ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 15, 2023

What Is a Team Meeting? A team meeting is a scheduled event in which people involved in a project will get together and have a conversation about topics related to that work. Meetings come in many forms, but the more effective ones have an agenda created by the team leader that outlines what is to be discussed.

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Project Life Cycle Defining Planning Controlling 359

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 15, 2023

That’s why you assemble a team, each expert in their own field. Why Is It Important for Leaders To Delegate Tasks? The weeds are important, but a leader’s time is better spent on things a leader should do. 10 Tips to Delegate Tasks Effectively It’s easy to say, delegate, and it’s another thing to effectively do so.

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Defining Leadership Executing Monitoring 299

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 22, 2023

Whether it was as part of a project or another professional interaction, I’m sure you have met colleagues who aren’t taking responsibility at work for their tasks. It takes up a lot of time too: time that could be better spent doing your own job. Ready to learn about how to help your colleagues to step up?

Influencer 256

Influencer Risk Management Leadership Defining 256

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 22, 2022

If you are leading a project in a sponsorship capacity, or want to sense-check that your sponsor is stepping up to meet their responsibilities, then I have something for you that will help. Below you’ll find 10 tips for being a good sponsor, drawn from Strategies for Project Sponsorship by James, Taylor and Rosenhead.

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2012 2013 Risk Management PMI 376

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

We need people on our teams to do what they say they are going to do, and we need to help them do that. That’s why stakeholder engagement is such an important skill. Suffice to say I wasn’t popular that day. You gain authority and credibility. Your colleagues and stakeholders listen to you.

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2023 Finance PMI Certification 331

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 25, 2020

When was the last time you hit a significant milestone at work and did something to celebrate? I don’t think we do that enough, so here are 15 ways that you can celebrate success at work with your team. This works well on teams with fewer than 20 people in my experience. However, for small teams it can work well.

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Budget Certification Closing 477

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 15, 2023

Why Is It Important to Manage Stakeholder Expectations? Why Is It Important to Manage Stakeholder Expectations? Team members are stakeholders. Managing their expectations will build trust and develop greater relationships with the team. Here are some steps you can take to get a handle on that process. Learn more.

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Influencer Executing Software Review Budget 297

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 24, 2022

I could go on, but I can feel your meeting pain shooting through your eyeballs as you read this. I think we can agree that you can’t afford unproductive meetings. Well, they cost too much money, waste valuable time and frustrate your staff (which could make them quit). Gord Sheppard. But don’t despair!

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Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 2017 Budget 323

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 27, 2021

As a program or project manager, do you need to be able to run really effective meetings and workshops as part of your role? Would you like to feel confident working with challenging and diverse groups, and with senior leaders? Do you want to deliver lasting results collaboratively, whatever the environment? Elizabeth.

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Technical Review Leadership Energy 2001 303

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

You could say we go looking for trouble. Conflict should be a healthy part of any team’s development, and it’ a good way to challenge requirements and ensure that your business case and plans stand up to scrutiny. So while you shouldn’t shy away from conflict, it does help to be prepared for it.

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Risk Management 2012 326

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 11, 2022

When was the last time you hit a significant milestone at work and did something to celebrate? I don’t think we do that enough, so here are 20 ways that you can celebrate success at work with your team, including a range of virtual ways to celebrate success. In-person team celebration ideas. Drinks out.

Budget 329

Budget Closing Certification Controlling 329

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Staying on top of your tasks as a team is so important if you want to hit your project deadlines. But keeping the whole team on track can be a challenge. 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.

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Software Review Software Closing Planning 290

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 22, 2021

Did you know that 56% of your project budget might be at risk due to poor communications? Perhaps that number (from research by PMI ) surprises you, but I’m sure you aren’t surprised by the fact that good communication management on projects leads to higher success rates. How much communication should you do?

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Communications Management Underperforming Technical Team Cadence Monitoring 346

Scrum.org

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The oversimplified answer is $200 per day because a scrum master should be working at an organizational level. If an “ agilist” is unfamiliar with it, I think it says a lot. That said, people can use other approaches and a decent scrum master should be aware of such approaches. do you want me to ask questions?

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SCRUM Agile Lean Leadership 186

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

It’s nothing to be worried about, and it saves both you and the recruiter time. Have you been invited to a prelim interview? Let me fill you in on what you need to know to make the most of this opportunity. When you’re job hunting, the preliminary interview is an important step in the process.

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Certification Process Initiating Agile 360

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 6, 2022

Do you think about what you say at work? He presented at PMI Global Congress EMEA in Dublin on the subject of why we should choose our words carefully. “Many times your words can have more power than you imagine. . “Many times your words can have more power than you imagine.

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Underperforming Technical Team PMI Planning 264

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 5, 2020

Or, if the project managers have some latitude about the way they manage their time and their tasks, the people in their so-called ‘team’ are still working for managers who want to micro-manage every part of their day. If you want them to do their best work, that is. Let them make the decisions, even if you provide some oversight.

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2012 PMI Controlling Executing 335

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

If you prefer to read, there are closed captions in the video or there’s also a transcript underneath the video. I will start by talking about what knowledge I’m assuming from you so that you can check this is the right presentation for you to be in. Watch the video to listen (about 30 minutes). Transcript.

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PMO Influencer Process Project Life Cycle 420

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

So why are people leaving project management? And what’s life like if you decide to quit? I gathered some project management statistics from original research (thank you, blog reader community) and learned some scary facts: it’s hard out there for project professionals. Why do project managers quit?

