Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 25, 2020

I decided it would be OK to share some free and paid resources that you might find useful to help you keep your projects and teams moving forward, wherever you find yourself based over the coming weeks. Mike Clayton has drafted a 7 step response plan for project managers* to prepare your projects and teams. Look ahead.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 12, 2022

What are the key skills for working on multiple projects simultaneously? In this article, we’ll dive into the statistics and you’ll learn: The top challenges facing people managing several projects at once The key skills required for managing multiple projects The top tools for prioritizing work day-to-day.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 27, 2022

Construction projects come in all shapes and sizes, but all must be measured. This is why a project has many construction documents. They set up the project for success by detailing everything from the site to the design and even the project administration. What Are Construction Documents? Learn more.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

Would you like to make 2023 a successful year for your projects? I’m sure you do. A while back, I asked project management experts w hat we should be aware of as we go into the new year to achieve their most successful year ever? These past few years have seen an incredible evolution in the way software is built.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 18, 2021

In this video Elizabeth Harrin discusses how merging engagement and gamification creates engagification, a methodology to help people take action on projects. We’ll be talking about how to get people to take action on projects. We’ll be talking about how to encourage participation on projects through the mechanics of games.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Brands can thrive or wither on the quality of their social media manager and some networks can be ruthless. There was some excellent arguments in favour of M&S suing Aldi over Cuthbert and also in defence of Aldi. Social media and project communication plans. This makes the communication plans for projects more complex.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

What are the key skills for working on multiple projects simultaneously? In this article, we’ll dive into the statistics and you’ll learn: The top challenges facing people managing several projects at once The key skills required for managing multiple projects The top tools for prioritizing work day-to-day.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

A project manager approached me recently with a problem. That didn’t sit quite right with her (and she didn’t know she was a perfect example of a project management ethics case study when she was telling me the story!). What is Ethics in Project Management? What are ethical issues in management?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Projects are made up of tasks. Staying on top of your tasks as a team is so important if you want to hit your project deadlines. In this article you’ll learn how to manage tasks efficiently and how to improve your own task management skills and those of your team. What is task management? Lots of them.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

If you think this way about meetings, chances are others do, such as the team members you’ve called together to discuss a vital aspect of the project you’re all working on. Instead of dismissing meetings whole cloth, you could try some icebreaker games to make them more fun and productive. So, what are some icebreakers for meetings?

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 19, 2022

No one needs to tell you that projects cost money. The closer you can come to an accurate forecast of project costs, the more likely you’ll deliver a successful project. Rough order of magnitude (ROM) can help you better estimate project costs. You’ll also find it being used in IT projects and construction projects.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

I’m not sure if I would want that, but I do love the simplicity of it. And then I log into my PM software and suddenly that simplicity that exists elsewhere disappears… Here are my wishes for the PM software industry for 2020. Projects generate huge amounts of data. Not a smart watch. Give us more data.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

What makes a good Product Owner? Or writing items for the Product Backlog? Do Product Owners require a full mandate in order to be effective? For example, there are supposedly eight stances for Product Owners. Others argue that Product Owners are great when their team doesn’t need them.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 4, 2021

I have updated my responses in order to better reflect the PRINCE2 and A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge — PMBOK® Guide , as at October 2021 as the PMBOK® Guide has been updated since this interview first took place, and PRINCE2 US was launched in 2020. She first took her PRINCE2 Practitioner exam in 2004.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 3, 2019

This example is a good scenario to explain the structure and challenges of planning a big event, along with the benefits of planning an event with software. Venue: The event has to take place somewhere, and that involves logistics management , food and beverages as well as the décor. Need to know how to plan an event?

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Project Risk Coach

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Learn technical skills to accelerate your projects through requirements development How big of a deal are project requirements? The Project Management Institute says, “47% of unsuccessful projects fail to meet goals due to poor requirements management.” What are Project Requirements?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 26, 2020

What is a fixed date project? A fixed date project is one that has a defined — and often unmovable — end date for delivery. Hitting the date is compulsory, which means we can’t plan the project as we would normally do using best practice scheduling techniques. ” The challenge with fixed date projects.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Project managers love a good plan. It takes what might be an overwhelming project and structures it in such a way it can now be methodically executed. With that mandate, project management includes methodologies designed to forge order from chaos. In fact, there’s a methodology to control project resources.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Managing multiple projects at once can be a bit like a juggling act. Every action taken in one project needs to feed into the next with fluidity and poise, and when done right, a skilled portfolio manager can make it seem like no trouble at all. How to Know If You’re Managing Multiple Projects.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 25, 2018

It’s even more so with managers. Few leave the cradle with organizational skills and an understanding of how to manage teams and monitor their performance with the appropriate tools. All this increases team performance and project productivity. The term “transformational leader” was first used by Bernard M.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 10, 2023

It’s key for articulating your value, if it’s in the proposal stage , or your progress if you’re in the middle of a project. It’s key for articulating your value, if it’s in the proposal stage , or your progress if you’re in the middle of a project. Excite them: Be enthusiastic about the project!

