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7 Hidden dangers of project management (Or why even well-planned projects sometimes fail)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

During a company integration program, customer service levels dropped by 25-50% because the team management focused their efforts on reorganizing and changing employees’ roles and responsibilities, all with “the best of intentions”. For example, in June 2010 Chrysler merged with Fiat. So why do some projects crash to their doom?

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How We Made Our Customer The Product Owner

Scrum.org

From 2010–2015 I worked as a Scrum Master for a web agency. We developed software solutions for external clients. When I started with Scrum, I changed my role from Project Manager to Scrum Master, the developers slowly moved from ‘programmers to product developers’, yet the Product Owner role remained challenging to fulfill.

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Zombie Projects and How to Kill Them

Rebel’s Guide to PM

That doesn’t make you a project manager, it makes you an operational team leader – although you could find that there is a useful long-term product management role for you if you prefer this way of working. Zombie PM is a term I came up with in 2010 when I put together a project management alphabet. have poor management.

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Effective Project Communications Management to Avoid Misunderstandings and Delays

Project Pulse Journal

Everyone dreams of working on a project where every team member is in harmony, there are fewer misunderstandings, and progress is communicated clearly and consistently through well-established communication channels. Are you tired of project delays and misunderstandings caused by poor communication?

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10 Project Management Hacks Every Project Manager Should Know

The Squad Report

A KPMG survey of 100 businesses reported 70% of organizations faced at least one project failure in the year 2010 alone. An effective project manager is one who will always look for ways to streamline the project, team collaboration, and its outcomes. He/she creates a bond with the team members separate from deadlines and launch dates.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to assess risks, their impacts, and handling strategies for software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. 255, April 2010. 24, 2010. “A Risk Management Papers. “A

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. Risk Management is essential for development and production programs.