Zen Project Management

MAY 22, 2017

Did the airlines not want to admit upfront that they had a 40 minute delay so they fed the delays to us ten minutes at a time? I started thinking about how common it is for people to not be able to provide good estimates. So how do we get better at estimating? An uncertain prediction of a future event.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

It is a team-based estimating approach to work out the efforts involved for achieving business goals. We use planning poker with these teams and as there are a lot of products to choose from, we spent some time testing different ones to find the perfect match. You can’t export the list of stories for the estimation.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

So our best course of action is to prepare a risk mitigation plan so that we can manage those risks that are the most dangerous to our organization effectively before they have the opportunity to negatively impact us. Estimate Their Impact and Likelihood Once you have the list of risks, estimate the impact and likelihood of each.

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Kiron Bondale

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

Project managers need to be comfortable with different estimation techniques. Foundational project management courses will teach you about analogous, bottom-up, parametric and three-point estimating. Estimate the size or effort of that story or work package. But have you heard of RBS?

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 4, 2024

Initially intended as a tool for simplifying estimation, story points have become a source of confusion and dysfunction within teams. The inception of story points was meant to move teams away from the absolute estimation of tasks, such as the number of hours, to a more relative and flexible system.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 22, 2024

Mostly, people want to chat about other people. Resource management is difficult because work is unpredictable and people aren’t very good at estimating! Here’s another from my work that’s not really poor management, but it did cause us some problems. Use resource leveling to manage. Worth having on your risk register!

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MPUG

JULY 8, 2019

One of the most frequently asked questions when someone is about to start a new task is likely, “how much time will it take?”. That is why duration estimation is one of the most important aspects of project management. The Estimation Problem. You might hear from the client that the estimates look high. Exact Estimates.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 22, 2023

Through her own research and experience, she revealed that the causes of project failure are: We hope you’ve enjoyed hearing about these reasons and are now able to think about how you can stop them from derailing your own project. Lack of Cross-Functional Collaboration Number seven, the “us” versus “them” mentality.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 11, 2021

I caught up with Lloyd Skinner, CEO at Greyfly , a consultancy specializing in improving project outcomes through the application of AI tools and experienced professionals, to talk about how AI is changing the way we lead projects. This is about augmenting the stakeholders in projects,” explains Lloyd. Every company is different.”.

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iZenBridge

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

As a Project Manager, doing project ESTIMATION is a key responsibility but how often are we able to deliver the project under budgeted cost and time? What will help in this scenario would be the right understanding of estimation tools and techniques. To start with, let’s understand Analogous Estimation, what exactly does it mean?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 8, 2021

She splits her time between Germany (where she is from originally) and Mexico, where she dialed in for this discussion about project management communications at the Project Management Club on Clubhouse. Use a project management communication plan that talks about how to communicate with each stakeholder. Community shares.

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Energy Controlling Estimate Budget 516

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Through qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, you can define the potential risks by determining impacts to the following aspects of your project: Activity resource estimates. Activity duration estimates. Cost estimates. Learn More About Risk Analysis. Procurements. ProjectManager.com Helps Your Risk Analysis.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 15, 2023

Making accurate estimates of construction costs requires an understanding of job costing, knowing what a costing sheet is and what needs to be included in that costing sheet. We’ll go over all, plus explain when to use job costing and provide an example of job costing to make sure the definition is clear.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

a release burndown chart I once used with a Scrum Team) Image 1.0 was a chart that a Scrum Team and I used to set expectations around a release. Our release plan was based on finishing four major features which the business wanted us to “commit” to before they funded our product. (Image 1.0 In reality, the chart in Image 1.0

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Leading Agile

JANUARY 17, 2019

Estimating work in Agile is something many people struggle to understand. Hint: “They’re called estimates, not exactimates for a reason.” ” There’s even a whole camp dedicated to the idea of not estimating work. For More on Agile Estimation. The Real Reason We Estimate by Mike Cottmeyer.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2024

Everyone wants their projects to be “quality” but I often get asked about how to manage project quality in real life. Association for Project Management Body of Knowledge 7th Edition In other words, your quality management work is all about making sure that what you deliver is good enough for the job it was designed to do.

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Project Risk Coach

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Let us explore ways to compress project schedules and manage the associated risks. And this can come back to bite us later. Schedule Compression Strategies Creativity is about solving problems. Challenge the assumptions about mandatory dependencies. Project managers are pressured to deliver projects quickly.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

When the sprint was planned, the team might have thought about successfully tackling 6 Product Backlog Items (PBIs). To discuss what should be done with UNDONE PBIs, let us focus on the Definition of Done, as stated by SCRUM. . But the question remains – how to estimate the unfinished PBIs? But, it is not useful practically.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 16, 2023

Whenever a customer approached us, we would… Create the product vision & backlog together. Estimate the Product Backlog together. At the end of the session, we would make a rough estimation: “With the knowledge, we have at this point in time, we think it will take us somewhere between 5–7 Sprints”. Start small.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 3, 2019

