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.

PMI 319

PMI Agile Influencer Planning 319

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 303

2023 PMI Certification Agile 303

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. Project managers must use their leadership skills to influence the stakeholders. There's less likelihood of stakeholders undermining the decisions later. How persuasive are you?

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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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Influencer Underperforming Technical Team Energy SCRUM 63

Project Risk Coach

APRIL 10, 2017

Use your interpersonal skills to influence the resource manager and others who select the team members. During the workshop, the exercises could be used to actually develop some of your project requirements. Encourage collaboration early by facilitating team discussions, problem-solving, and brainstorming exercises.

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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.

Software Review 438

Software Review Certification Finance SCRUM 438

Scrum.org

JUNE 20, 2023

Individuals have unique learning styles, preferences, and paces that can greatly influence their training outcomes. 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.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 22, 2023

In this article we’ll look at: 7 reasons why people don’t take responsibility for tasks How to deal with people who are lazy How you can influence the culture of the office so that taking responsibility becomes the norm. 6 Ways to influence your team to take more responsibility Make it easier to work together than work separately.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 25, 2020

Since good decision-making is critical for good leadership and guidance, project managers need to know how heuristics (mental disposition) and biases (personal inclinations) influence a project manager’s decisions. What are heuristics?

Technical Review 488

Technical Review 2007 Finance Estimate 488

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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ChatGPT Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Artificial Inteligence 146

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 500

Executing Project Life Cycle Software Review Technical Review 500

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Exercise Empirical Process Control : In your Retrospectives, identify instances where the feature factory mindset prevailed. By focusing on these practical, team-level actions, you can begin to shift away from the feature factory mentality and influence change through the example you set.

Technical Review 184

Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Sustainability 184

Scrum.org

APRIL 12, 2021

When Scrum team members follow the rules, the Scrum Master has influence or authority. For example: Create a repository of Sprint Retrospective exercises for all five stages and never run the same Retrospective format twice. Metrics Fetish. Do you need ideas on how to run a Retrospective?

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SCRUM 2021 Agile Influencer 226

Scrum.org

APRIL 13, 2022

The practices and skills were very helpful, but the context of the exercises was very generic. The training takes attendees through many aspects that influence the effectiveness of the Scrum Master role. In addition to that, the Liberating Structures are debriefed and time is spent reflecting on the way the exercises were facilitated.

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SCRUM 2018 Certification Influencer 179

Kiron Bondale

MARCH 3, 2019

Response owner awareness is a good starting point, but why should they expend their valuable time, money or political influence? But without addressing the need for personal change, your risk management efforts are likely to remain an academic exercise.

Risk Management 273

Risk Management Change Management Risk PMI 273

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. Identify Stakeholders - Determine who is affected by or can affect your project.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Software Review Influencer Healthcare 52

Project Risk Coach

AUGUST 5, 2019

These same stakeholders will discover the project later and may adversely influence the project. This is not a documentation exercise! When sponsors choose to ignore stakeholders or purposely keep them out of the charter process, risk increases. It's not like they have malicious intent.

PMI 299

PMI Initiating PMO Risk Management 299

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The Scrum.org Professional Scrum Master II class contains an exercise called “Management in Scrum”. This article describes how this exercise can be used for job interviews for Scrum Masters. Doing this exercise with 1 Scrum Master will take you about 1,5 hours. With a group of Scrum Masters, it can easily take 2 hours.

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SCRUM Influencer Closing Process 173

Scrum.org

AUGUST 21, 2023

Jeff Patton presents a practical approach, guiding you through story lifecycles and offering exercises for quick understanding. You will gain a comprehensive toolkit for successful collaboration, influencing stakeholders, and optimizing roles.

Sustainability 156

Sustainability SCRUM Software Developers Software Development 156

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 7, 2023

The tablets will reduce table turn time but other factors might influence how busy the restaurant is. However thorough this case study, it’s only that: a desk-based exercise. Appendix I added a few bullet points to the appendix box. Should we add a goal around decreasing guest wait time? Should we reallocate some of the payroll?

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Certification Software Review Estimate Risk Management 309

The IIL Blog

JANUARY 17, 2024

Embracing Leadership Opportunities The role of leadership in project management is pivotal, serving as the guiding force that influences the success and outcomes of a project. In 2024, seek out ways to exercise more leadership.

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2024 Certification Leadership Innovation 167

ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Corporate events can be used to train staff or educate the public on the brand or a product, celebrate company milestones, usher in changes in the company and provide networking opportunities or team-building exercises. An in-person event is one where the participants and the event staff are all physically present in the same space.

