Project Risk Coach

JANUARY 8, 2018

We all have biases; many are helpful. In projects, we have biases towards successful projects and motivated teams. However, some biases are harmful. These biases undermine the health of the project and breed distrust. Let’s look at different types of biases and ways to reduce bias in the risk evaluations.

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The Strategic Project Manager

MAY 12, 2022

It looks at what Nudge Theory and Cognitive Bias are, and how you can leverage them for better performance in strategy and project management. of Chicago authors of the Nudge book cited above): What are some common examples of Nudge Theory in action? Cognitive Bias and Decision Making. What Is Nudge Theory?

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The Strategic Project Manager

JANUARY 17, 2024

This post first explores what Charlie termed ‘psychological tendencies’, which provide a lot of common sense ideas that Charlie used as an investor. People may misjudge the significance of a change by comparing it to recent events, leading to biased decision-making.

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International Institute for Learning

MARCH 15, 2023

In my book, Problem Solver, Maximizing Your Strengths to Make Better Decisions , I describe how these PSPs are personal decision-making approaches that are built from our individual strengths and weaknesses, specific cognitive biases that reveal habits and patterns of behavior that drive our choices.

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The IIL Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In the research for my new book, Problem Solver: Maximizing Your Strengths to Make Better Decisions, I have identified five “Problem Solver Profiles,” distinct approaches to making decisions that bring unique strengths and weaknesses, including cognitive biases that can impede clear thinking.

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Henny Portman

OCTOBER 18, 2020

In the whitepaper Project Optimism Bias in Capital Investment Decision Making , the author Milvio DiBartolomeo brings us in the world of biases. The following related concepts and biases are explained: planning fallacy, sunk cost fallacy, anchoring, and risk contingency. The whitepaper is divided into four parts. Conclusion.

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Wrike

AUGUST 25, 2023

Critical thinking helps us avoid hasty judgments and biases, so that decisions are well-thought-out and based on rational analysis. Here are some guidelines to develop a critical mindset: Engage in critical reflection: Examine your own thought processes and biases, as well as seeking feedback from others.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Several different cognitive biases can affect an opinion during an interview. These responses are common to interview stress. The thing is, these biases have nothing to do with the job.Indeed, hiring mistakes may result from not being wise to these biases. . Am I a bad interviewer? . Am I the right interviewer?

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Scrum.org

APRIL 12, 2020

Preparing Murals in advance (One main mural with the course content and common exercises) and separate team murals for the teams so that they can work in their breakouts. I am being vulnerable here sharing that there was a tug of war inside my mind moving to virtual as I had a cognitive bias that virtual sessions can’t be effective.

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Teamweek

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Psychometric tests measure various capabilities, from cognitive ability and verbal reasoning to numerical reasoning, problem-solving, and more. Depending on how you use psychometric tools, you can also use this test type to determine their key character traits, cognitive skills, and potential for future job performance.

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Teamweek

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

68% of recruiting professionals agree that technology is the best way to improve recruiting performance, with recruitment assessment tools a common feature of modern-day companies. We’ll compare 11 of the best tools currently out there while guiding you on the common use cases and things to look out for when making your decision.

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nTask

JUNE 8, 2021

When you estimate something, as a human you are susceptible to cognitive errors and different biases. Both these things and the general subjectivity of estimation lead to the possibility of error. One of the main factors or theories explaining why estimation so often goes wrong is known as the planning fallacy.

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 13, 2018

Cognitive bias: Reluctance to discard decisions or plans we’ve made. Cognitive Bias. The idea of cognitive bias has burst forth from the social sciences to become a popular “thing” among lay people, like me. When pain occurs, why do they opt for suffering? There will be stress.

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Resource Guru

OCTOBER 11, 2021

What are common project management negotiation scenarios? Anchoring,” otherwise known as “focalism,” is a cognitive bias that describes the “common human tendency to rely too heavily, or ‘anchor,’ on one trait or piece of information when making decisions.” Consider the following scenarios: 1. Capitalize on anchoring bias.

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Wrike

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Enhancing Objectivity and Transparency in Decision Making Humans are prone to cognitive biases that can cloud our judgment when making decisions. These biases can lead to suboptimal outcomes and hinder progress. Misjudging the importance of criteria can result in misleading evaluations and biased decisions.

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Wrike

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Remember, be objective in your assessment and avoid any biases or preconceived notions. Reducing Bias in Decision-Making One common challenge in decision-making is the presence of cognitive biases that can inadvertently influence choices.

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Digite

JANUARY 10, 2017

A common manifestation of this is the inability to “see” the other’s point of view or conversely to “see” only our own self’s point of view. It is well known to behavioral and cognitive scientists that two people can see and experience the exact same thing, and have two different and perhaps opposite interpretations.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 17, 2020

If you take the time to fully read and digest this post, you will (hopefully): Understand how easily your thinking and the thinking in groups is biased, tainted or distorted by a eight very common cognitive and social biases. Learn how the impact of eight common biases?—?like Setting the Stage.

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Planio

JANUARY 17, 2022

Unfortunately, the human brain seems hardwired to hold onto what we already have rather than look at better options, thanks to a few cognitive biases: The Sunk Cost Fallacy is when to give too much value to tasks, features, or products you’ve spent time on. Evernote: A case study on how complexity kills products.

