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How to Manage Project Scope Without Scope Creep (with examples)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Change control or change management is the process of managing unplanned but desired influences on the project. Paper presented at PMI® Global Congress 2009—North America, Orlando, FL. Scope management is the way to deal with that, so let’s talk about how we can use change control protocol to help with it all. Larson, R. &

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15 Leadership Training Options

ProjectManager.com

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business developed one of the first experiential leadership programs for full-time students in 1989, and launched its Effective Leadership program in 2009, tailored for evening and weekend Booth MBA students. Dale Carnegie Training.

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PRINCE2: The Project Management Method Explained

Rebel’s Guide to PM

PRINCE2® was released in 1996 and had major updates in 2009 and 2017. The relationships part of this principle’s title is all about the project ecosystem and how soft power and networks influence the way work gets done. It was renamed PRINCE. The most recent major update came in 2023. Manage by exception I love this principle.

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Why Great (Scrum) Teams Have A Mind Of Their Own

Scrum.org

What team cognition is and how substantial its influence is on the effectiveness of teams according to large-scale research efforts. The influence of shared mental models on team process and performance. How team cognition helps us understand what cross-functionality should look like for Scrum teams. A., & Mesmer-Magnus, J. Kearney, E.,

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In-Depth: How To Create Better Work Agreements For Your Team

Scrum.org

It has been linked to higher performance and motivation (Mathieu et al, 2000), increased effectiveness (Kearny, Gebert & Voelpel, 2009), and generally explains a substantial amount of the variance (~19%) in the effectiveness of teams (De Church & Mesmer-Magnus, 2010). Scientists call this shared understanding team cognition. Kearney, E.,

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In-Depth: Stable Or Fluid Teams? What Does The Science Say?

Scrum.org

Research has linked team cognition to higher performance and motivation (Mathieu et al, 2000), increased effectiveness (Kearny, Gebert & Voelpel, 2009), and generally explains a substantial amount of the variance (~19%) in the effectiveness of teams (De Church & Mesmer-Magnus, 2010). Small Group Research , 43 (6), 690–701. Forsyth, D.

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Managing Risk from Every Level of Your Organization

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All project team members must do everything they can to manage uncertainty within their sphere of influence. Macmillan, Discovery-Driven Growth: A Breakthrough Process to Reduce Risk and Seize Opportunity, Boston MA: Harvard Business Review Press, 2009. At a minimum, this should manifest as revised completion forecasts. McGrath and I.