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How To Make 2023 A Successful Year for Your Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

And in no particular order we start with: Mark Phillips Mark Phillips High performing teams are motivated by an exceptional vision. The vision becomes a touchstone for difficult discussions with stakeholders, a path to unity for all project participants and a guide post for decision making with your team throughout the project.

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Ad Hoc Project Management: The Art of Chaos and Confusion

MPUG

There may be some measure of formalism, but little tracking or attempts at interventions to control or influence the project. Team members can do whatever they want, whenever they want, with no consequences. Team members are left in the dark, wondering what’s happening and who’s in charge.

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125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

Whether you are just starting out, developing your project manager resume, or a seasoned professional, mastering the Project Management Buzzwords is non-negotiable. Agile team A cross-functional group of individuals (e.g., Business case An organization will develop a document to justify the investment in a project (i.e.,

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Project Success: Implementation AND Adoption

The IIL Blog

The development team was devastated. In my consulting practice, I see development teams struggling with their users. A primary reason is poor stakeholder engagement. Poor alignment with project objectives and expectations. Develop mitigation strategies. This experience is not unique.

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Creating a Risk-Adjusted Backlog

Leading Answers

This article explains what a risk-adjusted backlog is, why they are useful, how to create one and how teams work with them. Prioritizing based on business value is an example of the lean concept of 'Taking an Economic View of Decision Making.' I do not think the teams have been weak at threat avoidance.

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Improve Your Project Schedule

International Institute for Learning

Even with these powerful tools, only about half of all projects are completed on time, as reported in the PMI Pulse of the Profession.® These tools were developed in the 1950s to manage the U.S. The plans will be more realistic, helpful and lead to happy customers and project teams. Tools influence and constrain what we do.

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Episode 182 – How GREAT is your Resistance? Changing a No to a Yes

Velociteach

Patrick Veroneau introduces an acronym called GREAT to understand the resistance we may be facing from our team. BILL YATES: We had such a great time as a team preparing these, you know, helping put these meals together, packaging them. It was so fun for the team to be together. It was a team-building event with a purpose.