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What Makes A Good Product Owner?

Scrum.org

Van Waardenburg & Van Vliet (2013) offer a case study in a large organization and conclude that “The Project Manager focuses on the ’how’ of a project, the Product Owner focuses on the ’what’”. Judy & Krumin-Beens (2008) offer an interesting perspective on this in a case study. So I am unable to share the papers here.

2014 222
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15 Non-Academic Project Management Books to Earn PDUs

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Any books about achieving business goals, portfolio management, strategy execution or case-study driven books will count here. It was first published in 2016, so that makes it quite old as books go, but sustainability is something that is taking more of a hold (thankfully) in how we deliver projects. PDU claim: 9 hours.

PMI 354
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Virtual Leadership [Book Review]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Since reading the first edition back in 2016 there is now an updated second edition that includes a completely new chapter on hybrid working. The new version is also packed with updated, relevant case studies. It’s amazing how quickly virtual work has changed.

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Win A Copy of Collaboration Tools for Project Managers

Rebel’s Guide to PM

You'll also like: Collaboration Tools for Project Managers Collaboration Tools for Project Managers: How To Choose, Get Started and Collaborate With Technology Project Management Institute, 2016 ISBN 978-1628251135 It’s time for project. These 4 tips, drawn from a real case study, will help. How Do You Use Collaboration Tools?

2015 150
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Top Project Management Conferences to Attend in 2016

Wrike

2016 is brand new, and now that you’ve started a fresh calendar, you’re probably eager to find exciting events to fill it with. Look no further than our list of top project management conferences for 2016. The post Top Project Management Conferences to Attend in 2016 appeared first on Blog Wrike. Agile and Beyond.

2016 52
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Book Review: Project Management for Humans

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Brett Harned is a lovely guy – I met him at the Digital PM Summit in 2016 – and he’s a confident presenter, easily conveying his passion for the subject to a crowd. There are also case studies and stories from other project managers (including one from me which I had forgotten I had written until I read it in the book).

2016 276
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Time is Money: The Importance of Earned Value Management

MPUG

MS Project 2019 Professional, as well as its earlier versions like MS Project 2016 and MS Project 2013, fully support EVM. I intend to cover the following in upcoming publications on MPUG: Understanding Earned Value fields EVM Project Case Study EVM Reports.