Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 25, 2022

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? She’s even written the book on it. So how do we do it? Gertman et.

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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. First, you need to identify the enterprise environmental factors by listing the internal and external ones.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 26, 2021

TL; DR: Data-Informed Retrospectives. The second stage refers to gathering data so that the Scrum Team can have data-informed Retrospectives. As I have observed in practice, many Scrum Teams either limit the data gathering part of the Retrospective, thus lacking vital information. The Usefulness of Team Metrics.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 12, 2024

This post (inspired by Ben Horowitz author of “The hard things about hard things”) is for scrum masters, and people who work with scrum masters, and explores what good and bad looks like. They are responsible for the successful implementation of Scrum within their team and their organisation.

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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. Project controls are a set of tools, processes and people skills that are used together to help project managers have the right information, at the right time, to make the right decision. Project Development. What Are Project Controls?

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 1, 2018

They listed the following: Develop the decision-making ability of leaders. Transfer your vision to the team, so everyone understands it. Develop your inner circle to offer guidance and advice. Manage stakeholder expectations by keeping them informed. Become an influencer to better guide those following you.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 7, 2024

Demand management is cross-functional as it crosses many disciplines, from consumer demand, supply teams and inventory to marketing and customer service. ProjectManager is award-winning project and portfolio management software with resource allocation features to keep teams working at capacity.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 6, 2024

In other words, a control plan gives the operator or inspector the information needed to properly control the process and product quality parts or assemblies. It’s up to the production team to determine the proper level for the process being controlled. There are also instructions on what to do if non-conformance is detached.

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Inloox

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Does this sound familiar: A manager calls an employee in and proudly informs them about new challenges, ideas and projects. Thus, concept development is an important key skill for project managers and all those who want to become one. You need the following competencies for successful concept development: 1.

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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. Train your team.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Agile is a way of working that comes from software development. While the roots of incremental development methods of working stem back to the 1950s and into the 1970s, it wasn’t until 2001 that a group of software developers published the Manifesto for Agile Software Development. Agile Tools for Agile Teams.

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Project Risk Coach

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Third, some PMO managers lack authority and relational influence in the organization. PMOs are shifting from being project watchdogs to orchestrating conversations between senior leaders, business unit heads, product owners, and project teams. How will the PMO engage with the senior leaders? PMBOK® Guide, Seventh Edition, p.214.

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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? She’s even written the book on it. So how do we do it?

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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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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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Project Risk Coach

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Nine times out of ten, I hear the answer—poor communication. What happens when poor communication exists? Stakeholders get the wrong information. Others get the right information but at the wrong time. Consequently, individuals misunderstand and make bad assumptions. Heck, your team may even abandon ship.

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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. You can view which projects are opened and who’s assigned to what tasks and highlight key metrics to keep stakeholders informed. This is the start of strategic planning.

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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. Ethics Tip #3: Don’t Leave Information Out Deliberately.

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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

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

They can include department heads, investors, manufacturers, board members or simply team members. Given their influence, it’d be unwise to neglect your stakeholder management plan. They are usually department heads, such as heads of Marketing, IT, Development, Operations and more. They have that much power.

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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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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The Scrum Team delivers a valuable, useful, and usable Increment(s) every Sprint. In my view: It could be a "layer of cake team", in that it cannot in and of itself delivery value without dependencies on other "layers" of the cake. Scrum Team members strive for net improvements. Self-managing.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 16, 2024

Scenario planning is a strategy used to consider possible future events for an organization or project to develop an effective and relevant long-term plan to respond positively to that change. Operationa l scenario planning reviews all potential outcomes of a certain decision and how they can influence the business or project.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 22, 2022

They are perfect for anyone working in a project environment, but if you are managing teams of any kind you’ll find something useful in here. I’ve met managers who think that project teams communicate and collaborate by default. This book reminds us that conflict on teams is inevitable. ISBN: 9780979942884.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

From your team to the tools they need, materials, equipment, software, office space and so on. It’s a tool used by project managers and their teams to see if they have the resources they need to complete the assigned tasks in a project. These two aspects of project planning are connected and inform one another. Learn more.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 19, 2022

Communicating information to all key stakeholders, sponsors and team members. Interactive Gantt charts, assign tasks and track progress, can be shared with stakeholders and keep the project team connected in real time. Manage Team. Assigning tasks to the team is only the beginning. Conduct Team-Building Exercises.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

What is an Influencer? These gentlemen are in all the top-10 lists of being the ‘the best’ Politician, Influencer, world changer, etc. So before diving into the Product Owner taking an Influencer stance, let’s first inspect what an Influencer is. The Influencer is also referred to as the Politician.

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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 our brains evolve, we develop unconscious biases as a way to process information faster.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 25, 2022

You’ll learn tips and techniques for engaging senior leaders in the role so you can build effective working relationships and act as a team. to support the team at the request of the project manager. They will be able to identify new risks and make the team aware of what is happening elsewhere in the organization.

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Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Sometimes, disruptions can affect product quality ; for example, sourcing materials from alternative suppliers that fail to meet quality standards may lead to producing poor-quality goods. Developing flexible plans involves incorporating time and capacity buffers and avoiding strict deterministic project and production schedule s.

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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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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 22, 2021

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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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

In Scrum, the Product Owner’s purpose is to maximize the value of the Scrum Team’s work (the product). Delivering value to the customer (beneficial customer outcomes) is the ultimate measure of success for the Scrum Team, including the Product Owner. We can consult with Developers on the Scrum Team for ideas.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 19, 2021

A traditional or Waterfall software development lifecycle includes a long and detailed planning period to define requirements before beginning development. I have little experience or high time pressure; therefore, the estimate is influenced. But teams still need to estimate their work to forecast releases.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 23, 2022

The abuse runs the gambit from insults or offensive remarks, to giving unmanageable workloads, to withholding pertinent information, to inappropriate email or social media, to stealing credit for work. The most obvious are impacts on project success, team performance, budgets and timelines. The impact of bullying on projects.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Suppose a project manager has an upcoming project for website development and design. The project has a defined timeline of six months, and the resources involved are developers, testers, UI/UX designers, analysts, etc. At the same time, if the outlook is slow due to poor economic conditions, the hiring activities have to stop.

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