ProjectManager.com

MARCH 6, 2024

While Tableau doesn’t have project management features, you can still use it to make a Gantt chart. In this blog, we’ll learn how to make a Gantt chart in Tableau and explore its key features and limitations. Does Tableau Have a Gantt Chart? ProjectManager’s Gantt chart is a robust project planning, scheduling and tracking tool.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 19, 2023

If you are close to your recertification deadline, read my guide on how to quickly earn PDUs for renewal. All Ways of Working PDUs count towards Project Management Professional ( PMP )® maintenance, even if they are in a subject that feels more aligned to a different certificate, like the scheduling or risk credentials.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 4, 2024

Your single best investment to improve your professional standing ; order the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now! ? Write articles or blog posts : Choose a specific principle each month and write an article or blog post on how it can be applied effectively. Check out also how I can support you on your journey below. ?

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 13, 2023

ProjectManager is award-winning project management software, but our website is a hub for all things project-related. We publish weekly blogs on the topic, and have in-depth guides, tutorial videos and free project management templates for Excel and Word. Get started with ProjectManager today for free. Learn more 3.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 21, 2024

The ability to keep teams working at capacity, but not overworked and threaten burnout and poor morale requires project management software. ProjectManager is award-winning project and portfolio management software that helps plan and manage resources in real time. These set intervals are either time-based or event-driven.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 29, 2023

Everything you need to know about project management terms is here in one list! Check back often, as this list of project management terminology is ever-evolving, just like project management itself! Check back often, as this list of project management terminology is ever-evolving, just like project management itself!

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 10, 2023

If you’re not working from an agenda or you don’t manage those meetings, that can be true. Let’s take a look at 10 different types of project management meetings and define them, and we’ll start with the definition of what a project meeting is. But meetings are critical for project planning and team collaboration.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 29, 2023

Once the weather starts to change and temperatures start to heat up, project managers from all industries start to have something in common: it’s hard to stay motivated on your project when you’d rather be outside! How are you going to manage that? Managing multiple projects can be done, and most of us do it every day.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 10, 2022

Managing lots of projects at the same time is tough. Here’s how 6 project managers stay on top of multiple projects – and keep their sanity. It was fun to talk to them to find out more about their tactics – the tip from Christine about diary management is definitely going to change the way I plan my week. Helen Curel.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Are you feeling a bit left out after reading the Scrum Guide ? The Scrum Guide doesn’t explicitly call out the role of the Leader but successful implementation of Scrum definitely requires leadership. . The Scrum Guide describes the leadership required by the Product Owner, Scrum Master, and Developers.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 24, 2022

In case you’ve only just stumbled across this blog, in 2021 I celebrated 15 years of blogging about project management. In September 2007 I published a guide to why projects fail. That was back in the days before I had brand guidelines for how my blog should look – we’ve updated quite a few things since then!

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2024

Project strategy is the plan that defines a project, which is why project management strategy is so important. To better manage projects, one must clearly understand project strategy, who’s responsible for it in the organization and the steps to create a project strategy. What Is Project Strategy?

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Scrum.org

APRIL 18, 2022

Welcome to Scrum Sutra – a blog series where I shall share a 3-min overview of each element of Scrum and how it connects with the other elements in the bead to form Scrum Sutra. The Daily Scrum also helps improve collaboration and surface impediments, and promotes quick decision-making. Today, it's about the Daily Scrum.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

A while back, I asked project management experts w hat we should be aware of as we go into the new year to achieve their most successful year ever? I’m sure you take away tips and ideas for making this your best year yet managing projects at work. And this article is a summary of what they replied. Let’s jump in.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 15, 2024

While professional project managers understand that these should be collaborative efforts with and by the entire team, we still see that in a lot of, if not most cases, senior management is looking to the project manager for all these aspects as being the single accountability. All on the shoulders of the project manager.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 15, 2024

While professional project managers understand that these should be collaborative efforts with and by the entire team, we still see that in a lot of, if not most cases, senior management is looking to the project manager for all these aspects as being the single accountability. All on the shoulders of the project manager.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 9, 2023

Numerous industry surveys have been conducted over the last decade that report a number of outcomes from being agile, including an improved ability to manage changing priorities, increased team productivity, improved transparency, improved team morale, and a faster delivery. This is where Agile OKRs come in.

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Scrum.org

JULY 25, 2021

In December 2020, Johannes Schartau , Christiaan Verwijs , and I published the Zombie Scrum Survival Guide. What did Zombie Scrum look like and how did they manage to improve the situation? In this blog post, we share the 10 success factors that stood out the most. Make the Scrum events goal-oriented. What happened?