Budget 332

Budget Transportation Estimate Risk Management 332

Planio

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

While anyone who is impacted by the project is technically a stakeholder, key stakeholders are those who have influence and authority to dictate whether a project is a success is not. Who wants to influence this project (positively or negatively)? As you go through these exercises, don’t forget that stakeholders are ultimately people.

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Influencer Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Software Review 286

Inloox

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

This type of risk is easier to control, since the project team can exert a direct influence on the project environment. External risks, on the other hand, originate outside the sphere of influence of the project team. This is the critical point in this context. Even if known, these risks are much less controllable.

Risk 172

Risk Underperforming Technical Team Governance Government 172

Scrum.org

MAY 30, 2022

Design The Box’ is a fun, creative exercise to help Scrum teams step into the shoes of their users. Design The Box’ is a great exercise for idea generation. What is happening outside your organization and how does this influence the product your team is developing? How is it described in the packaging?

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SCRUM Software Review Closing Influencer 181

Project Risk Coach

JUNE 17, 2016

“Leadership is influence. To the extent we influence others, we lead them.” Can project managers influence senior leaders to adopt risk management and reduce the barrier to risk management? Who are the top leaders that you need to influence? Who can you influence that might influence the senior leaders?

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Risk Management Risk Influencer PMI 150

Scrum.org

MARCH 10, 2023

Set the Stage: Give people time to get centered with a quick connection exercise that can help shift the focus to the event. Creating a backlog with a clear Product Goal: Consider using structured exercises for refinement like Ellen Gottesdeiner’s “ 7 Product Dimensions ”. Then, open it up for their comments.

SCRUM 151

SCRUM Technical Review Sustainability Software Review 151

LiquidPlanner

MAY 24, 2022

Risk management is of limited worth if treated as a checkbox exercise. All project team members must do everything they can to manage uncertainty within their sphere of influence. “A holistic approach positions risk management as an essential bridge between strategic and tactical levels”¹.

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The IIL Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

It happened to be a challenging exercise to structure my portfolio experience by Domains according to the Portfolio Standard. I realized that there could have been a delay due to Covid-19 disruption and I had to write a reminder letter to PMI emphasizing the dramatic influence of the application review delay on my exam preparation schedule.

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PMI PMO Retail 2023 88

ProjectManager.com

JUNE 26, 2017

In other words, every team can find value in team-building exercise. Objective: See other’s perspective in other to help influence their position. Now give them 25 more index cards and have them do the exercise again, but without tape. They have three minutes to strategize before trading for eight minutes. Machine Made.

Underperforming Technical Team 536

Underperforming Technical Team Construction Influencer Closing 536

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

In this article we’ll look at why people don’t take responsibility for tasks and also how you can influence the culture of the office so that taking responsibility becomes the norm. 6 Ways to influence your team to take more responsibility. If this sounds like your work environment then there are things you can do to change it.

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Influencer Risk Management Leadership Defining 265

Scrum.org

JULY 14, 2021

How can Scrum Masters and Agile coaches support this through exercises and workshops? For example, perhaps the number of plants in the team room has a microscopic influence on their effectiveness. The only contextual factor that seemed to have a small (positive) influence was the experience of Scrum teams. This was not the case.

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SCRUM Influencer Technical Review Software Review 241

Scrum.org

JUNE 4, 2023

Try this exercise within your organization, and plot all the activities, roles, projects, processes, and relationships on the Ecocycle. Systems Thinking offers a perspective on how we can influence complex systems. Analyze where things are stuck in the traps, and determine how to set things in motion.

Governance 172

Governance Government Consulting Agile 172

Project Bliss

OCTOBER 8, 2021

When carrying out the prioritization exercise, include different representatives from different stakeholder groups (users, developers, etc.) Can they influence decisions made during development? How To Use Moscow Prioritization. for best results. 2) Identify the stakeholders. 4) Set up milestones.

Energy 290

Energy Agile Influencer Budget 290

Scrum.org

APRIL 26, 2021

What occurrences influenced the Scrum Team’s progress towards achieving the Sprint Goal? Timelines are very helpful when you want to visualize the flow of events and how those have influenced each other. Let’s have a look at a few proven techniques: Keeping a Team Diary. A Questionable Technique.

Underperforming Technical Team 237

Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM 2021 Agile 237

Planio

MARCH 27, 2023

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. In project management, a stakeholder is anyone interested in or with influence over your project’s outcome. But this is a mistake. What is stakeholder analysis?

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Planning Development Team Review Influencer Initiating 78

Scrum.org

JUNE 26, 2021

The Professional Agile Leadership Essentials TM (PAL-E) is a hands-on workshop that uses a combination of instruction and hands-on exercises to help managers and other leaders who work directly with agile teams understand how to best support, guide, and coach their teams to improve their agile capabilities.

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SCRUM Leadership 2020 Agile 163