Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

The project tolerance definition I use in my book, Project Manager , is this: Tolerances are how much you can flex within your project without having to go back for approval. Sustainability tolerance Sustainability tolerances are new for 2023 in PRINCE2 7. Welcome to the wonderful world of project tolerances.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 2, 2023

This conflicts with the advice Scott Berkun gives in his book, Making Things Happen. You need to sustain progress while planning recovery. Sustained control is necessary to prove that something has been turned around. The five-step project recovery plan Here’s the five-step ESI process for getting out of trouble.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 21, 2024

This subtle change signals a seismic shift in mindset: from temporary initiatives to sustainable, evolving solutions. Or take Amazon, which went from selling books to becoming a behemoth in e-commerce and cloud services, driven by a relentless focus on customer-centric products, not finite projects. Why Promote a Product Culture?

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The IIL Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

These innovative tools are poised to revolutionize project processes, augment decision-making capabilities, and optimize resource utilization. Dr. Kerzner is the author of bestselling books and texts, including the acclaimed Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling , Thirteenth Edition.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 15, 2016

It took me a while to get my hands on Simon Moore’s book, Strategic Project Portfolio Management *, but I’m rather glad I did. I read a lot, and I notice fonts, layout, box copy, but in this book, most of all the lovely tables. Praising a book because it is pretty is probably shallow, but it does matter for the reader experience.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 29, 2023

TL; DR: Scrum Team Failure This post on Scrum team failure addresses three categories from the Scrum anti-patterns taxonomy that are closely aligned: Planning and process breakdown, conflict avoidance and miscommunication, and inattention to quality and commitment, often resulting in a Scrum team performing significantly below its potential.

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Kiron Bondale

MAY 30, 2021

It is relatively easier for leaders to make staff who are co-located with them feel comfortable about speaking up, but it takes greater effort for them to establish and sustain such safety with dispersed team members. It’s available on Amazon.com and on Amazon.ca as well as a number of other online book stores).

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The name is apt, as the waterfall methodology is a process in which the phases of the project flow downward. When implementing the agile methodology , project planning and work management are adaptive, evolutionary in development, seeking early delivery and are always open to change if that leads to process improvement.

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Kiron Bondale

MAY 16, 2021

After reading an HBR article this week in which the authors provided a number of suggestions on how to sustain newly adopted behaviors in the context of the imminent return to in-person office work, I thought that a nudge-based approach might also help with increasing psychological safety.

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Leading Answers

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Now that my Beyond Agile book has been published, I would like to thank some people who helped shape its content and ideas. Alistair Cockburn and Joshua Kerievsky helped me appreciate the balance between people-focussed activities and effective processes. “.Agile Agile processes harness change for the customer’s competitive advantage.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Because PRINCE2® is a broad-brush approach, it doesn’t cover technical processes or specific techniques, but it will fit alongside them. There’s a process to guide work through the stages so there is adequate control at every point. It sets out how to define product quality, how to measure it and the process for controlling it.

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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. Stakeholder management refers to a series of ongoing processes where you organize, engage and improve the relationships with your project’s stakeholders.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2018

Most project management books will tell you this: If you make sure that the triple constraint is covered, you won’t have any problems. But apart from time, scope, and cost, there are six additional constraints that limit the process of properly accomplishing the project’s goals. Sustainability. Tool for Handling Sustainability.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Preorder the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now for delivery in January 2024! ?️ Short-Term Focus : Driven by quarterly results or immediate performance metrics, these organizations push for quick deliveries, often at the expense of long-term value or sustainable development.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 13, 2024

This is counterintuitive to the Agile manifesto, which emphasizes individuals and interactions over processes and tools, and responding to change over following a plan. An upward curve of undone work, contradicting the essence of Agile, which is to minimize such backlogs and ensure a sustainable pace of development. Enjoy this video?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 7, 2022

They don’t waste time looking for stuff or trying to work out how to get things done because there are systems, tools and processes that support them. Whole books (like this one, my favorite) have been written about how to improve productivity. And we want to make those habits sustainable. Work is done efficiently.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Learn how these Scrum anti-patterns categories manifest themselves and how they affect value creation for customers and the organization’s long-term sustainability. This is the second of three articles analyzing the 183 anti-patterns from the upcoming Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book.

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Velociteach

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Understanding PMP Timelines The PMP certification process typically takes anywhere from 6 weeks to 6 months, depending on various factors. Velociteach’s PMP certification training courses can significantly streamline this process, providing a structured approach to cover the extensive material efficiently.

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Wrike

JANUARY 12, 2024

Jeff Kinney’s hit children’s book series, Diary of a Wimpy Kid , was first released in 2007 and is still rolling out installments each year. Today, we’re going to discuss the ins and outs of the NPD process, an effective method that can accelerate innovation, bring new ideas and designs to market, and propel you to success.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 15, 2024

Preorder the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now for delivery in January 2024! ? A gradual decline in their effectiveness can be a subtle, insidious process heavily influenced by the size and culture of an organization. Consequently, recognizing and addressing these signs is critical to maintaining integrity and effectiveness.

