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Managing Multiple Projects: Statistics

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Check out these: Project management statistics and survey results (2023 study) Managing multiple projects research (2022, this informed my book, Managing Multiple Projects -- first edition) Project management report (2021, this research is where the much-quoted "most project managers lead 2-5 projects" statistic comes from) Stakeholder management original (..)

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Trello vs. Asana: Side-by-Side Comparison

ProjectManager.com

It was created in 2011 by Fog Creek Software. The software immediately gained attention when in the September 2011 issue of Wired magazine it was one of “The 7 Coolest Startups You Haven’t Heard of Yet.” The name Trello comes from the word trellis, a type of framework used to support plants. Trellis was the codename for the project.

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Why Your Team Resists Change – And How to Inspire Change

Scrum.org

Work-related stories engage employees on a more personal level, which helps them better comprehend the message and fosters greater loyalty to the organisation (Gill, 2011). Employees feel a stronger connection to the message conveyed through organisational storytelling because it resonates with their experiences and understanding.

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Brief comparison between MSP 5th edition and MSP 2011 edition

Henny Portman

Organization MSP 5 th edition MSP 2011 edition Sponsoring group Sponsoring group Programme board Programme board Programme office Programme office Senior responsible owner (SRO) Senior responsible owner (SRO) Programme Manager Programme Manager Business Change Manager (BCM) Business Change Manager (BCM). Two themes are more or less new.

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Ladder and Hot Air Balloon Scheduling

Rebel’s Guide to PM

According to Teresa Amabile and Stephen Kramer in their book, The Progress Principle (2011) , there are three things that shape the positive feelings you have about work time: making meaningful progress, events that directly help project work moments of positive interpersonal activity.

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All hands abandon plans!

Kiron Bondale

Naohiro Masuda’s management of the crisis at the Fukashima Daini nuclear plant in March 2011 provides a good example of how leaders might behave when planning under pressure. Planning is essential, the value of plans is ephemeral, so let’s treat them that way!

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Time Estimation for Project Managers: Tips & Techniques

ProjectManager.com

In 2011, Kahneman expanded on planning fallacy in the book Thinking Fast and Slow , stating estimation mishaps are usually caused by two factors: historical data (failing to look back at how long a task had taken in the past) and making an assumption there will be no roadblocks to complicate the path forward.

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