Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Underneath, I list skills grouped together by: Interpersonal skills Leadership Each of those headings has a list of bullet points underneath that give examples of how I have demonstrated those skills. And you don’t have to work as a project manager for very long before you realize they are truly not easy.

Leadership 363

Leadership Risk Management PMI Governance 363

Scrum.org

APRIL 30, 2024

An inability for the organization to swiftly adapt to external market changes as work is stuck in progress. Consider a traditional organisation design where individuals are grouped based on their skills into specific functions, such as Sales, Marketing, Product, and R&D. Managing this transition requires strong change management.

Agile 181

Agile Technical Review Leadership Finance 181

Agile Coach

APRIL 19, 2018

Context : it’s important to understand what triggered me to move away from agile, and into org change. It’s also important to understand what influenced thinking about org change differently. peaked at #6444 out of 8,000,000 books on Amazon, #198 in Leadership and Management. How this Post is Constructed.

Lean 60

Lean Change Management 2014 Influencer 60

Wrike

JUNE 11, 2023

Change management is a critical aspect of any successful project. By effectively managing change, organizations can minimize disruption, build stakeholder support, and achieve project objectives. One of the key factors in successful change management is clear and consistent communication.

Change Management 36

Change Management Initiating Leadership Risk Management 36

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 19, 2021

Underneath, I list skills grouped together by: Interpersonal skills Leadership. I don’t specifically call out project management skills on my resume here: it’s implied in the list of projects I have led in the work experience section underneath. Mine is called ‘Skills Profile’. Hard skills.

Leadership 405

Leadership Governance Government Influencer 405

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Projects are the future, a good portfolio office can influence and shape strategy and project management is the only way to holistically deliver improvements. If you have sat through any project management conference presentations or talked to someone evangelizing about the role of the PMO then you will have heard this stuff before.

2012 349

2012 PMO Manufacturing PMI 349

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 22, 2022

Being able to influence and get results, even when you aren’t in charge, is so important if you want to collaborate effectively with the team. From Boomers to Linksters – Managing the Friction Between Generations at Work. Very useful and highly recommended. This is one of my personal best books on collaboration.

Prince2 419

Prince2 Underperforming Technical Team Influencer PMO 419

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 7, 2022

People are influenced by the people around them. Use change management tactics, like having change champions and buddies, to work with others and influence habits. Make changes slowly. Just by providing a good example makes it possible for other people to see better ways to do things.”

Underperforming Technical Team 423

Underperforming Technical Team Influencer Sustainability Leadership 423

LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Whether you’re making the move to Agile project management in your development group or creating an Agile process for your in-house project management methodology, chances are you’re going to have to sell this change to executives in your organization. Related: Successful Adoption of Agile Starts with Change Management.

Agile 755

Agile Executing Development Team Review Technical Review 755

Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 22, 2024

A clear, actionable framework that simplifies stakeholder prioritization and analysis and enhances your ability to engage effectively with each stakeholder according to their influence and interest would help address this dilemma. This initial step sets the stage for effective stakeholder management.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Software Review Influencer Healthcare 52

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Change management is one of the most challenging components of a project’s success, but having acceptance for the changes a project brings will help realise the benefits of the project. Resistance to Change. If there is still resistance, alternative ways of approaching the change initiative are needed.

Change Management 43

Change Management Influencer PMO Executing 43

Planview

MAY 26, 2023

In this post, you’ll jump back into the story of a large biotech company undergoing transformation the intelligent way – by leveraging the principles of organizational change management. Put another way, it means they attended, with clear intention, to “the people side of change.”

Influencer 78

Influencer Logistics Leadership Defining 78

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 24, 2022

Learn the skills needed to lead a virtual team, chair online meetings and manage the work remotely. Integrating change management for project success. Too much of project management focuses on building and completing something. Change management is the forgotten discipline of project success.

2022 489

2022 PMO Risk Management Artificial Inteligence 489

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 2, 2023

” Firstly, I should say that I don’t think you require a degree in a particular subject in order to become a project manager – both my degrees are in English Literature and I work as an IT project manager in the healthcare sector. For example, let’s say you have a job as an IT team leader or marketing manager.

Technical Review 348

Technical Review Prince2 Healthcare Certification 348

Inloox

JULY 26, 2021

The focus of the new project management standards is now on successful project and value delivery. For example, the previous 10 knowledge areas and the five process groups of project management (initiation, planning, realization, monitoring, control, completion) have been removed. 12 Project Delivery Principles.

Technical Review 242

Technical Review 2027 PMI Prince2 242

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

The extension of self-care is caring for others, also crucial for project management and change management. Connecting with people, collaborating, partnering, so you can inspire enthusiasm, overcome resistance, and help make change happen. It’s how we can help people and organisations adapt in fast-changing times.

2023 415

2023 Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Underperforming Technical Team 415

ProjectManager.com

MAY 19, 2022

During the five process groups of the project life cycle, there are multiple objectives and outcomes for each phase. Some might want to save the celebrations until the final delivery, but having milestones , acknowledging them and rewarding the team throughout the execution phase is how you keep morale up, which influences productivity.

Executing 497

Executing Project Life Cycle Software Review Technical Review 497

Appfluence

MARCH 23, 2021

We bring you a full guide and the top 10 key points to master Change Management in your organization. We live in an age where change is constant. Change Management is the way organizations best adapt to this reality. What is change management? Information travels faster than ever.

Change Management 28

Change Management Underperforming Technical Team Initiating Sustainability 28

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

People are influenced by the people around them. Use change management tactics, like having change champions and buddies, to work with others and influence habits. Make changes slowly. Just by providing a good example makes it possible for other people to see better ways to do things.” Scott Berkun.

