Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Scope creep is the more common term but you might hear both, especially if you are working in software development. Ultimately, it isn’t the project manager coming up with new requirements and asking the team to “just do it”. What’s so bad about scope creep anyway? It takes its toll on team morale. How do you do that?

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 11, 2025

It guides the development of objectives, solutions and strategies to ensure all stakeholders understand the issue’s significance and scope. Whether in project management, business process improvement, product development or research, using a problem statement ensures a focused and strategic approach to finding solutions.

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Proofhub

JUNE 1, 2022

How to Manage Underperforming Employees One of the most critical new managers’ challenges is faced when trying to manage employees. Out of which, the even more crucial aspect of the challenge is managing underperforming employees. Managers have to manage their teams and help them grow while keeping them motivated and engaged.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Did you know that 56% of your project budget might be at risk due to poor communications? One of the most valuable resources in a project is the people (developers, engineers, subject matter experts, etc.) One of the most valuable resources in a project is the people (developers, engineers, subject matter experts, etc.)

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 26, 2017

Teams don’t just come together and click into well-oiled productivity machines, at least not always. There’s often a period of time when the team members have to get to know one another and develop a rapport. In other words, every team can find value in team-building exercise. Objective: Develop listening skills.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 31, 2025

The Change Formula The Change Formula is a highly practical tool developed over the past decade. He guides readers through applying this understanding to various aspects of life, enabling them to recognise how their minds operate, understand and manage their emotions and thoughts, and develop themselves into the people they aspire to be.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 6, 2024

It’s up to the production team to determine the proper level for the process being controlled. The team develops it to control the process and ensure the product quality meets customer expectations. The following seven steps capture the process of developing a control plan for manufacturing.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 22, 2021

As work evolves to include hybrid teams that are located in different places with a wide range of skill sets, successful businesses need to connect everyone to keep them productive. Perhaps the best solution would be to develop hybrid work processes that allow for a variety of work styles. Every team needs a leader. No problem.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 7, 2022

Wouldn’t life be better if your team were, well, just a little bit more productive? It is possible to create an environment where project team members can be more productive, by creating good habits. You’ve read all the articles, you’ve got ideas about how things could be better. What is team productivity?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Ruth Pearce knows everything there is to know about motivating your project team. I caught up with Ruth to find out more about how to motivate teams and why it’s something you should be actively doing. Why do you think motivation on project teams is so important? So how do we do it? Because motivation is intrinsic.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 16, 2022

We discussed creating a project team culture. Elizabeth: This week in the Project Management Cafe Facebook group we’ve been talking about team culture and various different bits and pieces, and I know this is something that you’re kind of an expert in, because you’ve been chipping in and answering the questions.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 25, 2018

And that’s what a transformational leader exploits; they lift themselves and their teams to higher levels of achievement. While most great leaders are naturally charismatic, you don’t have to have been born with transformational leadership qualities to develop them. All this increases team performance and project productivity.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

They can include department heads, investors, manufacturers, board members or simply team members. They are typically involved in the approval process and can either make a project difficult or extremely easy—depending on how well they’re managed via a stakeholder management plan. How to Make a Stakeholder Management Plan.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

And in no particular order we start with: Mark Phillips Mark Phillips High performing teams are motivated by an exceptional vision. The vision becomes a touchstone for difficult discussions with stakeholders, a path to unity for all project participants and a guide post for decision making with your team throughout the project.

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Project Risk Coach

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Nine times out of ten, I hear the answer—poor communication. Hence, let's look at how to improve your project communication. What happens when poor communication exists? Consequently, individuals misunderstand and make bad assumptions. Here's the bottom line -- poor communication drives projects into an abysmal valley.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 2, 2025

ProjectManager is award-winning project and portfolio management software that can assign tasks to team members with multiple management tools. Plus, teams can execute their tasks with kanban boards and task lists, while clients get an overview of progress on the calendar view. Here are some examples.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Enterprise environmental factors can be defined as conditions that aren’t under the immediate control of the project team. These can influence the outcome of the project, program or portfolio so they must be managed. That’ll make it easier to know how to assess and plan for their potential effect on the project.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The buck stops with me but there are very few ways I can influence the direction of travel. Here are some of the things project managers reported in the survey as wanting to learn more about: How to speak with clients with less stress How to keep the team motivated and how to manage stress How a manager can reduce stresses.

