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Why is it a project manager’s job to fix companies?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

At the roundtable discussion about project management in the collaborative age way back in 2012, the talk turned to how project managers could shape strategy. A version of this article first appeared in 2012. Find me in our Facebook group, Project Management Cafe , and let me know your thoughts!

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The challenges of IT Project Management, with Dave Gordon

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In 2012, I went to Las Vegas for the Pink Elephant ITSM conference. This interview first appeared in 2012 after my conversation with Dave and has been shared again. We discussed IT project management, the challenges for project managers working on Software as a Service projects and the cartoon laws of physics.

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10 Secrets To Being a Good Sponsor

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The book includes a list of 50 secrets in Appendix D which is a summary of The Standish Group’s Chaos Manifesto 2012: The Year of the Executive Sponsor. They appear as a list of 50 secrets in Appendix D as a summary of The Standish Group’s Chaos Manifesto 2012: The Year of the Executive Sponsor.

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Project Management and Leadership – can you have one without the other?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

A version of this article first appeared on this site in 2012. About the author: Andy Trainer works for Silicon Beach Training , leading providers of resources and courses in a number of subjects, including project management, leadership skills and more. This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management.

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Which estimation methods are favored for adaptive delivery?

Kiron Bondale

NoEstimates – whereas the original idea presented by Woody Zuill in 2012 really meant not to estimate release cost, effort or duration and to focus on delivering small, valuable work items as quickly as possible to stakeholders, it has evolved since to refer to a more realistic use of estimation only when and where it makes sense.

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Agile Project Management for Marketing

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Agile project management for marketing has been a growing trend since the publication of the Agile Marketing Manifesto in 2012. Does Agile project management for marketing really work? It’s certainly not a new idea. Since then, marketers have successfully adapted some of the common project management lingo to suit the marketing context.

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Top 10 Books on Change Management (2020 edition)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Leading Change (2012) is a comprehensive guide to his 8-step process for managing change. See this list (and some extras) on Amazon. Leading Change by John P. Professor John P. Kotter is a leading authority in change management, and this is the book to start with.