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How to facilitate a project meeting

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Project managers need to be good at facilitation because we run a lot of meetings and take part in a lot of discussions. I’ve run literally hundreds of project meetings during my career, probably thousands. Running a meeting is different to facilitating it. Running a meeting is different to facilitating it.

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5 Tips To Re-Energize Your Daily Standup Meetings

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Elisa Cepale I facilitate daily standup meetings for our support team. In this article, I’ll look at 5 activities you can try in your daily team standup meeting. In this article, I’ll look at 5 activities you can try in your daily team standup meeting. What’s the point of a daily standup meeting?

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Organizational Process Assets: What does that even mean?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

One key tool to success is understanding how to use organizational process assets effectively. But what is an organizational process asset (OPA)? In this blog post, we’ll take a look at what organizational process assets are, why you would use them in project management and some best practices for utilizing these important tools.

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5 Simple Reasons Why Processes Don’t Work

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I bet you have plenty of project management processes, don’t you? The bottom line is this: having processes doesn’t guarantee that your project will be any better than if you didn’t have them. But I’m a big believer in making sure everything is fit for purpose and processes are included in that. Processes are too informal. “Oh,

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10 Simple Tips for Better Meeting Minutes

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Meeting minutes help with communication at work — they ensure people have a common understanding of what the meeting was about and what they should be doing next. 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.

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Your Strategy Planning Meeting Agenda (with Template)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Have you been asked to pull together a strategy planning meeting agenda? In this article, I’ll explain what a strategic planning meeting can cover and share a sample agenda you can customize for your strategy sessions. The conversations need a structure to help keep the pace and ensure the meeting runs smoothly.

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The Risk Management Process in Project Management

ProjectManager.com

When you start the planning process for a project, one of the first things you need to think about is: what can go wrong? In this article, we’ll discuss strategies that let you get a glimpse at potential risks, so you can identify and track risks on your project. 6 Steps in the Risk Management Process. Identify the Risk.