Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 28, 2023

of investment is wasted due to poor project performance. These colors make up the traffic light colors coding scheme for categorizing project status. It could be over budget, running behind schedule or have uncontrolled scope changes (or all three). The budget is overspent by more than 10%/outside tolerance.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

My guide to adding projects to LinkedIn will show you how to make the most of showcasing what you’ve achieved. Review your profile You can add a lot of detail to your LinkedIn profile, and if you haven’t logged in for a while, all the different sections to complete can feel a bit overwhelming. Strike the balance!

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 11, 2022

Here’s how to showcase your projects on your CV (as we call a resume here in the UK, and I’ll use both terms interchangeably in this article) to make it clear what you are capable of. I’ve included some examples below so you can see how to phrase your resume sections. Here’s how to do it. You get the picture.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 8, 2022

Planning is an essential part of what project managers do, so you would expect there to be some mention of how to deal with fixed date projects in the PRINCE2® manuals. Project managers still need some guidance on how to manage projects that have a fixed date. This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Using project planning templates can help you schedule tasks, estimate budgets and allocate resources. Project management software does more than a static Excel or Word template, but using these free 12 project planning templates for Excel and Word is a decent substitute. That’s how you deliver on time and within budget.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 27, 2023

Category: Training for students preparing for Project Management Professional ( PMP )® and Certified Associates in Project Management ( CAPM )®: BrainBOK review. I’ve reviewed the product in depth so I can confidently recommend it. He kindly gave me access to the product for a short while so that I could review it for you.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 22, 2024

Organizational culture, management expectations and lack of the right software to provide visibility into the problem all contribute to the headache. I suggest adding the relevant ones to your risk log so they are constantly under review. Resources are assigned inconsistently How are your resources assigned?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

In this article, we’ll look at the causes of team conflict on projects, how to identify conflict and resolution strategies so you can all get back to work. If you prefer to watch videos instead of read, skip on to the videos in each section that summarize the article. What is team conflict?

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Project Risk Coach

MARCH 21, 2022

Or perhaps your team said they had gathered the requirements, but in reality, the team had hastily rushed through the requirement process resulting in rework, missed deadlines, and another blown budget. Read my article: Why Project Managers Need Business Analysts. Let's look at 12 common requirements mistakes. Requirement.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 21, 2022

My software projects needed releasing, so we had to follow the formal process and engage with the release manager to make sure that the bug fixes and new features got pushed to the production environment in a controlled way. In this article, I’ll explain what a release manager does and what skills you need to make a success of this role.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Trello vs. Asana is a likely matchup for anyone looking for the right project management software. ProjectManager is award-winning software that’s the winner in a contest between Trello vs. Asana because it’s true project management software. It was created in 2011 by Fog Creek Software.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2024

Everyone wants their projects to be “quality” but I often get asked about how to manage project quality in real life. Also, if you have internal auditors or a Quality Assurance function, or someone in the PMO who can do an informal (or formal) project review, book that in as well. What does it mean to “do” project quality?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Here’s how to make that happen so you can move on to your next project knowing you’ve left this one behind all tidy. Scope can include system descriptions, design documents, process maps and other documentation as well as the software or systems themselves. Budget Share the project budget position.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 16, 2018

I’m delighted to be partnering with CornerThought lessons learned software for this article. Lessons Learned Software To The Rescue. As regular readers may know, I review a lot of project management software tools. I was invited to demo the tool, and it’s changed how I think about lessons learned databases.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

One of the reasons for that is scope creep – and that’s what this article is all about. By the way, the answer to that question is: “Yes, let me analyze what the impact will be and bring you a recommendation for what that means for our current budget and timeline.”). How to avoid scope creep. How do you do that?

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Planio

APRIL 22, 2024

The recommendation Executive summary example #1: Project status update Executive summary example #2: Resource decision How to write a great executive summary for your next project 1. Re-review and pull out the key elements 4. This would cause the project to exceed its forecasted budget by $22,000. 60,000) from 1st January.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 28, 2021

Ever since Christiaan and I shifted our focus towards product development — in specific, the Scrum Team Survey — the Sprint Review became an important recurring event. It’s important because the Sprint Review contains an element we can’t go without. The Purpose Of The Sprint Review.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 27, 2016

I last reviewed ProjectManager.com in 2013. Time to revisit the software and see what has changed. Click on Create a new Project and enter the project details – including the rate for resources and the project budget. Other Features: Timesheets and Budgets. General information. Name: ProjectManager.com.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 3, 2023

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge – ( PMBOK® Guide ) Seventh Edition represents a major shift in the way ‘how to do project management’ is presented by PMI. If you are studying for the Project Management Professional (PMP)® exam, this is the article you need to help you break down and understand the contents of the exam.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 20, 2022

