Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In this article we’ll look at how to segment costs, how to find out the cost of things, and then how to structure your budget. This guide is most helpful for developing project budgets for projects that are approved or close to being approved, for example as input to a business case. Accurate estimates give you an accurate budget.

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Teamweek

AUGUST 1, 2022

The project is spiraling out of control, scope creep is closing in, and you’re losing sleep because of all the stress. Project cost estimation can be challenging, especially when the project is complicated and has many moving parts. Let’s first clarify what we mean by a ‘project cost estimate’. What is a project cost estimate?

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MPUG

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

In one of my earlier articles, The Twins–Communications and Stakeholder Management , I outlined how deeply and closely these two knowledge areas of the PMBOK® guide interact with each other. While other KAs can possibly interact with the twins like siblings in a family, no other area comes as close to the twins as Resource Management.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2024

The APM BOK defines project quality as: “The fitness for purpose of the degree of conformance of the outputs of a process, or the process itself to requirements.” Good” could be: The buttons are green The process takes less than 3 seconds Latency is 0.1 Good” then becomes your success criteria or quality measures.

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Planview

JULY 29, 2021

This informative and easy-to-read article explores the basics of project budget tracking , including best practices and a 7-phase methodology. Tracking costs involves estimating budgets, establishing controls, measuring results, updating forecasts and continuous communication. Estimate Budgets. Estimate Budgets.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

TL; DR: Lost in Communication and Collaboration Lost in Communication and Collaboration addresses two categories from the Scrum anti-patterns taxonomy that are closely aligned: ineffective collaboration at the stakeholder level, often resulting in an unsuited reporting system based on misaligned metrics. By the way, it’s free.

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ProProfs Project Management

MARCH 18, 2020

In simple terms, the Project Management process is the art of managing all components of a project from starting to closure using a structured scientific methodology. Let’s learn about the whole process while discussing 5 project management steps of a project life cycle. The processes in this phase are: . Initiating.

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PM Basics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Scope management is a combination of processes and tools that help to identify tangible and intangible project outcomes. After that, these integrated processes help to describe, control, and validate the work to be done by the project team in order to create those outcomes. Then, you can dive deeper into each process and tool.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Bottom-up Estimating A project estimation technique that leverages tactical-level team members/subject matter experts (SMEs) to break down tasks into smaller components to create a more accurate estimate. process, policy, practices, perceptions, etc.) Also known as continuous process improvement.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The four types of project management methods are: Data gathering and analysis methods Estimating methods Meetings and events Other (because it’s always worth having a bucket category for anything else, right?). Whether that’s a quality issue, a software bug, a broken process, or human error – it’s all worth investigating. Forecasting.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

This article will explain project contingency, how to calculate contingency and how to manage it within the scope of your projects. Contingency allows us to present final budget estimates as a range, as you can see in the Figure below. The project contingency is therefore cost estimated at a probability value.

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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 1, 2016

For any closed loop control system ‒ let’s assume we want to manage our project with such a system ‒ has a signal representing the current state of the system. DP6Jw is an overview of this process. DP6Jw is an overview of this process. Stochastic process control is the field of study. https://goo.gl/DP6Jw https://goo.gl/DP6Jw

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Kiron Bondale

AUGUST 8, 2021

In my last article, I had written about our current personal project of moving from our current home to a new house in a different city. As our family is a long standing team, the Develop Team process is less relevant than the Manage Team one and significant effort has been spent to ensure that team members are engaged, motivated and focused!

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Teamweek

JULY 29, 2022

“ I’ve done this a million times–let’s skip estimating just this once.”. You rush through the beginning estimates only to miss deadlines, blow budgets, and draw raised eyebrows from clients. In this guide we’ll cover: What are project estimation techniques? What are project estimation techniques? Cost estimations.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 29, 2022

The Product Backlog refinement is a continuous process to create actionable Product Backlogs, enabling a Scrum Team to run Sprint Plannings at a moment’s notice. Shall I notify you about articles like this one? The Scrum Team may refine these items during this process, which increases understanding and confidence.” .

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

This is a guest article by Brantlee Underhill, Managing Director, PMI, North America. By McKinsey & Company’s estimates, this equates to a potential of three months of learning loss in math and one-in-a-half months of learning loss in reading. How do we make this a reality? Project management builds community.

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Teamweek

JULY 29, 2022

Inaccurate time estimation is the cause of 25% of failed projects. Learning how to estimate time for a project is tricky, but critical to its success. In this guide we’ll go over: What is time estimating in project management? Why is estimating time for tasks important? What is time estimating in project management?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Teamhood gives you two levels of Kanban swimlanes so you can design a process that is simple and advanced. I started with the high level process steps – initiation , execution, testing and so on. You can group columns so they represent different themes, steps, teams, whatever, within a process or list. Gantt charts.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 25, 2022

We do it as children, we do it as teenagers (often terrifying our parents in the process) and we do it as adults. Engagement is closely related to motivation. Strengths-based project management is an approach to project management that focuses on the people rather than the process. People copy what they see. Tell us about that.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Do you want to get articles like this one from the Scrum Master Survival Guide in your inbox? Are you involved in the hiring process of new Development Team members? Product Backlog Creation and Estimation. At what stage do you participate in the product discovery process? Read more: Peer Recruiting.).

