Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 16, 2021

Thursday is the New Friday: How to Work Fewer Hours, Make More Money and Spend Time Doing What you Want is a book by Joe Sanok. In this book, you’ll learn how to build psychological flexibility, question the industrialist mindset and create a working timetable that prioritizes what is important to you. So what if we just worked less?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 25, 2021

Getting It All Done is a book in the Working Parents series from HBR Press. It turned out to be the kind of book I would have read in one sitting, if I hadn’t known I’d be up around 5.30 am with my own kids… and I’ve got a lot better at getting enough sleep these days, however good a book is. We have a family calendar.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

This is a guest article by Isidora Roskic. Learning to successfully manage agile projects requires you to first familiarize yourself with the concept of Agile. What is the agile methodology? The agile movement first began in the 1970s when it was introduced by a doctor named Winston Royce. Where did it start?

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 2, 2023

TL; DR: The Minimum Viable Library for Agile Leaders A new edition of the Minimum Viable Library on Agile Leadership is available! Explore a series of carefully curated collections of essential books, newsletters, podcasts, and tools to elevate your agile expertise. Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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Musings on Project Management

JANUARY 23, 2024

No less an Agile/Scrum eminence than Mike Cohn -- author of some really good books and articles -- has come out with a newsletter on -- are you ready for this? -- what's the meaning of DONE in Agile. perhaps a new GAAP "generally accepted agile practice" for His acronym, a bit a poor choice to my mind, is "DoD".

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 8, 2024

TL; DR: Humble Planning w/ Maarten Dalmijn In this fascinating talk, Maarten introduced the concept of humble planning and why it’s crucial for succeeding with an Agile way of working and building products of exceptional value. It is a must-see for all agile practitioners! ? Hands-on Agile Meetup. ? By the way, it’s free.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 26, 2023

TL; DR: Useless Agile Metrics Ideally, a metric is a leading indicator for a pattern change, allowing your Scrum team to analyze the cause in time and take countermeasures. What if these useless agile metrics lead you in the wrong direction while providing you with the illusion that you know where your team is heading?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

In this video I share my top picks for books on Agile, especially for those of you new to Agile or considering moving your organisation to Agile ways of working. These are my current favourite books on agile for project managers. Under the video you’ll see details of each of the books mentioned.

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Kiron Bondale

AUGUST 7, 2023

“ This made me think about the companies I’ve worked with over the years that had tried to increase their delivery agility and the relative differences in success between those which had few precarious workers and those which had much more. as well as a number of other online book stores).

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

TL; DR: Resistance to Agile Transformations Stakeholders often revert to resistance to agile transformations due to fears about job security, perceived loss of control, comfort with established practices, and misconceptions about Agile. Get notified when the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book is available ! ?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 20, 2018

There are so many books out there. In this video I share 3 books that are fantastic reads for new project managers. Under the video you’ll see details for each of the books. The Project Management Book by Richard Newton. The book is organised in short chapters so it’s easy to read. Yes, this my book!

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Musings on Project Management

JULY 8, 2023

No less an Agile/Scrum eminence than Mike Cohn -- author of some really good books and articles -- has come out with a newsletter on -- are you ready for this? -- what's the meaning of DONE in Agile. perhaps a new GAAP "generally accepted agile practice" for His acronym, a bit a poor choice to my mind, is "DoD".

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 1, 2020

Regular readers will know that I’m not at all experienced in formal Agile project management, but I know it is something that I need to know more about. Today I’m partnering with Eylean to give you an overview of three agile methodologies: Scrum, Kanban and Scrumban. I’ve learned a lot during the research for this article!

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

TL; DR: Hands-on Agile #52: Jim Highsmith & the Agile Manifesto On August 17, 2023, we had the opportunity to interview Jim Highsmith about the path to agile product development: From Wild West to the co-authoring the Agile Manifesto. ? Watch the video now : Jim Highsmith & the Agile Manifesto — Hands-on Agile 52. ?

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Kiron Bondale

JUNE 13, 2021

(Thanks to Don for giving me some fodder for this week’s article). I’ve written previously about my three tests for assessing agility: are we delivering value to our stakeholders early and regularly, are we progressively improving quality, and are we helping our customers, team members and key stakeholders to be awesome.

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Scrum.org

JULY 17, 2023

Health Checks for Agile Teams Agile teams thrive on continuous improvement and adaptability. The true essence of self-assessment in Agile is fostering transparency, collaboration, and relentless improvement. The true essence of self-assessment in Agile is fostering transparency, collaboration, and relentless improvement.

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Underperforming Technical Team Agile 2021 SCRUM 150

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In this article, I’ll look at 5 activities you can try in your daily team standup meeting. If you work with Agile methods , you will likely be attending standup meetings every day. Some teams that don’t use Agile still do standups because they are a good way to catch up with everyone, especially on fast-moving projects.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 14, 2024

In this article, we’ll go through what they mean and what you can expect to do in one of those roles. However, in this article, we’re focusing on people who predominately manage projects. Agile marketing , for example, is a specialist way to apply agile methods to marketing projects.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 15, 2022

In this energizing 43rd Hands-on Agile session on outcome-based product planning, Jeff Gothelf clarified one thing: “Roadmapping is a flawed concept in the age of Agile. Watch the video now: Jeff Gothelf: Outcome-Based Product Planning — Hands-on Agile 43. ?? Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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Henny Portman

DECEMBER 22, 2023

In 2023 I reviewed many books and created several corresponding quick reference cards. In 2023 the English version of the book Agile Portfolio Management I wrote together with Rini van Solingen was published (order at Amazon: [link] ). Agile Portfolio Management, PM World Journal , Vol. van Solingen, R.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 9, 2017

This article, Book Review: Project Management for Humans , first appeared on Girl's Guide to PM. Sometimes I pick up a project management book and it’s like: “I have to read this, book reviews are part of my job, but at least with this one I’m going to get a nice nap at the end.”. I love the writing style.

