Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2024

Not doing the exercise to find out what lessons the team learned when a piece of work is done means you are unable to learn from your mistakes. You will not revise and standardize your processes. They aren't always up-to-date with the latest processes and practices. Lessons captured are not the same as lessons learned.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

This involves optimizing processes, adopting new tools, and fostering a culture of rapid responsiveness. You can get fit by exercising and eating right, but maintaining that fitness requires ongoing effort and conscious decision-making. However, this perspective is fundamentally flawed. Agility is not a destination but a journey.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 23, 2023

A risk audit is a process used to determine whether the actions to manage the risk are actually happening and if they are happening effectively. It’s just another retrospective box-ticking exercise, right? If you already have a process in place for peer reviews or PMO project audits, then reviewing risk is easy to add in to that.

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Project Risk Coach

AUGUST 24, 2020

They facilitate risk identification exercises that result in a boatload of risks. The plan may require too much or too little process and fail to help the team achieve its objectives. Some organizations identify and evaluate risks, but they fail to continue the process. What must we do? Lead by example.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The idea of ‘making ideas visible’ is great because it ensures the team understands the problem before they move into the design process or coming up with alternative solutions. It’s full of very practical exercises that you can use in any kind of workshop, whether small groups, large groups, or virtual. The videos are very polished.

PMI 459

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 15, 2024

That’s more relevant than finding out if they can map the critical path by hand on graph paper (which was one of the exercises I had to do on a training course). On paper this seems like an easy exercise: what Chief Exec wouldn’t want their people to have the skills and behaviors required to deliver their strategy?

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Scrum.org

MARCH 10, 2025

These challenges prompted me to consider how AI-generated code would fare in a structured coding exercise, such as a simple Kata. To explore this, I conducted a quick experiment to see how it would perform with a simple exercise. At first glance, AI appears to follow the TDD process - writing tests, implementing code, and iterating.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 19, 2022

During the five process groups of the project life cycle, there are multiple objectives and outcomes for each phase. After the project initiation and the planning processes, the execution of the project begins. During this phase a project leader will focus on these key processes: Managing people. Following processes.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 24, 2019

That and the fact that your familiarity with a process will make you better able to identify an issue before it becomes a problem. Try using creativity exercises to get into the mood. Related: Improving Your Project Evaluation Process. To understand the way others fixed a problem is to find a way out of the one you’re in now.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 26, 2017

In other words, every team can find value in team-building exercise. Objective: It takes a team effort to improve process. The process continues with two new people. Now give them 25 more index cards and have them do the exercise again, but without tape. Time how long this takes. Do it again and see if they succeeded.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 12, 2020

If you are wondering how to start a standup meeting, try this exercise. This is a good exercise to kick start the week, so opt to do this one on a Monday, or when you are back at work after a long weekend or other break. One of the team members said they would make sure a process is written down before tackling any job.

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SCRUM Agile Energy 2016 372

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 25, 2018

Our short tutorial video on KPI metrics goes into this process more deeply. Get Inspired: 13 Creativity Exercises for Non-Creatives. Even if you think those days are gone like kindergarten, then have we got a baker’s dozen exercises for you to try out. Don’t forget to share those with your team, so everyone’s on the same page.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Then you can do the same exercise with the others. Once you have done this exercise for all the strategic themes, you’ll potentially have a lot of possible projects. Yes, it’s difficult to make the jump from objective to measure in some cases, especially with projects that are more about knowledge work than process improvement.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 7, 2020

This is a guest article by Jane Courtnell of Process Street. I work at Process Street, whose entire workforce operates remotely. Tip #2: Take control of your business processes. And for this, you need to document your business processes. At Process Street we have created company-wide channels in Slack.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

But that vendor piled on excessive documentation, endless approval gates, and rigid processes. Stop the Waste, Keep the Name If excessive process or documentation requirements are holding your team back, discuss it at the Retrospective. Here are a few simple exercises to help your team identify ways to simplify their processes.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 16, 2022

A key part of a PMO leader’s job is to develop and maintain project management standards and processes and to support the people doing the delivery – project managers, program managers , and teams. Guide the PMO’s decision-making process. I wouldn’t recommend a two-day offsite for this exercise for your PMO.

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Project Risk Coach

APRIL 18, 2021

One of the most powerful tools for this exercise is the work breakdown structure (WBS) which is a hierarchical decomposition of the scope of work. In project time/schedule management, we continue the decomposition process to identify the project activities -- distinct, scheduled portions of work. What activities must be completed?

Estimate 397

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

If you are wondering how to start a standup meeting, try this exercise. This is a good exercise to kick start the week, so opt to do this one on a Monday, or when you are back at work after a long weekend or other break. One of the team members said they would make sure a process is written down before tackling any job.

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SCRUM Agile Energy 2016 364

ProjectManager.com

APRIL 10, 2019

Whichever project you pursue, this exercise will give you marketing gold dust. What I will cheer for is a balanced approach that draws the best ideas, processes and tools from all sources, and finds the best combination for each circumstance. Know Who You Are Building It For. In Closing. Starting business is a brave step.

