Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 6, 2022

This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management. The projects that you read about in the media are often high profile, with budgets in the multimillions or even billions. When faced with that view of projects, you might wonder how people ever got started. Higher Education.

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Planio

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Instead, it’s a core part of the project and product management process. In fact, an annual product survey found that over 30% of teams plan their roadmaps a year in advance, dispelling the myth that agile teams shouldn’t waste their time planning far into the future. Here’s a guide on how to get stakeholder management right.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 1, 2018

There are lots of routes into project management, as I explored recently in an article on how to become a project manager. But reading about what you should do to break into project management isn’t the same as hearing real stories of people who took that leap and got that project management job.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 1, 2019

But leadership is the x-factor in managing a successful project , and unlike planning, monitoring and reporting, it’s less easily defined. That’s because leadership is the life blood that feeds so many aspects of project management. Leadership vs. Management, What’s the Difference?

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Velociteach

JANUARY 8, 2024

“Time is the scarcest resource, and unless it is managed, nothing else can be managed.” Effective time management is a critical project management competency. There is not a silver bullet to managing time more effectively. Start with “The Why” When starting a project, start with “The Why?”

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Henny Portman

OCTOBER 4, 2020

At this moment there aren’t that many physical magazines focussing on project management, agile, or agility anymore. Looking at the overload of online blogs, articles, complete magazines etc, I often start reading but in many cases not finishing the digital magazine. Conclusion I like this new magazine.

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Binfire

OCTOBER 31, 2017

The market for project management software is rapidly expanding. It seems “work management software” is a better name than project management software for some of these applications. Why do we need project management software? Basic elements of project management software.

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Proofhub

MARCH 2, 2022

When the lockdowns began, it was unsafe to go to work, so almost everyone, from management consultants to general practitioners, took their work home with them. If you want to successfully manage a hybrid team, you need to be able to manage tasks effectively. Make a list of all the things you need to get done in the week.

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Management Yogi

MAY 12, 2023

Management Reserve and Contingency Reserve are two widely used reserves in Project Management, Program Management and can also be used in Agile Management. In this article we will see what those myths are and check upon the facts. However, there are many misconceptions about these two reserves.

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The Lazy Project Manager

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

I saw the headline on an article from Live Science where it was explained that science now has an answer to the famous question asked in the iconic Tootsie Roll Pop commercial (no idea what that is? The article states that – From the experiments, the researchers created mathematical formulas to explain how fast the materials dissolve.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Myths can hold us back from our highest potential by creating confusion and misdirection. In this article, we will debunk 10 common myths about Scrum. Myth #7: Sprints Must Always Be Four Weeks Reality: Flexibility in Sprint Duration The Scrum framework places a maximum duration for the Sprint.

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Planio

APRIL 10, 2023

Employee overload is the norm at many companies, with management setting loftier goals with fewer resources. Job creep Hustle culture Isolation from management Unreal expectations Communication overload How to tell if an employee is overloaded: 7 warning signs How to fix the employee overload problem in your team 1. How bad is it?

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

So, if your Flow Efficiency is, say 5%, that means that, of the total elapsed time it takes to deliver a project, product or initiative, 95% of that time will be spent waiting in some queue for someone to do some work on it. You probably know this as “ Utilisation ” and it is how most companies are managed. Sadly, we don’t.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 25, 2022

Watch my free webinar training on the 3 critical skills you need to manage multiple projects. Managers promote people who are a safe pair of hands, who know how to get the job done and can work efficiently at all levels of the organization. Myth: The books will show you what to do. You start a project.

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PM Basics

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Scrum Master vs. Project Manager vs. Product Owner? However, in real life, project managers lead scrum teams. Scrum Masters do need project management tools and techniques. Watch This Article. Who is a Project Manager? Scope Management. Schedule Management. Risk Management.

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Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

There is a popular myth that. some software development projects are research and aren't subject to normal business management processes. I've managed several pure and applied research projects in my life, including my graduate research. Related articles. Complex Project Management.

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Proofhub

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Being a remote manager, you should know when your offsite workers are working. Both the workers and the managers should share information freely to increase transparency in a remote environment. More transparency means more trust and trust is the building block of a manager-teammates relationship. in one place.

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Digite

JANUARY 29, 2018

As the article bemoans, this has been going on since 2012. We decided to initiate a short campaign from outside to bridge this discussion from our side and as the first step in that, I am honored to publish the article ‘Scrum and Kanban revisited’ by Mike Burrows, originally published on Mike’s blog – AgendaShift.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 24, 2016

For the great enemy of truth is very often not the lie ― deliberate, contrived, and dishonest ― but the myth ― persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Take care when you hear any opinion not based on principles, for you are succumbing to the myth that those opinions produced by personal anecdotes, untested outside that personal experience.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 28, 2018

These no domain, no context statement are fallacious to start and then used as fodder to further the myth, the simple and simple-minded concept will fix the root causes of most all software development projects, including the problems with the development of MRO's flight and ground software. . Related articles.