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 22, 2021

The project manager estimates the resource requirement and creates open positions that get fulfilled by the resource manager. This article aims to cover the essential aspects of project resource management, including a step-by-step guide to creating an effective project resource plan. What are the types of resources used in projects?

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 31, 2023

Deliverables can be both the result of the project itself, but also the results of the process of the project, such as the project plan , reports or other documents. Closing: Projects are temporary endeavors, so they eventually come to an end and need to be formally closed. Projects are made up of deadlines.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

A project budget contains the financial details of your project, including the estimates of all the money you need to layout to lead a successful project, from resources to materials. That process isn’t free. That means your estimates have to be accurate, or as much so as you can make them. Company insurance.

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Resource Guru

JULY 19, 2023

You’ll see their advice and tips throughout the article as we attempt to create more context and practical tips. It refers to the systematic process and sequence of activities that an advertising agency follows to execute advertising campaigns and deliver services to clients. Unsurprisingly, that starts with your processes.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In this article, we aim to dispel any lingering doubts so that you can confidently decide "To use Definition of Ready or not to use." Product Backlog refinement activity: It's the process that helps PBIs become ready. While some embrace it enthusiastically, others avoid it like a burning flame. Is It a Friend or a Foe?

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Herding Cats

DECEMBER 30, 2017

One of the 4 summary root causes of project performance failures is Unrealistic Cost and Schedule Estimates based on inadequate risk-adjusted growth models. If you have no uncertainty, then estimates provide no value. Be an adult, manage other people's money using a risk management process. This is how business works.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 31, 2020

Do you want to get this article in your inbox? That should be a continuous process. Is it a joint team effort with the PO, or is the Product Owner writing the work items and the Development Team estimates them?) How are you estimating the likely effort of a Product Backlog item? Or: when and how do you pick an estimate?

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Herding Cats

MAY 18, 2017

In order to manage risk - and act as an adult when spending other people's money - you must estimate many aspects of the project. The Five Immutable Principles of Project Success layout the aspects of project success that must be managed using estimates. . Control in the presence of uncertainty is Closed Loop.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 23, 2022

This is a guest article by Paul Pelletier, LL.B., Projects are subsets of workplaces and since project management is, for the most part, an activity that involves working very closely with others, the impact of a bully in a project is potentially lethal to project success. What is the complaints process? Is it fair, safe?

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

TL; DR: The Illusion of Velocity In this article, I explore the pitfalls of ‘The Illusion of Velocity’ in agile contexts, peeling back the layers of traditional metrics as leadership tools. Inflexible Structures Hinder Adaptability : Traditional management often has rigid hierarchies and processes designed for stability.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Perhaps you’ve read many blog posts about how horrible SAFe is, or how useless estimation is, or what the optimal size of a team is. What if you recommend teams to stop estimation altogether and cause financial damage compared to when you wouldn’t have recommended this? You may have the practical experience to support your beliefs.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Do you want to get this article in your inbox? This category of the Product Owner theses addresses the meta-level of the Product Owner role and the Scrum process: The Product Owner embraces, shares, and communicates the product vision, representing the customer voice and internal stakeholders. The Product Owner Theses.

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PM Basics

JANUARY 22, 2019

Nevertheless, project planning is a structured and logical process. In this article, I’ll show you a proven workflow. At each moment of the process, you’re in need of information that you don’t have yet. At each moment of the process, you’re in need of information that you don’t have yet. How can you do that?

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 26, 2020

Use this article as a cookbook to get familiar with this practice yourself. Please refer to one of my earlier articles for more background on this point of view. Lastly, to make reliable estimates, a good Definition of Done (DoD) is needed. mt-PBR session process. What is Multi-Team Product Backlog Refinement (mt-PBR)?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 1, 2019

This article reviews and explains the 10 project management Knowledge Areas from the PMBOK® Guide – Sixth Edition. Basically, each Knowledge Area (which you might see abbreviated to KA) is a category of concepts and processes with a common goal. We'll process your data in accordance with our privacy policy. Please try again.

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MPUG

AUGUST 14, 2023

This article delves into the potential challenges of transitioning from an opportunity to a project. The sales folks are close to the customer; the project manager may not have been included in this front end until the project exists. Articulating the project scope change process to the customer at the beginning of the project.

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MPUG

JULY 17, 2023

This article didn’t come out of nowhere. No Estimates In the name of pragmatism, we argue for not estimating because management behaves poorly when the estimates are inaccurate. Not to get dogmatic, but generally speaking, testing should ideally be closely integrated with the development effort rather than at the end.

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