Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

That might mean they have things to do as well, for example, they might need to lead a replanning exercise. Let them know that there are governance hoops to jump through and that you’ll be escalating the problem, with a view to securing support to keep the project moving forward.

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Underperforming Technical Team PMO Government Governance 396

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 5, 2024

The exercise of completing the register will lead you to have a number of interesting conversations and you might find risks drop out of those. Have you spotted any conflicting requirements or deliverable requests for things you won’t actually be delivering?

Prince2 403

Prince2 Influencer Energy Consulting 403

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 12, 2020

If you are wondering how to start a standup meeting, try this exercise. This is a good exercise to kick start the week, so opt to do this one on a Monday, or when you are back at work after a long weekend or other break. If you do this exercise I recommend having a different team member to read the postcard.

SCRUM 470

SCRUM Agile Energy 2016 470

Project Risk Coach

AUGUST 9, 2021

For example, for the team exercise, the project manager may conduct a risk identification exercise or facilitate a work breakdown structure (WBS) exercise. […] The post How to Conduct a Killer Kickoff Meeting appeared first on Project Risk Coach.

Underperforming Technical Team 397

Underperforming Technical Team Initiating Risk Management Closing 397

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 17, 2025

You can train your team in a particular approach, but you still have to allow individuals a degree of freedom for delivery, especially for complex projects where you don’t want your governance to become a box ticking exercise.

PMO 312

PMO Government Governance Prince2 312

Scrum.org

JUNE 29, 2025

In this course, you will navigate various stances of a Product Owner and do a lot of practical hands-on exercises to learn how to leverage AI in your product management work. Create robust test hypotheses with the power of AI, and do a practical exercise in class by creating a mock-up website in a few minutes with a great AI tool.

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Artificial Inteligence Generative AI Transportation Risk Management 172

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

You could also use it as an onboarding exercise for new team members who are working on a project team for the first time. There are some elements, like the drag and drop exercises, that might be fiddly on a small screen. Download the free templates and do the exercises. Pros: It’s free! Free course. Kickoff from PMI.

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PMI Agile Influencer Planning 440

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 23, 2023

It’s just another retrospective box-ticking exercise, right? The exercise helps with risk mitigation and identification because you can pick up a lot of what to do from what other projects did (or did badly!). Benefits of a risk audit: Is it worth scheduling one? Who has time for that? The table below summarizes the differences.

Risk 475

Risk PMO Risk Management Government 475

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

You can get fit by exercising and eating right, but maintaining that fitness requires ongoing effort and conscious decision-making. Staying agile requires continuous effort. In an ever-changing world, maintaining agility means continuously adapting and improving. It's akin to staying physically fit.

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Agile Initiating Process 202

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Here is a remote-friendly exercise that has helped dozens of my teams find and implement tangible, actionable ideas to stop starting and start finishing. The exercise is quick, doesn’t need much preparation, and lets participants experience the downsides of multitasking very directly on a physical level. and get their stopwatch ready.

SCRUM 195

SCRUM 195

Scrum.org

APRIL 8, 2025

As part of the training, we used an exercise to clarify the roles of the Product Owner, Scrum Master, and Developers. The steps of the exercise are: Form small groups and give everyone cards containing the work and tasks necessary to do Scrum.

SCRUM 170

SCRUM Closing Budget Agile 170

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 15, 2024

That’s more relevant than finding out if they can map the critical path by hand on graph paper (which was one of the exercises I had to do on a training course). On paper this seems like an easy exercise: what Chief Exec wouldn’t want their people to have the skills and behaviors required to deliver their strategy?

PMO 416

PMO Energy Certification Consulting 416

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

It’s full of very practical exercises that you can use in any kind of workshop, whether small groups, large groups, or virtual. It comes with a Miro board so you can complete the exercises, plot out your diagrams and get some real experience using the tools. To get the most out of the course, you need to do all the exercises.

