Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Estimation is a complementary practice Scrum Teams use in Product D evelopment. The purpose of estimation is to provide a rough idea of how much effort, time, and budget are needed to complete specific features or PBI- Product Backlog Item of the product.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 25, 2022

I caught up with Ruth to find out more about how to motivate teams and why it’s something you should be actively doing. We do it as children, we do it as teenagers (often terrifying our parents in the process) and we do it as adults. This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management. Tell us about that.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

TL; DR: Estimates Are Useful, Just Ditch the Numbers. Many people dislike estimating work items as estimates supposedly open the path to the misuse of velocity by the managers, reintroducing Taylorism, micro-management, and excessive reporting through the backdoor. Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 29, 2022

Consider the following attributes of a modern transaction processing system, whether located on a server in the corporate data center or delivered as Software-as-a-Service in the Cloud. Work with them to identify relevant security controls, how to implement them as procedures, and how to validate that they work correctly.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 2, 2022

How to create a rolling wave plan. The next step in the planning process is to create a project schedule for the first wave, in conjunction with the team. Gather accurate estimates for the work that is now on the near-term horizon, and update your schedule with those detailed activities now you know about them.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 20, 2023

In this article we’ll look at the types of artifacts in project management, typical documents for each type. Artifacts in the PMBOK Guide – Seventh Edition Artifacts are categorized in the PMBOK® Guide – Seventh edition into 9 different types and that’s what this article is going to look at. What is an artifact?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 29, 2024

I’ll show you how. Then I’ll show you a worked example (from a fictional proposal but you will be able to see how to apply this to your project). For more on how to create a project budget, this article has all the info you need.) So, how do you convince an evaluator that your idea will work?

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2018

If so, it might be time to start implementing proven project management processes and phases at your organization in order to bring your company’s workflow under control. Cost: Estimate the costs involved across the project and formulate a budget. Phases of Project Management. Initiation. This is where all projects begin.

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Teamweek

AUGUST 1, 2022

Project cost estimation can be challenging, especially when the project is complicated and has many moving parts. In this guide, you’ll learn: What a project cost estimate is Why most project cost estimates are terrible How to create an accurate project estimate What to do after creating your project cost estimate.

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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. Scope management is the way to deal with that, so let’s talk about how we can use change control protocol to help with it all. Change control or change management is the process of managing unplanned but desired influences on the project.

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Epicflow Blog

JULY 5, 2022

Estimation of project cost is one of the core practices of the project initiation stage, which becomes the basis for the approved project budget. However, the main challenge of this process is that it has to be performed under conditions of uncertainty – you can forecast only the approximate budget you’re going to spend on a project.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 27, 2022

Here’s the 5 step ESI process for getting out of trouble — I saw a webinar hosted by them and these are my notes. . You establish a road map and process to achieve the goals, and continue to build confidence and morale. You validate estimating methods and their accuracy. Recovery Phase. Step 4: Develop recovery plan.

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Teamweek

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Top-down estimating is a form of estimation where existing knowledge of similar projects is used in the estimation process to produce a ballpark figure for the total cost. Like other methods to estimate a new project’s cost , top-down estimation has advantages and disadvantages. What is top-down estimating?

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MPUG

APRIL 18, 2024

For a deeper dive into defining scope and getting stakeholders on-board, refer to the previous article – Scope Creep: How to Prevent a Major Source of Project Failure. This article provides an overview of the scoping process in four steps. It is incumbent upon you to get your scope right during the definition stage.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Using project planning templates can help you schedule tasks, estimate budgets and allocate resources. They provide you with a consistent project documentation process, which can then be archived and retrieved to inform future planning. Included is a risk log and the process you’ll use for change management to avoid delays.

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Teamweek

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Parametric estimation is a crucial estimation technique in project management. That’s because parametric estimations are highly accurate and take some guesswork from your estimation process. What is parametric estimating? The more granular the parameter, the more accurate the estimate.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 5, 2019

In this article we’ll look at 3 methods to track percent complete. It’s a way to track project progress – quite an important part of how to manage a project. Percent complete on a project refers to how far through you are for any given task (or the project overall). Ask them how they rate progress on the task. I'm in!

