Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

Mark Phillips runs a consultancy focused on high performing projects. This may be by adopting a new tool or approach, learning some new skills in listening, influence, or negotiation, or maybe simply allocating more time to it. Soma Bhattacharya is the blogger behind Stepping into PM , and an Agile consultant.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 5, 2024

She rang me on the day the project went live, unsurprisingly upset that I had not consulted her. Typically, you’d transfer the names (or roles) from your list into a stakeholder matrix where you can plot people on a 2 by 2 grid (beloved of consultants and project managers) to show their interest and importance.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Power Power is a measure of how much influence they have over actions and outcomes. Together, an assessment of these three elements can tell you how engaged a stakeholder is or will be in the work and how they could influence the project. Dominant stakeholders This group has high power and also high legitimacy to influence the project.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 5, 2019

They are often active, and they can have a positive or negative influence depending on their actions. Stakeholders can influence everything and everyone in a project or organization, including senior management, project leaders, team members, customers, users and many others. Also, who will wield the most influence?

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The Lazy Project Manager

MARCH 2, 2021

You don’t do my type of work (project management, PMO leadership at a global level, keynote speaking, consultancy and training) without clocking up some pretty impressive airmiles and flight status. Won the PMO Influencer of the Year award. It has, in more than one way, been an astonishing year. And then came lockdown 2.0 (and

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Leading Agile

DECEMBER 7, 2021

An Agile Transformation Consultant who wants to lead a successful Transformation is going to need more than a deep understanding of Agile. Rather, it takes a team of consultants performing their duties at multiple levels of the organization. Agile Transformation Consultant: Team Attributes. Experience.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Henry Gantt was an American who worked as a mechanical engineer and management consultant. Later he published Work, Wages and Profits: Their Influence on the Cost of Living (1910), Industrial Leadership (1916) and Organizing for Work (1919). Who Was Henry Gantt? But first, let’s look at the man who brought us the Gantt chart.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 27, 2020

grow the influence of individual practitioners! He currently consults with Fortune 100 companies and is an Executive Director and part of the President’s Advisory Committee of The John Maxwell Team. She is a passionate keynote speaker, author, and consultant known for her dynamic and engaging presence. Get Project Confident.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 3, 2019

Consulted: These people would like to know about the task and we would seek their opinions before a decision or action. Knowing what people do and the influence they have is an important of part of how to manage a project. Now add the Consulted, Informed and Supportive (if using). A larger group is consulted and provides input.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 21, 2020

The online way is faster and you are less likely to be influenced by what your colleagues are voting for so you get a more honest outcome. If you have more than two teams, for example in an agency or consulting role, you’ll need to get a paid plan. Parabol has a generous free plan for up to two teams.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The buck stops with me but there are very few ways I can influence the direction of travel. Time management, risk management, influencing organizational culture and having a positive impact on the people around you — these are all qualities that hiring managers look for, regardless of job title.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 17, 2022

There are many different factors that can contribute to cultural differences, such as geography, history, age, language, workplace, and religion – and that doesn’t even include the organizational cultural aspects of bringing together different businesses, suppliers, and consultants to work on a project together.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 11, 2021

I caught up with Lloyd Skinner, CEO at Greyfly , a consultancy specializing in improving project outcomes through the application of AI tools and experienced professionals, to talk about how AI is changing the way we lead projects. The impacts of artificial intelligence in project management.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 10, 2023

Matrix of Influence Source: Book Product Mastery by Geoff Watts Image Created By Lavaneesh Gautam. High Influence High Interest: This is the most important group and you need to collaborate with them. Low Influence High Interest: This group is very keen to know what we will deliver but have little or no influence.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

When working across different departments or teams you may want to also consult with people in those areas to check with them. Where employees fit in the process of making decisions can influence their behavior. Are the tasks reasonable or can they be honed in different ways? Are there any steps missing? Decision allocation.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 8, 2018

There are outside influences that will impact it, not to mention the project is executed by people, and people are notoriously difficult to place in box. The key to successful leadership today is influence not authority.” – Kenneth Blanchard. There will always be external and internal factors that influence that plan.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 7, 2019

Mark Phillips runs a consultancy focused on high performing projects. This may be by adopting a new tool or approach, learning some new skills in listening, influence, or negotiation, or maybe simply allocating more time to it. Soma Bhattacharya is the blogger behind Stepping into PM , and an Agile consultant. Vasily Klimko.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 3, 2018

Mark Phillips runs a consultancy focused on high performing projects. Soma Bhattacharya is the blogger behind Stepping into PM , and an Agile consultant. Brett Harned is a digital project management consultant and project manager, author and conference convenor. Ranjit Sidhu. You can follow her on Twitter here. Vasily Klimko.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Change control or change management is the process of managing unplanned but desired influences on the project. The project manager agrees without consulting the team… and then finds out that it’s going to take time to have the new plans ready. What is change control and why is it important? Example of scope creep in Scrum.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 5, 2017

Your stakeholders have different levels of authority and influence. You may also need to consult key stakeholders. Then consult others. Each stakeholder has their own style and way of expressing their priorities. And, it gets more complicated still. And there is one more complicating factor. Terminology. Objectives.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 15, 2024

A gradual decline in their effectiveness can be a subtle, insidious process heavily influenced by the size and culture of an organization. In our complex environments, the roles of Scrum Master and agile coach are pivotal yet often precarious.

