Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

You know the drill – map influence and interest , then work to try to move any negative stakeholders into the quadrant where they should be through interesting communication approaches and stressing the project benefits for them. There won’t be any surprises as they’ve seen the process the whole way through.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 15, 2024

TL; DR: Sunsetting Scrum Masters In this article, I uncover indicators that a Scrum Master’s or Agile Coach’s journey is coming to a close; they are sunsetting Scrum Masters. Shall I notify you about articles like this one? You may notice that the leadership ignores your meeting requests.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 21, 2023

In this article I’ll explain the top three reasons why people aren’t as productive as they would like to be: procrastination, disorganization and poor planning. It can result in turning up late for meetings , not working on the right things, or duplicating tasks that someone else has already completed.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

In Scrum, however, leadership is about influence and facilitation, goal setting and decentralized decision making, not authority. Effective leadership in Scrum requires adapting your style to meet the diverse needs and motivations of team members.

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PM Basics

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Stakeholder management is a set of processes and tools where you identify, understand, and engage with your stakeholders, to manage their expectations, needs and feelings. The goal is to ensure that the stakeholders influence your project positively. This article explores what stakeholder management is. Who must be involved?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 3, 2021

This is a measure of how much influence they have over actions and outcomes. Together, an assessment of these three elements can tell you how engaged a stakeholder is or will be in the work and how they could influence the project. This group has high power and also high legitimacy to influence the project.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

In this article we’ll look at what is a project board, and other names they are known by, who should be there, when to schedule meetings, what to talk about, how to report to this group and lots more so you can make sure it’s working effectively and efficiently. Call your meetings anything you like.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2022

There’s no denying that stakeholder management processes, documents and analysis are a great tool for project communication. In this article, I’ll share some simple things you can do to boost stakeholder engagement through good project communication at all levels. ” “I’m meeting with X on Thursday.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 14, 2022

I have a process to follow for straightforward project decisions. The incremental model of decision making is a process used to make decisions in a step-by-step manner. As decision making models go, it’s a good choice for complex decisions that require a lot of information to be processed. Shall I organize a meeting?

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The strategic goals will be communicated several ways, such as documentation and meetings, but often the most effective tool is the visual strategic map. ProjectManager is award-winning project and portfolio management software that helps you create timelines and budgets for your organization’s projects and processes. Learn more.

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nTask

MARCH 2, 2021

Understanding the fundamentals of the Marketing planning process makes it easier for professionals to come up with a robust marketing plan. The success of marketing depends on the development of an efficient marketing plan, created via a strategic marketing planning process. The Steps Involved In Marketing Planning Process.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 18, 2022

By the end of this article, hopefully, you will have a better understanding of how to approach requirements gathering (which we should really call eliciting requirements) for your next project! Non-functional requirements are the quality attributes that the system must meet, such as performance, security, auditability, and usability.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Learning new skills and knowledge is a highly complex process that involves a wide range of factors, including individual learning personalities, situational factors, and environmental factors. Image Credit: Unsplash | Jason Goodman. . This post is a collaborative effort between Thomas Schissler and Sabrina Love. .

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 18, 2024

Practical work experience counts for such a lot on your CV, and the fact that you can meet professional standards, understand the jargon of the job and interact with others confidently will all help you secure your next role. The application process requires you to show that you have 5 GCSEs at C or above and A Levels or equivalent.

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Scrum.org

MAY 4, 2023

This article is part 3 of the Effective Stakeholder Engagement series. The success of building effective stakeholder communication strategy depends upon the outputs of the first two steps of the stakeholder engagement process i.e. Stakeholder Exploration and Stakeholder Analysis & Mapping.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

They can also be customers, influencers, users, buyers, business partners or suppliers. The benefit of stakeholder engagement Stakeholders can provide early input and insights that can go a long way to help us, as the Product Owner, improve the product's value. Ensure the product meets the needs of all relevant parties.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Simply put, framing is the process of how you look at a problem. That affects how people make choices – and we can influence those choices by how we frame a statement. Framing occurs when people identify the key issues in a situation and then present them in a way that will influence the decision that is made.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 17, 2022

In this article, I’ll give you some tips about how to be aware of the impact of culture on communication at work and how to create an environment that is inclusive. Even bringing different organizations together can create a culture clash, for example, between informal workplaces and those that have strict project governance and processes.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 10, 2023

TL; DR: How To Spot Successful Scrum Masters In this article, I unravel the secrets of what makes a Scrum Master not just good but amazingly outstanding. Shall I notify you about articles like this one? Continuous improvement is a core Agile principle, and effective Retrospectives are crucial for this process.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 22, 2022

This reading list of collaboration books has got some great pointers on the skills, process and experience of engaging people and working together, whether your job is to lead or to follow. Communicating Projects is a process driven book that fully explains the processes of communicating formally on projects. Conflict 101.