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Planio

JUNE 6, 2018

In fact, the most common reason onboarding fails is because you’re focusing too much on what you want , and not enough on what your user wants. For your product, it could be the size of their team, their goals, common motivations, or experience with similar tools. Isn’t that the whole point of onboarding?

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Scrum.org

MARCH 31, 2020

Research concluded, this happened for at least six reasons [2]: Fear and stress interfere with cognitive processing. Basically, your team consists of normal people with common problems. Personal assessment of risk is hampered by lack of information. Individuals’ risk assessments are poor even with good information.

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Wrike

AUGUST 25, 2023

This cognitive bias can fuel conflicts, as individuals become entrenched in their positions and unwilling to consider alternative perspectives. For example, crossed arms and a furrowed brow may indicate defensiveness or disagreement, while open body language and a friendly smile may signal receptiveness and willingness to find common ground.

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Workamajig

JUNE 7, 2018

You can identify most common risks in a project and plan ahead for them. Two common options are avoidance (i.e. Two, we're all prone to cognitive biases. Between these cognitive and organizational biases, people often struggle to talk frankly about risks. Managing risk events is fairly straightforward.

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Teamweek

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Unconscious biases impact hiring decisions. You can also create numerical and cognitive tests to evaluate candidates ‘ analytical and problem-solving skills. Gender, age, university degree, or ethnic background influence our first opinion about candidates — and not always in a good way. Here are four of them.

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Teamweek

MARCH 18, 2024

The horn and halo effects are two common types of cognitive bias you need to understand when building a fair hiring process. The horn and halo effects are two common types of cognitive bias you need to understand when building a fair hiring process. What is the horn effect bias? What is the halo effect bias?

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

This model can be produced parametrically (Reference Class Forecasting) or through a simulation (Monte Carlo or Method of Moments is common). . Many studies have shown that the behaviors where the buyer and the seller have collaborative relationships are not common. Estimates can be about the past, present, or future.

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Planio

AUGUST 13, 2019

It’s a living document that reroutes common customer questions away from your support inbox and into a place where customers can educate themselves about your product. Are they around common themes or features? That’s a lot of words to digest. So instead, let’s look at it another way.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 23, 2019

It looks like small cognitively-diverse (Syed, 2019) cross-skilled cross-functional teams or teams-of-teams using Agile, Lean, Lean/Agile methods, or the Agile Manifesto principles. effectiveness, ?frequency-of-impact, frequency-of-impact, ?quality, learning, ?impediments, impediments, ?flow, efficiency, and ?sustainability. sustainability.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 7, 2022

But a common theme is that stable and fluid teams vary in the strength of their boundaries (Mortensen and Haas, 2018). Insight #1: Team cognition and teams. Starting this millennium, a lot of research on team performance has focused on the notion of team cognition. What defines fluid and stable teams?

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Teamweek

MARCH 29, 2024

Biases or rigged selections ruin the chance of finding the best candidates. Eradicating biases in hiring, management, and communication is the right thing to do. One study of 150 business teams found teams with the highest cognitive diversity solved problems more quickly. DEI strategies have many benefits. DEI is an easy win.

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Project Bliss

JUNE 1, 2020

If you are a project manager or other type of leader, there are common problems you may have faced while leading without authority. Common Problems When Leading Without Authority. A common mistake with deadlines is checking at the end to see if the team completed the work. Poor Quality. Set milestones.

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Teamweek

JANUARY 20, 2023

Exploring the most common pre-employment test categories Recruiters use a variety of assessment tests to establish an applicant’s proficiency in all the components of the job spec. Cognitive ability may be key for one role, while specific job knowledge is essential for another.

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International Institute for Learning

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

First, I looked at 60 years of research on the science of regret – a half-century of studies in social psychology, developmental psychology, neuroscience, cognitive science, and other fields. It’s one of the most common emotions human beings have. DHP: Three ways. It is not a recipe for living. First, regret makes us human.

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Teamweek

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Another reason interviews are passé is that they can open up the hiring team to potential cognitive bias (hiring someone very similar to you). Bad practices: Testing skills that are nice to have or don’t match the role is a common mistake. Yet, interviews do have an important role to play in the hiring process.

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Planio

APRIL 3, 2020

It's easy to fall victim to cognitive biases. You can blame cognitive biases (mental shortcuts that influence our thinking) for this problem. As you build out your project risk management plan, ask if you’re falling victim to any of these biases and ignoring real risks. A reliable risk management plan shouldn't.

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Teamweek

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Not only that, they avoid the pitfalls of some of the other common methods.” Humans are biased. What are the common use cases of a structured interview? Structured interviews are one of the best tools we have to identify the strongest job candidates (i.e., predictive validity). Humans, after all, aren’t objective.

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Teamweek

MAY 15, 2023

And in your rush to hire someone, you simply can’t afford to make any of these 10 common hiring mistakes. To prevent that from happening, here are the most common hiring mistakes to avoid if you want to get the right candidates, every time. And when that happens, unconscious biases kick in.

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