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BEE Methodology Practitioner Course Review

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I decided it was time to learn more about change management , and if you’ve come to that conclusion too, keep reading, as I have a detailed review of a very good (and not expensive) course that will help you: the BEE Methodology Practitioner course. Tip: Fill in the blank questions need you to type your answer into the space.

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Project Boards and Project Steering Groups: An Introduction

Rebel’s Guide to PM

These are all functions of a project board (or steering group). Strong leadership in projects is important for success, so getting your project board and/or project steering group set up as soon as you can is a good start. In other words, this is the group that takes the tough decisions. What is a project steering group?

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The Partnership of Technology and People in Project Management

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Why the partnership of technology and people bring more than one benefit. As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, “a team is a group of people who are interdependent with respect to information, resources, knowledge and skills and who seek to combine their efforts to achieve a common goal.”

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Technical Debt: What Is It & How Do I Avoid It?

ProjectManager.com

This is often due to the various forces at play that impact decision-making, like those related to the project budget, schedule or resources. There’s a term to explain this idea: technical debt. If you’re about to embark on a new project, take a moment to read about what technical debt is and why you’ll want to avoid it at all costs.

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Understanding the Work of an Agile Transformation

Leading Agile

There are 3 Things: Teams Dedicated, cross-functional groups made up of six to eight people who possess everything they need to deliver an increment of working tested product at the end of every sprint. When self-organization isn’t going to facilitate the change, we’re going to need leadership to step in and provide support and alignment.

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Book review: How to Manage in a Flat World

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Those times spent socializing or gossiping with the team; that extra phone call to Christina or Dmitri working in a small group in a different country, simply to ask: “How are you?” If the human connections are faltering, we need to take it just as seriously – indeed, more so; after all, technology is designed and run by people, too.

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Overcoming bias in project management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Her leadership and guidance is of paramount importance during planning and execution. 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. Roland Hoffman.