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Rebel’s Guide to PM
JUNE 14, 2022
He’s taken the PERT (Project Evaluation and Review Technique) estimating approach to the next level by letting you add a dash of professional judgement in with the numbers. The S in SPERT offers superpowers to all project managers. Can you explain how it works? How To
Rebel’s Guide to PM
DECEMBER 16, 2022
After all, the mission statement is what will guide the PMO as it strives to achieve its goals and objectives. Creating a powerful PMO mission statement doesn’t have to be difficult – but it does require some thought and careful planning. But it doesn’t have to be!
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Rebel’s Guide to PM
OCTOBER 5, 2022
This is a question I’m hearing quite a lot at the moment: How do I turn my company’s strategy into actual projects? It’s good to have a strategy, of course. But a strategy that stays in a fancy PowerPoint presentation isn’t helpful to anyone. This is how it works.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
JUNE 20, 2022
But how do you organize notes in a notebook? If you are looking for ways to keep a notebook organized, you’re in the right place! For me, a notebook is a quick way to be better at time management every single day. How to organize a paper notebook. How much space?
Speaker: John Cutler, Product Evangelist and Coach at Amplitude
In a post-COVID world, online retailers are forced to reevaluate their position and address the challenge of adopting new customer experiences. Even brick and mortar businesses are integrating more digital approaches to CX -- testing out loyalty programs and subscription-based models. Join John Cutler, Product Evangelist and Coach at Amplitude, for this enlightening discussion on the current state of the ecommerce landscape.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
JULY 6, 2022
I bet there are not enough resources in your company to Do All The Things. You have a flexible (but ultimately limited by money) pool of people to do the work. Or, to rephrase, you have a long list of work ideas that senior managers would like to get done as projects.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
MAY 25, 2022
Ruth Pearce knows everything there is to know about motivating your project team. I caught up with Ruth to find out more about how to motivate teams and why it’s something you should be actively doing. So how do we do it? Engagement is closely related to motivation.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
APRIL 2, 2022
Rolling wave planning, also known as progressive elaboration, is an iterative planning technique to use when it’s difficult (or pointless) to schedule too far ahead. Rolling wave planning gives you the ability to plan in smaller, incremental, steps.
The Digital Project Manager
JULY 29, 2020
The post What Is & How To Create A Risk Management Plan appeared first on The Digital Project Manager. How-to Guides How-to Managing And Controling Risk Management Topics
Rebel’s Guide to PM
AUGUST 8, 2022
Planning is an essential part of what project managers do, so you would expect there to be some mention of how to deal with fixed date projects in the PRINCE2® manuals. Project managers still need some guidance on how to manage projects that have a fixed date.
Speaker: Holly Hester-Reilly, Founder and Product Management Coach, H2R Product Science
Every choice we make right now can make or break us. If we want our products to grow we need to practice rapid, continuous product discovery to understand and adapt to the changes in our customer’s lives. Join Holly Hester-Reilly as she shares her knowledge from years of experience teaching product managers and researchers on how to make evidence-based product decisions with rapid research.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
JULY 11, 2022
You can draw a recruiter’s attention to your skills, teamwork, leadership, and achievements. Here’s how to showcase your projects on your CV (as we call a resume here in the UK, and I’ll use both terms interchangeably in this article) to make it clear what you are capable of.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
APRIL 4, 2022
If you prefer to read, there is a transcript is below the video. So always a worry, isn’t it when you start using technology that you haven’t had a chance to look at for a long time thinking? So it is our go to small talk conversation topic. So try to format it.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
MAY 9, 2022
How can I deal with a team member with a bad attitude? How can I deal with a project team member whose attitude sucks?”. That was what a reader got in touch to ask recently. You don’t have the time or the energy to carry someone along for the ride.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
JULY 14, 2022
Phones ringing, notes tacked everywhere, people darting to and from cubicles and offices… The image isn’t a pretty one, and probably causes some amount of stress just imagining it. How does it feel at work? The other possibility might be harder to fix. How To
Speaker: Greg Coticchia, CEO & Founder of ENTRA
Organizations of all types and sizes are facing common challenges of how to deal with the uncertainty in our current professional and personal lives. How can you plan when you are uncertain of what's next? On a product level, how can you be sure of delivering the ‘right’ messaging, products, solutions, and services to customers? How do you survive to fight the fight another day? In this session, we will discuss important tips for you as a Product Manager dealing with uncertainty. At the same time, we will discuss another important aspect of dealing with uncertainty, and that is building trust, especially while many of us are working remotely or in new or different settings.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
Most projects don’t deliver their original scope: 54% of projects fail to deliver the agreed-upon functionality. Scope creep in project management is where additional requirements are added to the project, beyond what was originally agreed and these additions are not formally authorized.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
FEBRUARY 4, 2022
In this environment it is acceptable to have ambiguous requirements as the collaborative working techniques mean that clarity comes from working with and continually testing iterations of the end product until it meets the business requirements. How to create the perfect business requirements.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
JULY 5, 2021
In this article, I’ll share what to look for in an online training provider and how to choose the right PRINCE2 certification course for you. What to look for in an online PRINCE2 course. Personally, I’ve done both over the years, and there are pros and cons to both.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
JUNE 17, 2022
On challenging projects with big teams there is always plenty to comment about, from why so-and-so was late to work to whether someone else is doing a good job. Beverly, how do you define gossip? None of us like to experience this. So intent has a lot to do with it?
