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Overcoming bias in project management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Since good decision-making is critical for good leadership and guidance, project managers need to know how heuristics (mental disposition) and biases (personal inclinations) influence a project manager’s decisions. What are heuristics? The performance improvements will bring real benefits to the individual and the organization.

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10 Strategies for Successful Project Execution

ProjectManager.com

Let’s review strategies and tools you can use, and learn how they can help you close that gap to promote successful project execution. We’ll hear from experts and review key takeaways that project leaders can immediately put into practice in their programs and projects. Conduct Team-Building Exercises. Meet Regularly.

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A Simple Exercise To Define The Product Of Your Scrum Team

Scrum.org

It influences the Product Owner's role, determines the self-managing capabilities of the Scrum team, and the opportunities to ship fast and gather feedback from your stakeholders. What if the product is a feature, a platform, or a technical component? Because there’s not much to show, the Sprint Review has lost its value as well.

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15 Leadership Training Options

ProjectManager.com

Through hands-on exercises and discussion, management theories and leadership best practices, you’re taught to master complex challenges and capitalize on opportunities. These classes include video lectures, auto-graded and peer-reviewed assignments and community discussion forums. Best of all, the tutorials are all free.

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We are Not Alone: The Intersection of Project Management and Content Strategy

The IIL Blog

Align with the Business Need A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge ( PMBOK ), the bible for project managers, states that “projects are initiated due to internal business needs or external influences”. But that is not always the case, especially in technology. What is doable and what is “nice to have”?

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11 Proven Stakeholder Communication Tactics

Scrum.org

Run a quick mental exercise: Try walking in your stakeholders’ shoes, and ask yourself: Would you entrust your career a bunch of hoodie-wearing nerds, promising a big reward because they are practicing XP and Scrum? The two formal Scrum events that come to mind are: Sprint Reviews. Scrum Events. Show, don’t tell.

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Escaping the Feature Factory

Scrum.org

Overemphasis on Utilization : Prioritizing keeping teams busy with feature work over allowing time for creativity, exploration, and addressing technical debt also contributes to a feature factory environment. All of these reasons are reflective of systemic issues within large organizations.