PMI 468

PMI Technical Review 2021 Underperforming Technical Team 468

Project Risk Coach

MAY 24, 2021

When asked about his exercise, Tom says, “I don’t have time.” Busy, productive individuals make time to exercise. Consider some of these exercises and find something you enjoy: walking, swimming, biking, jogging, or doing upper body workouts. I find exercise and sleep save me time by giving me greater energy.

Underperforming Technical Team 397

Underperforming Technical Team Energy Risk Management Risk 397

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

You can use the checklists and exercises to assess yourself and improve your skills. Madsen outlines six steps for you to work through as part of a self-coaching exercise: Create your vision Benchmark current skills Get feedback Create an action plan Review guiding practices Review progress. 6 Steps for self-coaching.

Underperforming Technical Team 507

Underperforming Technical Team Leadership Planning 507

Project Risk Coach

JUNE 28, 2021

Encourage collaboration early by facilitating team discussions, problem-solving, and brainstorming exercises. Lastly, as you plan your next project meeting, use a facilitation technique such as a problem-solving exercise that will improve your team’s interaction. Be intentional in your communication and collaboration. How About You?

Influencer 397

Influencer Executing Risk Management Initiating 397

Project Risk Coach

AUGUST 24, 2020

They facilitate risk identification exercises that result in a boatload of risks. Some project managers wait until things are out of control before they exercise risk management. What must we do? Lead by example. Failure to focus on the risks that matter. Some project managers start their programs and projects with gusto.

Risk Management 459

Risk Management Risk Underperforming Technical Team PMI 459

ProjectManager.com

JUNE 16, 2021

This exercise a deeper dive into the problem and its causes, rather than accepting the first answer, and brings you closer to what is actually causing the problem. ” A: The hybrid methodology has gaps… This question and answer exercise leads to the root cause of the missed deadlines problem. ” over and over again.

Monitoring 546

Monitoring Sustainability Defining Process 546

Scrum.org

MAY 18, 2025

Sprint Planning became an exercise in futility. Eventually, its so large and burdensome that it slows the team down, clouds transparency, and makes it nearly impossible to inspect and adapt effectively. In one team I observed, nearly 70% of their work carried over from one Sprint to the next.

SCRUM 176

SCRUM Consulting Agile Process 176

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

This exercise included market research and also a job tasks analysis, as well as identifying trends. Given that the exercise for piloting the new exam is well underway, I would assume that the exam will change in early 2023. The current CAPM exam was very much a memorization exercise from what was in the PMBOK® Guide – Sixth edition.

2023 415

2023 PMI Certification Agile 415

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Then you can do the same exercise with the others. Once you have done this exercise for all the strategic themes, you’ll potentially have a lot of possible projects. The strategic theme is operational efficiency (a common strategic pillar that I’ve seen all over the place – who doesn’t want to be efficient in their operations?).

2017 493

2017 Defining PMO Executing 493

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 30, 2024

Get some exercise Fit regular exercise into your remote life. My goals at the moment are drinking water and a couple of minutes of exercise but you could choose other healthy habits you want to incorporate into your day. which starts each day with affirmations and also has reminders for achieving your goals.

2018 395

2018 Risk Management Energy Risk 395

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 25, 2018

Get Inspired: 13 Creativity Exercises for Non-Creatives. Even if you think those days are gone like kindergarten, then have we got a baker’s dozen exercises for you to try out. Read about the creativity exercises and get back to us, creatively of course.

2018 370

2018 Underperforming Technical Team Software Process 370

ProjectManager.com

JULY 24, 2019

Try using creativity exercises to get into the mood. There are exercises you can do to gain problem-solving skills and help with your ability to better respond to problems and solve them quickly. Brainstorming is a type of collaboration, which is a great way to think creatively because it adds more voices to the mix.

Software Review 379

Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Monitoring Defining 379

ProjectManager.com

JUNE 26, 2017

In other words, every team can find value in team-building exercise. Now give them 25 more index cards and have them do the exercise again, but without tape. Even teams that have been working together for years might need a bit of team-building to reinforce their strengths and minimize their weaknesses. Machine Made.