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Scrum.org

MAY 2, 2022

Psychological safety makes it easier and safer for teams to learn and try new things and positively influences team performance. The formats are based on the Liberating Structures " Conversation Cafe ", " Troika Consulting ", and " Discovery & Action Dialogue ". And what seems to be influencing our psychological safety?".

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Scrum.org

MAY 8, 2021

Concentrate on Your Arena of Influence . Instead of becoming frustrated or feeling victimized about the particular situation, you need to focus on ways to influence the circumstance seriously – here lies the importance of your arena of influence. tryScrum is a professional coaching and consulting company. About tryScrum.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Why project communication matters I recall a story shared by a project manager who worked on an international consulting project. Using this formula, a team with 10 people would have 10 (9) / 2 or 45 communication channels. No wonder communication takes so much of our time!

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Scrum.org

APRIL 19, 2023

Leverage external consultants At times, Scrum Masters may find themselves stuck in a hierarchy where it’s difficult to influence management. In such cases, leveraging external consultants can be beneficial. He is an award-winning Coach listed as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Coaching Leaders by the World HRD in 2023.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 20, 2018

The influence of having a digital transformation will define and shape your strategic direction, risk appetite and budget, technology enablement, pace of change and business agility. Should I Consult a Digital Transformation Agency? But it also involves process, in that it encompasses workflows, tasks , approaches and methods.

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Scrum.org

MAY 15, 2022

The formats are based on the Liberating Structures "Conversation Cafe", "Troika Consulting", and "Discovery & Action Dialogue". And what seems to be influencing the use of Sprint Goals?". Option 2: Troika Consulting. In rapid rounds of “consultations”, individuals ask for help and get advice immediately from two others.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Introduce some complexity and then risks, resources, quality and expectations all become major influences over the success of the project and the triple constraint model can prove to be lacking. However, once you introduce an element of the unknown or a new team or project manager even simple projects can face difficulties with this model.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 29, 2019

We need to showcase project management for the welcoming, flexible, accessible, challenging, wonderful world that it is, so we attract the top talent into jobs, and showcase that it’s a role women can excel at.” – Elizabeth Harrin , director, Otobos Consultants Ltd. “I

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 24, 2020

And still , agile transformation consultancies spend a significant portion of their energy convincing senior executives it’s safe and good for the business to orient agile teams to build the right product vs. focusing on building the product right.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 7, 2023

Our free budget template lets you collect costs, such as those associated with labor, any consultant fees you might have, raw materials and more. RACI is an acronym for responsible, accountable, consulted and informed. Using this visual tool makes it easy for you to see each stakeholder’s impact and how they influence your work.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The PO needs to build the right leadership style that positively influences the stakeholders and engages (not manages) with them respectfully to optimize the chances of influencing their choices. . Building consensus by doing regular consultation is essential to ensure that the agreed delivery solution. .

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 22, 2021

I recall a story shared by a project manager who worked on an international consulting project. No wonder communication takes so much of our time! WHY PROJECT COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT MATTERS. He took over responsibility from the previous project manager part way through the project.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

We can consult with Developers on the Scrum Team for ideas. They can also be customers, influencers, users, buyers, business partners or suppliers. The benefit of stakeholder engagement Stakeholders can provide early input and insights that can go a long way to help us, as the Product Owner, improve the product's value. (See

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Scrum.org

MAY 10, 2022

As Scrum.org professionals, we have coached, trained and mentored thousands of Scrum Masters and consulted the organizations they work with, and we’ve consistently encountered similar issues that not only limit Scrum Teams from thriving, but also restrict empiricism from working. Co-authored by: Chris Conlin and Mark Wavle.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The idea was codified by Masaaki Imai, an organizational theorist and management consultant, over 30 years ago with the publication of this book, Kaizen: the Key to Japan’s Competitive Success. It’s been around in Japan since after World War II, though influenced by quality management ideas from the United States.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 16, 2022

” And invariably, they don’t stay with the organization because they get quashed by the way we do things around here, and then they go off and consult or go contracting, because they can earn more money or they can have a greater impact doing it that way. You’re like, “Wow, where did they come from?”

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