NimbleWork

JANUARY 2, 2025

Whether you’re new to Agile or a seasoned expert, these influencers offer invaluable insights, actionable strategies, and inspiration to elevate your practice. His work integrates anthropology, neuroscience, and adaptive systems theory, influencing global governments and industries.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Data-Driven Decision Making While project managers have always applied data to their decision-making, the more accurate, real-time insights and tools that have become available are influencing them with increased objectivity, proactive risk identification and predictive analytics.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 5, 2024

Step 2: Assess interest and influence Consider how interested they are in the success of the project and the level of influence or power they have over the project. As projects progress over time, track any changes in interests or influence levels among stakeholders. This helps identify any conflicting requirements.

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Scrum.org

JULY 31, 2024

Influence: Enlisting Others When we’re trying to enable higher levels of effectiveness, we will find plenty of things around us that aren’t in our control. In this case, a different question is crucial: how can I influence the situation? By influencing situations, even without total control, you can create real progress.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Factors that can influence the decision include time, resources , financial costs or complexity. It works by determining a list of criteria that can influence a situation and then assigning a weighted value to each. Decide for each of the tasks or projects listed above.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 9, 2024

It depends on their influence and impact on the project. This, too, will depend on the stakeholders and their relationship with the change management project. Again, some stakeholders must be communicated with daily, others weekly or monthly.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 4, 2025

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. Over time youll stop worrying about whether people see you as a safe pair of hands at work, and start to realise that you do have influence!

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 10, 2024

They’ll be able to influence those affected by the change or have a personality that can help guide others or overcome resistance to change. The job of a change champion or change champions, for there can be more than one, is to marshall enthusiasm and commitment for the change initiatives in the organization.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 11, 2024

Many factors influence the jobs that are beyond the control of field service managers, such as traffic, availability of parts and jobs that take longer than expected. Field Service Management Challenges Field service management has many hurdles to clear to achieve the efficiency and effectiveness it promises.

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Scrum.org

JULY 22, 2024

Use this information to influence what the Scrum team works on next. The Product Owner then determines when to release to the customer so that customer outcomes can be measured frequently and used to influence what the team will work on next. Plan to deliver something usable each Sprint.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 9, 2021

We define it like this: The systematic identification, analysis, planning and implementation of actions designed to influence stakeholders. Where stakeholders feel negatively about projects and changes, engagement helps understand their position and influence their perception. Beyond the interest and influence grid.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 22, 2021

A stakeholder map is a visual, four-quadrant influence-interest matrix used to identify stakeholders and categorize them in terms of their influence and interest in the project. A stakeholder with both a high level of influence and interest needs to be managed closely. Try it for yourself today! What Is a Stakeholder Map?

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Green Project Management

MAY 13, 2024

In recent years, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria have rapidly moved from the fringes to the forefront of global investment strategies, profoundly influencing how projects are evaluated, financed, and implemented.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Cultural Shift: Over time, Elevating Katas influence not just processes, but also the culture, encouraging transparency, continuous learning, and a broader understanding of product and customer outcomes. Enabling People and Role Evolution The Star Model emphasizes that people and their roles must be in sync with overall organizational design.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 9, 2025

The decision is influenced by several factors. Dependencies: While technical dependencies may influence the selection, they should be carefully examined and challenged to avoid unnecessary constraints. The Product Owner doesnt make this decision alone, and the backlog doesnt have to consist only of features to implement.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 22, 2020

In these projects, stakeholders are identified and communicated with in the ‘normal’ way, but their power and influence is relatively low. The final type of project at the other end of the continuum is where stakeholders have a lot of power and influence over the project. Stakeholder-neutral. IT projects often fall into this category.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 9, 2022

Stakeholders are very important because they can have a positive or negative influence on the project with their decisions. While every project has stakeholders and those stakeholders can be anyone with influence or that can be influenced by the project. Types of Stakeholders. External Stakeholders. Stakeholder Prioritization.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 3, 2021

