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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

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The scrum methodology is It’s ideal for teams of no more than 10 people, and often is wedded to two-week cycles with short daily meetings, known as daily scrum meetings. The term scrum was introduced in a “Harvard Business Review” article from 1986 by Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka. Kanban Methodology.

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7 Hidden dangers of project management (Or why even well-planned projects sometimes fail)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Merging required some major organizational changes such as introducing new technology, creating a new management team and alternation in business processes and policies. They were unable to adapt to upgraded technology and modern methods which, eventually caused the company to throw in the towel.

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Overcoming Noisy Communication

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Psychological noise at work can also be being distracted by chat messages in a meeting, thinking about other things while in conversation with others, letting your mind wander during a webinar, worrying about house and family things while at work, and lots more. Semantic noise is usually due to our failure as the sender of the communication.

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10 Strategies for Successful Project Execution

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Let’s review strategies and tools you can use, and learn how they can help you close that gap to promote successful project execution. We’ll hear from experts and review key takeaways that project leaders can immediately put into practice in their programs and projects. Meet Regularly. Following processes.

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Remote Agile (Part 7): Sprint Review with Distributed Teams

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TL; DR: A Remote Sprint Review with a Distributed Team. This seventh article now looks into organizing a remote Sprint Review with a distributed team: How to practice the review with virtual Liberating Structures, including and giving a voice to team members, stakeholders, and customers. The Purpose of the Sprint Review.

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Online Training: RapidStart PMO Review

Rebel’s Guide to PM

RapidStart PMO: Online Project Management Training Review. This is all about making sure your PMO is more than just technically successful: your executives need to be happy with what you are doing too, and feel that you are adding value. I received free access to this course in order to write the review. Name: RapidStartPMO.

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How To Do Document Version Control

Rebel’s Guide to PM

1 March 2017 Nanette Bailey First draft. 15 March 2017 N Bailey Review by architect. 22 March 2017 N Bailey and F Jacobs Wider review by project team; section 6 updated (new dates). 28 March 2017 F Jacobs Final review by all stakeholders; project team comments incorporated. Versions are 0.1,