Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

That’s just work related tasks to get ready for next week. That’s a lot of chores to do, but they aren’t truly to do with getting my head straight for work. Good planning on a Friday or a Sunday for the week ahead makes Monday morning much less stressful. Everyone else seems chilled out after the weekend. Update your To Do list.

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Project Risk Coach

MAY 24, 2021

They often work overtime, but few feel as though they are making progress. Problem #2: I have more work than I can do. The best project managers do valuable work, not busy work. One of the most important things you can do each day is to prioritize your work. When should you prioritize your work? Guess what?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 26, 2023

Carole Osterweil Managers should have a basic understanding of how the human brain works because it helps you navigate difficult situations. Think about the projects you’re working on. We only have to perceive that our status has been reduced or that we are being treated unfairly and we will respond with avoidance behaviors.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 29, 2024

As a consequence these teams also reduce risk of rework, and waste, and increase chances of being successful in the market. Yet, as you perform those final stress tests, UATs and compliance sign-offs, you are finally discovering all sorts of new problems. Also, those costs can be reduced by adopting the right approach.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 5, 2023

I don’t remember the last time I was so stressed as I was working full-time at the same time, but I did it, and you can too. In this article, I’ll share my top tips for working out the answers to the graded quizzes, how to plan your time and how to get the certificate for the lowest possible cost (not free, but very cheap).

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 25, 2022

Define what the meeting is for and what we are expecting as a result: an agreement, approval, a work plan, etc. The meeting time is reduced half an hour? If you schedule it for later, people’s attention will be diminished, attendees will be more tired, stressed, etc. Participants. Who must and should be in the meeting?

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Planio

MAY 6, 2024

A good manager leads, mentors, and supports their team to achieve their goals while ensuring their team’s work aligns with the broader company strategy and objectives. Here are just a few of the regular roadblocks that get in the way of being a great manager: Balancing the team’s needs with the work. What makes a good manager?

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 1, 2019

Jennifer said it reduces not only stress, but the hormones associated with stress. Who doesn’t need a blast of that in the midst of a stressful project? Related: How to Be Happy at Work (Happier, at Least). What We Know About Stress. Jennifer went on to quote some statistics about stress.

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Teamweek

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

You can calculate employee productivity by tracking output against goals, monitoring completed tasks, and the quality of work. But, it can be hard to measure and improve the productivity of remote workers and keep them focused in modern work settings. This awareness helps them pinpoint and reduce time spent on less important tasks.

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Planio

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

With remote working blurring the line between our work and personal lives, 26% of people say they expect to feel even more stressed in the future. Of course, pressure and stress go hand-in-hand. Jump to a section: Why do you feel anxious, stressed, and nervous when under pressure? De-stress your environment 3.

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Project Bliss

JULY 2, 2020

Stress at work is unavoidable. Use these ten tactics to ease the stress and love your work again! Stress at work is often unavoidable. Nonetheless, we don’t want to overexpose ourselves to stress. One of the most significant sources of stress for a lot of people is their job.

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Proofhub

MARCH 17, 2022

How Time Management Can Help Reduce Your Stress at Workplace As a project manager, there are many challenges you face while leading your team. So, all of this work pressure and daily routines can lead to stress at the workplace. It happens a lot of times that the work gets delayed. What is Time Management?

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 25, 2022

We’ve often found ourselves working late into the night, or during weekends. In this post, we explore the science around pacing and stress. We also want to explore insights from positive psychology into motivation, and how it often buffers against stress. The science on pace and stress. We certainly have.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Micromanaging can lead to a lack of ownership, reduced morale, and ultimately hinder the team's ability to deliver quality results. Scrum emphasizes focus and prioritization, advocating for teams to work on a limited number of tasks at any given time. Scrum encourages self-organization and trusts teams to manage their own workloads.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 22, 2020

Because we need people to get the project work done. However, stakeholder management is a very narrow way of looking at how we work with people on projects to achieve a common goal. Reduce and Uncover Risk. Why is stakeholder management important to project success? ” Let’s park that for the moment.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 19, 2023

For example, the team can use historical data to make forecasts, which can help reduce stress and anxiety around deadlines. This can lead to stress and anxiety, negatively impacting team psychology safety. A team member expresses concerns about a feature that they are working on.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 10, 2019

They work well for product launches , performance tracking, and marketing campaigns. And research by Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer shows clearly that when we can see our progress conspicuously, we feel more enriched by the work we are doing. Take what you already have and ask yourself, “For what purpose am I doing this?”

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Project Risk Coach

MAY 17, 2021

After the meal, take a few minutes to share your thoughts about the project, acknowledging the good work of each team member. If you have a resource manager, work with the manager to ensure a smooth reassignment of the resources. Your team has worked hard. When you do, you will reduce stress for yourself and your team members.