Underperforming Technical Team 324

Underperforming Technical Team Influencer Sustainability Leadership 324

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 2, 2020

But you can break them down into two groups: project management tools and people. For now, let’s focus on the people: the project manager and the project team. As noted, project controls are about managing project scope, cost and timeline. The People Part of Project Controls.

Controlling 414

Controlling Underperforming Technical Team Estimate Risk Management 414

Kiron Bondale

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

A frequently asked question in the main ProjectManagement.com community discussion group is about the perceived impacts of machine learning on project delivery. Some contributors worry that sufficient advances in AI will render the role of a project manager obsolete whereas others remain bullish about the prospects for the profession.

Artificial Inteligence 228

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Influencer Risk Management 228

Scrum.org

DECEMBER 14, 2023

By comprehending Larman’s Laws, those aiming for genuine organizational change can equip themselves with a more detailed roadmap, allowing them to anticipate challenges and strategize more effectively. What does genuine, impactful organizational change look like? Sit down, have those conversations, and listen. Start small and scale.

Technical Review 145

Technical Review Innovation 2008 Finance 145

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

In these projects, stakeholders are identified and communicated with in the ‘normal’ way, but their power and influence is relatively low. There is a lot of change management involved in this kind of project and people can create problems to the point that they can push the project into the ‘failed’ zone. Stakeholder-neutral.

Influencer 150

Influencer Governance Government Initiating 150

Leading Agile

MAY 3, 2021

This title probably attracted two types of people – people who are wondering what the role of the ancient practice of martial arts has in organizational change management. Dojos are successful because they create localized clearings and conditions that limit the broader organization’s influence and focus on maximizing learning.

Software Review 122

Software Review Influencer Leadership Governance 122

Henny Portman

AUGUST 10, 2023

– Influencer How can I align people to do what is best for the product? Influencers get things done without exercising formal authority over a person or team. To make better decisions you must think in bets, understand the dilemmas, and make them fast (decision latency theory as the Standish Group has published).

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Influencer Governance Government 52

The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Agile A flexible and dynamic approach to project management that allows for iterative updates during defined time blocks, which allows for incremental value. Agile Manifesto The fundamental document that outlines the values and principles of Agile project management. Agile team A cross-functional group of individuals (e.g.,

Development Team Review 148

Development Team Review Project Life Cycle Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 148

MPUG

DECEMBER 5, 2022

My task was to develop guidelines and artifacts for Technology Change Management processes. A Project Management Methodology is an integral part of project governance. Organizations can choose any project management framework or methodology to establish project governance structure.

Governance 110

Governance Government Project Life Cycle PMO 110

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

This post is for anyone who wants to inspire, change or influence others through their efforts as professionals, with emphasis on the latter. Should teams be stable over at least several years, or is it a good idea they change at will? What is the optimal size of a team? How should leadership interact with autonomous teams?

Agile 191

Agile Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 191

Project Risk Coach

JUNE 10, 2016

Stakeholders include individuals, groups, or organizations — internally and externally — that may be impacted by the change initiative. Who can influence the change in a positive or negative manner? Change can be deliberate (planned) or emergent (unplanned). Identify Stakeholders. Analyze Stakeholders.

Initiating 150

Initiating Information Technology Influencer Defining 150

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Consultancies saw the potential for total organization transformation by combining process consulting services like scrum implementation, dev ops, kanban, lean, with technology offerings like work management systems, cloud data, quality engineering, AI, chatbots and more. I was delighted with their insight and ability. I was hooked.

Certification 176

Certification 2023 Agile Technical Review 176

The IIL Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2023

This type of collaboration stems from the culture that binds us together—the attitudes, feelings, values, and behavior that characterize and inform our interaction, or any social group within it. They] are obsessed with the pressure of new customer acquisition and meeting macro KPIs that represent little influence on customer behavior.

2016 78

2016 Sustainability 2007 2012 78

Project Pulse Journal

MAY 6, 2024

The objective is to manage conflicts constructively before they escalate beyond proper debate, thus fostering better outcomes and sustaining organizational efficiency. It examines how individuals and groups in an organization interact amidst conflicts. Effective leadership in conflict management can dramatically influence outcomes.

Construction 52

Construction Innovation Sustainability 2008 52

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 12, 2018

As an organization, it offers training and certification in project management, and it reports regularly on industry trends. The Project Management Institute also sets the standard for ethics in the field. Given its vast influence, it’s important to have a basic understanding of PMI and its history. Quick Facts About PMI.

PMI 277

PMI Technical Review Certification Software Review 277

Project Pulse Journal

MAY 3, 2024

Program Management, as defined by the Project Management Institute (PMI), provides a structured approach to managing a group of related projects that, when executed individually, might not deliver the same level of impact.

PMO 52

PMO Governance Government 2013 52

MPUG

JULY 17, 2023

This is partly because I have more influence over the projects these days. How do we know what features are included in the instantiation of the product which will inform the test group which system functions can be tested? This is just one example of how important configuration management is to project success.

Underperforming Technical Team 98

Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Estimate Technical Review 98

Scrum.org

JULY 16, 2019

The start and support of the Dutch Liberating Structures user group. Liberating Structures are a collection of 30+ interaction patterns that unflatten, enrich and deepen interactions in groups. With Liberating Structures, it’s possible to start shifting entire organizations by tweaking the way groups and individuals interact.

SCRUM 144

SCRUM Consulting Lean Initiating 144

Project Bliss

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Change management. When you’re rolling out a change in the way your users operate, having input from them can go a long way. When you can honestly say to the customer that you got input from them and have made changes with that feedback in mind, it can go a long way toward goodwill and trust. Focus groups.

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Process Influencer Closing Software 136