Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 16, 2020

However, beyond the bad news we’ve had to deal with since the beginning of this year, these changing circumstances have ushered in a different kind of enthusiasm for making process improvements in how we work together as well. Agility in marketing has been a growing trend since the publication of the Agile Marketing Manifesto in 2012.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 27, 2018

Today I’m interviewing Natalie Steck, President and CEO at software firm Viewpath. I don’t often get to talk to too many female CEOs so it was great to find out more about Natalie’s career to date and the thoughts she has about the future of project management software. Can we talk about the trends in project management software.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 23, 2022

This is an edited extract from my book Customer-Centric Project Management , co-authored with Phil Peplow (Routledge, 2012). For example, the Sales Director would sponsor a project to install new customer management software, providing the sales team with more opportunities to cross-sell to the existing customer base.

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2012 Prince2 Defining Software Review 276

Scrum.org

JUNE 1, 2022

They also tend to perform better (Evans & Dion, 2012), are better able to deal with stress and pressure (Salas, Driskell & Hughes, 1996). Wang et al (2006) studied software teams tasked with ERP implementations and found that cohesive teams performed significantly better than less-cohesive teams. Scrum feels different to me there.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

AI is a branch of computer science that focuses on providing computer hardware and software with the ability to execute intelligent tasks with Generative AI (GenAI) learning and improving with each query. For over a quarter of a century, the Standish Group has tracked, reported, and improved software-intensive project success rates. [1]

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Leading Answers

AUGUST 25, 2020

There has been a debate raging since 2012 about the use and value of estimates on agile projects. NoEstimates Gets Started In 2012, Woody Zuill wrote a blog post asking if getting better at estimating was the only way forward. As an experiment, three teams substituted planning poker for their in-house estimation process.

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Digite

JANUARY 7, 2018

Several good books have been written on Kanban and its application to various business processes, especially to Scrum, since David Anderson published his original Kanban “blue book”. This is the original book where David Anderson first laid down the definition of and guidance to the Kanban Method for software and knowledge work.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Here’s my Must-Read Reading List for some great pointers on the skills, process and experience of engaging people and working together, whether your job is to lead or to follow. Communicating Projects is a process driven book that fully explains the processes of communicating formally on projects. Tom Kendrick, Amacom 2012.

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Moira Alexander

APRIL 24, 2017

Founded by Harvard University and MIT in 2012, edX is one of the biggest MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) platforms available and offers many project management (PM) courses. Six Sigma: Define and Measure - an introduction to the Six Sigma methodology and DMAIC cycle for process improvement with a focus on the define and measure phases.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 25, 2022

The neurological processes for this are also well-understood. Self-Determination Theory (Deci & Ryan, 2012) provides a great perspective on what creates intrinsic motivation. This process is both pleasurable and stressful, so it may eventually lead to the same mental issues as stress that is imposed by outside forces.

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Leading Answers

JANUARY 16, 2021

That could take two weeks and cost $100,000 when factoring in the new software license, the team's burn rate, and the cost of delay to the organization. Then, in 2012 I presented a collection of Collaborative Games for Risk Management  at the Agile 2012 Conference in Dallas and PMI Global Congress in Vancouver. After

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 1, 2019

In 2012 researchers surveyed over 150 MBA graduates who were only a few months into their jobs and found that those who felt they could authentically be themselves were more engaged and committed to their organization. Here’s another example of status quo bias, your software. You must keep experimenting to find the best solution.

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Workamajig

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

What is the adoption rate of project management software across organizations? PM software adoption remains low. As per Wellingtone's survey, only 22% of organizations use a PM software. PM software adoption is changing, slowly but surely. 77% of high-performing projects use project management software. Capterra ).

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Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 20, 2024

This customization process involves a modification of methodologies and governance structures, transforming project management into a strategic asset as dynamic as the projects it aims to guide. Imagine leading projects that not only meet but exceed expectations, where team morale is high and stakeholder engagement strengthens.

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LiquidPlanner

JULY 7, 2020

Richard Reynolds, senior engineer at consultancy firm E&M West, has over 30 years of experience in the construction industry, including leading the multi-disciplinary design team for the Media Center at the London 2012 Olympics. He says, “If it’s a short delay, you’ll likely have the same people on the project team when it resumes.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 17, 2019

Here are my collected works, presentations, briefings, journal papers, articles, white papers, and essays, used to increase the Probability of Project Success (PoPS) I've developed and applied over my career in the software-intensive system of systems domain. Managment Processes. Presentations and Briefings. Flawless Execution.

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Resource Guru

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Smooth out these problems in your process with data-driven project scheduling that sets reasonable aims for when and how the project will be completed. 5 steps for seamless project scheduling How project scheduling software keeps projects on track Effective project scheduling supports your team and the bottom line.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

A survey by the Centre for Complexity and Change at The Open University found that a third of project managers are involved in the decision making process but are not the sole decision maker themselves*. Parts of this article first appeared on The ICPM website in 2008 and on this site in 2012. Then address the ‘what’. and Fortune, J.