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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? Feel free to skip ahead to the how-to steps.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 17, 2023

Read on and learn more about how a project management tool that is reasonably usable when you use it out of the box without any modifications turns into a bureaucratic nightmare, what the reasons for this might be, and what we can do about it. ?? Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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Planio

APRIL 22, 2024

According to some estimates , PMs spend 90% of their time communicating with team members, sponsors, and stakeholders. 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. The current status or problem 3.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Need to know how to plan an event? For this article, let’s focus on large events. A conference is a common type of large event, so for our purposes, let’s talk about a TEDx conference that we were involved in to illustrate how to plan an event. You’ll also want to estimate the amount of people expected to speak and attend.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In roles where time-tracking is useful, look into tools like Toggl , where your team can log how much time they spend working on each task. It can be helpful to compare estimates back to actuals to review how accurate the estimates were and inform future task planning. Remote has created a useful guide on the topic.

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Planio

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

If you’re a founder, product strategist, or team leader looking to beat the competition and deliver for your customers, this article is for you! In the process of developing a competitive analysis, you’ll gather and analyze data on your ideal customer base, competition, distribution channels, and pricing and marketing strategies.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

I caught up with Ruth to find out more about how to motivate teams and why it’s something you should be actively doing. We do it as children, we do it as teenagers (often terrifying our parents in the process) and we do it as adults. How can you use that information to build a more motivated and rounded team? Tell us about that.

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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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Scrum.org

JANUARY 29, 2024

See our article What is Iterative, Incremental Delivery? The Hunt for the Perfect Example for more about how to explain Incremental delivery to your team.) In this article, we'll explore - and debunk! Explanation: Software development is an evolving process. Instead, Developers deliver something of value every Sprint.

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Kiron Bondale

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

Project managers need to be comfortable with different estimation techniques. Foundational project management courses will teach you about analogous, bottom-up, parametric and three-point estimating. Take a course covering agile delivery and you’ll learn about relative sizing techniques such as estimating poker or t-shirt sizing.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 8, 2021

Recruiters will need to become servant leaders or facilitators, guiding the peer recruiting process. This first article will cover the Scrum Master role. ?? Shall I notify you about articles like this one? Recruiters will need to become servant leaders or facilitators in this peer recruiting process.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 18, 2021

In this article we’ll look at the types of artifacts in project management, typical documents for each type. Artifacts are categorized in the PMBOK® Guide – 7 th edition into 9 different types and that’s what this article is going to look at. The article will be updated in due course. What is an artifact? Logs and registers.

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Project Risk Coach

MAY 6, 2019

Let's explore how to manage project scope. Read this article from Villanova University. The lowest levels of the WBS are the work products and deliverables used for scheduling, estimating, monitoring, and controlling the project. Learn how to build a WBS. Take changes through a change control process. Brian Tracy.

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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. 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.” What does it mean to “do” project quality?

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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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Epicflow Blog

MARCH 2, 2020

If the sales rate decreases, think over all the parties participating in this process. To understand the figures, there’s nothing better than talking to the heroes involved in the process of data production. How New Managers Can Get Better at Making Decisions. How to Help Your Managers Engage Their Teams.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 3, 2022

It’s a guide to how the project will be managed. And as a project manager, it provides the guardrails and guidelines for how you are going to do your job. In this article, you’ll learn about 20 things to include in a project plan. This is the ‘how’. So what does go in the project management plan ?

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 28, 2019

employers an estimated $544 billion in lost productivity each year. If productivity is a problem on your team, consider the many potential blockers and how you can fix them. When you make it collaborative by involving others in the process, responsibilities can be shared, and the amount of work can be divided.”

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Teamweek

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

You can track time manually, but time-tracking apps automate the process, making it easier and more accurate. When scheduling a project, you estimate how much time tasks should take and who will work on each task. But, with a workload management tool, the process is much easier and accurate.

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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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