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Kiron Bondale

JANUARY 9, 2023

This week, I participated in an interesting discussion on Mastodon in which the initiator asked for input on ways to frame agility based on the core problems which a team might be trying to solve. If you liked this article, why not read my book Easy in Theory, Difficult in Practice which contains 100 other lessons on project leadership? (If

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Scrum.org

JUNE 20, 2023

TL; DR: Employing Agile Coaches next to Scrum Masters? Often, when organizations employ agile coaches and Scrum Masters, we can observe that agile coaches work at an organizational level. Shall I notify you about articles like this one? Get notified when the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book is available !

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 3, 2022

In this energizing 44th Hands-on Agile session on product backlog management, Allan Kelly clarified one thing: The backlog was a great idea until it wasn’t. Product discovery, dual-track agile, OKRs, etc., Watch the video now : Allan Kelly: Honey, I Shrunk the Backlog — Hands-on Agile 44. ? The Product Backlog.

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Henny Portman

DECEMBER 28, 2021

2021 was again an extremely fruitful book review year. I wrote around 35 book reviews including 12 corresponding quick reference cards and several personal insights, and views on specific topics in the field of project, program and portfolio management. For Forsa Advies a wrote a series of blogs about agile (in Dutch).

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

TL; DR: Adapt How You Lead for Agile Success w/ Johanna Rothman — ACB21. Too many people say, “With agile, we don’t need no stinkin’ managers.” However, because managers create and refine the culture, modern managers create and refine the agile culture. Without modern management, any agile initiative will die.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 23, 2017

This article, Communicating Change: A New Book From Elizabeth , first appeared on Girl's Guide to PM. It’s the book I would have found really useful on the major enterprise-wide change programmes I’ve led, but I couldn’t find anything to tell me what to do. “ I loved the book! Everyone’s heard of them.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

In this article, I’ll outline what’s currently announced about the changes and how you can prepare. How questions are split on the new exam Project management fundamentals and core concepts Predictive plan-based methodologies Agile frameworks/methodologies Business analysis frameworks What are the reference texts? I didn't know.

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Kiron Bondale

MAY 9, 2021

An HBR article piqued my interest: “Your Board Needs a People Committee” In it, the authors provide services which a talent-focus on the part of a subset of the board could bring to helping the leadership teams they support in attracting, retaining and developing their #1 asset. Take it to the board! (If

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 16, 2023

TL; DR: Hands-on Agile #53: An Agile Coaches Guide to Storytelling with Bob Galen On September 5, 2023, we had the opportunity to listen to Bob Galen on “An Agile Coaches Guide to Storytelling.” In this session, Bob shared his experience coaching an agile coach struggling to connect with a development manager.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In this highly engaging talk at the Agile Camp Berlin 2021, Jimmy Janlén addresses the core element of “Agile,” it’s key to speed, innovation, and success: team autonomy. Shall I notify you about articles like this one? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 34,000-plus subscribers. ??

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Leading Answers

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

We intuitively know that a successful agile adoption requires more than copying agile practices. You may have seen the “agile iceberg” model that shows the visible practices agile teams perform as the tip of an enormous iceberg supported by a mindset, values and principles. Belief in the core agile mindset and values.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

TL; DR: Diana Larsen on the Agile Fluency Model. On October 12, 2022, agile innovator Diana Larsen delved into the Agile Fluency® Model. After a short introduction to the model, we shifted to an ask-me-anything-style discussion of the groundbreaking view of agile and teams. ?? The Agile Fluency® Model.

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Kiron Bondale

JANUARY 22, 2023

A Mastodon post inspired me to ask ChatGPT to compose a song about agility in a Weird Al Yankovic take on Right Said Fred’s “I’m too sexy” Hope you like it! If you liked this article, why not read my book Easy in Theory, Difficult in Practice which contains 100 other lessons on project leadership?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 19, 2023

In this article, we’ll cover what you need to know about the different categories of PDUs and how many you need to get, plus some simple and free ways to earn PDUs in 2023. PDUs with the Agile PrepCast $129 Earn 30.5 PDUs by listening to The Agile PrepCast and learning more about agile tools and methods. Free training!

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

PRINCE2 Agile Foundation. PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner. Someone in an Agile environment will benefit most from the Agile version as it is the best fit for their working practices. What about agile project managers? Honestly, I don’t think many employers (or even trainers) rate PRINCE2 Agile. Your next steps.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

In this article, I’ll share my 12 top tips for exam success. Tab your book. Foundation is a closed book exam so you have to work from memory only. The PRINCE2 Practitioner exam is open book, which means you can take the (print) manual into the exam with you. But it’s a big book. Write in your book.

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