jobs, Commencement Speech, Stanford, 2005. David Foster Wallace, Commencement Speech, Kenyon College, 2005. He illustrated this by talking about his father, who could have been a comedian but chose the safe route of accounting—a job he eventually lost. That might be unexpected, but it’s also motivating. And we can all succeed.

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Why do projects fail? (Includes examples!)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The Scottish Parliament may well have been over budget and delayed, but it was a success in the eyes of the may when the innovative building, designed by Enric Miralles, won the Stirling prize for architecture in 2005. The Scottish Parliament building.