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Sandeep Kashyap

JUNE 1, 2022

How to Manage Underperforming Employees One of the most critical new managers’ challenges is faced when trying to manage employees. Out of which, the even more crucial aspect of the challenge is managing underperforming employees. Managers have to manage their teams and help them grow while keeping them motivated and engaged.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Wouldn’t life be better if your team were, well, just a little bit more productive? It is possible to create an environment where project team members can be more productive, by creating good habits. You’ve read all the articles, you’ve got ideas about how things could be better. What is team productivity?

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Planio

OCTOBER 14, 2024

These unconscious biases can influence who we hire (and listen to), the decisions we make, and what we prioritize in our daily lives — and not always for the better. As team leaders or project managers, we need to do better. As team leaders or project managers, we need to do better. Quick Links: What is unconscious bias?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 29, 2021

Your thoughts turn to what you should be doing for your professional development… and there’s a lot of choice. I don’t have the time (or the requirement) to take a certification course, but I’m always prepared to develop the competencies I need to succeed. How To Develop Your Skills (and those of your team).

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

So, if certain events seem to be outside of our control, then how can we make our own luck? And to do that, you must find ways to influence events that seem to be outside of your control. Let’s explore practical steps you can take to become a lucky project manager: here are nine ways to influence your luck.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 1, 2018

How can you track your progress as a leader? Jennifer Bridges, PMP, shows you how to set up leadership key performance indicators (KPIs) to do just that. They listed the following: Develop the decision-making ability of leaders. Transfer your vision to the team, so everyone understands it. Become an influencer.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 7, 2024

This requires first an understanding of demand management and how it benefits business. Next, we’ll outline the demand management process to learn how to implement this planning methodology and how software can facilitate that process. Use the team page or the color-coded workload chart to monitor your team’s allocation.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 20, 2017

This way you begin to define the boundaries of your project and figure out what responsibilities you will task your team with, and the process by which that work will be verified and approved. You’ll be using this documentation throughout the project as a means to for you and your team to stay focused on task.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 2, 2020

If something bad is going to happen on a project, it’s likely related to time, cost or scope. There are project controls professionals who are responsible to the project manager, but they touch the entire project team. Project Development. Cost estimates are developed into budgets and time estimates become project schedules.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Being able to act as a credible, trusted leader is dependent on you and your team making ethical choices about how you manage and lead the work. The plan can include the principles and guidelines you commit to sticking to as a team that values ethics in communications. How to deal with ethical issues in project management.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

He’s best remembered for the tool that bears his name and his works in the development of what’s called scientific management. While Gantt charts are named after Henry Gantt, the first Gantt chart was developed by Karol Adamiecki, a Polish engineer, in the mid-1890s.

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Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 19, 2020

However, project managers rarely choose their teams. Let's talk about how to deal with pre-assigned project resources. Third, recommend resources for the team. If so, influence the people you know and make your case. Ask your connections to influence the decision makers. Develop your teams.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 16, 2019

It must positively influence all aspects of a business, including revenue, cost and risk. Without one or the other, a business will struggle with weak performance. While seemingly impossible, there are principles that guide operational discipline so that a team can achieve these objectives. Excellence is, however, relative.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Being self-managing, they decide who does what, how, and when. Being self-managing, they decide who does what, how, and when. The Scrum Team delivers a valuable, useful, and usable Increment(s) every Sprint. The team is ideally a "slice of cake team," which can deliver value in the form of an integrated Increment.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 16, 2021

Your thoughts turn to what you should be doing for your professional development in the months ahead… and there’s a lot of choice. I don’t have the time (or the requirement) to take a certification course, but I’m always prepared to develop the project management competencies I need to succeed. Self-awareness. We all have limits.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

When the leadership team defines an organization’s vision, they look toward the future and identify the goals and objectives they want to achieve. When completed, you’ll have defined a strategic target and how to get the entire organization there. This is the start of strategic planning. This makes it easy to assign them work.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Many self-managing teams struggle to reach a truly high-performing state. When an organisation moves to a self-management model, a key service centralised management traditionally played – giving feedback – is often ignored, leaving teams struggling to truly grow. Models for high-performing Teams. There are better ways!

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Kiron Bondale

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Laziness or inertia did not make the list, but if we give the Homer Simpson who is in all of us an opportunity to take over, his influence could be a fourth contributor! This will help staff to become less worried about how to handle the team conflicts which they will inevitably face.

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Project Risk Coach

MAY 28, 2016

Ever have this sinking feeling that a bad moon is arising on your project? How do we keep events in the potential category rather than in the realized category? Let’s start with a better understanding of threats and issues and how to identify them. Imagine that you are managing a software development project.

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