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Governance Government Risk Management Technical Review 358

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 5, 2018

The primary purpose of software estimation is not to predict a project’s outcome; it is to determine whether a project’s targets are realistic enough to allow the project to be controlled to meet them ? This variation can be explained by the fact that initial concepts do not describe the final software system accurate enough.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 29, 2019

But I do like the reframe that Amy Cuddy offers in her 2012 TED talk , which has garnered of 52 million views, as I write this. So, my second secret is to be confident in yourself, your team and your process. ProjectManager.com is a cloud-based project management software that has the tools you need to feel confident.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Even the smallest firm (including my own company with all of two part-time employees) can use project management software. Our software tools are full of data from the risks we log to the estimates we fail to achieve. How long can we cruise on the coattails of project successes like London 2012?

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The Lazy Project Manager

JULY 20, 2018

To meet the need for a simple yet efficient project management visualization tool, Bellevue-based software company Office Timeline has developed a desktop add-in that anyone can use to generate summary views of Gantt charts and timelines right inside PowerPoint. User-Friendly Interface, Impactful Results.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 13, 2019

The final lesson looks at integrated schedule management and the project management processes that affect the schedule, which is helpful as it gives a ‘real life’ flavour to the material. I don’t feel that much on scheduling has changed, and the exam content outline hasn’t changed since 2012, so the training course material is still accurate.

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International Institute for Learning

APRIL 19, 2023

DA was developed in 2011 by Scott Ambler and Mark Lines and is based on Scott’s work at Rational Software and IBM. Dean Leffingwell released the first version of SAFe in 2012. DA defines “process blades” to describe common enterprise capabilities. Next, teams evaluate their environment and make some process decisions.

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nTask

DECEMBER 29, 2020

The business continuity plan covers business processes, human resources, assets, business partners, among other things. Check it out: 16 Best Business Management Software to Use in 2021. 30 Best Time Tracking Software to Improve Team Productivity. 7 Best Business Plan Software and Apps in 2021. Step #4: Draft the Plan.

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Epicflow Blog

JUNE 10, 2022

This mostly refers to the manufacturing process, which is also a part of aerospace engineering. Apart from numerous benefits, this process is accompanied with certain risks, too. . What are the main steps in this process? These solutions can significantly simplify the risk management process, too. Chances of accidents.

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nTask

DECEMBER 29, 2020

The business continuity plan covers business processes, human resources, assets, business partners, among other things. Check it out: 16 Best Business Management Software to Use in 2021. 30 Best Time Tracking Software to Improve Team Productivity. All of this should be outlined in your business continuity (BC) plan.

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Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

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. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. Norton, The Systems Engineering Process Office, MITRE Corporation, 6 June 1999. 3, March 2002.

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Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

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. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. 24, 2010. “A

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

When I started using Scrum as a software developer back in 2007 I noticed that this new ways of working really worked, then I decided to learn more about and I became a Scrum Master in 2012 and in 2015 I started to teach Scrum, overcoming my fear of public speaking. This process prepared me to expect all sort of questions about Scrum.

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 1, 2018

Specific actions to reduce the Episuncertaintiesnaties and Margin to handle the Aleatory uncertainies are part of any good project management process. . The Cone of Uncertainty,” Stephen Gryphon, Phillippe Kruchten, and Steve McConnell, Letters, IEEE Software , 23 (5) 2006, pp 8?10. 37–48, 2007.

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The Strategic Project Manager

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Design Thinking – follow a rigorous process to precisely deliver what customers want, not what demographics show. For example, a software project in a predictable stable environment of a market leading company will still probably be done using agile methods as part of a hybrid approach.

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 13, 2021

46% of the organizations reported they are inconsistencies in practices and processes. The groundwork for SAFe was formed in 4 knowledge areas – agile software development, lean product development, systems thinking, and DevOps. SAFe involves a 12 step process that shows the way SAFe works-. Empirical process control.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2017

This quote demonstrates a lack of understanding of making decisions in the presence of uncertainty and the processes and events that create uncertainty. There is naturally occurring variability from uncontrolled processes. Aleatory uncertainty is expressed as a process variability. First, let's establish a principle.

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The IIL Blog

APRIL 27, 2018

Online gaming collaboration can be traced back to the introduction of the personal computer and software developers and came to life in the early 1990s when the Internet was introduced. Resources: Number of participants, software, and systems required, facilities, etc. Time: Length of time of the activity. Scope: Frequency – how often.

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Herding Cats

DECEMBER 3, 2017

The planned uncertainty not only needs to decrease over time passing, but this reduction diminishes any impacts of risk on the decision-making processes. Seems there is still some confusion (intentional or accidental) about the Cone of Uncertainty and its purpose and its use in software development. 37-48, 2007. 37-48, 2007.

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Wrike

OCTOBER 9, 2019

A few standouts : Back in 2012, Best Buy seemed to be on its deathbed. But a seven-year digital transformation process brought the retail giant back to life — and boosted its stock a whopping 198%. More focus on results rather than process. More analytics for improved PM processes, outcomes, and ROI.

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