Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 25, 2022

I sat opposite the new project manager. I remember sitting down with a new project manager over coffee. Don’t get me wrong: she had lots of good experience, but was off to manage her first project for a client the next day…. Read next: How to manage y our first meeting with a project sponsor. It was about 17 years ago.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The previous project manager might have moved on to do something else and you’ve got the project as part of an internal reshuffle of resources. If this is all new to you, check out PMI Kickoff , a free overview of all things project management that will help get you started. Action if not clear: Talk to your sponsor or line manager.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 16, 2022

Project managers establish and foster workplace behavior expectations through their own leadership values and actions. Command and control project managers were often revered and feared. Project managers who choose a bullying leadership style get results predominantly through dominance, fear and negative reinforcement.

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Leadership Energy 2016 Risk Management 264

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The energy, collaboration, health, and so on. Being a good scrum master means learning how to influence teams, without authority, to help them improve as needed. A scrum master is not a fancy name for a project manager. Again,through influence without authority. A scrum master is focused on the team itself.

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SCRUM Energy 2020 Influencer 123

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 22, 2021

There are certain personality types that influence your work style. You’ll need to manage them to make sure they’re not just mechanically completing their tasks and failing to communicating with everyone else. These pragmatic workers will tend to avoid risks and work slowly and methodically. How to Manage Different Work Styles.

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Scrum.org

MAY 10, 2022

Professional Scrum revolves around the accountabilities, events, and artifacts of Scrum, and recognizes that its foundation is built on values and principles of people who work together to optimize value, build discipline, and influence culture. For many of us, it may be natural to be managing things - backlogs, events, and burndowns.

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The Strategic Project Manager

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Finally, it looks at the impact and application of the Buyer Value Equation framework for developing strategy and managing projects. These may include time, effort, risk, and opportunity costs. Quality can significantly influence the perceived value of a product or service. What is the “Buyer Value Equation”?

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Underperforming Technical Team Sustainability Risk Management Influencer 105

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Resistance to Agile Transformations: The Unspoken Reasons Agile transformations often meet resistance from long-standing middle managers and other stakeholders. Loss of Control: Traditional management often involves direct oversight and a transparent chain of command. Network & Influence: Power dynamics in organizations are complex.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 24, 2022

There’s no denying that project management today looks different to how it did even 5 years ago. Project management trends shape our profession. So what are the emerging trends in project management that are going to shape how you do your job in the future? How project management is evolving. Managing a hybrid team.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 28, 2022

What are some characteristics and traits you may encounter as a stakeholder, manager or leader of a Product Owner. Explore what truly gives them energy and makes them smile. When building products, discuss with the forecaster how they want to spend their budget and energy. Show warriors the gentle way of influence.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 22, 2023

Work (or sometimes even a transformation) is ongoing, and the organization wants a second opinion on risk or improvement factors. Their manager, not wanting to engage in conflict, asked me to have a look. It’s also low energy. It’s also high energy. As expected, repeated studies have allowed me to observe some patterns.

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PM Basics

DECEMBER 19, 2022

When it comes to project management , you cannot run away from stakeholder management. But what is stakeholder management anyway? Stakeholder management is a set of processes and tools where you identify, understand, and engage with your stakeholders, to manage their expectations, needs and feelings.

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Process Software Review Energy Influencer 111

The IIL Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

There are only a few thousand Portfolio Management Professionals (PfMP ® ) worldwide, according to PMI, making this a truly elite qualification. Before you start the PfMP ® Exam preparation, I highly recommend you assess your experience in Portfolio Management by: Reading the PfMP ® prerequisites ( [link] ); Studying PfMP ® Handbook.

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Henny Portman

DECEMBER 12, 2020

The book starts with an introduction of the topic by explaining that you can’t manage your stakeholders, you can’t manage stakeholder’s behaviour and actions, but you can engage them. Stakeholder engagement is the systematic identification, analysis, planning and implementation of actions designed to influence stakeholders.

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Technical Review Influencer Project Life Cycle Energy 126

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

They let you know whether you can go overspent or what risk mitigation actions are the right ones for this point in the project. Often an internal senior department manager, client account manager or supplier project manager/representative. Project manager: the person leading the project (you).

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 24, 2020

The previous project manager might have moved on to do something else and you’ve got the project as part of an internal reshuffle of resources. You won’t know if the risk log is sound and the resource planning sensible until you investigate. First, establish the authority that the project manager (that’s now you) has on this project.

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PMO Governance Government Budget 505

Scrum.org

APRIL 29, 2020

Emotions are essentially energy in motion (e-motion). When our emotions are flowing freely, they can bring us energy and provide the fuel for us to transform and grow. Maybe I wasted a lot of energy waging a war for no good reason. I can then choose how to best influence agility. Emotions are information. I am furious.

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Agile Energy Influencer Risk Management 156

Techno-PM

JUNE 18, 2023

Evaluate the influence of government policies on interest rates, taxation, and regulations affecting the financial industry. Consider the purchasing power of consumers and its influence on investment decisions, asset prices, and consumer spending.

