Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 20, 2016

Do you really understand the risks of leading with bullying tactics? The Risks of Being A Workplace Bully. Do you really understand the risks of leading with bullying tactics? Whether project managers are bullies themselves or promote organisational influencers that are, the risks are high. Click To Tweet.

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Underperforming Technical Team Leadership 2010 Energy 150

Herding Cats

MARCH 17, 2019

Each of these has been presented at a conference, published in a refereed journal, or a book or a chapter in a book, or presented during a client engagement. Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management. Risk Management. Managing in the Presence of Uncertainty and Resulting Risk. Managment Processes.

2003 54

2003 2011 2008 Performance Measurement 54

Leading Answers

JUNE 19, 2019

Longtime readers may recall my 2010 post Raise A Little Hell when the PMBOK v5 Update was being commissioned. If we want to change the future of project management I believe the best way to do that is from the inside outwards by doing the work - not from the outside inwards just criticizing. This is going to be different!

2010 97

2010 PMI Lean Agile 97

Scrum.org

AUGUST 28, 2020

Examples of this are individual reward systems, the use of force (change or risk getting fired), and “management by objectives” (Drucker, 1954). Another example is psychological safety, often defined as “as a shared belief about the consequences of interpersonal risk-taking” (Edmondson, 1999). Sparkling Books edition.

2012 152

2012 2006 2011 Influencer 152

Herding Cats

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Let's start with some books. While some have publication dates that may seem old, the principles in these books are immutable, even for agile projects. Software Sizing, Estimation, and Risk Management: When Performance is Measured Performance Improves , Daniel Galaorath and Michael Evans , Auerbach, 2006. IT Risk Management.

Software Developers 46

Software Developers Software Development Estimate 2006 46

Scrum.org

JUNE 5, 2019

In 2010 we started a second location in Utrecht that focused on developing HR-related & mission-critical software for brands of our largest customer (USG, Unique, StartPeople, CapitalP). Create an environment where you can take risks. At NowOnline, we made sure to create an environment where people could take risks.

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SCRUM 2002 2003 2001 138

Herding Cats

AUGUST 1, 2018

We're writing two chapters in an upcoming Project Management Book, with a working title, The Gower Handbook of Project Performance for Agile, Waterfall and Everything in Between , edited by Mark Phillips. One chapter on the Principles of Risk Management and the second chapter on the Practices of Risk Management.

2012 29

2012 2007 2010 2006 29

Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 2, 2024

Enhanced decision-making, risk mitigation, resource optimization, and stakeholder satisfaction that propel your projects to new heights of success and recognition. Regulatory requirements are not optional; alignment with them should always be a vital part of your risk management. The result?

Governance 40

Governance Government Influencer Technical Review 40

Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2017

The risk is created when we have not accounted for this natural variances in our management plan for the project. Dealing with Aleatory (irreducible) uncertainty and the resulting risk requires we have margin. An aleatory risk is expressed as a relation to a value. One starting point is the value at risk.

2003 46

2003 2014 2015 2011 46

International Institute for Learning

MAY 16, 2022

SAFe’s e-book Agile at Scale: Making the Case for Business Agility describes an organization that’s achieved business agility as behaving more like a living organism than a machine. Intuit’s innovation success was also featured in Eric Reis’ book The Lean Startup (Crown Business, 2011).

Artificial Inteligence 59

Artificial Inteligence Agile Cadence 2011 59

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Brown and his book The Handbooks of Program Management: How to Facilitate Project Success with Optimal Program Management and my review of the same book. Using this method, the performance, cost, time, and risks of alternatives can be articulated as ratios that can then be compared with one another. References . [1]

Technical Review 47

Technical Review 2010 2014 Software Developers 47

ProProfs Project Management

JANUARY 15, 2021

David even built on the methodology to define the kanban method and released a book in 2010 called “Kanban: Successfully Evolutionary Change for your Technology Business”. Anderson was the first person to implement this kanban approach to project management to their IT, Software Development, and knowledge work in 2004.

Software Review 81

Software Review Technical Review 2004 SCRUM 81

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 9, 2018

There’s a hugely successful book that you’ve probably heard of and may have read called The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey. By now, I am sure many readers will be familiar with Tim Lister’s wise comment that: “ Risk management is how adults manage projects.”. So, get into the habit of thinking in terms of risk.

Governance 416

Governance Government Technical Review 2010 416

Project Management Hacks

APRIL 28, 2016

He is a 2015 Presidential Leadership Scholar, has won the 2010 GovTech Top 25 Doers, Dreamers, and Drivers Award, as well as the 2007 and 2009 Federal 100 Award. not taking enough risk). What books have found found most valuable in developing your career? Two books stand out: Andy Grove, High Output Management.

