Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 3, 2020

We aren’t managing projects now in the same way that people managed projects years ago. The approaches taken by many companies and professional bodies to managing projects are different now to when I first started out in the field in 2000ish. So why has that happened and what have been the biggest shifts in how project management has evolved? There are a number of things that to focus on, even just comparing my own experiences from when I started managing projects over 10 years ago to the

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 3, 2020

There are many kanban tools on the market today, and they all have different feature sets. There are simple drag-and-drop tools for organizing to-do lists, planning systems for agile teams and hybrid tools for robust project management. After reviewing dozens of these tools, we’ve found that there are four specific features of a kanban tool that are must-haves for any serious user.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 3, 2020

I was once told that we have one mouth and two ears and that we should use them in those proportions. Now, those who know me will know that I struggle with that. Over the past few months I've been spending time exploring professional coaching via Co-Active coaching. One of the things a Scrum Master should be doing, is to practice, improve and refine the coaching skills.

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Lynne Cazaly

JUNE 3, 2020

How easy do you make things? And what do they need you to make easier? The weekly status meeting is often a summary of “here’s what going on” Rather than going around the table - or the screen - hearing an update about what’s going on, why not find out what they need made easier? Leaders who take on the role of a facilitator - today’s leaders of ease - are focused on making things easier for their team.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 3, 2020

. In our professional world of software development, it is very common someone asking “What is this Agile?” And I have heard people debating on the definition of Agile using heavy weight words like it’s a mindset, it’s a culture, way of leadership, methodology, manifesto, group of practices etc. Nothing wrong with these definitions, they are all good but a bit difficult to explain to someone who is new to this concept.

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Online PM Courses

JUNE 3, 2020

For some it's a wholly new discipline: for others, it's a natural growth from Project Management. So, what is Program Management? The post What is Program Management? | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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Lynne Cazaly

JUNE 3, 2020

As we start a day fresh with optimism of what could be, we also start with fresh capacity to take in information. But then it comes, the stream of content, questions, information, presentation, reading, listening. So. Much. Information. We do expect a lot from this wonderful mind of ours! With so much information to take in, as we consume it. do we also distill it?

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Lynne Cazaly

JUNE 3, 2020

Big? Ok, so we’ve seen how big change can be done! A global swathe of prescription and pressure to conform to new rules and restrictions. Big sweeping change. Wow. Shocked and shaken. Reverberation and big ripples with effects felt far into the future. But remember how change can also be done, bit by bit, step by step. Even a smaller half-step by half-step.

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