International Institute for Learning

JANUARY 11, 2023

Five exercises to get you started with mentalization. There are many tools and exercises that enable the development of mentalization. Below, I will walk you through five exercises you can use in your own workplace. Exercise 1: Coaching or supervision. Exercise 2: Collegial sparring. Exercise 3: Check-ins.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

As I mentioned we've been doing a number of small changes to the game, so here's how we play it: Agile Chair Exercise. Start the exercise. The game drives short cycles, inspection and adaption and lays down a number of restrictions that they (initially) cannot work around (just like the real world does). Number of participants: 10-25.

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International Institute for Learning

JANUARY 4, 2023

Working with psychological safety and trust in companies has been a fluffy topic of trust exercises and experimentation over the past decades. Already, massive amounts of training, courses and exercises exist within the space of mentalization – just not aimed at the corporate leader. Why is mentalization important at the workplace?

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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.

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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!

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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.

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LiquidPlanner

JANUARY 16, 2018

Based on the classroom exercises, you’re excited to try new concepts and apply the magic cure-all that will solve all waterfall-based project problems. Adopting Agile is an Exercise in Change Management. Adopting agile is an exercise in change management for a number of reasons: Software isn’t an order by number model.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 22, 2024

Please create a concept for this class, comprising lectures but mainly exercises covering the previously mentioned topics. Exercise: Creating a hypothetical Product Backlog: Participants create a hypothetical Product Backlog. Interactive role-play exercise: Participants practice gathering feedback from stakeholders.

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Scrum.org

MAY 15, 2023

Your suggestions include surveys, talks, interviews, team meetings, games, exercises, or other parties like stakeholders or line managers, and other useful practices. As example for such a service, I used PromptPerfect for all following exercises: Original prompt : I want you to act as an experienced Scrum Master.

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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.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 12, 2019

Switching from a spreadsheet to social media doesn’t count as exercise at work. Why Is Exercise Important? Exercise is important, especially so for those of us working sedentary jobs. But it’s not just for us desk jockeys; all people, regardless of their age, can benefit from exercise. Feeling out of shape?

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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.

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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.

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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?

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 25, 2023

You can create your own Agile or Scrum exercise, or draw inspiration from an exercise like Scrum Mythbusters. We developed this exercise to create transparency around the purpose, principles, and values of the Scrum framework. What topics are worth revisiting?

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Scrum.org

APRIL 3, 2023

I want you to create a schedule, name the exercises, and point to sources where I can learn more about the suggested activities. Can you be more specific regarding the exercises for lessons 4 to 7? Please suggest what kind of exercises best advance the respective lesson topic for the students.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 13, 2023

This was until Christiaan Verwijs and I designed the “ Definition of Done ” exercise as part of the Scrum.org PSM II class. From that moment on, running the exercise showed team members, managers, and stakeholders why they should spend less time thinking and focus more on doing. Step 1 — Clarify the purpose of a Scrum team.

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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.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 15, 2023

There are a number of ways to do this, including team-building exercises. If you’ve not had time prior to starting the meeting to engage in team-building exercises, meeting icebreakers can help build bonds between team members. Foster Team Collaboration Delegating is important, but a leader must also facilitate team collaboration.

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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.

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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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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?).

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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.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 25, 2024

This is not merely a theoretical exercise; it's a practical approach that has repeatedly proven its value in my professional experience. However, the adoption of Kanban strategies within a Scrum framework accentuates this commitment, enabling teams to identify and implement improvements with greater precision and effectiveness.

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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.

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Scrum.org

MAY 4, 2023

The Scrum.org PSM II class contains multiple exercises that make visible where improvement is needed in order to use Scrum more effectively. In particular the exercise “Management in Scrum”. Step 4 — Introduce the concept of “impediments” In a sense, the picture emerging from the exercise becomes your roadmap or transition plan.

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Project Risk Coach

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Undertake a team-building exercise. Wise leaders know how and when to inject team-building exercises. Facilitate a problem-solving exercise, develop a work breakdown structure , or identify ways to improve project communication. Feeling stagnant? Invite another subject matter expert to provide a different perspective?

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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.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Some exercises across the courses are the same e.g., create a RACI matrix , but the templates are different – that’s weird. Some of the exercises were the same, for example, creating a RACI or a RBS, but they had different templates. What I didn’t like about it The disadvantages that I found are as follows.

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Project Risk Coach

MARCH 22, 2021

Turn Conflict into a Problem-Solving Exercise You can help stakeholders resolve the conflict by reframing the conflict as a problem-solving exercise. Problem-solving often results in a better understanding of everyone's opinions, analysis of the solutions, and long-term buy-in and support.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 27, 2023

The Google Project Management Certificate and the IBM IT Project Management Certificate both offer hands-on, capstone, peer-reviewed, real-world exercises and experience. There is no practical experience. This course does not. It is very much about watching the videos, reading the readings, and then taking the quizzes. No, it’s not free.

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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.

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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?"

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

One of my favorite exercises from my Professional Scrum Product Owner classes is how to best sabotage a Product Owner as a member of the middle management. The exercise rules are simple: You’re not allowed to use any form of illegal activity. The Exercise: Consider How to Best Sabotage A Product Owner.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 7, 2023

The course includes instructions of how to access a free Jira Software Cloud site to complete the lab exercises, so you’ll need a computer to do that, you can’t use the Coursera app. Agile with Atlassian Jira has 4 modules that cover agile basics and configuring Jira, as well as hands-on experience with Jira Software Cloud.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 24, 2023

Project recovery exercises involve leadership, but they are also very much concerned with management tasks. You’ll need a more hands-on approach, reviewing every aspect of the project and working through Juli’s leadership principles to find out where the project is not aligned – and then putting it right.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 20, 2023

Groups can utilize resources like case studies, interactive exercises, or software tools. Classroom time is then used to deepen understanding through discussion, practical exercises, and problem-solving activities. Guided learning nurtures self-reliant learners and problem solvers — qualities synonymous with effective Scrum teams.

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