Governance 28

Governance Government 2015 2007 28

Project Management Hacks

AUGUST 4, 2016

I led an effort to develop a risk-based software development process. Editor’s Note: Rita Mulcahy passed away in 2010. Her company, RMC Learning Solutions , continues to provide a variety of project management books and training resources. Read Leigh Espy’s book review of “ The Obstacle is the Way.”.

2013 28

2013 2003 Technical Review 2010 28

MPUG

JULY 1, 2020

As most of you know, Sam is a frequent contributor to the MPUG community and he is also the author of the book Microsoft Project Do’s and Don’ts which is available on Amazon and with some of the material you see today was derived from. I need it, for example, to help me with my risk evaluations. Here we go.

Risk Management 52

Risk Management Risk 2016 Underperforming Technical Team 52

Herding Cats

APRIL 4, 2019

In a recent exchange in social media, it was clear the notion of risk and the sources of risk, the consequences or risks and managing in the presence of risk was in very unclear, when it was conjectured , we can simply slice the work into small bits and REDUCE risk. . This is good, but it doesn't reduce risk.

Risk Management 43

Risk Management Risk 2003 2011 43

Project Management Hacks

MARCH 22, 2016

In 2010, Scientific American reported research showing that eyewitness testimony is often highly flawed. Otherwise, much of the value generated in the meeting is at risk. This HBR book chapter looks at the team player role from the perspective of ensuring the entire team works well. Serve As The Meeting Scribe.

2010 36

2010 Technical Review Risk Management Closing 36

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 4, 2022

What is their impact, risk and how the item might help in the learning process? Schwaber co-authored with Mike Beedle, the first book on scrum, Agile Software Development with Scrum , in 2001. They do this by determining what is a must-have item, which are less critical and those that don’t fit into the timeframe allotted.

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SCRUM Software Review Development Team Review Underperforming Technical Team 339

MPUG

APRIL 16, 2021

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Carl Pritchard’s session, Those darn Risk Register boxes! Kyle: Hello everyone and welcome to today’s MPUG webinar, Those Darn Risk Register Boxes! I want to welcome you because I’m the risk guy. I’ve been PMI’s risk guy.

Risk 52

Risk PMI Risk Management 2011 52

Project Risk Coach

MARCH 6, 2017

Identify resources such as classes and books. It’s one thing to identify a skill to improve, but it’s an entirely different thing to change our behavior. An experienced coach can be helpful in the following ways: Discuss current habits and desired future habits. Specify ways to improve. Determine how to measure your progress.

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Underperforming Technical Team 2005 2006 2008 170

Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Here's a collection of presentations, briefings, papers, essays, book content used to increase the Probability of Project Success (PoPS) I've written and applied over my career in the software-intensive system of systems and other domains. Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management Briefings and Presentations.

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

MPUG

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Satya is a management professional, speaker, coach, and author of six books, including the book I Want To Be a PMP. As early as 2009, 2010, nearly 11 years before I was working as a PMO. It will have measured risks for your project. If you are ignoring dependencies, it’s going to have risks for your project.

Software Review 52

Software Review Critical Chain Technical Review Risk Management 52

Leading Agile

OCTOBER 3, 2023

When I first started thinking through this idea, I was actually really thinking about the idea of practices because back in 2010, a little bit earlier than that, Jim Kundiff, the Scrum Alliance, and those guys were really popularizing the CSM certification, PMI was doing the PMI ACP or a lot of us were part of that. So everything worked.

Governance 62

Governance Government SCRUM Agile 62

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

In a previous post, Why Johnny Can't Estimate , mentioned some resources for estimating, the principles of business and technical management that demand estimates be made to make decisions, and background on the sources of uncertainty, that create risk, that require estimating to increase the probability of project success. taken from [3]).

Software Review 34

Software Review Technical Review Estimate Software Developers 34

MPUG

OCTOBER 9, 2019

As the president and founder of Advisicon, Tim has also written over 38 books on PM methodologies and technologies. There is a lot, even if you look at PMI or you look at Prince2, there’s a lot that you go through in defining requirements, creating risk plans. Are you on 2010, 2007, 2013. Now, this is pretty new.

Agile 40

Agile Technical Review Lean Underperforming Technical Team 40

MPUG

OCTOBER 16, 2019

And as the president and founder of Advisor Com, Tim has written over 38 books on PM methodologies and technologies. You are a MPUG user for 10 years and you’ve got project 2010, and you can do things lethally, Agiley and Mobily. This is how I’m organizing action items and issues and risks around my project site.

Agile 40

Agile Technical Review Software Review Engineering 40

Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Monte Carlo simulation on projects examines all paths through the network of activities or all possible states of the project for the duration, cost, and risk that create impacts on duration and cost. Start with Troy's book below and download the Excel simulator [12]. Harrison, AIP Conference Proceedings , January 5, 2010, 1204, pp.

Technical Review 43

Technical Review 2010 Estimate Software Review 43