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The challenges of IT Project Management, with Dave Gordon

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In 2012, I went to Las Vegas for the Pink Elephant ITSM conference. I took some time out of the conference to meet Dave Gordon, author and the project management expert behind The Practicing IT Project Manager website, which has sadly since been taken offline as I believe Dave has now retired.

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Why is it a project manager’s job to fix companies?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

If you have sat through any project management conference presentations or talked to someone evangelizing about the role of the PMO then you will have heard this stuff before. At the roundtable discussion about project management in the collaborative age way back in 2012, the talk turned to how project managers could shape strategy.

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2017 Project Management Conferences You Won’t Want To Miss

Rebel’s Guide to PM

If you are looking to attend a project management conference this year, chances are there is something close by that will appeal to you. I’ve compiled this extensive list of conferences both local to me in the UK and around the world. 12th International Project Management Conference: Tehran, Iran, 12-13 February 2017.

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Grateful Leadership™, Increasing Organizational Effectiveness in an Evolving Globally Connected World

The IIL Blog

Conference Presentations: Presenting the findings at academic conferences and seminars would provide an opportunity to engage with fellow researchers, practitioners, and stakeholders in the field. Dr. Serrano has been an Army Civilian Since 2012; her previous assignments have all been in the Strategic Plans Career Field.

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Top PM 10 Articles of All Time

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I hadn’t realized it, but What Makes A Good Project Manager was actually the top post of 2012. We’re now in the 11 th year, and the most popular article this year has been my guide to the project management conferences happening. For more up-to-date software reviews, see my complete list here. I didn’t write it, by the way.).

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4 Key Drivers For Team Engagement

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Late nights and early mornings are often required for international conference calls, and that effort can go unnoticed. This article was inspired by a presentation by Ty Kiisel at the Pink Elephant conference in Las Vegas back in 2012. Those calendar reminders have dropped off now and I haven’t put them back in.

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Open Space

Scrum.org

Open Space has been successfully applied during conferences and regular large scale meetings on a regular basis and many participants testify that they have felt liberated. In over 200 pages, Harrison Owen does not only explain Open Space but also gives a ton of use cases how this technique can be applied. .

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