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The Strategic Project Manager

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The Four Actions Framework, also known as the ERRC framework, is a ‘blue ocean’ strategic management tool introduced in the book “Blue Ocean Strategy” by W. Raise – They raised the level of innovation and efficiency in the aerospace industry by focusing on rapid prototyping and iterative design processes.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 28, 2018

It can mean different things within various organizations or circumstances, but there is a way to broadly outline this business process improvement methodology and define its beginnings, its, rise, its use and its implementation. As noted, it’s a methodology used to improve the quality of an output in a process. Leadership is critical.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 1, 2022

In other words, if you want people to use what you create — or to shift their ways of working to the new standards and processes you implement — then you have to help them through the transition. Here’s my list of top change management books for leaders. How I chose these books. Short on time? Professor John P.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

These series are co-written with Ryan Brook based on our upcoming book. Y'know, Individuals and Interactions over Process and Tools. Join the Mastering Agility Discord community! This article continues from the Product Wall introduction article. You can download our free Product Wall Mural template here.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 8, 2023

Build in a mechanism for feedback, try a beta launch with ‘friendly’ customers and make sure helpdesk staff have a process for resolving complaints. Check out Elizabeth Harrin’s book, Customer-Centric Project Management , for examples and a real-life case study of how to implement a new way of thinking about lessons learned.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 20, 2023

Get notified when the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book is available ! After all, we are not paid to practice Scrum but solve our customers’ problems within the given constraints while contributing to the organization’s sustainability. Maybe, it is just collateral damage from the growing popularity of SAFe®?

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Kiron Bondale

JANUARY 19, 2020

Edmondson, who has literally written the book on psychological safety ( The Fearless Organization ), wrote about the culture at Boeing which enabled the 737 Max issues to fester for a long time before they tragically became mainstream news. Two HBR articles published this week reminded me of that critical ingredient.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Preorder the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now for delivery in January 2024! ?️ Mindlessly applying best practices from other organizations without considering their relevance to the current context will likely lead to ineffective processes. And then there are others — the Scrum trap.

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International Institute for Learning

MARCH 1, 2024

Save the Planet – An Introduction By Lisa Whited Abstract This White Paper contains a process to use when considering the purpose of your office after the worldwide pandemic of 2020. She received IFMA’s Distinguished Author Award for her book Work Better. Work Better. Check out Lisa Whited's LeadCon2024 Presentation details here!

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 28, 2017

The definition of change management I use in my new book is this: The way we facilitate the shift from current practice to new practice in order to achieve a benefit. In doing all of this you are ensuring that your change has the best possible chance of long-term sustainability and success. Defining Change Management. Communication.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 29, 2019

Even after all that time, women in project management are still a hidden key to our global and economic sustainability. It’s a process, a mindset and a shift to keep our global economy sustainable, innovative and engaged. Women have choices and can help change this ratio. Related: Advice for Women in Project Management.

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Scrum.org

MAY 19, 2023

This process starts with the customer and user and identifies the necessary organizational elements (teams, people, processes) required to deliver value and make an impact. Working from the outside in( starting with customers’ and user needs) you define your products and all units required to develop, sustain and enhance them.

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Leading Agile

JANUARY 21, 2021

The three systems include a System of Delivery, a System of Transformation, and a System of Sustainability. – [Announcer] This is Mike Cottmeyer’s talk from Agile Arizona, The Executive’s Guide to Large-Scale Agile Transformation and Sustaining an Adaptive Enterprise. And so sustainable business agility.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 10, 2023

Mike Cohn describes a high-performing team as one that “sustainably exceeds expectations in achieving clear goals. You feel your Product Owner understands and honors the concepts of sustainable pace, the importance of setting the vision and Product Goal, and the radical collaboration that Scrum encourages.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 18, 2022

Difficulty in sustaining the Time-Box. The Scrum Master is always the one to keep a keen watch on sustaining the timeboxed activities. Recommended Antidote : Always sustain clarity on each event’s agenda, explain the importance of timeboxing to everyone on the team. So without wasting any more time, let’s dive into the topic.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Requirements also help you cover off other success criteria like quality expectations, sustainability requirements, and more. The project process has flexibility baked in, which is great. Read next: How to manage constantly changing priorities (that’s a chapter I wrote for a book, Project Pain Reliever ). Be consistent.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 9, 2021

Read next: my book Engaging Stakeholders on Projects: How to harness people power. Engagement serves two aims: It creates, uses and sustains positive interest in the work. There was a process to do: filling in a stakeholder register and plotting someone’s interest and influence over the project on a matrix. So why do we bother?

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