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. The “Buyer Value Equation” is a concept used in marketing and business strategy to quantify the value proposition that a product or service offers to potential buyers.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Business representative/organization representative is someone who is more closely connected with the stakeholders within the organization to have more influence. All three of those lack power, although a business representative will have more influence. Coping Strategy 1: Become a developer. Sponsor — has the money.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

HBR reports some very obvious ideas for how to make your team more productive like: Clarifying expectations Setting a good example Making meetings shorter. So we’re looking for next level strategies to get more productive. Let’s look at some practical strategies for bringing new habits into your team’s culture.

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The Strategic Project Manager

MARCH 11, 2024

This post explains what the Strategy Canvas tool is, and how to create a basic Strategy Canvas. It then walks through several examples – generically and for two real companies. Finally, it details the use and benefits of the tool for practicing strategy and project management. What is the Strategy Canvas Tool?

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NimbleWork

MARCH 7, 2024

Financial institutions struggling to migrate from legacy COBOL-based IBM mainframe systems is a popular example. Organizational Culture: The influence of organizational culture and mindset is another key component of your Agile transformation strategy. Signup for a free trial here.

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Planio

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

In this guide, we’ll go deep into what a competitive analysis should include and then provide a step-by-step guide (including examples and templates) to help you create your own. Most organizations complete a competitive analysis when forming their go-to-market strategy or writing a business case , but in truth, they can be used at any time.

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Planio

MARCH 25, 2024

You can build the best product in the world, but without a solid customer acquisition strategy (and the right team to pull it off), no one will ever use it. 12 customer acquisition channels How to create a winning customer acquisition strategy in 2024 1. Plan and execute your strategy 6. Identify your ideal customer 2.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In this article, we will cover strategies to usher in this adoption and certain tasks that can be augmented with AI. Examples include: Generating reports Analyzing documents with multiple types of data Summarizing meeting notes Organizing information into company templates Performing calculations.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 7, 2023

When you start thinking about it, there are loads of examples, from financial databases to standardized guidelines for pretty much anything, product standards, quality standards, historical records, and even very specific things that you may only use in certain circumstances, like defect management processes.

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The Strategic Project Manager

MARCH 14, 2024

It defines it, compares and contrasts it from similar approaches, and then looks at the impact of leveraging Value Innovation in the practice of strategy and project management – developing a Value Innovation Strategy. What Is a Value Innovation Strategy? “Value innovation” is a concept introduced by W.

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Productivity Land

JANUARY 23, 2024

Market analysis has become an essential tool for businesses of all sizes and industries that want to assess the external factors that impact their performance, strategy, and valuation. For example, you can evaluate the risks and opportunities of your project based on market research data and financial projections.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 21, 2019

In Review – IT Risk Management Strategies and Best Practices. Due to its expansive influence, it’s essential to talk about risk management in IT. Due to its expansive influence, it’s essential to talk about risk management in IT. IT Risk Management Strategies. It’s time for action.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 30, 2023

And you can control and influence how you say something by understanding paraverbal communication. Paraverbal communication involves the use of nonverbal cues such as tone and volume to influence how your message is received. More examples of effective paraverbal communication at work Remember that these are just examples.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 3, 2021

This is a measure of how much influence they have over actions and outcomes. For example, how often are they likely to bring you urgent issues? Together, an assessment of these three elements can tell you how engaged a stakeholder is or will be in the work and how they could influence the project. Things that can’t wait?

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The Strategic Project Manager

JULY 25, 2023

This post examines an interesting strategy implementation model, the OGSM framework – composed of Objectives, Goals, Strategies, and Measures. What Is the OGSM Strategy Framework? What Is the OGSM Strategy Framework? Hence, it’s a great framework for tying together elements of strategy and implementation.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 7, 2022

This book sets out a way to manage stakeholders that many project managers will recognize: Identify and document Analyze Develop strategies Plan approach Engage Watch, listen, react and review. In these projects, stakeholders are identified and communicated with in the ‘normal’ way, but their power and influence is relatively low.

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Scrum.org

MAY 24, 2023

Below are the previous articles in the series Stakeholder Exploration Stakeholder Analysis & Mapping Stakeholder Communication Strategy All the above steps are fundamental to having a sound Stakeholder Engagement strategy. For example, Artificial Intelligence has changed the way people are building products.

