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Otter Review (2022)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I use a lot of technical project management jargon that relates to our projects and industry, and I don’t have to do a lot of editing. For example, on training videos and on my courses, I offer closed captions and Otter creates those for me. I should embrace the AI tech and just go for it! How does it work?

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Runn Software Review

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Summary review of Runn: If you find managing resources a headache because you never know who is free when, then check out what Runn can do. It’s aimed at organizations that need to closely manage resources, and it’s feature-rich in that space. Hosting model: Cloud only. Languages: The interface is available in English only.

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Everything You Need to Know About Release Managers

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The release manager at my last job worked closely with the development team to review what code changes would be coming. Once everything looks good from a technical standpoint, the release manager could start working on preparing communications about the upcoming software change. And then the cycle begins again!

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MPlaza PRINCE2® Practitioner Online Course Review (for 2023)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Welcome to my Mplaza PRINCE2® Practitioner review! In this MPlaza PRINCE2 Practitioner course review for project managers, I’ll share: Whether the course is worth it (spoiler: it is). Many competing course packages give you less content or don’t include the exam fee and don’t come close to Mplaza’s quality.

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Generative AI for Project Managers (PMI Course Review)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Read on for my review. Close the popup to progress through the module. The human in the loop idea means that we need to take the output of generative AI tools and apply subject matter oversight and analysis to review it. It’s not technical, which makes it suitable for project professionals. Not quite ready?

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Office Timeline Review: The Pro Timeline Maker [2020]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In this review of Office Timeline Pro, I’ll share the pros and cons of the PowerPoint plugin. Summary review of Office Timeline: Office Timeline is a simple way of creating timelines for anything from inside PowerPoint or your browser. In this review of Office Timeline Pro, I’ll share the pros and cons of the PowerPoint plugin.

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Should the Product Owner ‘close’ Product Backlog items?

Scrum.org

Defining our Terms Before we delve into why having the Product Owner mark PBIs as “closed” is not a good idea, let’s define the two Scrum accountabilities at play and the Definition of Done. A Definition of Done might require that every PBI be tested or inspected in a code review process, for example. Here's why. What a nightmare!

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