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The Conscious Project Leader [Book Review]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I have been a bit lax with project management reading recently but one book that I have made time to review again is The Conscious Project Leader: How to Create a Culture of Success for Your Projects, Your Team and Yourself. Colin’s book isn’t going to teach you how to estimate or manage risk – although there are chapters on that.

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Overcoming Product Backlog Management Traps

Scrum.org

TL; DR: Overcoming Common Product Backlog Management Traps w/ David Pereira How teams manage their Product Backlog often makes or breaks their value creation chances. Poor backlog management leads to a feature factory trap, while a mindful strategy enables the team to drive value steadily. Hands-on Agile. ? How to handle this?

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How to Write a Business Case (Template Included)

ProjectManager.com

The following is a detailed outline to follow when developing your business case. Once you have all the tasks collected, estimate how long it will take to complete each one. Your budget is an estimate of everything in your project plan and what it will cost to complete the project over the scheduled time allotted.

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How to Write a Business Case

ProjectManager.com

SWOT: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats. The following is a basic outline to follow when starting to develop your business case. Budget: This is an estimate of everything in your plan and what it will cost to complete the project over the scheduled time allotted. Watch Our Business Case Training Video.

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Beware the Word “Pragmatic”

MPUG

While that specific video is not out yet, you can find his videos on YouTube. No Estimates In the name of pragmatism, we argue for not estimating because management behaves poorly when the estimates are inaccurate. Our team once managed a large test department. This article didn’t come out of nowhere.

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8 Unique Project Management Tips for Tech Teams

LiquidPlanner

Tech teams are comprised of creative individuals, each with their own ideas on how things should work. A good project manager should allow team members to express their creativity, but also keep them focused on the main goal at the same time. The PM is the team member who brings all the creative forces together.

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Consider These 5 Effective Tips for Managing Creative Teams

ProProfs Project Management

Managing creative teams has always been a tricky job because you need to give your team freedom to try new ideas and take risks, while at the same time, pushing them is also important to get the job done on time and within scope. So what’s the solution to creative team management? In short, it’s a constant balancing act.