Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 25, 2021

It’s basically an edited collection of essays on the subject of balancing work and home but what I really loved about it was the authors throughout the book urging readers to bring their business skills to home life. I think of our house as quite a project-managed place. We have a family calendar. I’d love to replicate this.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 7, 2022

It is possible to create an environment where project team members can be more productive, by creating good habits. First, let’s look at what we are talking about when we’re thinking about how to increase team productivity. But in knowledge work environments, we don’t actually measure team productivity.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 22, 2023

We were due to go live with our pilot software launch but things didn’t feel right. We had the go/no go meeting and as I sat in the office, it just felt like we weren’t ready. I emailed him, because I wanted to be told that we were making the right decision. We would delay the pilot. Decision taken.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 18, 2019

Work can be fun, though often it isn’t, and that goes for both team members and their managers. It might be expected to hear team members complain that work is no longer fun, but Jennifer said that she’s heard the same complaint from managers. Everyone loves to eat. How can you have fun at work and be productive? Transcription.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 20, 2020

The best way to achieve this is to have a project management software that allows team members to work together collaboratively on the same platform. Because our company values hard work, collaboration and teamwork, we require that all staff come into the office. We do not allow employees to work remotely.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Recommended The PMP PrepCast Elite PLUS $389 This complete self-directed PMP Exam course is our top pick. That’s why I love the Project Management PrepCast as an exam prep tool for both PMP ® prep and the Certified Associate in Project Management ( CAPM )®, because the learning comes in bite-sized chunks. Why listen to me?

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 10, 2023

Let’s take a look at 10 different types of project management meetings and define them, and we’ll start with the definition of what a project meeting is. The project status report meeting is when team members provide data that the project manager uses to review where the project is over a specific period of time.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 22, 2023

Through her own research and experience, she revealed that the causes of project failure are: We hope you’ve enjoyed hearing about these reasons and are now able to think about how you can stop them from derailing your own project. That’s something we have to deal with. We do what we love doing.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

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? And in no particular order we start with: Mark Phillips Mark Phillips High performing teams are motivated by an exceptional vision. But we can do better. Let’s jump in.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 19, 2021

We were due to go live with our pilot software launch but things didn’t feel right. We had the go/no go meeting and as I sat in the office, it just felt like we weren’t ready. I emailed him, because I wanted to be told that we were making the right decision. We would delay the pilot. Decision taken.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Do you love your job? Whenever there is a difficult change to implement, a challenging initiative to lead, a troublesome task to overcome, something to be done, or something that exceeds the capacity of operating teams, we call in a project manager. We are all happy that we know what happened and how to avoid it happening again.

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LiquidPlanner

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

If not, it is time to get on it, so you are ready with a demonstration of your love for that special person in your life. Do you love them? She asked me incredulously, “How can someone love a project as much as a special person in their life?” I, smartly, responded I could never love a project as much as you, my dear.

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Project Bliss

AUGUST 17, 2020

In a matter of months, COVID-19 has impacted pretty much every aspect of our normal daily lives. It’s changed the way we educate our children to the way we socialize and how we get our entertainment. Even more, it’s changed the way we work. Right now, we could all use a bit of good news.

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Kiron Bondale

AUGUST 7, 2022

Like many other home-bound folks, we added a furry family member early in the pandemic. Tux is a two and a half year old Shih Tzu and, like all dogs, has managed to fully integrate into all aspects of our daily lives. While he has completed the first level of doggy training (and graduated top dog within his cohort!),

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 2, 2019

Managing team members, especially those that are exhibiting negative behavior, is going to have a negative spin on how you deal with the whole team. Today we’re talking about how negativity bias is affecting your project management. Maybe seeing data and saying, “Oh, well, the last time we did that this happened.”

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 15, 2021

Under VUCA circumstances, the management processes are adapting to the coaching methods to strengthen the team members. We have assisted 100s of teams through our productive journey to design career courses for the team coaches. He loves to humanise workplaces. Read More>>. About Author.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 11, 2020

We surveyed 220 project managers to better understand what it’s like to work in project delivery. In this original research, we share some brand new project management statistics. Ready to see what we uncovered? Our research showed that 10% of project managers are using Agile methods and 30% are using predictive approaches.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

We can only measure customer value after we have released the product. Until then, the value we envision is merely a hypothesis. There are many methods at our disposal. As Product Owners, we can use our experienced judgement to think about what might be of most value. What is a stakeholder?

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Moreover, we are not getting paid to practice Scrum but solve our customers’ problems within the given constraints while contributing to the sustainability of our organization. As we all know, the ground is littered with numerous start-ups that failed to identify a problem worth solving; I participated in some of those myself.)