This is a measure of how much influence they have over actions and outcomes. Together, an assessment of these three elements can tell you how engaged a stakeholder is or will be in the work and how they could influence the project. This group has high power and also high legitimacy to influence the project.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Leadership is that branch of management concerning the development, nurturing and utilization of influence as way of motivating others to some end or objective. If leadership is concerned with influencing and motivating people then project managers need to be skilled leaders, not just successful administrators.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2025

It helps teams understand how specific lessons influenced the project’s success or challenges. Keep Teams Productive With Resource Management Features The action items that come from a lessons learned document influence the next project plan. Managing resources is paramount to delivering successful projects.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Their influence extends beyond the confines of their team, shaping a broader ecosystem that thrives on collaboration, innovation, and relentless pursuit of excellence. A rockstar Scrum Master transcends the boundaries of traditional leadership, embodying the principles of Scrum in every action and interaction.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 7, 2023

These can influence the outcome of the project, program or portfolio so they must be managed. That’s why project managers and their teams need to take time to identify enterprise environmental factors that might influence their projects and figure out an action plan to mitigate or respond to them in a timely, effective manner.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

As part of communication planning, a project manager should perform some degree of stakeholder analysis to answer some key questions: Who - the stakeholders impacted by the project and who will expect updates and information What - their expectations of the project, what they want to “know” about the project Why - why the project matters to them I (..)

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 23, 2024

Therefore, the project manager should identify all internal and external stakeholders and determine their level of interest and influence as well as regularly meet with them throughout the life cycle of the project. Get your free Project Review Template Use this free Project Review Template for Word to manage your projects better.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 14, 2025

Their influence extends beyond mere process management to shaping the organisation's culture and mindset, which brings about lasting transformation and positions the organisation for enduring success in a dynamic world. A successful Scrum Master steers an organisation toward a brighter, more value-focused future.

SCRUM 202

SCRUM 2024 Sustainability Construction 202

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 7, 2022

In these projects, stakeholders are identified and communicated with in the ‘normal’ way, but their power and influence is relatively low. The final type of project at the other end of the continuum is where stakeholders have a lot of power and influence over the project. Stakeholder-neutral. IT projects often fall into this category.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 7, 2023

They might be influenced by market conditions (risk appetite statements might change, for example, if the market suddenly gets a lot more competitive). They serve the same purpose – to influence the context and environment for the project – except they are external influences instead of internal influences.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 25, 2024

List the factors that will influence the next step. That means, defining the primary decision or problem that needs to be solved. This is the trigger for the decision-making process. Next, break down the options for each possible decision. This could include questions like Is the budget available? or Is the product compatible?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 16, 2024

It’s the changes that come from people with greater authority and influence than you, who don’t seem to get that you can’t use nine women to deliver a baby in a month. Or because the client they work with is the most important client for the business. Changes are fine, as long as they are managed in a reasonable and controlled way.

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Project Risk Coach

JUNE 14, 2021

This is a guest post from Colin Gautrey , an author, trainer and executive coach who has specialized in the field of power and influence for over ten years. He combines solid research with deep personal experience in corporate life to offer his audiences critical yet simple insights into how to achieve results with greater influence.

Influencer 397

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 14, 2021

You need to be aware of the project environment and prepare for its influence on your project throughout the project management life cycle. The project manager must understand the project environment and proactively plan to manage the factors that might influence the project. All of these things make up the project environment.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 6, 2025

Mapping their roles, expectations and influence helps in effective communication and decision-making throughout the pilot. A well-planned budget ensures cost control and financial feasibility. Stakeholder Identification and Mapping Recognize key stakeholders involved in or affected by the pilot.

Manufacturing 332

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

It’s the difference between doing a reasonable job and being seen as a strategic influencer at work. In the past, project sponsors have taken this responsibility, so I see the role of the PM as to make sure sponsors are passing on information to us where we don’t have access to it. Yes, that’s right! Don’t lose sleep over it.

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