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How to Replan When Project Goals Are Unrealistic

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Can your teams be split into smaller groups? This article first appeared in 2014. . …Or do a radical replan. If, however, you see that meeting deadlines is impossible for all involved, you may need to rethink your strategy. Perhaps two people can finish the tasks as easily as four could.

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Inclusiveness of diversity forms a virtuous cycle with psychological safety

Kiron Bondale

In 2014 I wrote an article about the benefits which diversity in team composition can bring to risk identification. With different backgrounds and experiences, team members will usually identify a richer set of risks than might be defined by a group with limited diversity.

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ClickUp vs. Monday: In-Depth Software Comparison

ProjectManager.com

Also, Monday’s pricing is by groups of seats with a minimum user count of three, which makes it more expensive. Monday is a project management software that was launched in 2014. It does a fair job at integrations, such as with Slack, Google Drive and Trello. ClickUp has more features than Monday and allows for task dependencies.

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Open Space

Scrum.org

Open Space is one of the 33 Liberating Structures listed in the Book "The Surprising Power of Liberating Structures " (2014), but because Open Space has been around for quite some time, the power of Open Space did not come as a surprise for many. . Clear definition of a theme stated as a question (increase focus and purpose for the group).

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Creating Personal Time Management Techniques

LiquidPlanner

Systems and tools such as LiquidPlanner serve as a means to bring together diverse groups, so they are literally on the same page. New York, NY, Penguin Random House, 2014. 4 Group, United Language. “Do Distractions and interruptions are a natural part of life, and have to be taken in stride.” 3 Levitin, Daniel J.

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In-Depth: How Easily Biases Distort What We Believe (In The Workplace)

Scrum.org

If you take the time to fully read and digest this post, you will (hopefully): Understand how easily your thinking and the thinking in groups is biased, tainted or distorted by a eight very common cognitive and social biases. Recently, the rise of COVID-19 has been linked to the spread of 5G networks by certain fringe groups.

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Top PM 10 Articles of All Time

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Gipsy Moth IV did make her planned round-the-world journey and continues to operate today , taking groups on breath-taking sea journeys. I reported on the state of the Gypsy Moth IV project : the restoration of a historic yacht. At the time, the project was desperately short of cash. In September 2007 I published a guide to why projects fail.

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