Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

This article, 7 Ethics Tips For Project Managers , first appeared on Girl's Guide to Project Management. A project manager approached me recently with a problem. She knew that some of the data that was being submitted in internal reports was – frankly – made up. It was made up with the best intentions from educated guesses and extrapolation. It’s probably fairer and less controversial to say that it was “estimated” rather than created totally randomly from scratch.

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Leading Answers

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

I have just returned from the Dubai International Project Management Forum ( DIPMF ). It was a very enjoyable and impressive conference, focussed on innovation in project management. Mark Langley, president and CEO of the PMI, gave a keynote presentation on the importance of innovation. Mark explained he visits Dubai 3 or 4 times a year since it is where many of the major construction projects are occurring along with innovations in project management.

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The Squad Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Is there such a thing as Good vs Great Project Managers? Of course there is! Just as with any profession, some Project Managers are better than others. There are several items which can contribute to this differentiation such as; Consistency, Attitude, Experience, Background, Desire, Training and more. What I've found over the years is that the PM who has developed "soft skills" has an edge over PMs lacking these soft skills.

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Leading Answers

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

I have just returned from the Dubai International Project Management Forum ( DIPMF ). It was a very enjoyable and impressive conference, focussed on innovation in project management. Mark Langley, president and CEO of the PMI, gave a keynote presentation on the importance of innovation. Mark explained he visits Dubai 3 or 4 times a year since it is where many of the major construction projects are occurring along with innovations in project management.

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Brett Harned

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

I've written about post-mortem meetings in the past, but this post explores the topic in more depth. It was first published on the TeamGantt blog on September 5, 2017. Check it out--and comment if you have any thoughts on better post-mortem practices. Also, yeah, I know people prefer different names for this meeting. I chose […].

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Appfluence

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

There are multiple reasons why businesses fail. For example, it is easy for managers and business owners to get side-tracked by the freedom that they have when running a company. Other times, companies spend their money on unnecessary resources that do not contribute to overall success. And then, there are those cases when managing multiple priorities becomes difficult due to poor priority management.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2017

If you are a digital marketer or aspire to be one, these courses are ones to take note of…Digital marketing is slowly becoming one of the most in-deman.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2017

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TimeCamp

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Project Managers – How They Do It At Google? Trust is what Alphabet Inc., giant from Mountain View in California, adheres to while implementing new employees in their company. At the first day of new programmers’ work, the company gives them almost unlimited access to the code – which, for some Project Managers, would be hard to understand.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2017

As time passes, more and more people are getting interested in the concept of “growth hacking”. The term “growth hacking” has become a buzzword for the entire IT community. Moreover, it’s very noticeable that the popularity of the term has increased over the last few years. Different authorities are constantly bombarding the market with new growth hacking strategies, experiments, and techniques.

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TimeCamp

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Another week comes with the most popular from our roundups. Make yourself comfortable and read these 10 Most Inspiring Productivity Articles from past seven days, chosen by our team! Our blog is a place where we provide all the productivity and time management knowledge. We try to do that by writing and posting worth reading articles full of useful tips and life hacks.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own. - Bruce Lee. But do this within establish governance frameworks, principles of microeconomics of decision making and managerial finance. It's probably not your money and those whose money it is have a fiduciary need to have you behave properly when spending their money.

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PM for the Masses

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

In our last episode, we talked about mindfulness. Mindfulness gives us the ability to make a choice. in this weeks episode we’re going to focus on our willingness to make a choice. This deals with our mindset. Have you ever worked with people who had tremendous skills but didn’t have the desire to do […] In our last episode, we talked about mindfulness.

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Brett Harned

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

I've written about post-mortem meetings in the past , but this post explores the topic in more depth. It was first published on the TeamGantt blog on September 5, 2017. Check it out--and comment if you have any thoughts on better post-mortem practices. Also, yeah, I know people prefer different names for this meeting. I chose post-mortem, because that's what I'm used to using.

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