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PRINCE2 and PMBOK: How They Compare

Rebel’s Guide to PM

And what are the weak points? As I said, PRINCE2 doesn’t cover working with people and as team management and getting the best out of the people is what we all do every day, this seems like a big oversight on the part of PRINCE2, especially as project boards form such a critical part of the standard.

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Focusing on What Matters #IPMDay19

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Leading the team? They avoided the excessive hours and ‘hero’ culture we so often see in project teams. There was a focus on wellbeing and mental health for the team. Mike Belch, associate director at consultancy RSM, spoke to Project Magazine recently and was open about his experiences with stress. Is it delivery?

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The Art of Mastering Project Surprises: Easy Strategies for Managing Unplanned Work

Traxidy

The Art of Mastering Project Surprises: Easy Strategies for Managing Unplanned Work By: Steve McBroom, Founder, Traxidy (Click to follow me on LinkedIn) In this post, we will review the importance of working through project issues and the associated unplanned project tasks, as they arise, and provide effective strategies to manage them.

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8 Employee surveys to improve organization culture & productivity

Proofhub

The information garnered from an employee survey can prove invaluable to the diligent and forward-thinking company. Employee onboarding survey The first few weeks in a new role are crucial for a new employee in your company regarding their relationship with the culture of the business and how they fit in with their team.

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Innovation: Running Experiments and Learning

Leading Answers

Within agile frameworks, the team retrospective is the primary workshop for planning and evaluating experiments. Yet most team retrospectives I see are broken. Teams spend too much time recording viewpoints and information—but not enough time reviewing or planning experiments. This is a more useful format.

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Why do most projects fail?

Binfire

Harvard business review has written an interesting article titled why even good projects fail anyway. Forbes magazine also opined about the high rate of project failures recently. . is it due to lack of planning? The overconfidence of the developers and project members? 6-Inexperienced development team.

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How To Base Your Beliefs About Agile On Evidence

Scrum.org

What is the optimal size of a team? Should teams be stable over at least several years, or is it a good idea they change at will? How should leadership interact with autonomous teams? Is scaling always a bad idea? Of all the impediments that a team faces, which is the one to focus on first? So where do you find it?

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