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6 Easy Ways to Manage Group Think and Risk at Work

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It’s an edited extract from his book Risk Happens ! Group Think Introduces Risk. Therefore, with dissent discouraged, groups tend to endorse higher risk decisions than individuals would. People with more extreme positions are more likely than others to develop clear arguments and are also most likely to voice them.

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Project Management Statistics: 45 Stats You Can't Ignore

Workamajig

68% - more than 2/3rd - of organizations in PMI's annual survey said that they used outsourced or contract project managers in 2018. ( Between 2017 and 2018, the percentage of organizations using spreadsheets to manage their agile projects dropped from 74% to 67%. Poor communication (29%). Wellingtone ). VersionOne ).

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Celebrating Women in Project Management

ProjectManager.com

Stevens is a podcaster, author, speaker and works with women in project management to reinforce within themselves their true value to their team, company and industry. A recent McKinsey report, called “ Women in the Workforce 2018 ,” states that “progress on gender diversity at work has stalled.”. It’s Time to Change the Ratio.

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My 4 Lessons Learned in Project Management in 2018

PM Basics

In this article, I’m going to share my lessons learned from 2018. We analyze what went good or bad. Here is a thing to notice: More often than not, the project team changes. So, here are the bits of wisdom from 2018. A Mature Team Needs More Leadership, Less Management. In 2018, PM Basics was a priority for me.

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Recap: International Project Management Day 2018

The IIL Blog

On 1 November 2018, thousands of people gathered online for International Project Management Day 2018 : Project, Program, and Portfolio Management in an Age of Digital Disruption , an online learning and knowledge sharing event organized by IIL. Carol Bluebeam Hagen (@carolhagen) November 1, 2018. Value In Use. 92 metrics!

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4 Awesome Teamwork Examples for Agile Teams

nTask

Professionals do not come with a manual so how should Agile teams work in collaboration? What may seem like a completely different ballgame, if studied closely, just may be able to teach Agile teams a thing or two. I made sure I gave them my honest truth, and I told them my very best could damage the team today.”.

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Burnout in Project Management

The IIL Blog

2018)] In many companies, more than 60% of the projects never achieve full or even partial success, and stress and burnout have often been identified as some of the culprits. Techniques have been developed describing ways to recover all or part of the expected business value from a distressed project [Morais-Storz et al.,