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Risk Management Controlling Agile Energy 399

ProjectManager.com

MAY 10, 2018

The long, arduous hiring process is finally over. It’s true what they say about the revolving door, so it’s important to think of hiring and onboarding as a process. Perhaps the company is more of the philosophy that education is an ongoing endeavor and not a one-time exercise. Those first days are critical to this process.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 22, 2023

There are other exercises to do as well, such as reflection exercises. I’ll be honest: I haven’t finished the Capstone yet, but I looked at the process and I have to create a project charter as a Google doc amongst other things, based on a scenario they provide (so I can’t simply upload one I’ve already created for another project).

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 15, 2023

There are a number of ways to do this, including team-building exercises. If you’ve not had time prior to starting the meeting to engage in team-building exercises, meeting icebreakers can help build bonds between team members. Foster Team Collaboration Delegating is important, but a leader must also facilitate team collaboration.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Risk management is important, of course, but there’s an even more rigorous process that can be done to make sure the project stays on schedule, under budget and delivers quality. That process is called a premortem. Begin by looking at it as you would a team-building exercise. This isn’t an and/or situation.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Icebreaker activities are also a great team building exercise for traditional and remote teams. Preparing your in-person or virtual meetings and adding icebreaker games it’s a process, of course, so let’s start at the beginning. You’ll find at the end of the team-building exercise that everyone is laughing and happily working together.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

This exercise included market research and also a job tasks analysis, as well as identifying trends. Given that the exercise for piloting the new exam is well underway, I would assume that the exam will change in early 2023. The current CAPM exam was very much a memorization exercise from what was in the PMBOK® Guide – Sixth edition.

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2023 PMI Agile Certification 320

Project Bliss

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

In the book Think Better: An Innovator’s Guide to Productive Thinking , Tim Hurson teaches a step-by-step process for dealing with big challenges. . When we try to do them at the same time, we hinder both processes. Here are several exercises you can use to increase the quantity of ideas you come up with. Tim Hurson.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

There are exercises and it’s engaging. Example of interactive exercise in Brain Sensei. There is an application process that requires you to prove you are in service (or have retired from active duty). The main difference between Brain Sensei and the PM PrepCast is the teaching approach. Military scholarship.

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Software Review PMI Certification Process 422

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 7, 2023

The course includes instructions of how to access a free Jira Software Cloud site to complete the lab exercises, so you’ll need a computer to do that, you can’t use the Coursera app. Agile with Atlassian Jira has 4 modules that cover agile basics and configuring Jira, as well as hands-on experience with Jira Software Cloud.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 29, 2017

Through hands-on exercises and discussion, management theories and leadership best practices, you’re taught to master complex challenges and capitalize on opportunities. Leadership is about having the right tools to exercise that leadership and build highly functioning teams. American Management Association.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Some exercises across the courses are the same e.g., create a RACI matrix , but the templates are different – that’s weird. Some of the exercises were the same, for example, creating a RACI or a RBS, but they had different templates. This course is new (it launched in June 2023). My bigger gripe is that the course is very PMI-focused.

Technical Review 378

Technical Review Certification Software Review PMI 378

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 20, 2018

And co-creation is a process where brands and consumers work together to create better ideas, products and services. This process is necessary for companies to grow and scale, as well as launch new brands, divisions, products and services. Repeat the Process: Do this as many times as necessary to achieve a final blueprint.

Innovation 353

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 1, 2019

These charts help visualize process as a way to improve project efficiency. Planning a project is all about control, and a flow chart gives a project manager a tool to exercise control. This means all processes, including planning, refer to the flow chart to increase efficiency. It doesn’t show process.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 6, 2020

Team-building exercises help, but even under the best circumstances, there will be challenges. Once you’ve got an agreement at the executive level, you’ll need to have a process in place to evaluate the performance of your virtual team. This is especially the case when it comes to virtual project management.

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Technical Review Infrastructure Software Review Leadership 487

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 23, 2018

He created SMART to help guide managers in their objective setting process. Well, it should be obvious now that the process starts with asking a lot of questions. While being realistic is part of the process, it’s important not to let a cynical attitude curb your efforts. From there, goals will become clear and attainable.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Work on what you can manage, and put a process in place for adapting to future changes. This exercise will give you a baseline for the project’s requirements. Any changes after this need to be assessed and taken through the change control process. Create (or review) the change control process. Clear set of requirements.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 7, 2021

Communication planning is the process of laying out how communication will take place between team members and stakeholders, whether it be on a project, in an organization or both. In other words, managers use a communication plan to create a formal process for sharing information. What Is Communication Planning? Communication Method.

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Scrum.org

MAY 15, 2023

Design a Sprint board considering the following [your process information]. Your suggestions include surveys, talks, interviews, team meetings, games, exercises, or other parties like stakeholders or line managers, and other useful practices. Explain the benefits and drawbacks of different estimation techniques. Design a Sprint board.

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