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Underperforming Technical Team Influencer Risk Management Finance 437

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

You can earn PDUs (professional development units) for ongoing certification renewal, such as for the Project Management Professional (PMP)®, from reading. And you probably know that because you’re here looking for some PDU -earning inspiration. Use the table of contents to skip to the books if you already know this part!

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PMI Certification Sustainability Technical Review 348

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 22, 2023

To avoid failure, it’s important to understand failure and know the signs that your project is in danger. ProjectManager is award-winning project management software that empowers teams to plan, manage and track projects in real time. However, there are just as many things you can do to help your project succeed.

Estimate 291

Estimate Software Review Budget Controlling 291

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 2, 2023

Personally, I’d like to think that your PMO will purchase the templates that you need to use, or that your manager will let you buy templates on their corporate credit card. And that they will support your career development by funding your training. And training to choose from. Free training!

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Prince2 PMI Certification Software Review 387

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

Would you like to make 2023 a successful year for your projects? I’m sure you do. A while back, I asked project management experts w hat we should be aware of as we go into the new year to achieve their most successful year ever? You can see Mark’s book, and all the other experts’ books on Amazon here.

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2023 Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Underperforming Technical Team 404

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 17, 2022

On challenging projects with big teams there is always plenty to comment about, from why so-and-so was late to work to whether someone else is doing a good job. Beverly, how do you define gossip? Gossip includes when someone says something about another person and it is taken as fact without being checked out.

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2012 2013 Defining Leadership 347

NimbleWork

APRIL 23, 2024

I called them and (despite not knowing who I was or why I was ringing) they answered and spent 20 minutes sharing ideas with me. I don’t know why that is or how the work culture has ended up that way, but I do know it’s not a place I’d find it easy to do my job. How to Create a Culture of Team Collaboration?

Infrastructure 64

Infrastructure PMO Influencer Leadership 64

Kiron Bondale

MAY 23, 2021

Think about a team with a prevailing toxic culture where team members are actively engaged in one-upmanship with one other. Showing kindness to a fellow team member might be seen as a sign of weakness, or even worse, interpreted as a manipulative ploy to gain an advantage. So what can we do to create a kinder team culture?

Leadership 345

Leadership Process Change Management 345

Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 18, 2021

If you prefer to read, there are closed captions in the video or there’s also a transcript underneath the video. I will start by talking about what knowledge I’m assuming from you so that you can check this is the right presentation for you to be in. Watch the video to listen (about 30 minutes). Transcript.

PMO 331

PMO Influencer Project Life Cycle Process 331

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 11, 2019

When you’re leading a project, part of what you’re doing is working with stakeholders who hired you to get that work done they way they want it. This can often be a handful, so we’ve provided you some practical tips on how to deal with difficult stakeholders. It’s best to pick your fights or you’ll always be at war.

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Influencer 2019 Budget Leadership 384

ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

That is, an action plan clarifies what resources you’ll need to reach that goal, makes a timeline for the tasks to get to that goal and determines what team members you’ll need to do it all. By having this all collected in a document, you can more successfully plan out how to achieve this.

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Planning Software Review 2019 Software 464

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 15, 2020

Staying on top of your tasks as a team is so important if you want to hit your project deadlines. In this article we’ll cover everything you need to know about task management and how to keep your team on track managing their tasks. First, we should make sure we’re talking about the same thing.

Software Review 471

Software Review Software Closing Defining 471

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 12, 2020

So I’m delighted to bring you this guest contribution by Elisa Cepale who lives and breathes this stuff in her day job. Elisa, over to you…. I facilitate daily standup meetings for our support team. Int his article, I’ll look at 5 activities you can try in your daily team standup meeting. Not really.

SCRUM 355

SCRUM Agile Energy Development Team Review 355

NimbleWork

APRIL 23, 2024

I called them and (despite not knowing who I was or why I was ringing) they answered and spent 20 minutes sharing ideas with me. I don’t know why that is or how the work culture has ended up that way, but I do know it’s not a place I’d find it easy to do my job. Where are you Starting From First, assess where you are starting from.

Infrastructure 52

Infrastructure PMO Influencer Leadership 52

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Whether it was as part of a project or another professional interaction, I’m sure you have met colleagues who aren’t taking responsibility at work for their tasks. It means your job turns into micromanaging, spoon feeding and generally running around after people who probably earn quite enough to be operating in a more professional manner.

Influencer 265

Influencer Risk Management Leadership Defining 265

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 20, 2020

If you want to do more work, you need more people doing the work. There just aren’t enough hours in the day (and you probably don’t have the skills to do everything anyway). I show you why delegating work is part of your job and how your team comes into all this. So why aren’t you doing it?

Monitoring 381

Monitoring Leadership Planning 381

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 7, 2019

You probably work with someone who complains a lot. Sometimes that can be hard to manage, even with team management tools. Here’s a screenshot of the whiteboard for your reference! Unfortunately, that viewpoint can spread negativity to everyone they encounter, including your team, making it an issue that you must address.

Risk Management 338

Risk Management Energy Software Review Risk 338

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 3, 2020

So why has that happened and what have been the biggest shifts in how project management has evolved? If you think about it, getting work done to complete projects is a skill that has been needed since Stonehenge or the Pyramids. Bring Your Own Device. Collaboration tools.

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2008 Leadership Manufacturing PMI 355

The IIL Blog

JULY 19, 2023

Most likely your job description is not “write and reply to emails”. Hence, the majority of the time you spend on emails will bring you little to no reward. You do not often hear of somebody being promoted thanks to the emails she/he drafted or a great discovery resulting from a reply to an email.

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Underperforming Technical Team 2023 Consulting Energy 147