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

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Leadership skills are also crucial for project management – but so often overlooked or taken for granted. Leadership skills and management skills are different things and, especially within the project management industry, it’s important to be aware of the differences. Leadership without Project Management.

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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. If the PMO acts in this leadership role, it’s a natural place for strategy and direction to come from. A version of this article first appeared in 2012. What do you think?

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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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All technical debt is a risk to the product and to your business

Scrum.org

From 2005 (first beta) until 2012 they worked, successfully delivering a new version every 2 years. Even before 2012 Leadership, and engineers, had noticed that things were getting bogged down. This commercial product was built using traditional project management practices and delivered on a two-yearly cadence.

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The Inloox Blog Turns 10!

Inloox

What many don't know: Project management encompasses much more than just methods and metrics, in fact key elements of the discipline include leadership skills and collaboration. Over time, the InLoox blog has evolved from a project management blog to a portal for high-quality articles on project management, leadership and productivity.

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Agile Project Management for Marketing

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Leadership in uncertain times requires The goal of staying nimble, responsive, and flexible in these rocky times has become entrenched steadfastly in the minds of the marketing community. Agile project management for marketing has been a growing trend since the publication of the Agile Marketing Manifesto in 2012.

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How to get the best from your sponsor

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Project managers must take an active role in influencing and educating project sponsors in these best practices to get the leadership support the project requires. Vicki is a contributor to The Complete Project Manager (2012) by Randall Englund and Alfonso Bucero as well as a popular blogger and Tweeter.

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