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Are You Ready For The Social Tech Revolution?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The value of these social-media inspired tools is well known and this article does not intend to review those benefits in detail. Some key traits that have been proven to influence enterprise social media tools are: Ease of adoption Performance expectancy Social influence Team trust.

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15 Non-Academic Project Management Books to Earn PDUs

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I’ve read, I’m guessing, over 150 management books in my career, and you can read my book reviews if you want to trawl through the archives. Books that cover ways of working, technical project management, leadership , power skills, soft skills for the workplace, business acumen and also strategic and business management topics count.

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How to Deal with Challenging Situations Involving Stakeholders

Rebel’s Guide to PM

lack of responsiveness, absence of agreed working relationships) a lack of technical expertise attitudes towards the project and project team members expectations and understanding (e.g. They create a challenging situation due to the late involvement in the project, which needs to be addressed. way of communication).

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What Makes A Good Product Owner?

Scrum.org

This includes training, technical support, and preparation for new releases. It is no surprise that the researchers conclude that “Product Owners perform a wide range of challenging activities which require experience and high-status in order to be able to exert influence”. Gatekeeper : Approving completed items for a release.

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Project Management and Artificial Intelligence: Bring It On!

The IIL Blog

A recent article in Harvard Business Review described “How AI Will Transform Project Management”. AI and related technologies offer the opportunity to shape-shift the profession. However, the project manager, resource managers, and team members would still be required to review and validate the plan. I say, “Bring it on!”

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Working Remotely? This Will Hit You Next!

Scrum.org

Many people around the globe are working from home right now, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Especially development teams and technology firms in general have many years of experience with allowing their workforce to do their jobs from wherever and whenever they like. Mass actions are influenced by the actions of the masses.

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Summary of Capabilities Based Planning

Herding Cats

Capabilities-based planning enables the enterprise to identify business and technical needs, allocate resources, and track activities and outcomes. . This approach assures business value is connected with the strategy not just measures of the passage or time and consumption of money and the production of technical features. .

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