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Returning organization back to the present

Scrum.org

Does an organization live in the present or in the past? The answer seems obvious: of course in the present! A customer arrives, they are (in the present) getting our service. And these restrictions also are not created in the present, they are the past, often they are the product of events that occurred years and decades ago.

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Everything You Need to Know About Release Managers

Rebel’s Guide to PM

We had a fortnightly release (and therefore a giant scrabble to try to get your changes in before the cut-off and presented to the CAB in time), but your company might have monthly releases or use a different cadence. And then the cycle begins again! Key roles and responsibilities of the job. Could you do the job?

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How to Become a Better Project Communicator

Project Risk Coach

Just because we speak or make presentations a lot does not mean that we are improving. Notice the cadence, pauses, and the repetitions in the speech. How can we become a better project communicator? Join Toastmasters Howard Hendricks said, “Practice doesn’t make perfect. Practice makes permanent.” We can actually become worse.

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Questions to ask a project management mentor

Rebel’s Guide to PM

At regular meetings You’ll find a regular cadence and probably settle into a regular agenda or routine with the check in sessions. Ask about how they manage to juggle their professional life with being present at home! You’ll have more detailed discussions about areas of focus and topics that you want to get help on in future sessions.

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Your Strategy Planning Meeting Agenda (with Template)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

There’s no fixed cadence for strategy conversations. Present the overall roadmap, for example, a timeline for the 5 year plan. They can bring in team members to present specific topics if that would help, and if their expertise is needed as part of the debate. When do strategic meetings happen? 10am: Big picture strategy.

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Leadership Futures from the Next Generation: Adapting, Empowering, Thriving

The IIL Blog

The roots of Change Management as a discipline trace back to the mid-1900s, formalising in the 1990s with models like Kotter’s 8 steps and PROSCI, presenting a more structured ‘management’ approach. It is all in the framing, tone, and demonstration. That is why agile change and project management approaches are so popular.

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Project Communication Management: What is it all about?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Here are some of the more common meetings where project communication occurs during a project: Project kickoff meeting Presentations for clients, customers, or other stakeholders Executive updates, written briefs and presentations The daily standup, or weekly or monthly status meetings in person or via Teams, Zoom, video chat etc Milestone meetings (..)