Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

In this video I share my top picks for books on Agile, especially for those of you new to Agile or considering moving your organisation to Agile ways of working. These are my current favourite books on agile for project managers. Under the video you’ll see details of each of the books mentioned. A practitioner guide to Agile.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 25, 2024

Learn more History of Kanban Kanban was first introduced in Japan as a lean manufacturing approach pioneered by Taiichi Ohno in the late 1940s. The book laid out the principles of lean manufacturing, which focuses on reducing waste, creating customer value and seeking continuous process improvement, and kanban.

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The IIL Blog

APRIL 24, 2024

It traces its roots to Lean, which is also foundational to other modern management theories. Lean’s primary focus is delivering value quickly and eliminating waste. Toyota was a Lean pioneer. Lean is a set of principles. The “House of Lean” is often used as a metaphor. Value Value is the roof of our House of Lean.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

She has written five books on project management including Communicating Change, Collaboration Tools for Project Managers, Handbook of People in Project Management, Shortcuts to Success: Project Management in the Real World and Customer-Centric Project Management. Related: Top Project Management Conferences of 2019. Jason Westland.

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Project Bliss

MAY 16, 2019

The term Lean Coffee doesn’t sound like a productive meeting session. How is a Lean Coffee better than that? Read on and find out how a lean coffee is a different kind of meeting than anything you may have experienced. WHAT is a Lean Coffee? Why Hold a Lean Coffee? When to Use a Lean Coffee Format?

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 28, 2018

There has been some backlash against Six Sigma over the recent years, some of which is warranted and will be discussed, but overall the process proves a valuable tool in reducing defects in product manufacturing, especially when paired with Agile thinking, lean manufacturing and capable project management tools. Lean Six Sigma.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The most successful students also include reading a range of PMI-ACP books in their exam prep, as well as a training course, just as that little bit of extra comfort. It’s also useful to have books to carry around with you for reference when you can’t access your training materials. Alternatively, choose books that fill in your gaps.

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Henny Portman

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The book “ The Lean-Agile Way – Unleash Business Results in the Digital Era with Value Stream Management ” by Cecil ‘Gary’ Rupp, Richard Knaster, Steve Pereira, and Al Shalloway provides a comprehensive roadmap to optimize processes, improve products, and enhance service delivery.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

He focused his theory on project management with another book, Critical Chain , which came out in 1997. How the Theory of Constraints Works with Lean Manufacturing. Both the theory of constraints and lean manufacturing are methods to improve the effectiveness of your project. Goldratt, an Israeli business management expert.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

He is the author of Reinventing Communication by Routledge, a book on how to design, lead and manage high performing projects. You can see Mark’s book, and all the other experts’ books on Amazon here. He is author of 13 best-selling books, including four about project management. XP, scrum, lean, etc.)

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Lean Project Management As a project management style, lean falls under the agile umbrella. She used Daniel Goleman’s book, Emotional Intelligence , as a guide. It focuses on identifying value, mapping the value stream, creating flow, establishing pull and seeking perfection.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 31, 2023

His work would inspire methodologies such as just-in-time manufacturing (JIT) , lean manufacturing and kaizen. Continuous Improvement and Lean Manufacturing Lean manufacturing focuses on identifying value, value stream mapping, creating flow, establishing pull and continuous improvement.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 7, 2019

It’s not solely about the decisions of executives though, it’s also about great project leaders learning to run fast and lean while developing high performing teams that can deliver value to their organization. Behaviors and competencies for lean and fast teams can differ in many ways. Competencies. Commitment. Accountability.

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Leading Answers

MAY 30, 2021

It has been 10 years since the PMI-ACP exam was created, and I published my PMI-ACP Exam Prep book. In addition to an agnostic understanding of Lean, Kanban, Scrum and other agile approaches, we also agreed people should know about the basics of servant leadership, conflict management, team decision making, and coaching.

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Leading Answers

JUNE 9, 2019

This is where product development books can help. As I was working with clients experiencing the transition from projects to products I was lucky to engage with several authors of product-first, #NoProjects books and chat about the challenge areas and potential solutions. Where did all the project managers go? October 2018.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Again, lean on the team to put together estimates that are reliable: working with the correct numbers makes everything easier and helps you avoid common scheduling mistakes ! Book a power hour with me. Book a power hour Pin for later reading This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management Need a mentor?

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

This is why I appreciate A Scrum Book ( which I co-authored). Lean Thinking: Focuses on continuous improvement rather than a fixed set of rules. Apply Relevant Patterns and Guidelines Use guides, axioms, and principles from Creating Agile Organizations and A Scrum Book to shape your framework and develop the desired capabilities.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The idea was codified by Masaaki Imai, an organizational theorist and management consultant, over 30 years ago with the publication of this book, Kaizen: the Key to Japan’s Competitive Success. The idea of always making small improvements is not dissimilar to lean manufacturing, especially with the emphasis of eliminating waste.