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 24, 2022

So you recently started using Scrum and are struggling to get the most out of the Scrum events? In this blog post you will find some tips and tricks that will boost facilitation of your Daily Scrum. In this blog post you will find some tips and tricks that will boost facilitation of your Daily Scrum. Scrum Guide 2020 ].

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Function Point

JULY 4, 2023

In our last blog post we spoke about why your creative agency should have a blog. Now that you are hopefully convinced that it is worthwhile to start producing content online to highlight your expertise, we will present some key success factors that will help you develop a successful blogging strategy.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 4, 2022

The scrum methodology was developed as a response to rigid project management approaches such as the waterfall method, which didn’t adapt to the needs of agile product and software development teams. Scrum is a simple project management framework that facilitates team collaboration on complex product and software development projects.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 5, 2022

In this blog post, I share my thoughts on this alternative approach. Another example of this is what we’ve come to call “Happy-Clappy Scrum”, in our book the “ Zombie Scrum Survival Guide ”. An alternative approach: quick tips! In the Scrum Team Survey , we call these 15% Solutions “Quick Tips”. Why does it matter?

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 21, 2022

It records all events using symbols to represent different stages or equipment and helps production managers improve manufacturing speed and quality. Managers get transparency into the process and can reallocate resources as needed to keep the production flowing smoothly. Get started with ProjectManager today for free.

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Workzone

OCTOBER 30, 2021

The information age is fueled by internet tutorials, tips, tricks and guides on almost any topic. Project management is no exception, and there’s tons you can learn and share by browsing project management blogs across the web. How can you actually use these blogs? How can you actually use these blogs?

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

An event is a project. In order to have a successful event, you need an event plan to coordinate all the elements so that they fall together correctly. A good place to start is with an event plan template. Download the Free Event Plan Template for Excel. What Is an Event Plan?

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

However, in project management, project assumptions are essential for planning a project. Let’s take a look at how project assumptions are defined in project management and why they’re so important. An assumption in project management can be an event or circumstance that one expects to happen over the life cycle of the project.

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Scrum.org

JULY 25, 2023

Scrum is an agile project management system Scrum is breaking work down into small tasks to be delivered faster. In this blog, we look to explore and clear up some common misunderstandings about Agile and Scrum, which we hear in our Scum training. Agile eliminates the need for planning or documentation. However, Agile is neither.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 16, 2023

I changed my role from Project Manager to Scrum Master, the developers slowly moved from programmers to product developers , and we tried many experiments with the Product Owner role because that proved to be a returning challenge. Word of warning, this isn’t going to be a “Scrum Guide post”. Invite customers to the Scrum events.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 24, 2022

As a copywriter I work for a variety of clients, and I fit in blogging and my own writing projects like my new book too. I use Inifinity to manage my own writing workload, content creation, emails and more. I use Inifinity to manage my own writing workload, content creation, emails and more. I upload my work when it’s done.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 28, 2022

Whether you’re managing a traditional, agile or hybrid project, they all have one thing in common: documentation. Depending on the methodology, project management requires a lot of paperwork, which is why records management is so important. After this quick guide, you’ll be able to better manage any project.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

The best project managers invest time in professional development. It might not always be easy, but continually learning is one of the sure-fire ways of staying on top of the trends in project and programme management. Do you want more suggestions for free and low cost ways to build your project management skills?

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The creation of a production order will trigger certain events in the manufacturing process. All this is part of the larger manufacturing process that can be controlled with project management software. ProjectManager is award-winning project management software that has customizable kanban boards to visualize the production workflow.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 18, 2020

As a manager, you’re in a good place to support their goals, even if they don’t directly report to you. Generally speaking, people who enjoy coming to work and feel supported by their team and management will be more creative. Circulate nice emails of praise from management or customers. More ideas! Say thank you.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 16, 2021

Determine what the root cause is: There are other tools that can help, such as the five whys, which we’ll get to in a moment, a fault tree, cause and event tree and more. Monitor, track and report on the solution: Project management software can facilitate this step. The Fishbone Diagram. Root cause analysis is about cause and effect.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 30, 2022

One day your project management status updates might self-destruct. In a parallel universe, some of the key drivers of project management are to communicate, to inform and to develop high performing teams. Given how popular and powerful social media has become, what will this mean for the way we manage projects?

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 20, 2021

It’s no wonder so much of project management is focused on risk! Controlling risk, having a risk response plan and implementing risk response strategies are methods to better manage your project and deliver success. Another way is to have project management software to plan and track your risk response strategies.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 26, 2021

In this blog post, I’ll describe the difference between Scrum teaching & preaching, why it matters, and what you can do to improve the situation. They work hard to make sure that everyone understands how the artifacts, events, roles, and principles promote empiricism and agility. because it was recently added to the Scrum Guide.

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