Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

There are many methods at our disposal. Each method has strengths and weaknesses. In Scrum, the Product Owner’s purpose is to maximize the value of the Scrum Team’s work (the product). Delivering value to the customer (beneficial customer outcomes) is the ultimate measure of success for the Scrum Team, including the Product Owner.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 19, 2023

There are no right or wrong answers when creating a project name and no method either, which makes it difficult for some people. Some project managers think those names should describe a project’s purpose or its main goals, while others simply choose cool or catchy project names to lighten up the mood in the organization.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

I assume yes – if you are reading this blog about doing work, you probably are committed to doing your job to the best possible level and that’s because you enjoy it. Projects are about people and the fact that you are enjoying your job does not mean that everyone in your project team feels the same. Don’t Focus on Finding Guilty People.

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Kiron Bondale

OCTOBER 4, 2020

A better long term solution is to encourage methods for cross-training including job shadowing and non-solo work. Without some free capacity, your team members might be inspired to quote Scotty from Star Trek: “ I’ve giv’n her all she’s got captain, an’ I canna give her no more. Reducing bottlenecks.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 28, 2022

I took loads when I was reading Scott Berkun’s Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management. It got to the point where I was writing down fabulous bits of so many pages I just gave up. It’s all brilliant. Making Things Happen is the revised edition of The Art of Project Management. and it works very well. There is a logical flow to the book.

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LiquidPlanner

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Nearly 2,500 years ago, Socrates (when he was not occupied with founding Western philosophy and instructing his star student, Plato) pioneered a method of asking questions that led people to draw conclusions and pursue deeper truths and realities. The way the 5 whys method is used in real life is simple.

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Productivity Land

JUNE 7, 2023

Utilize the STAR Technique to Showcase Your Skills and Experience The STAR (Situation, Task, Action, and Result) technique is an effective method for answering behavioral interview questions, which often require you to provide specific examples of how you demonstrated certain skills or handled particular situations in past experiences.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

A project manager’s job isn’t just about managing the work. You are also responsible for your team, and making sure they have the skills required to do their jobs. Part of a resource management plan is to build the skills of your team. However, you should also consider how good they are at doing the work of projects – project management.

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WorkOtter

JUNE 1, 2023

They’ll be like the PMO’s stars, each bringing their unique abilities to the table. Develop PMO Processes and Methods Just like superheroes have their special moves and strategies, your PMO needs its own set of tools and techniques. Think about the growth trajectory of a successful business. As you grow, things get hectic.

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Sarah M. Hoban

JULY 29, 2022

The STAR method is a tried and true interview approach that still holds up today. STAR stands for Situation, Task, Action, and Result. If you consider the interview as a conversation, the STAR method helps you craft each response in the form of a short story that engages your listener to want to learn more.

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WorkOtter

APRIL 24, 2023

Picture this: you become the shining star of your organization by finishing your projects on time, every time! This powerful method helps you master time management in project management. What Is Critical Path in Project Management? Critical path in project management is the secret ingredient for success. First, it improves your plan.

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Teamweek

JUNE 19, 2023

Tips for using problem-solving questions to screen candidates include asking job-specific questions, encouraging candidates to use the STAR method, asking different types of problem-solving questions, and preparing responses. People with strong problem-solving skills will structure their answers, for example, using the STAR method.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

The most commonly used planning constraint method in project management was historically the “triple constraint” – time, cost and scope – sometimes known as the project management triangle or the “iron triangle” because it’s often shown as a triangle with the constraints at each vertex. first appeared on Girl's Guide to PM.

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Inloox

JANUARY 29, 2019

The method helps teams to put their creative ideas on paper in a goal-oriented manner - and then implement them. Ideas based on the last combination “more playful task management” could be: “When you mark 5 tasks as completed consecutively, a comic dog doing a victory dance will appear” or “You get a star for every completed task.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Projects are never standalone things, but part of a continuum, where the specifics might vary, but the general methods usually remain the same. So much time and effort is put into the planning of a project, it is often forgotten that the end of a project is equally important. For example, there are many tasks that you still must complete.

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Teamweek

OCTOBER 25, 2022

They are also an excellent method of testing communication skills. Getting candidates to explain their thought process, talk about a time they failed a project, or share their approach to prioritizing tasks is eye-opening – and every interviewer wants in on this well-known hack. So here are some sample questions for the smart interviewer!

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Wrike

JUNE 11, 2023

The interview process can be a nerve-wracking experience, especially when you’re vying for a management position. As an aspiring project leader, it’s essential to prepare yourself thoroughly to showcase your skills, experiences, and suitability for the role. So, let’s get started!

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 18, 2019

Have a three-minute dance-off, like Dancing with the Stars , only the celebrities are team members and managers. It’s a fine method to break up the tedium of the day in a way sure to put a smile on people’s faces. Jennifer Bridges, PMP, shows you and gives practical examples. Here’s a screenshot of the whiteboard for your reference.