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Kiron Bondale

AUGUST 9, 2020

Projects have had their budgets vastly reduced or been cancelled outright, and remote work has become the norm rather than the exception. Scheduling in person meetings with added complexities of safe physical distancing and people’s working arrangements. cope with the stress and natural fears of returning to the office.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Yet the same survey found that 75% of people did not believe their organisation had a culture that supported agile ways of working. However, at the same time, they are often not given the time to tackle technical debt, learn new skills or improve how they work. Q7: Does the team work on the highest priority items in the backlog?

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Productivity Land

JUNE 15, 2023

As we navigate through the complexities of the modern work environment, it becomes evident that an inclusive work environment is not a mere luxury but a necessity. Long hours, tight deadlines, and high-stakes projects have become the norm, often leading to elevated stress levels and compromised well-being.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Most of us have some experience planning an event, be it at home, work or in their community. Marketing: Once you have a place selected, you need to start drawing people to it through a marketing program that can include a website, social campaign, email and print work. It’s all collected right where you’re working.

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Proofhub

MAY 1, 2023

When you work towards keeping your employee’s morale high, they work with full engagement. Employee burnout is a state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion caused by prolonged stress. It’s also the result of a personal feeling that they’ve lost control over their work. Burnout can happen to anyone.

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Susanne Madsen

MAY 7, 2024

I’ve just released my third book, How to Do the Inner Work – A Guide to Self-Discovery, Empowerment and Emotional Healing. But what does it mean to do the inner work and what are the benefits? These examples relate to work, but we could easily come up with personal examples too. The patterns are the same.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 9, 2020

That leads to an ever-increasing number of explicit and implicit backlogs, "dependencies," extensive Work-In-Progress (WIP), queues, and unsatisfactory lead times. Some of the phrases that caught my attention: "Do we have enough work for the designer in this Sprint?". Seems like testers are already filled up with work.".

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LiquidPlanner

JUNE 29, 2022

1 Yet paradoxically, time management tactics and tools often increase the stress we face rather than reducing it. So when we think we fall short, we tend to create this narrative that our work isn’t good enough. In other words, when you’ve spent 20% of the time working on your task, you’re already 80% finished.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Empowering steering committees to override Product Owner decisions : This undermines the Product Owner’s role in maximizing the value of the work of their teammates. Overemphasizing resource utilization can lead to burnout and reduced creativity, as it often neglects the human aspect of the development process.

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Project Bliss

AUGUST 16, 2021

It’s a simple method that involves working for 25 minutes, then taking a 5-minute break to relax or do something else. And breaking complex tasks down and taking breaks reduces mental fatigue. Even the timer on your mobile phone can work well. Set your timer and get to work. All you need is a timer.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The Product Group consisted of several Scrum Teams working on the same product. . Refinement reduces the variability of Product Backlog Items before they enter the Sprint. In scaled Scrum teams are working on the same product: Multiple Scrum Teams often work together on the same product. How to Select Scrum Patterns.

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Planio

APRIL 8, 2024

Whether you’re a manager, developer, or team leader, one of the best ways to reduce the amount of chaos and reactiveness in your day is to practice time blocking. Why time blocking works: 6 benefits of blocking out your day How to start time blocking your days in 8 steps 1. Set up individual blocks for each ‘category’ of work 4.

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Productivity Land

JULY 4, 2023

This constant switching leads to reduced focus and diminished performance. Rosen’s research indicates that multitasking can also result in increased errors and lower-quality work. Another consequence of multitasking, as highlighted by Rosen, is heightened stress levels. The Benefits of Effective Multitasking 1.

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Kiron Bondale

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few months, you’ve likely run into the term the “Great Resignation” If you work for a mid to large-sized company, chances are at least a few of your staff have decided to exit stage left and only rarely will these departures not cause some business impacts.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 5, 2023

Agile approaches like Scrum have long promoted the importance of working at a sustainable pace. This principle was made part of the Agile Manifesto due to a common practice in the software industry where people were(/are) expected to work extra hours in order to meet a deadline. Why do organisations still expect this extra work?

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Planio

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The science behind why rituals work. They help relieve stress and anxiety. Why: To underpin work with meaning that speaks to our own personal values. The science behind why rituals work. Here are three reasons rituals work in both day-to-day and professional life. They help relieve stress and anxiety.

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The IIL Blog

AUGUST 8, 2023

The focus was on burnout in people who were working. Stress and burnout have been recognized as serious project management problems for years, but until recently companies have been reluctant to face the problems head on. None of us are immune to stress and potential burnout. We all have days where we feel stressed out.

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Ganttic

JANUARY 12, 2024

In a nutshell it is defined as emotional, mental, and even physical exhaustion due to work conditions. Although, it usually strikes after periods of prolonged stress. But what causes stress? According to a 2018 Gallup poll , 23% of full time employees have reported feeling burnt out at work often or always.

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Inloox

MAY 27, 2021

When unexpected events occur, it is natural to feel stressed. The only way to relieve that stress is to remain calm about the situation and take action to keep the situation under control. Project work is preceded by project planning , which is still too often interpreted as doing nothing and thus, unimportant.

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