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Kanban History: Origin & Expansion Across Industries

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Kanban history has informed everything from manufacturing to software development. For those unsure what kanban is, we’ll first explain the kanban system and then go into kanban history from its development to its uses in manufacturing, project management and software development. What Is Kanban Software?

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How to Manage Fixed Date Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

How to plan a fixed date project. Fred Brooks, father of OS 360 at IBM put it best when he said, ‘adding people to a late software project will only make it later.'” How to convince management to extend the timescale. So how can you convince your boss that the project needs more time? Fast-track the project.

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In-Depth: How To Create Better Work Agreements For Your Team

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It has been linked to higher performance and motivation (Mathieu et al, 2000), increased effectiveness (Kearny, Gebert & Voelpel, 2009), and generally explains a substantial amount of the variance (~19%) in the effectiveness of teams (De Church & Mesmer-Magnus, 2010). How to coordinate the flow of work.

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How to Run Microsoft Project on Mac (Updated Dec 2019)

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How to Get Your Mac Working with MS Project. ProjectManager.com is free for 30 days, so you can test out the software and determine for yourself if it’s a good fit for you. While there is MS Project Online that gives the software more flexibility than the desktop version, it adds another steep subscription fee for access.

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Zombie Projects and How to Kill Them

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Zombie PM is a term I came up with in 2010 when I put together a project management alphabet. How to spot a zombie project. Read next: How to Save a Failing Project (ebook). “But this PMO was managing software applications, both in development and in operation. ” How to get that zombie project finished.

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20 Years of The Agile Manifesto

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The Agile Manifesto has probably had the greatest impact on how projects are done – even how non- agile projects are done. That’s when the Snowbird summit happened and the 17 authors got together to work out how things for software developers could be better. Working software is the primary measure of progress.

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Top PM 10 Articles of All Time

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I declared 2009 the year of the Office Goddess and I wrote a series of posts about how to excel at work. This was one of my favorites: about Pareto and the 80/20 rule and how some stuff just needs to get done. My project alphabet was a popular post of 2010 and inspired Derek Huether to write a book about zombie project management.

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