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MPUG

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Projects and Risk A significant role of the project manager is to identify and manage the risks associated with project objectives. This does not suggest that this is only the project manager’s responsibility. This approach is designed to evoke, prioritize, define, and invoke a productive response to risk.

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Planio

MARCH 27, 2023

Unfortunately, too many project managers and development teams are eager to build and skip the stakeholder analysis stage. Stakeholder analysis is the best way to identify, categorize, and plan your engagement strategy with everyone who’s interested and can influence the outcome of your project. But this is a mistake.

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Planio

APRIL 10, 2023

But it’s unfair to put all of the blame on outside influence. Employee overload is the norm at many companies, with management setting loftier goals with fewer resources. Track and prioritize work with a resource management tool 4. High-performing teams rely on momentum and positive energy to continually deliver great results.

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Underperforming Technical Team Energy Software Review Influencer 78

Scrum.org

JULY 11, 2021

Nils Dimmers suggests to rate yourself against the feedback you get from your surroundings: “If the team and management are very happy with the development of the team and how the Scrum Master supports that, you’re probably doing a good job”. They do not manage or lead the team by telling them what to do or how to do it.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 5, 2022

Here, Scrum teams focus their energy on making the Scrum events as fun, light-hearted, and energizing as possible, leveraging the many games and facilitation techniques that can be found online. This often happens when teams cannot influence impediments or don't know how to do so, and their well-intentioned improvements remain superficial.

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The Strategic Project Manager

MARCH 11, 2024

Finally, it details the use and benefits of the tool for practicing strategy and project management. The Strategy Canvas tool is a management tool introduced by W. Program Alignment: In program management, the Strategy Canvas can be used to ensure alignment between program objectives and strategic priorities. Value: High.

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Technical Review Innovation Sustainability Retail 105

Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Risk issues that can be identified early in the program, which will potentially impact the program later, termed Known Unknowns and can be alleviated with good risk management. Effective Risk Management 2 nd Edition , Edmund Conrow, AIAA, 2003.

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Planio

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Ask a hundred project managers what one of their biggest sources of frustration is and at least half will tell you some variation of the same theme: resource allocation. As you can see, resource management is full of pitfalls. But what might influence your decision to allocate resources? Timeline.

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Estimate Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Budget 88

LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Practical systems have made me a more productive Project Manager. In my Project Management role, that means testing work, managing change, and checking the team are well. Dealing with high volumes of email is an essential lesson for Project Managers to learn. Leaving it to fester drains energy. Inbox Zero.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Every project manager, team leader or successful person for that matter, knows the importance of planning. He’s referring to the necessity of including risk in any thorough plan. “By Hip-hop is omnivorous, so it was only a matter of time before a rapper like Lil Wayne spoke to the concerns of project managers. No surprise there.

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Planning Software Review Risk Management Risk 259

Inloox

AUGUST 13, 2018

In order to not only react to those but use them to make projects more effective and profitable, project managers need to adapt and keep on learning. A great project manager will have to ensure that these requirements are met to be able to conduct projects effectively. Sustainable development, climate change and renewable energy.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 26, 2016

I sat opposite the new project manager. I remember sitting down with a new project manager over coffee. Don’t get me wrong: she had lots of good experience, but was off to manage her first project for a client the next day…. The next thing a new project manager needs to focus on is the ‘project hierarchy’. Objectives.

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Risk Management 2016 Software Review Risk 150

PM Basics

JANUARY 20, 2021

In the previous email, I shared the truth about being a project manager. Your manager expects you to know everything about project management right from the beginning. You need to manage people, but you don’t have influence or authority over them. And there will be other project managers that will lend you a hand.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 26, 2021

What’s the difference between a Master’s in Project Management and an MBA? A Master’s degree in project management will give you a deep insight into the theory and technical skills required to work in a strategic project leadership role. You’ll learn cross-business skills that will help you lead and manage at work. Kyle Elliott.

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Digite

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

His big work is the influence of clues and society on individual decision making and actions. Both these gentlemen also have enormous influence on public policymaking. Though the brain weighs only less than 2% of the body weight it consumes more than 20% of the total body energy.

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Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. Making these decisions in the presence Uncertainty ?

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Teamweek

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Here are some key reasons: Improves time management: When employees track their work hours, they are more aware of allocating their time. Boosts time management skills : Employees can fine-tune their scheduling skills with the data from time tracking. They can learn to prioritize tasks and manage their workload more effectively.

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Wrike

JUNE 11, 2023

Productivity can be defined as the measure of how efficiently resources – such as time, energy, and skills – are utilized to achieve desired goals. Identifying Factors that Affect Work Performance Before implementing strategies to enhance productivity, it is crucial to identify the factors that influence work performance.

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Underperforming Technical Team Influencer Energy Technical Review 36

Epicflow Blog

JULY 29, 2019

Up until now, around 71% of all work in such industries as aviation, financial services, automotive, and energy utilities has been performed by humans. Managers and business leaders have been mastering these skills for ages. Read more: Why Multi-Project Management Is Becoming a Necessity. Analytical Thinking and Innovation .

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2022 Artificial Inteligence PMI Innovation 91