Sat.Jul 22, 2023

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15 Easy-to-Do Types of Professional Development

Rebel’s Guide to PM

You want to get some professional development time on your calendar. But the budget is tight. Your manager says there isn’t a lot of money to spend on career development activities. And frankly, you don’t have a lot of time to dedicate to it either. It’s important, but not ‘I’m going to get an MBA’ important. In this article I’ll share 15 easy ways to develop professionally.

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Shall, will, and may

Musings on Project Management

You shall.I will.You or I may.Heard these phrases before?What to make of them?Actually, if you're sitting in the PMO reading a contract or other legal document handed to you by your contract's administrator, or you're on the other side helping to write an RFP , then these words are important."Shall" should be understood to be directive without discretion to act otherwise.

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Project decision making: a guide for doing it better

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Let me tell you about a project decision that was awkward for me — then I’ll share some tips on how to do decision-making better. 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. My project sponsor was on holiday in Canada.

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The Ultimate Guide to Getting People to Take Responsibility At Work

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Much of what we do today relies on other people — other people who don’t work for us. Whether it was as part of a project or another professional interaction, I’m sure you have met colleagues who aren’t taking responsibility at work for their tasks. It’s a pain to work with coworkers who won’t step up. It means your job turns into micromanaging, spoon feeding and generally running around after people who probably earn quite enough to be operating in a more pro

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Toward a Unified Project Management Understanding

The objective of this research is to dispel misunderstandings about crucial project management terms and their definitions. It aims to accurately place these terms and facilitate a comprehensive global understanding of their meanings.

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Document version control made easy (with examples)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

A reader got in touch recently and asked for more info on document version control and how to do it. It’s not that hard to do for Word documents, or you can rely on software like SharePoint to make it a whole lot easier. In this article we’ll discuss the principles of version control for files so you can get started, whatever software you use.