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Leading Agile

MAY 11, 2021

In today’s blog, a continuation of the first in this two-part series, we’ll talk about building trust and influence, and initiating the trust-influence loop. We have found that becoming trustworthy causes another thing to occur – influence. Trust and influence are critical components in an enterprise transformation strategy.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 23, 2024

They inspire their teams by modeling how to base strategies on solid evidence and encouraging innovation through validated learning and experimentation. EBM allows businesses to pivot strategies swiftly and effectively, staying competitive in a fast-evolving marketplace.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

JUNE 27, 2022

Influence without authority. Project managers, however, need to be able to influence their project teams without having formal authority. Influence is the ability to have an effect on the behavior of someone or something. The following are five tips on influence based on lessons I’ve learned throughout the years.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 10, 2023

Matrix of Influence Source: Book Product Mastery by Geoff Watts Image Created By Lavaneesh Gautam. High Influence High Interest: This is the most important group and you need to collaborate with them. Low Influence High Interest: This group is very keen to know what we will deliver but have little or no influence.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 25, 2021

This includes the policies, programs, strategies and tactics used to create and meet the demand of target customers in order to create profitability. If you’re honest with yourself, though, you’ll realize how it has influenced what you buy. Plus, engaging positively with your audience is how you build a brand strategy.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

For example, read on your commute or listen to an audiobook at the gym. It will teach you how to influence others, even when you are not directly managing them. Any books about achieving business goals, portfolio management, strategy execution or case-study driven books will count here. PDU claim: 2 hours. PDU claim: 9 hours.

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Teamweek

MAY 5, 2023

In this article, we’ll be looking at some of the more creative sourcing strategies you could try to help unblock your hiring pipeline and get those passive candidates flowing in. One of the most commonly asked questions when discussing passive candidate sourcing strategies is this: why bother? What went wrong?

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Resource Guru

MARCH 21, 2023

5 key project team roles and responsibilities Other roles in a project team Project team roles and responsibilities example Project team role and responsibilities matrix Project team roles FAQs Clearly defined project team roles mean a greater chance of project success What is a project team? And that’s exactly what we’re here to do today.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 19, 2024

This means this methodology greatly influences how your team operates and might even require you to make hiring decisions based on it. For example, the kanban method doesn’t require you to have a specific team structure or hold meetings. For example, an outdated kanban board creates problems in the development process of your project.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

It’s goal is to help you “learn strategies and techniques to balance the tenets of project management with the realities of human dynamics” – something I’m very keen to make sure happens in our practice as project professionals. See all my books This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 15, 2024

A gradual decline in their effectiveness can be a subtle, insidious process heavily influenced by the size and culture of an organization. For example, the program to introduce Scrum is rolled out in a traditional top-down process when it should use Scrum itself for the purpose.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 23, 2024

Continuous improvement equips you with the tools to achieve this, helping your strategies evolve with every project, quickly adapting to new obstacles, and setting industry-leading standards. Visualize leading projects that deliver tangible enhancements, where each member contributes to the outcomes.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 31, 2024

Projects always have certain constraints – there may be an urgency to complete a project because of external market factors, for example; or there may have to be tightly controlled costs because of a fixed or limited budget. Maybe you can afford a high risk strategy with a small friendly pilot group. What is the Triple Constraint?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 22, 2020

Develop strategies. In these projects, stakeholders are identified and communicated with in the ‘normal’ way, but their power and influence is relatively low. The final type of project at the other end of the continuum is where stakeholders have a lot of power and influence over the project. Plan approach. 3 Types of Project.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

What is an Influencer? These gentlemen are in all the top-10 lists of being the ‘the best’ Politician, Influencer, world changer, etc. So before diving into the Product Owner taking an Influencer stance, let’s first inspect what an Influencer is. The Influencer is also referred to as the Politician.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 22, 2024

A clear, actionable framework that simplifies stakeholder prioritization and analysis and enhances your ability to engage effectively with each stakeholder according to their influence and interest would help address this dilemma. This format of stakeholder analysis matrix helps optimize resources and efforts to enhance the project's success.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 31, 2024

One must avoid the sunk cost fallacy, where previous investments unduly influence continued commitment to a project despite evidence suggesting otherwise. Do you think there's a definitive strategy for making these tough decisions, or is it always a case-by-case basis? Comment below!

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Productivity Land

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

For example, if you are involved in the production of dietary supplements and want to increase sales, then select the purchase of the product on the website as the target action. For example, the minimum withdrawal amount or payment type. I will provide an example of the three most popular ones. Leverage influencer marketing.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Inadequate Feedback Loops : In large organizations, we can see a disconnect between the Developers and the end-users, often by design; for example, the sales organization restricts access to customers. The disconnect leads to a lack of valuable feedback that would help steer the product in the right direction by validating hypotheses.

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Workamajig

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

For example, plugging in “virtual reality” shows me this: Each of these questions can help you drill down to smaller trends. Follow Influencers. Influencers, for better or for worse, shape trends (and the resulting demand). Of course, there’s tons of noise in this signal - influencers frequently promote ideas in bad faith.

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