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PRINCE2 and PMBOK: How They Compare

Rebel’s Guide to PM

PRINCE2 is process based, with processes covering starting a project, directing a project, initiating a project, managing stage boundaries (sign off and moving between stages), controlling a stage, managing product delivery (there is an emphasis on product based planning) and closing a project. And what are the weak points?

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30 Team Building Activities

ProjectManager.com

Teams don’t just come together and click into well-oiled productivity machines, at least not always. There’s often a period of time when the team members have to get to know one another and develop a rapport. In other words, every team can find value in team-building exercise. Objective: Develop listening skills.

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Trello vs. Asana: Side-by-Side Comparison

ProjectManager.com

Yes, Trello has project management features and Asana has a timeline and other tools to help manage tasks and teams. Let’s closely compare Trello vs. Asana. The software immediately gained attention when in the September 2011 issue of Wired magazine it was one of “The 7 Coolest Startups You Haven’t Heard of Yet.”

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The Art of Mastering Project Surprises: Easy Strategies for Managing Unplanned Work

Traxidy

Effective project management involves monitoring progress closely and adjusting as needed to ensure the project meets its objectives. They come with specific actions or tasks that must be closely monitored and completed to resolve the issues. Who is going to do what? Almost Everything Many things can go wrong with a task on a project.

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Innovation: Running Experiments and Learning

Leading Answers

Within agile frameworks, the team retrospective is the primary workshop for planning and evaluating experiments. Yet most team retrospectives I see are broken. Teams spend too much time recording viewpoints and information—but not enough time reviewing or planning experiments. This is a more useful format.

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Poisoning the well: Why micromanagement is bad for business

Runrun.it

Micromanagement is a management style characterized by leaders and / or managers who closely monitors subordinates’ work, often frequently adding his or her own input and constantly changing the final output. Causes poor communication all throughout the organization. Understanding micromanagement and spotting a micromanager.

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Becoming Agile: Evidence Based Management

Scrum.org

In fact, if you were to read some of the interviews with managers in business magazines, or the guest articles and puff-pieces on agility in their companies, you'd think that their hearts and minds had been won decades ago. If the measurement of value is poor, then the outlook is grim. is not the bombshell moment it used to be.

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