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Why is it a project manager’s job to fix companies?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

At the roundtable discussion about project management in the collaborative age way back in 2012, the talk turned to how project managers could shape strategy. A version of this article first appeared in 2012. Find me in our Facebook group, Project Management Cafe , and let me know your thoughts!

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The challenges of IT Project Management, with Dave Gordon

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In 2012, I went to Las Vegas for the Pink Elephant ITSM conference. This interview first appeared in 2012 after my conversation with Dave and has been shared again. We discussed IT project management, the challenges for project managers working on Software as a Service projects and the cartoon laws of physics.

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10 Secrets To Being a Good Sponsor

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The book includes a list of 50 secrets in Appendix D which is a summary of The Standish Group’s Chaos Manifesto 2012: The Year of the Executive Sponsor. They appear as a list of 50 secrets in Appendix D as a summary of The Standish Group’s Chaos Manifesto 2012: The Year of the Executive Sponsor.

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Product Development with the Stage-Gate® Process (Part 2): Strengths, Weaknesses, Pitfalls

Inloox

2012): Best Practices im Idea-to-Launch-Prozess und dessen Steuerung. In contrast, higher-risk projects tend to use personnel from management levels as gatekeepers. Even within an innovation process, gatekeepers can change depending on requirements and risk. Edgett, S. Cooper, R. You will also get a free planning template. Cooper, R.

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Which estimation methods are favored for adaptive delivery?

Kiron Bondale

NoEstimates – whereas the original idea presented by Woody Zuill in 2012 really meant not to estimate release cost, effort or duration and to focus on delivering small, valuable work items as quickly as possible to stakeholders, it has evolved since to refer to a more realistic use of estimation only when and where it makes sense.

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What Is The Most Important Part Of Scrum?

Scrum.org

Back in 2012 when I was on the path to becoming a Scrum.org Professional Scrum Trainer, I travelled to Boston to attend a PSM course run by Ken Schwaber (the co-creator of Scrum and Chairman/Founder of Scrum.org). Ken shared that wisdom with me and the others in that class back in 2012. Everyone was excited to meet and learn from Ken.

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Project Management and Leadership – can you have one without the other?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

A version of this article first appeared on this site in 2012. About the author: Andy Trainer works for Silicon Beach Training , leading providers of resources and courses in a number of subjects, including project management, leadership skills and more. This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management.