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Teamweek

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Are you asking the right management interview questions? Managers are some of the most important people in your business. But getting to know them before they join your organization all too often comes down to the type and quality of interview questions you choose to ask. Why a candidate is interested in the company or position.

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International Institute for Learning

MARCH 8, 2023

Project complexity should drive which project delivery method we shall use. Align on the ‘North Star’ : Help the team understand the context (the ‘Why’) first. Transformation-Transformation-Transformation – more flexibility to be able to adopt, be adaptive, use hybrid project management. And I disagree, why?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 14, 2019

A project manager’s job isn’t just about managing the work. You are also responsible for your team, and making sure they have the skills required to do their jobs. Part of a resource management plan is to build the skills of your team. However, you should also consider how good they are at doing the work of projects – project management.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 27, 2022

I received a question: do you believe scrum and agility can be scaled and what’s the best approach to it? And then the follow-up to the question was maybe a framework that is already familiar to the masses like LeSS, SAFe Nexus. That’s the first thing. But let’s say there’s another product owner within the same group. million item. million item.

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Planio

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Instead, view your annual plan as your guiding star rather than a detailed set of instructions. So, if annual planning for product teams is just a guiding star, why bother spending time on it? Contrary to what most product teams have heard, annual planning isn’t just reserved for senior executives and finance teams.

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The Strategic Project Manager

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

This post reviews the Four Actions Framework, first providing a simple definition and describing what makes it different and appealing. Then it provides three examples each of public sector and private companies and how they have each uniquely applied the framework. What Is the Four Actions Framework? Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne.

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Binfire

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

It is designed as a collaborative project management app supporting Agil e, waterfall , and Hybrid methods. If you are using Wunderlist, it must be disheartening that the big bad wolf named Microsoft is closing the Wunderlist down. Over the years Wunderlist which was funded in 2010 had a strong following and was considered a good to-do list.

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Teamweek

JANUARY 8, 2024

The pros and cons of conducting virtual interviews Virtual interviewing, like many other interviewing methods, has its pros and cons for both the interviewer and interviewee. The interview process is all about getting to know a potential candidate — learning what they’re capable of and who they are.

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Meisterplan

JANUARY 2, 2019

The Ranking Method, the Scoring Method, and the Domain Approach at a Glance Scarce resources and even scarcer resources. Three Project Prioritization Methods If you naively approach the topic of project prioritization, it actually seems to be very simple. In short, it just won’t work without a method.

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Planio

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

We live in a world of increasing pressure — to perform, to provide, and to be available. With remote working blurring the line between our work and personal lives, 26% of people say they expect to feel even more stressed in the future. Of course, pressure and stress go hand-in-hand. Be prepared How to stay calm under pressure: 10 powerful tips 1.

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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. How to measure success? Is it even possible? Just to set the scene, I haven’t figured this out yet. I can tell you my story, in all its ugliness. It was non-tech.

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Teamweek

MAY 12, 2023

Keeping a company brimming with the best talent requires a detailed recruitment plan , one that can be adapted quickly to internal and external changes. Follow the steps below to create a steady flow of job candidates and help your business kick up a storm in your industry. TL;DR – Key Takeaways What is a recruitment plan exactly?

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Teamweek

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The interview process is all about getting to know a potential candidate. Learning what they’re capable of and who they are. When recruiters have the chance to do this in person, they can connect with candidates, build trust and hook someone that’s a good fit. But in-person interviews are not always possible. Save Money.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 29, 2019

Some people contributed independently, some built on work I had been doing since 2015, some of us leveraged the work of Ron Eringa and Ryan Ripley with their Professional Agile Leadership - Essentials class. Discussions were mostly bilateral, most were online, some were face to face. Sometimes, it felt like we were going backward. Why agility?

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Project Pulse Journal

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Michael Shick, MSPM, PMP, CSM Are you tired of navigating project management risks, constantly looking for the proverbial dangers that could derail your project's success? In the dynamic world of project management, understanding and mastering the art and science of risk management strategies is not just an ancillary skill but a necessity.

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Appfluence

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

In addition there are a variety of specific prioritization methods which we talk about in this article to help you prioritize. What is Prioritization? Prioritization Definition. According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, to prioritize means “to organize (things) so that the most important thing is done or dealt with first.”

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LiquidPlanner

JULY 27, 2016

After years of struggling to keep yourself and your team organized, you’ve been given the green light to look for a viable project management solution. Your ideal program will give you reliable schedules and provide you with high-level reports for management and stakeholders alike. So where do you start? There are a lot of PM tools on the market.

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Wrike

JUNE 11, 2023

In the competitive field of product management, acing the interview can make all the difference. To help you prepare effectively, this article explores the top product management interview questions and provides valuable tips on how to answer them. Key Responsibilities of a Product Manager Here are some key responsibilities of a product manager.

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Teamweek

JANUARY 16, 2024

If you set out to bake a cake, the first thing you’d probably do is check if you have all the right ingredients at home. A similar principle works for hiring and upskilling employees — you need to know what’s available internally before making any changes. To do this, you can use a skills matrix. What is a skills matrix?

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