Speaker: Dustin Smith, Sr. Product Manager, Incubator
The classic product story goes like this: A small team puts a great idea to work. Said idea becomes a wildly successful app. Team makes lots of money and attracts talent from all over the globe, quickly dotting the map with international offices. In a matter of years, a very small company becomes a global superpower. Romantic notions aside, the story neglects to mention the most essential variable to product success: scalability. If a product can't withstand a growing user base and diverse team, it'll never leave the think tank. Whether you're running a small startup or trying to get your idea to take off in a large corporation, you'll need the right tools and the perspective to scale your product. Join Dustin Smith, Senior Product Manager of the Innovation Incubator at Indeed, and learn how to scale your product for greatness.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
MAY 18, 2022
How do I get started? In this article we’ll help you understand what to focus on as you take on your first projects. Managing projects is a secondary part of their role, at least to start with. You have to coordinate a variety of people to get the result delivered.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
Are you expected to get something done without really knowing what it is that you are supposed to be doing? However, that’s not the case for people who are in a more predictive environment without the structures and culture of agile to support project delivery.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
MARCH 2, 2022
But how do you come up with the answer? Sometimes, the answer to a problem is staring you in the face. There is only one sensible solution to fixing an issue. You are confident that using that approach is going to get you where you need to be. How To
Rebel’s Guide to PM
AUGUST 3, 2021
They define salience as: the degree to which managers give priority to competing stakeholder claims. Their model looks at how vocal, visible and important a stakeholder is, allowing you to create a typology of stakeholders to whom you should pay attention.
Speaker: Laura Klein, Principal at Users Know and Author of UX for Lean Startups
We all have to make quick decisions about product interfaces, and there's not always a designer around when you need one. That doesn't mean that you're doomed to failure, though. Learn a few really common user experience design mistakes and how to avoid making them. Join UX designer and product management expert Laura Klein for a no-holds-barred Ask Me Anything session on UX design. Laura—principal of Users Know and author of Build Better Products and UX for Lean Startups—has over 20 years of experience helping companies innovate responsibly and improve their product development processes.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
MARCH 17, 2022
Watch my free webinar training on the 3 critical skills you need to manage multiple projects. Learn the skills you really need to juggle all your work! A reader got in touch to ask me how I manage my personal project To Do list. “I
Rebel’s Guide to PM
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
You are also responsible for your team, and making sure they have the skills required to do their jobs. Part of a resource management plan is to build the skills of your team. However, you should also consider how good they are at doing the work of projects – project management.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
JULY 29, 2021
How do you manage your projects? Whatever it is you’re managing you’ll probably use, or need, a tool to help you do it. What remains the same is that there is a lot to manage. And a lot to remember. way of creating to-do lists. Watch this intro video to get started.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
JUNE 20, 2020
. Delegating tasks is something every project manager needs to get good at. If you want to do more work, you need more people doing the work. It’s not rocket science to realize that the project manager can’t do all the tasks. Click To Tweet. Much easier to do it yourself.
Speaker: Richard Cardran, Chief Creative Officer and VP Strategy, HIA Technologies
Innovation is both a process and an outcome. The best way to begin innovating your products is by innovating your internal process. We'll explore the challenges, solutions, and hands-on techniques for becoming a successful "agent of change" within a well-established product culture. We'll examine the importance of UX and user-centric feature analysis, the adaptation of Agile Methodologies to the creative process, as well as a way to drive successful culture change for setting expectations and winning approvals with cross-functional stakeholders. Innovation and Leadership go hand in hand. Join Richard Cardran, Chief Creative Officer and VP Strategy, HIA Technologies, as we assess some case studies to see how to lead with a clear strategy well-defined tactics, and an unbiased understanding of the fundamental question: "why are you innovating?"
Project Bliss
JANUARY 23, 2021
You may think you know how to run a meeting. This checklist of activities to do before, during, and after your meeting tell you exactly how to run an effective meeting that participants will actually enjoy. How to Run a Meeting: Before-During-and After.
The Digital Project Manager
OCTOBER 9, 2020
The post How To Make A Project Roadmap (With Roadmap Template) appeared first on The Digital Project Manager. How-to Guides How-to Project Planning
The Digital Project Manager
JANUARY 12, 2023
While most email applications offer similar tools to manage the inbox, often they are named or presented differently. In this article I want to go over the Gmail interface and how it differs from Outlook. Personal Personal Productivity Hacks How To
Rebel’s Guide to PM
JULY 10, 2020
A decision log template in project management is the document you use to fill in all the decisions made relating to your project. It’s also human nature to think more about the things that stop you making decisions than decisions you’ve actually made.
Speaker: Cait Porte, SVP Product and Customer Experience, Zmags
Gathering support for a product feature or enhancement is a critical skill for Product Managers. Talking to customers, working with key stakeholders in the business and convincing development that a feature is necessary can be a daunting task. Join Product Management expert Cait Porte as she covers how to sell your ideas internally by leveraging data to drive decision making.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
JANUARY 6, 2022
This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management. When faced with that view of projects, you might wonder how people ever got started. Further education is generally what people think of first when they consider how to become a project manager.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
During 2020, many of us didn’t have to ask to work remotely. However, now that there are calls for office workers to hit their desks again, we have to consider if that’s the life we want. How to convince your manager to let you work remotely.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
MARCH 22, 2021
Resources are the largest contributor to successful project delivery , and project managers spend significant time planning and managing their activities. Both resource and project managers work in tandem to develop resourcing strategies for projects. Or do I need to hire someone else?
Rebel’s Guide to PM
AUGUST 9, 2021
Bags and bags of extra mail had arrived, she didn’t have the staff in to sort it and she had heard that it might be something to do with me. I was happy that my project to in-source a service had completed as expected. There is a lot of discussion and talking to do.
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