Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 12, 2023

Despite your efforts to clearly define the scope, time and resources necessary to successfully complete the projects, things simply don’t always go according to plan. Maja Mrsic Here are 3 examples of projects that didn’t go to plan. During a company integration program, customer service levels dropped by 25-50% because the team management focused their efforts on reorganizing and changing employees’ roles and responsibilities, all with “the best of intentions”.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 25, 2023

Whether you’re running a company or a project, you’re going to have to deal with a budget. A budget is the spending plan that you forecast using estimates of income and expenses. To ensure you’re keeping to that ever-important operating budget, you’ll be making a regular budget report as well as referencing financial statements. A budget report is a necessary tool to manage your finances and keep your business or project viable.

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Budget Estimate Software Review Finance 304

Scrum.org

APRIL 23, 2023

TL; DR: Self-Management Is self-management an essential building block on an organization’s path to business agility or a nice-to-have cultural twist to, for example, keep teams happy and attract new talent? While many people, particularly at the management level, are skeptical about the concept, I am convinced that organizations need to descale and regroup around aligned, autonomous, self-managing teams in a complex environment.

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ChatGPT 2023 Innovation SCRUM 208

Green Project Management

APRIL 6, 2023

This might be one of the coolest blog posts I have ever penned (ok, typed). We don’t talk enough about grit! Ya gotta have it to be successful, especially when working in sustainable projects. But what exactly is grit, and how can it help project managers deliver sustainable projects? Let’s explore the concept of grit […] The post The Role of Grit in Delivering Sustainable Projects appeared first on Driving Sustainable Change.

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Speaker: Chris Townsend, VP of Product Marketing, Wellspring

Over the past decade, companies have embraced innovation with enthusiasm—Chief Innovation Officers have been hired, and in-house incubators, accelerators, and co-creation labs have been launched. CEOs have spoken with passion about “making everyone an innovator” and the need “to disrupt our own business.” But after years of experimentation, senior leaders are asking: Is this still just an experiment, or are we in it for the long haul?

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nTask

APRIL 25, 2023

In today's rapidly changing business landscape, success is not just about setting goals but measuring progress towards them. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are crucial tools for any business that wants to achieve success.

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Monitoring Agile 158

Teamweek

APRIL 6, 2023

Hiring for potential vs. hiring experienced candidates is similar to a gardener deciding whether their garden needs a mature tree or a sapling ?. To create a balanced workforce, or a beautiful garden, you actually need both. Either way, many factors could sway the pendulum on this debate, such as the size of the company, current team goals, current employees, and the complexity of the role.

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Sustainability Innovation 2023 Agile 92

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 21, 2023

Why is it that some days you just aren’t that productive? Maybe your productivity saboteurs are at work. There are plenty of things at work that make it hard for you to progress your projects – the skill is in being able to identify and tackle them so you can keep moving forward. In this article I’ll explain the top three reasons why people aren’t as productive as they would like to be: procrastination, disorganization and poor planning.

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Influencer Planning Software Process 451

Online PM Courses

APRIL 3, 2023

Scrum is the best-known, most widely used Agile methodology. It is documented in the Scrum Guide. So, what do you need to know about the Scrum Guide? The post Top 10 Things to Know about the Scrum Guide appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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PM Times

APRIL 26, 2023

Whenever you take on a project, you are taking on some level of risk — a chance that the project might fail. No one is perfect, not even highly trained project managers; but you do have a responsibility to do all you can to ensure your project doesn’t fail. After all, your business is […] The post Best of PMTimes: How to Avoid Project Management Failure – Top Tactics appeared first on Project Management Articles, Webinars, Templates and Jobs.

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Risk Management Risk 104

Speaker: Timothy Allsopp

Payment challenges often lead to delayed projects, financial bottlenecks, and strained relationships. With construction projects becoming more complex, outdated processes are no longer sustainable. By refining financial workflow, companies can improve cash flow, reduce error, and foster trust between stakeholders. Discover practical strategies for redesigning payment systems to overcome workflow challenges while creating a smoother, more reliable process for contractors and subcontractors alike.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 17, 2023

TL; DR: Jira Anti-Patterns If you ask people to come up with popular attributes for “Agile” or “agility,” Scrum and Jira will likely be among the top ten featured. Moreover, in any discussion about the topic, someone will mention that using Scrum running on top of Jira does not make an organization agile. However, more importantly, this notion is often only a tiny step from identifying Jira as a potential impediment to outright vilifying it.

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ChatGPT Technical Review 2023 SCRUM 228

ProjectManager.com

APRIL 19, 2023

There’s more than one way to manage a construction project. From the world of manufacturing comes an approach called lean construction. But lean manufacturing and lean construction are two different things. Let’s explore lean construction, defining what it is and its key principles. Along the way, we’ll explain why lean construction can benefit your project and how the right project management software can help you take advantage of lean construction.