TL; DR: Scrum Master Interview Questions on the Sprint Review. Scrum has repeatedly proven to be the most popular framework for software development. Given that software is eating the world , a seasoned Scrum Master is nowadays in high demand. It is the Sprint Review. Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 19, 2021

We were due to go live with our pilot software launch but things didn’t feel right. Using a framework is important to ensure consistency in how decisions are made, and to help minimize or remove any personal bias around certain solutions or options that might unfairly sway the outcome. Step-by-step overview.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 31, 2023

ProjectManager is powerful project management software that can be used by both experienced and beginner project managers and team members to manage projects. See how ProjectManager’s Gantt chart can help you stay organized. Each task and phase of the project has a due date, which means your project has a schedule.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 23, 2022

In this article you will learn: Why enabling Scrum Teams with UX Design capabilities is important. How to use a UX Design maturity level to coach teams to deliver better outcomes. . ?? Likewise, the Agile movement is rooted on turning software projects into initiatives based on collaboration and a more continuous delivery.

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LiquidPlanner

DECEMBER 7, 2022

As such, most of us are facing resource constriction and forced now to think about how to do more, with less. This article offers several solutions to this challenge, providing prioritization, process and people tips and how technology can be leveraged. The solution is to deploy processes that align and focus daily work.

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Technical Review Software Review 2023 Underperforming Technical Team 148

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

This will give them some facilitation experience and help the team think about how to elicit risk from a group. They can also get involved with other ways of identifying project risk such as: Documentation reviews Interviewing Preparing cause and effect diagrams Using risk identification checklists. Identify risk response strategies.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

It will look very much like a Gantt chart, but won’t be interactive and, therefore, less powerful than Gantt chart software. If you need more than a simple Gantt chart, try ProjectManager , an award-winning project and portfolio management software with powerful Gantt charts that do more without the difficulty of other digital Gantt charts.

Software Review 337

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 15, 2024

This Article allows you to explore these methodologies in-depth, tailor them to fit your unique project needs, and wield them to achieve unparalleled project outcomes. Ready to transform your approach to project management and software development? Agile methodologies offer a path to mastering these challenges.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 10, 2022

Now we’ve approved the budget and the project has started, how much will it really cost? What has that done to the budget? How much will we have spent on this work by the time this project is finished? Estimate at Completion equals Budget at Completion divided by Cost Performance Index). Project is going to plan.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 6, 2022

This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management. The projects that you read about in the media are often high profile, with budgets in the multimillions or even billions. Further education is generally what people think of first when they consider how to become a project manager.

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Planio

MARCH 25, 2024

Whether you’re a product manager, team leader, or marketer, you should be aware of how customer acquisition happens, what channels your company uses, and how to measure the success of their projects. 12 customer acquisition channels How to create a winning customer acquisition strategy in 2024 1. Why is it so hard to get right?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 5, 2022

The ones that hit the papers are often public sector projects because their audits and budgets are more open to scrutiny. This was largely due to the unforeseen increase in the cost of steel. It also cost ten times more than the original budget, finally coming in at £430 million. Instead, tax payers have footed the bill.

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TrustRadius Project Management

OCTOBER 27, 2022

If you want to ensure that your team can manage their complex projects and operations, ERP software may be the solution. What is ERP Software? Enterprise resource planning ( ERP ) software is like a virtual task master for any complex business needs. The most popular ERP software vendors include Thryv , SAP , and Oracle.

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TrustRadius Project Management

OCTOBER 27, 2022

If you want to ensure that your team can manage their complex projects and operations, ERP software may be the solution. What is ERP Software? Enterprise resource planning ( ERP ) software is like a virtual task master for any complex business needs. The most popular ERP software vendors include Thryv , SAP , and Oracle.

Software Review 62

Software Review Software Technical Review Artificial Inteligence 62

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 26, 2023

Claire reviews the resource allocation reports in her project management software. But when resources are planned properly, you should have fewer delays due to lack of materials or personnel. Both are made easier by having software tools that can do the heavy lifting or modeling for you. Let’s take an example.

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Project Bliss

MAY 10, 2017

Everybody’s talking about agile software development these days: project managers, software developers, IT directors, small startups and big corporations. What is Agile Software Development? Agile software development is an approach that promotes delivering value quickly to the customer.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 18, 2020

This is a guest article by Mauricio Prinzlau. Due to improvements in networking and the quality of internet connectivity, cloud based backup options have gained market share and are in fact superior to onsite backup in most applications. How To Choose The Right Cloud. How to choose the right cloud option. Hybrid cloud.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 2, 2023

In this article we’ll look at why minutes are worth doing and then dive into the 10 simple tips for taking effective meeting minutes. Start with an action review Whether or not you reviewed the actions from last time at the beginning of the meeting, put them at the start of the minutes. Why bother with minutes?

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