Underperforming Technical Team 542

Underperforming Technical Team Construction Influencer Closing 542

Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 16, 2022

In one company, a team of leaders self-nominated themselves to take part in the exercise. I wouldn’t recommend a two-day offsite for this exercise for your PMO. In all the organizations I’ve worked in where the company wanted to refresh the values, it was a huge team effort. Just put half a day aside and see how you get on.

PMO 463

PMO Technical Review Information Technology Government 463

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

If you are wondering how to start a standup meeting, try this exercise. This is a good exercise to kick start the week, so opt to do this one on a Monday, or when you are back at work after a long weekend or other break. Activity 1: What made you unhappy yesterday and what will make you happy today? This one made me laugh!

SCRUM 370

SCRUM Agile Energy 2016 370

Scrum.org

MARCH 10, 2025

These challenges prompted me to consider how AI-generated code would fare in a structured coding exercise, such as a simple Kata. To explore this, I conducted a quick experiment to see how it would perform with a simple exercise. The code was difficult to comprehend. It consisted of a large, monolithic class with bloated methods.

Software Review 148

Software Review Technical Review ChatGPT Underperforming Technical Team 148

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 10, 2023

This is very helpful during a retrospective or lessons learned exercise, because it saves time if you hit similar problems again. You can also keep the relevant details for future reference, so you can look back and review what you did to address the problem.

Technical Review 459

Technical Review Risk Management Budget Risk 459

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

There are exercises and it’s engaging. Example of interactive exercise in Brain Sensei. The main difference between Brain Sensei and the PM PrepCast is the teaching approach. Brain Sensei videos are animated and interactive. For example, you are invited to click on elements to reveal definitions.

Software Review 459

Software Review PMI Certification Process 459

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 30, 2025

If you prefer to reflect alone, put 30 minutes in your calendar for first or last thing in the week, grab your favourite hot drink and work through a Stop, Start, Continue exercise (get a free template for that here ).

Monitoring 221

Monitoring Infrastructure PMO Construction 221

Project Risk Coach

MAY 3, 2021

She facilitated the round robin exercise asking each participant for their top three. She continued the second and subsequent rounds until all of the ideas had been captured. Next, Betty instructed the participants, "Look at all of the expenses and write down the top three expenses." Why do the disagreements exist?"

Estimate 370

Estimate Finance Budget Risk Management 370

ProjectManager.com

MAY 19, 2022

Conduct Team-Building Exercises. Team-building exercises is a way to upstart trust, especially for new teams that don’t have a lot of shared experience. Manage those communications by finding how often they want to be updated and how they prefer to get those updates. Proper execution only occurs when teams work together.

Executing 516

Executing Project Life Cycle Software Review Technical Review 516

ProjectManager.com

APRIL 10, 2019

Whichever project you pursue, this exercise will give you marketing gold dust. Be sure to get plenty of sleep, to eat well, to maintain sensible exercise regime, and to stay plugged in to the emotional support of your network of friends and family. Know Who You Are Building It For. In Closing. Starting business is a brave step.

Risk Management 399

Risk Management Controlling Agile Energy 399

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Here are a few simple exercises to help your team identify ways to simplify their processes. Stop, Start, Continue - A simple "Stop, Start, Continue" exercise can help. 15% - Start this exercise by acknowledging that there are a lot of improvement areas for your team, and they can't be solved overnight.

SCRUM 122

SCRUM Leadership Controlling Process 122

Project Risk Coach

APRIL 18, 2021

One of the most powerful tools for this exercise is the work breakdown structure (WBS) which is a hierarchical decomposition of the scope of work. The lowest level is called a work package. The WBS may take different forms: an outline, an organizational chart, or a mindmap.

Estimate 397

Estimate Risk Management Initiating Defining 397

Project Risk Coach

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

In this exercise, we should consider: What deliverables must be created to achieve the project objectives? The project manager and the team must break down the project into pieces. First, decompose the project into deliverables , verifiable work products (e.g., building, software, reports). What will NOT be delivered in the project?

Risk Management 397

Risk Management Risk Construction Estimate 397