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Construction Lean Manufacturing Engineering 350

Musings on Project Management

APRIL 22, 2023

There's a lot of stuff to measure if you're running a PMO.

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Estimate Risk Management Risk 170

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 13, 2023

Project management is a great career. But how do you know it’s for you? And how do you show prospective employers that you are keen to commit to the job and you know enough about the role of a project manager for them to take a chance on you? A certificate course helps you stand out from the crowd. I’ve taken plenty of project management certificates over the years – but mostly, they cost money.

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Certification 2023 PMI Prince2 459

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LiquidPlanner

APRIL 18, 2023

On Thursday, April 13, 2023, leadership from Tempo and LiquidPlanner hosted a fireside chat so customers and partners from all sides could learn how these companies came together and find out what’s happening next. Tempo Chief Product Officer, Shannon Mason led an engaging discussion with Tempo CEO, Mark Lorion, LiquidPlanner CEO Ted Hawksford, and LiquidPlanner VP of Product, Jen Morrisey on the future of their partnership.

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nTask

APRIL 27, 2023

A task tracking tool is essential for any project, no matter how big or small. It helps you stay organized and on top of your tasks so that you can get things done more efficiently. With the right task tracking tool, you can easily track progress, allocate resources, manage risks, and collaborate with teammates.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 24, 2023

In questo articolo, Cynefin, Scrum e Agile, condivido parte della trascrizione di una conferenza di Dave Snowden del 2017. Mi ha permesso di capire che cos’è un sistema complesso e perché Scrum e Agile sono, al momento, gli approcci più efficaci per risolvere problemi complessi. Consultare l’ultima versione di Cynefin. Importante: l’articolo è la traduzione in italiano, pura e semplice, di parti del video qui sopra.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 5, 2023

There’s much to plan in construction. While the building gets the attention, there are equally important functions happening outside of the final product. For example, the construction site. This is where all the work takes place, and that work can be very dangerous. The building site requires site inspection, construction site safety and more.

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Construction Planning Software Review Infrastructure 313

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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Musings on Project Management

APRIL 18, 2023

There comes a point where more planning can not remove the remaining uncertainty, instead execution must be used to provide data and remove uncertainty.

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Agile Executing Planning 170

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 30, 2023

You probably already know that how you say something is just as important as what you say. And you can control and influence how you say something by understanding paraverbal communication. Paraverbal community is a powerful tool to help you land your messages more effectively and be more influential – crucial when your team doesn’t work for you. But what is this science, you ask.

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Technical Review Influencer Closing Controlling 455

LiquidPlanner

APRIL 26, 2023

This past week we traveled to Las Vegas for Team ’23, Atlassian’s annual conference celebrating teamwork and collaboration. This year’s theme, “Impossible Alone. Possible Together,” resonates with us now more than ever. LiquidPlanner was recently acquired by Tempo ; while we remain a stand-alone product, the relationship expands opportunities to progress further in our roadmap, build sought after integrations, and explore future innovation.

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Leading Agile

APRIL 7, 2023

As a community, we have developed a handful of team-based Agile approaches over the years; some of which we would consider scaled. But here we are. More than 20 years past the signing of the Manifesto, and we still don’t have this whole thing nailed. Implementing Agile, especially in larger, more complex organizations, still seems to be a black art.

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Agile Governance Government Underperforming Technical Team 133

Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 19, 2023

Scrum is the most popular Agile framework. According to Digita.ai’s 16th annual report, 87% of organizations using an Agile framework use Scrum. That’s up from 58% of Agile teams using Scrum, as documented in the 14th annual State of Agile report. Why is Scrum so popular? PLM & PIM Product Owner at Wilson Sporting Goods, Dawn Augustyn, participated in one of Rebel Scrum’s recent Professional Scrum Product Owner classes.

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SCRUM Agile Controlling Closing 221

ProjectManager.com

APRIL 26, 2023

Construction companies have to do some heavy lifting, and that’s not just the steel and concrete they use to erect buildings, bridges and other structures. There are many different types of materials and labor that go into their work that requires their contracts to have construction specifications. There are many types of specifications in construction.

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Construction Software Review Estimate Executing 301

Musings on Project Management

APRIL 14, 2023

If you are in the project management (read: risk management) business, one of the best books that describes the philosophy and foundation for modern risk management is Peter L. Bernstein's "Against the Gods: the remarkable story of risk".Against the Gods is historical, somewhat philosophical, and void of math!

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Risk Management Risk 186

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 7, 2023

Are you considering taking a course on Coursera ? I’ve done a few, some were better than others! Professional learning is so important and there are some fantastic courses available on Coursera, which is a really good online learning platform. The interface makes learning very easy as a student… you just have to make sure that you are investing time in the right courses that will help you develop professionally as a project manager.

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Software Review Certification Finance SCRUM 449

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