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Rebel’s Guide to PM
APRIL 22, 2024
from my experience and that of my mentees: Not allocating enough resource to a project so it was always going to be late as the schedule wasn’t achievable. They should have worked out what resources were really needed and secured support. But if you aren’t factoring that in, your project quality and schedule will drift.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
APRIL 27, 2023
They might be working on several of your projects, or supporting another project manager with their work. Use a multi-project, consolidated schedule to plan forward, identifying what support or skills you might need in four or five months’ time if you don’t currently have resources booked. This can be time-consuming in itself.
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Rebel’s Guide to PM
MAY 2, 2023
Schedule a meeting First, plan a meeting with your manager. Prepare a list of your tasks The discussion will be easier if it is evidence-based. Allocate a priority to each project, based on your current understanding of how it ranks against your other work. Try to put a number of hours against each of the tasks.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
DECEMBER 21, 2023
In project management, typically we schedule resources (that’s humans i.e. yourself) at 80% availability, which enables us to have resilience in the system for when things go wrong. Ideally, you want to be spending the most time on priority tasks. You could schedule a month’s worth of those in one go.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
FEBRUARY 4, 2024
In this article you’ll learn how to manage tasks efficiently and how to improve your own task management skills and those of your team. You can do this with color, with categories or a priority status. High priority, medium priority, low priority — you get to decide what those definitions mean.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
NOVEMBER 25, 2023
In this article, we’ll look at the causes of team conflict on projects, how to identify conflict and resolution strategies so you can all get back to work. If you prefer to watch videos instead of read, skip on to the videos in each section that summarize the article. How do I deal with conflicting priorities?
Rebel’s Guide to PM
JANUARY 18, 2023
When you absolutely have to hit the deadline but your schedule says no, you really only have a couple of choices. Research from nPlan of 500,000 project schedules points to nine out of every 10 projects are delivered late. What does it mean to crash your schedule? Benefits of schedule crashing. First up: crashing.
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