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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. When I’m training or running group coaching sessions for Project Management Rebels, I often have contributors on the calls from many different countries, with many accents. How does it work?

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5 Notorious Failed Projects & What We Can Learn from Them

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Developed by Sony, Betamax was introduced in the mid-1970s but was unable to get traction in the market, where JVC’s VHS technology was king. Long before it discontinued the technology, Betamax was already irrelevant. Betamax was an innovative product, and it even got to market before VHS. The Lesson. Stretch Project.

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

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It has been applied to non-software products that seek to drive forward with innovation and have a level of uncertainty, such as computers, motor vehicles, medical devices, food, clothing, music and more; and it’s also being used in other types of projects that need a more responsive and fast-paced production schedule , such as marketing.

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How Smart Managers Create an Innovation Culture

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Likely with good intention, since it is culture that enables groups of talented but different people to come together in a way that allows a project to be completed, a team to grow and success to be sustained. Another popular word that gets tossed around often is innovation. What Is Innovation? What Is Culture?

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Industrial Psychology for Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Project management is affecting how humans perform or adopt technology. If you are a project lead for an initiative, you are now leading a group that you don’t necessarily have experience of working with, or in a matrix structure. Typically, the challenge is infrastructure and tech. PM always affects a human.

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Quick and Easy: This is New in the PMBOK Guide Edition 7

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Due to numerous new technologies, approaches and faster market changes in recent years, it was necessary to adapt the standards again, according to PMI. PMBOK is intended to help execute work methods in a more proactive, innovative and adaptive way. Stewardship: Be a diligent, respectful, and caring steward.

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Why do projects fail? (Includes examples!)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Here are some high-profile failed projects: Following an internal review, Multiplex, the Australian development company responsible for the reconstruction of the Wembley Stadium, became aware that costs for the project were escalating to the point that the company would make a loss of £750 million on the project. billion to £10.9