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Product Planning Fundamentals: Develop a Product Plan in 6 Steps

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Define a High-Level Vision. You have just developed a product that could potentially be monetized and sold to marketing agencies around the world. Once you have your new product idea, the next step is to develop a high-level vision for the product that can be used to pitch it to potential consumers. Bring Your Idea into Focus.

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Develop Better High Performing Teams

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As we ease into the new year, many organizations’ executive teams are ramping up hiring for new talent. All these efforts require precise judgment to hire just-in-time talent, using data to make strategic project decisions at a portfolio, program and project level and launching new high performing teams.

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How to manage team conflict (& 5 strategies for conflict resolution)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

We challenge leaders, we talk about risk and what might go wrong and we call people out on poor performance through project monitoring and control. Conflict should be a healthy part of any team’s development, and it’ a good way to challenge requirements and ensure that your business case and plans stand up to scrutiny.

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What Is Organizational Strategy in Business? (Examples Included)

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We’ll first define the term and then go into the organizational strategy levels, as well as explain its importance in business. It’s not only communicative but helps management develop strategic plans so the company can accomplish its goals. Each department manager is responsible for leading their teams on these initiatives.

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How to Recover A Troubled Program

Rebel’s Guide to PM

There’s only one thing worse than being told bad news, and that is being told about bad news late. When a program is failing, you should define the problem and potential solutions, and alert stakeholders at the first sign of trouble, according to LeRoy Ward, Executive VP at ESI. Bring in technical specialists as required.

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Tips & Tricks to facilitate Sprint Planning

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In this blog post, I share some tips and tricks that may help you facilitate strong Sprint Planning outcomes, so that your Scrum Team will have a great start into their Sprint. Your team needs to overcome the Groan Zone to avoid weak outcomes that lead to a poor Sprint! What is facilitation? What is Sprint Planning?

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7 Hidden dangers of project management (Or why even well-planned projects sometimes fail)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Despite your efforts to clearly define the scope, time and resources necessary to successfully complete the projects, things simply don’t always go according to plan. Even if the team executes their tasks flawlessly and all the activities are carried out properly, we can never be sure that the project won’t flop.

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