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Manufacturing Lean Healthcare Software Review 385

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 4, 2018

I like the metaphor that Malcolm Gladwell uses in his popular science book, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking. It seems to me that Gladwell’s book leans heavily on the work of research psychologist, Gary Klein. Any serious project manager would do well to read his books. Thin-Slicing. That’s intuition.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 3, 2019

The book makes the point that you can produce multiple responsibility assignment matrices at different levels. Here are some books that will help you take this further. amazon text=A Project Manager’s Book of Forms&asin= 1118430786] by Cynthia Snyder Stackpole. Further Reading.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 29, 2023

H – Project Management Terms Hybrid methodology Refers to the use of two or more separate methodologies on a project, commonly a blend of Agile and Waterfall project management methods, though sometimes incorporating Kanban, Lean or other methodologies of project management.

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Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Lean Event Chain 418

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

There is a chance that processes lean too far in the other direction too. If they don’t realise they have to use the room booking process for sorting out meeting rooms, they will continue to circumnavigate the process and go directly to the office manager: causing problems on both sides, I expect. Processes are too bureaucratic.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 3, 2018

He is the author of Reinventing Communication by Routledge, a book on how to design, lead and manage high performing projects. He is author of 13 best-selling books, including four about project management. XP, scrum, lean, etc.) Second, the use of lean and agile tools and methodologies beyond IT, software and manufacturing.

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Henny Portman

DECEMBER 28, 2021

2021 was again an extremely fruitful book review year. I wrote around 35 book reviews including 12 corresponding quick reference cards and several personal insights, and views on specific topics in the field of project, program and portfolio management. com/2021/06/09/recensie-uit-het-transformatiemoeras/ [link].

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 7, 2019

You can see a list of all their books in one place here. He is the author of Reinventing Communication by Routledge, a book on how to design, lead and manage high performing projects. You can see Mark’s book, and all the other experts’ books on Amazon here. XP, scrum, lean, etc.) Ranjit Sidhu.

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2019 Technical Review PMO Consulting 312

NimbleWork

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Elizabeth is also a prolific author, having published seven books on project and change management. Her book, Shortcuts to Success: Project Management in the Real World , was shortlisted for the prestigious Management Book of the Year Award in 2014, further cementing her status as an influential voice in the field.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 4, 2022

It’s often used in lean construction management to reduce waste and costs. Each contract uses a unit price book to set the price for each job and this is done across a multi-year umbrella contract. A unit price book is a detailed and defined scope of work and estimate of costs for the job based on labor, materials and equipment costs.

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Construction Risk Management Risk Closing 417

ProjectManager.com

JULY 16, 2018

Know when to “lean in” or “lean back.” Sometimes you have to lean in and lean back at the same time, depending on the situation. Number two, some wanna know when do I know when to lean in or lean back? A woman entrepreneur who’s very successful wrote a book about learning to go golf.”

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Lean Influencer 282

ProjectManager.com

APRIL 19, 2024

Kanban is from Japan, originating in the factories of the Toyota car company in the 60s as a lean manufacturing tool for workflow and inventory management. For one, both are ideal for lean and agile projects, limiting work in process and favoring a continuous scheduling flow as opposed to pushing through a schedule. What Is Kanban?

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Kiron Bondale

JUNE 20, 2021

If we analyze these activities through the lens of lean, none of these are value-add. It’s available on Amazon.com and on Amazon.ca as well as a number of other online book stores). If after getting to step 3 there was still no response, you might have either repeated steps 2 and 3, escalated or given up.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 23, 2016

The book makes the point that you can produce multiple responsibility assignment matrices at different levels. Here are some books that will help you take this further. A Project Manager’s Book of Forms by Cynthia Snyder Stackpole. Agile Readiness: Four Spheres of Lean and Agile Transformation by Thomas P.

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Prince2 Consulting Software Review Lean 284

Scrum.org

AUGUST 15, 2022

He is the co-author of the award-winning book Lean UX and the Harvard Business Review Press book Sense & Respond. Most recently Jeff co-founded Sense & Respond Press , a publishing house for practical business books for busy executives. His most recent book, Forever Employable , was published in June 2020.

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Agile Planning Software Review 2022 213

Scrum.org

JUNE 11, 2021

Your goal therefore should be to be reading at least 1-2 books per month that help you get better at being a Product Owner. Here is a solid list of books to get you started in the right direction. The Lean Startup: How Constant Innovation Creates Radically Successful Businesses. Professional Scrum Team.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 21, 2019

He literally wrote the book about it, It’s All in How You Slice It , which came out in 2005. He achieves this with a mixture of agile, lean and lead, UX design and design thinking startup frameworks. The idea of user story mapping can be traced back to Jeff Patton.

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Technical Review 2005 Software Review Development Team Review 386

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 25, 2023

The book Quality Control Handbook, published in 1951 and written by quality expert Joseph Juran, defined cost of quality as having both tangible and intangible costs. It’s also part of Lean Six Sigma, a philosophy of improvement built on the prevention of defects over defect detection.

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Manufacturing Controlling 397

Planview

AUGUST 22, 2024

As a project management leader passionate about process improvement, how have you applied Lean or Agile methodologies to enhance efficiency and reduce waste? We aim to simplify project management best practices by minimizing steps, driving value, and applying Lean principles for efficiency and ease of use.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 19, 2022

According to the Project Management Institute’s Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK), ROM estimates are -25 percent to +75 percent accurate, though others say its range is +/-50 percent. To avoid bias, lean on research and real data to guide you. But how accurate is a ROM estimate?

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