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 5, 2020

I’m still constantly surprised when I hear that people work in a command and control style management hierarchy. It’s not something I’ve been part of for years and I don’t believe it works – at least not in a project management, office-based environment. So, what works better? Nothing to see here.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Do you need help prioritizing tasks when managing a project? How to Prioritize with the MoSCoW Method: Managing a project is often about managing what you will – and won’t! – get done in the given project timeline. If the answer is, “The project fails,” then you have a MUS.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

And as a project manager, I’ll take that. It does help with projects though. Making an educated guess about project tasks is a good skill to have. In this article I’ll share estimating techniques for schedules and budgets: the kind of things we need to know to get projects done. Can you speak to the manager?

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 28, 2018

There has been some backlash against Six Sigma over the recent years, some of which is warranted and will be discussed, but overall the process proves a valuable tool in reducing defects in product manufacturing, especially when paired with Agile thinking, lean manufacturing and capable project management tools. Why Six Sigma?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 9, 2022

It’s also something mentioned in the standards for professional project management bodies. Apparently, business acumen is something that project managers should have. It used to be called ‘strategic and business management’ So how is business acumen different? So what’s it all about?

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Teamweek

APRIL 19, 2024

Project managers often struggle to calculate project ROI and communicate a project’s financial value to stakeholders as they might not have the right tools or processes to do so. This guide has everything you need to start calculating the ROI of your projects, avoid scope creep, and improve project efficiency.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 30, 2020

I’ve seen project managers and other colleagues crash and burn. Lots of senior managers. Telling them that he had a meeting with me and that as his software would be used by my company in the future that he should meet them to explain about it. There is a reason that project management has a code of ethics.

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LiquidPlanner

APRIL 18, 2023

Tempo Chief Product Officer, Shannon Mason led an engaging discussion with Tempo CEO, Mark Lorion, LiquidPlanner CEO Ted Hawksford, and LiquidPlanner VP of Product, Jen Morrisey on the future of their partnership. He explained that Tempo has a unique, modular way of enabling customers that helps them solve their problems.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 22, 2019

Jennifer said she loves technology and was excited to show how tools can help make project management more productive. You’ve probably used some of these automations, such as software, apps, artificial intelligence (AI), gaming technology, mobile platforms, card readers or QR codes. Examples of Automation.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 15, 2020

I’m working late too. In this article I’m going to explain what ROWE is and how it can shape your team into something where truly exceptional results and high accountability are possible. ROWE means a way of managing human resources whereby they are rewarded for results, not hours worked.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Project managers sing this sad song, but don’t expect the chorus to join in. Keeping to the project’s schedule is one of the three prongs of the triple constraint. Time rules all projects. With those odds, whoever can figure out how to stop the clock is going to be a super project manager. Historical Data.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2019

You’ve got responsibility for a project. I have researched the best places to get free project management templates for download online. These are all good, reliable sources of quality documentation for projects. How to Use Free Project Management Templates. Let me make it easier for you.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 19, 2022

So how do you manage all the tasks? I asked some colleagues how they manage tasks without using their inbox for task management, and they said: “Put them in Microsoft Project.”. The thing is, I don’t want to use a fully featured project management tool for all the small things. Use a spreadsheet.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 5, 2019

And if you want your project to be a success, you need to have a plan in place to respond quickly and effectively to any issues that arise. These steps are part of a best practice issue management process and are a core essence of good project management. What Is Issue Management? Types of Project Issues.

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MPUG

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Increasingly, all enterprises are becoming software-led, which is changing the traditional project management lifecycle into the continuous iterative loop that modern software teams have employed for decades. In our experience, there are a few key themes to watch in 2024 as generative AI impacts Project Management : 1.

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Leading Agile

JULY 3, 2023

As more and more companies scramble to untangle the code of their monolithic legacy software and get it into the cloud, strategic priorities are shifting. Want the Deck Text HIDDEN to 33777 Video Transcript We will run into times where packing software makes it harder for us to transform the skills of our staff and external vendors.

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