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How To Improve Credibility As A Project Manager

Rebel’s Guide to PM

When Im mentoring project managers, one of the key things I hear time and time again is that they want to be given more responsibility and have greater influence over the work. If you dont control these elements of the project, you dont really have the option to take many decisions about how the work unfolds.

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The Silent Stakeholders: How to Identify and Engage Hidden Project Influencers

MPUG

According to our recent MPUG survey, 53% of project managers rank stakeholder management as their biggest challenge and it’s often these invisible influencers who create the most significant impacts. ” This simple question often reveals critical hidden influencers. The ripples extend far beyond the initial point of impact.

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What Is an Impact Effort Matrix? (Template Included)

ProjectManager.com

This visual tool is handy when deciding how to allocate resources to maximize their effectiveness. We’ll also provide a free download for an impact effort matrix template and show how to make one from scratch to better understand how it works and its value. One is the impact effort matrix, which we’ll define shortly.

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Why you need to engage stakeholders (and how to do it well)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

We define it like this: The systematic identification, analysis, planning and implementation of actions designed to influence stakeholders. Read next: my book Engaging Stakeholders on Projects: How to harness people power. Engagement serves two aims: It creates, uses and sustains positive interest in the work.

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How To Create Business Problem Statements

Scrum.org

In the dynamic landscape of business, identifying and addressing issues promptly is crucial for sustained success. Avoid high-level issues that are beyond the team’s influence or authority. Cue the blank stares and nervous shuffling of papers. It’s like being caught on stage with no script. What Is A Business Problem Statement?

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What is analysis paralysis (and how to overcome it)

Planio

5 lesser-known factors that cause analysis paralysis The productivity consequences of analysis paralysis How to avoid analysis paralysis and make hard decisions easier 1. The desire to please high-powered stakeholders often influences how we make decisions. Jump to a section: What is analysis paralysis? When does it happen?

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Why Your Team Resists Change – And How to Inspire Change

Scrum.org

The final group, Freeze, comprises individuals who remain passive in the initial stages, unsure how to cope with the perceived threat of change. These levers can be treated as practical guidance that will allow you to influence effectively pragmatically. Impacting First Action Onboard the change agents Who are the change agents?