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Why Your Team Resists Change – And How to Inspire Change

Scrum.org

The Change Formula The Change Formula is a highly practical tool developed over the past decade. He guides readers through applying this understanding to various aspects of life, enabling them to recognise how their minds operate, understand and manage their emotions and thoughts, and develop themselves into the people they aspire to be.

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Trello vs. Asana: Side-by-Side Comparison

ProjectManager.com

Yes, Trello has project management features and Asana has a timeline and other tools to help manage tasks and teams. 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.”

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Time Estimation for Project Managers: Tips & Techniques

ProjectManager.com

It’s of paramount importance to everyone involved, from stakeholders to team members. The best a project manager can do is develop an accurate time estimate for how long it will take to satisfactorily complete the project. The main lesson to learn from all this psychological profiling is that our gut is a poor estimator of time.

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Scrum Methodology: Roles, Events & Artifacts

ProjectManager.com

The scrum methodology was developed as a response to rigid project management approaches such as the waterfall method, which didn’t adapt to the needs of agile product and software development teams. The bad news, it’s hard to master. Scrum is part of agile software development and teams practicing agile.

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A Beginner’s Guide to Scrum Ceremonies

ProjectManager.com

Scrum requires self-organizing teams that can quickly solve problems in unpredictable environments. Scrum ceremonies are meetings that are unique to scrum teams. Scrum ceremonies ensure that everyone (the scrum master, product owner and development team) is in-sync. It’s a way to ensure transparency across the team.

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How to Manage Expectations on Your Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In project management, not knowing how to manage the expectations of your client and your team, and your own expectations leads to many challenges including: Unclear objectives and measures of success. Lack of team engagement. Reduced trust between you, your team, and the client. Confusion about what task is due and when.

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The Power of Sleeping on It: Why Taking Time Leads to Better Decision-Making

The IIL Blog

Avoiding Cognitive Biases Cognitive biases, such as confirmation bias (favoring information that supports pre-existing beliefs) and anchoring bias (over-relying on the first piece of information received), often lead to poor decision-making. I often mentored my team members to do the same.

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