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Susanne Madsen

MAY 7, 2024

These examples relate to work, but we could easily come up with personal examples too. We react based on an emotional trigger, which can make matters worse. Not only that, we get into a downward spiral of negative thoughts causing us to accumulate stress and tension beyond what is healthy. The patterns are the same.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 22, 2020

When using a lessons learned template, we look at both our successes and our failures. In this template, we categorize each item as either a win or an issue. This could be a proper project manager or any staff member who is the owner of the work. Here are a few related to our free lessons learned template.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

For example: PMO or Finance department in a company can affect how the budget has been used, this can impact how much we can build. The Customer Service department is affected by the quality of the products or features we build. We need to think about their department and role. We also need information from them.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 18, 2022

We curated our template page to select 10 of the essential manufacturing templates for Excel that all manufacturers can benefit from. Our free production schedule template for Excel is a gift to manufacturers. Our free Gantt chart template for Excel helps you organize all the tasks in your manufacturing cycle.

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Scrum.org

MAY 3, 2021

As Professional Scrum Trainers with Scrum.org , we know that the best way to understand and apply Scrum is by using it in real-life scenarios. That’s why when individuals and teams ask where to start with training, we recommend the Applying Professional Scrum (APS) class. Learn by doing with a side of instruction. Take that, COVID!

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Scrum.org

JULY 28, 2022

Within the Scrum Team Survey, we call these 15% Solutions “Quick Tips”. What we mean with team autonomy. By ‘autonomy’, we mean that teams can make decisions about how to do their work, in what order, and by whom. And also that they are free from internal skill-based constraints in how members can work together on tasks.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 4, 2021

In the 2020 version of the Scrum Guide, we see less prescriptive language, but retain a sense of urgency with this language: The Scrum Team identifies the most helpful changes to improve its effectiveness. This seems very appropriate since we are looking to improve our effectiveness as a team.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

It is possible to create an environment where project team members can be more productive, by creating good habits. First, let’s look at what we are talking about when we’re thinking about how to increase team productivity. But in knowledge work environments, we don’t actually measure team productivity.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 1, 2022

Culture, language and time differences are often the most important things for leaders to take into consideration because their team members really care about them. I love post-implementation reviews, and one of my own books, Customer-Centric Project Management was inspired by wanting a better way to do them. Easy Retrospectives.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 29, 2022

“Also given this situation given a particular context when certain events happen, this is what we expect to happen”. That's a lovely way to write your acceptance criteria, but who writes them? So actually the developers, the people doing the work in scrum or the Kanban system members in Kanban they would write these items.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 3, 2022

And we spend so much time at work that it’s normal to make a few mistakes as part of the job. Unhappy team members leave. To move to this way of thinking we have to ditch the view that leadership and management are different. When we focus on what’s urgent we stop focusing on what’s important. How to fix it.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 12, 2023

Here is my list of ten Scrum Master success indicators: Self-Management Magicians : Our Scrum Team pulls rabbits out of hats themselves. Autonomy is king; we make decisions and change gears swiftly, and no string-pulling is required. Our users love us! Clocked-In Wizards : Our Scrum events?

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Scrum.org

JUNE 1, 2022

And does your Sprint Review consist of team members listing their individual accomplishments? In our work with Scrum teams, we’ve been part of teams that had it. In those cases where it never did, we now realize that there wasn’t even a team to begin it. This post is part of our “in-depth” series. Others never did.

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Scrum.org

MAY 3, 2021

As Professional Scrum Trainers with Scrum.org , we know that the best way to understand and apply Scrum is by using it in real-life scenarios. That’s why when individuals and teams ask where to start with training, we recommend the Applying Professional Scrum (APS) class. Learn by doing with a side of instruction. Take that, COVID!

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LiquidPlanner

APRIL 9, 2020

While evidence has subtly suggested over time my fears are unfounded, this current hard swap to an entirely remote workforce has opened my eyes to the many benefits of working from home; and I’m beginning to see our company culture benefiting from our new normal. And family members know how to deliver candor, radically.

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nTask

AUGUST 26, 2021

All of us would love that, won’t we? Well, we are here to do just that. Before we dive into the itsy-bitsy details of workflow optimization, why don’t we give a once over to workflow optimization? Smoothen communication between team members. Lessen the costs. Improve the efficiency of existing processes.

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Velociteach

MARCH 18, 2024

Have you ever wondered why project team members decide to quit? Join us as we unravel the mysteries behind team turnover with HR expert Cindi Filer. Discover the pitfalls project managers should avoid to retain their team members, foster a thriving workplace environment, and optimize your most valuable resource: your people.

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Velociteach

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In this episode we dive deep into the world of dyslexia and how it impacts a team’s productivity and success. I’m Wendy Grounds, and in the studio with me are Bill Yates and our sound guy, Danny Brewer. BILL YATES: Wendy, you remember our conversation that we had on Episode 163 with Hiren Shukla.

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