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nTask

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Using a Business Continuity Plan to manage these risks is key to the survival of any organization in the face of these risks. Check it out: 16 Best Business Management Software to Use in 2021. Common Myths about Business Continuity Plans. Recommended Reading: 13 Top Mavenlink Alternatives for Project Managers.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 17, 2022

Watch my free webinar training on the 3 critical skills you need to manage multiple projects. A reader got in touch to ask me how I manage my personal project To Do list. “I I assume you have multiple projects running at the same time,” she said. “I How many projects are project managers leading?

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PM Basics

JUNE 17, 2020

This is complete guide on leadership in project management. It fully comes from my practical experience in managing software development projects for nine years. Here you’ll learn: What is leadership in project management in practice? How to manage senior-level experts (even if you a junior PM).

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 28, 2022

This is a guest article by Kristy Gayton from STARTplanner. But over the years, the multitasking myth has been dispelled. Still think you can do a great job on your project if you’re responding to emails while on a conference call and helping the colleague at the next desk? Loss of focus. Decrease in productivity.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 24, 2016

The Chaos reports have been thoroughly debunked as self selected samples using uncalibrated surveys for the units of measure for project failure. Project Failure Rate. If the project was over budget, was the needed budget estimate correct? If the project was late, was the original schedule credible? Related articles.

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The IIL Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

By APMG International September 6, 2023 Agile project management is a flexible approach to managing projects which involves taking incremental steps referred to as sprints or iterations. Here is a brief overview of its evolution: Before Agile, Waterfall was the dominant project management approach.

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Paymo App

OCTOBER 17, 2017

When we talk about the best project management software, there’s no such thing as “one size fits all” or “the ultimate project management software” The best project management software is the one that fits your workflow and really helps you getting the job done.

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Herding Cats

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Chaos Report Myth Busters , . But here an alternative on how to report IT project success. So it's time once more to move beyond the worn out red herrings and start to address how to Increase the Probability of Project Success with processes and tools beyond just applying Scrum to the development team. Related articles.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 21, 2016

When we have willful ignorance of the Microeconomics of decision making, managerial finance as a governance process for managing other people's money, denial that the uncertainties of projects - aleatory and epistemic uncertainty - can be addressed without estimates the impact of those uncertainties. Related articles.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 4, 2016

It is wrong to suppose that if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it – a costly myth. This community of program controls, cost analyst, earned value managers and program managers is accountable for providing information to decision makers on enterprise and complex projects and programs. Related articles.

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Binfire

AUGUST 27, 2017

The Agile project management methodology has been used by software engineers and IT professionals for the past sixteen years. The reason for this surge in popularity is quite understandable, the majority of projects benefit when managed using lean concepts promoted by Agile project management methodology.

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Binfire

APRIL 7, 2017

The Agile project management methodology has been used in the software development and IT industry for the past sixteen years, but recently it has gained wide acceptance by many number of industries and organizations. But the tide is turning and Agile is gaining wide acceptance as a valid process for many projects.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 30, 2017

Even discussed how to deal with the dysfunctional aspects of management when making estimates. There can be no consideration for NOT estimating, except on de minimis projects. Related articles. Managing in Presence of Uncertainty. Monte Carlo Simulation of Project Performance. Myth's Abound.

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Planio

APRIL 4, 2018

For the sake of this article, we’re going to assume you’re trying to maximize your price. How much is it going to cost you to make each unit/manage each license/look after each customer? As Professor William Poundstone, author of Priceless: The Myth of Fair Value , explains, most of us are clueless about the concept of “value.”

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Kiron Bondale

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

In 2015 I wrote an article intending to debunk some common myths about project management. Unfortunately, just like lopping heads off the Hydra, every time I’d address one myth, a short time later it would re-emerge. Agile projects and agile methodologies. There’s no such thing.

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Kiron Bondale

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

One of the clichés you will run across if you read enough articles or watch enough videos about agility is that we should be using the term as an adjective rather than as a noun. “I am managing an agile project” or “I am an agile project manager” Unless your project gains sentience it can’t be agile.

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Leading Answers

JUNE 22, 2022

As we saw in the previous articles about Emotional Intelligence (EQ), leadership is built on top of EQ. We need good EQ to be able to recognize and manage our own emotions. Then leadership involves bringing this collective willpower to bear on a vision or a journey to our project or product outcome.

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