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Planview

JULY 29, 2021

Risk management is one of the core project knowledge areas, an essential and ongoing process which can be described as the methodical process of identification, analysis and response to project risks involving several major phases which are similar to all projects. The Risk Analysis Process in Project Management.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

This article was first published in the AskScrum.com newsletter. Subscribe to AskScrum.com to be the first to receive articles like this. The most notable benefits of involving the entire team in the product backlog management process are fostering technical insights for efficiency and collaborative decision-making.

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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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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

You’ve read all the articles, you’ve got ideas about how things could be better. Sharing round a link to one more ’10 ways to be more productive’ article just isn’t making change happen. Don’t just make meetings shorter, cancel them. Cancel one meeting a week and see what suffers.

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Planio

MARCH 25, 2024

Customer acquisition influences everything from how you prioritize features to your go-to-market strategy. To guarantee success, you first need to get inside your customers’ heads and understand where they are in the buying journey — and how you can meet them there. Influencer marketing. Content marketing. Organic search (SEO).

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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. Modelling is the reason we don’t want our children to hang out with “the wrong sort of influence” and it is the reason we want them to hang out with “the right sort of people”. People copy what they see. Tell us about that.

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LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Whether you’re making the move to Agile project management in your development group or creating an Agile process for your in-house project management methodology, chances are you’re going to have to sell this change to executives in your organization. Making a change to meet customer requirements is hard for an executive to deny.

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Moira Alexander

MAY 18, 2016

Whether internal or external, successfully meeting client deliverables is a primary goal behind projects. Making it easy for all applicable team members and stakeholders to seamlessly access the necessary documentation as it increases the likelihood of successfully and accurately meeting deliverables.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

And this article is a summary of what they replied. This may be by adopting a new tool or approach, learning some new skills in listening, influence, or negotiation, or maybe simply allocating more time to it. Rather, as with most years, your ability to thrive has much more to do with your ability to lead and influence.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 22, 2023

We had the go/no go meeting and as I sat in the office, it just felt like we weren’t ready. It’s helpful to have a decision-making process or framework to guide you, especially when faced with complex problems that require additional info from others. Tip: Part of the decision-making process is to identify the decision-makers.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 8, 2022

Have you ever been in a meeting where one person dominated the conversation? The meeting was to discuss processes. The people who did the processes were there. Maybe he did know more about the process than I gave him credit for. Remembering Meetings for the Right Reasons. Maybe the others had nothing to add.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 25, 2022

This is a guest article by Dr Mike Clayton, who is the well-known author and trainer behind Online PM Courses.*. The First Meeting. Read next: How to manage y our first meeting with a project sponsor. And, of course, your relationship with your client is key to starting the process of defining your project’s goals.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 22, 2021

In this article, I’ll explain project communication management, why it matters, give an overview of the communications process, and some examples of where you might apply it on your own projects. THE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT PROCESS. What is project communication management?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 16, 2021

In this article we’ll talk about the top competencies for project managers and how you can develop your skills. Soft skills include: Communication Leadership Self-awareness Confidence Resilience Teamwork Business acumen Influencing and negotiating Networking Stakeholder engagement. Influencing and negotiating. Networking.

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Velociteach

MARCH 6, 2024

The challenge is to create a fair, efficient, effective, and transparent process for our teams and stakeholders. Making better decisions requires understanding the organization and establishing context-sensitive processes. Organizations have a culture that influences the project team’s sub-culture. What role should they have?

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Kiron Bondale

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The industry we are in will influence and constrain our approach. The context of both the performing and receiving organizations will influence project approaches. If you liked this article, why not read my book Easy in Theory, Difficult in Practice which contains 100 other lessons on project leadership? Organizational.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Whether you’re tailoring your resume with project management skills , preparing for an interview, seeking to earn a certification , or simply seeking clarity in meetings, this list of top project management buzzwords should prove to be an invaluable tool. process, policy, practices, perceptions, etc.)

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