It’s used to estimate what the costs of the project will be for every phase of the project. Related: Cost Estimation for Projects: How to Estimate Accurately. It provides a clear path that leads to more accurate estimates. You can even learn about how they responded to changes and kept their budget under control.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 25, 2022

Ruth Pearce knows everything there is to know about motivating your project team. I caught up with Ruth to find out more about how to motivate teams and why it’s something you should be actively doing. We assume that inspiring teams is hard, and many of us believe we cannot do it! Tell us about that.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 24, 2022

Let’s face it, most of us deal with unproductive meetings every day. The facilitator could say “Throughout this meeting, let’s challenge ourselves to responsibly use Earth’s resources when we talk about developing this new product.”. Estimate what you would like your MROI to be (meeting-return-on-investment).

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LiquidPlanner

OCTOBER 26, 2022

We often still over estimate the project timeline. Critical Chain uses common sense considerations that are ignored in most other methods. Tasks in other tools can only be estimated in a static value considered an average. The planning fallacy happens to the best of us. But none of these methods are fool-proof.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 24, 2022

Trends come and go, or they stay with us and evolve into new ways of working that stick around and become “the way we do things around here.”. Since 91% of US workers want to work at least somewhat remotely in the future,” she adds. Project management isn’t just about managing spreadsheets and timelines. What you can do.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Another aspect of the construction superintendent’s job is to make estimates on how much the work will cost. OSHA, a US federal government agency recognized worldwide, offers safety and health fundamentals certification programs, and 10-hour and 30-hour cards. This will inform the construction project’s budget.

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MPUG

APRIL 29, 2020

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Oliver Gildersleeve’s Analogous and Parametric Estimating Schedule Template webinar being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. The new schedule template covers both analogous and parametric estimating features. Estimating, let me get back to slides.

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LiquidPlanner

JULY 18, 2016

This is why making ranged estimates for your projects is more realistic and reliable than aiming for a singular deadline. We use ranged estimates all the time in daily life. Consequently, we build in mental buffers, because experience has taught us that someone arriving at the exact time they predict is unreliable.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 31, 2020

Join us for a free live-virtual meetup on Thursday, September 10, 2020: Hands-on Agile #26: Liberating Structures in Microsoft Teams? I had only limited knowledge about the project—a commercial website based on a CMS—, the refinement session was time-boxed to 60 minutes, and I hadn’t met the team members before beyond a very brief “hello.”.

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Project Risk Coach

DECEMBER 4, 2022

There is the temptation to forget about the associated risks. If done correctly, these strategies can help us identify critical risks quickly. However, project managers need to identify external risks too. Out of sight, out of mind. Just because a contract exists does not mean the project manager has washed her hands of these risks.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

It's all about the conditions that must be met for a Product Backlog Item to be considered ready for action and understood enough by the entire Scrum Team so that it can be pulled into the Sprint Backlog during Sprint Planning. What does the Scrum framework say about “readiness”? That debunks the first myth about readiness is Scrum.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 2, 2022

Are you sure about that? Even if we talk about complexity and unpredictability, do you still see signs that people hear that word commitment as a really strong likelihood? We will want to plan everything out in more detail, so we can “be sure” our estimates are “right” (note: all estimates are wrong ).

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Shall I notify you about articles like this one? Lost in Communication and Collaboration Let us delve into the two aspects of being lost in communication and collaboration: Ineffective collaboration and stakeholder management and misaligned metrics and reporting: 4. Get notified when the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book is available !

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Scrum.org

MARCH 16, 2020

More seriously, weather forecasts have helped us narrow our decision-making process. Weather forecasts help us decide if we bring an umbrella and a raincoat with us. They advise us on our driving habits when the road conditions are bad on our commute to work. Who couldn’t predict that! Definition of a forecast.

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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 5, 2018

There is a discussion of the conjecture that estimates are a waste, estimates can't be done, estimates are evil, estimates must be stopped immediately. To be informed how to estimate in this broad range of domains, problems, and impacts — education, experience, and skill are needed. illities are a waste.

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Scrum.org

JULY 6, 2021

The following 60 Questions for a New Scrum Master may support you in learning more about the Scrum team’s way of working and the organization’s culture. ?? Shall I notify you about articles like this one? It has proven helpful to learn more about the alignment between the team members and general practices. Or the lack thereof.

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Teamweek

APRIL 19, 2024

Actual ROI This is the project’s true financial performance compared to initial estimations. Actual ROI has multiple uses as it: Shows how profitable the project is Helps evaluate how accurate initial ROI estimates are Can compare actual ROI with anticipated ROI. Estimates help you track progress and negotiate project budgets.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Shall I notify you about articles like this one? It’s all playing safe again, corporate style when it should be about delivering excellent products that are valuable, usable, and feasible. It is no longer about maximizing the value of the team’s work in a complex environment with all its uncertainties. Related Posts.

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