ProjectManager.com

MAY 7, 2019

Planning for a project is essentially choosing one path forward to achieve your goals and objectives. There are many ways to proceed, but through research, experience and good judgement, the best route is picked when creating a project plan. But things don’t always work out as planned. What Is Technical Debt?

Technical Review 326

Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Leadership 326

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 7, 2019

As we ease into the new year, many organizations’ executive teams are ramping up hiring for new talent. They’re refocusing their efforts to align portfolios to finish strong for the fiscal year and are launching new initiatives to support strategic plans for the calendar year. What Is a High Performing Team?

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Underperforming Technical Team Artificial Inteligence Lean Technical Review 377

ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 30, 2024

ProjectManager is award-winning project and portfolio management software with multiple project planning and scheduling tools. Projects can be planned on Gantt charts, which organize tasks, resources and costs. Teams can execute work on kanban boards or task lists, while clients can stay informed on progress with the calendar view.

Software Review 391

Software Review Underperforming Technical Team PMO Consulting 391

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Welcome to my PMI Wicked Problem Solving review! In this independent review, I’ll share: Whether the course is really worth it (I think so) Why it’s good for experienced project and change management practitioners Who shouldn’t do the course? I had not heard of Tom before, but he is a tech pioneer, facilitator, and TED speaker.

PMI 459

PMI Technical Review 2021 Underperforming Technical Team 459

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2024

Read next: My review of Who Gets Promoted, Who Doesn't and Why by Donald Asher. Career-limiting because: No one wants to work with the project manager who emails the operational team a closure document and is never seen again. Not talking about problems Surprises are bad. Project sponsors don't like bad news either.

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Technical Review Leadership 295

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 12, 2024

I like the definition of risk management from the Sixth Edition, which defines it succinctly: Project risk management includes the processes of conducting risk management planning, identification, analysis, response planning, response implementation and monitoring risk on a project. link] Why is risk management important?

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Risk Management Risk Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 357

ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Teams get sick. The change control process is part of the larger change management plan. Change is an opportunity for your team to work together to figure out how to respond to the change request. But the more you engage your team in change control, the more adept they become at solving problems quickly.

Controlling 498

Controlling Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team 498

Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 15, 2022

I worked in the IT team at my old job. We did a fair amount of off-the-shelf software deployments, and we frequently made the point that we were a healthcare company, not a software development firm. I would not have said we had software development as one of our core organizational competencies. Non-technical competencies.

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Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Innovation Leadership 396

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Teams are not evolving beyond the laid out frameworks or methods. In my experience, I have seen the frameworks, methods become practices to be followed only to showcase a client that the team is doing agile. I once worked for a customer, who had outsourced their software development to 3 different vendors.

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SCRUM Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 209

ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

You’ve made the product or developed a great service, now you need to create a marketing plan. Your marketing plan defines the strategies that your organization will use to reach target customers, outperform competitors and position your brand. Basically, it’s taking a marketing plan and executing it.

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Planning Software Review Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team 417

ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

You’ve heard the phrase, “Always have a Plan B.” ” Well, “Plan B” is just common vernacular for what’s known as a contingency plan. In other words, a contingency plan is put in place in case the primary plan that you’re executing doesn’t unfold as expected.

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Planning Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Government 393

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 12, 2023

Despite your efforts to clearly define the scope, time and resources necessary to successfully complete the projects, things simply don’t always go according to plan. Maja Mrsic Here are 3 examples of projects that didn’t go to plan. So why do some projects crash to their doom? For example, in June 2010 Chrysler merged with Fiat.

Planning 447

Planning Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 2010 447

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 11, 2021

I’m not convinced that 2030 is a realistic target, though, given the project management maturity levels and willingness to adopt new tech that I see on a daily basis. We did some research about two years ago and found there were 300 planning tools on the market,” Lloyd says. Lloyd seems to feel the same.

Artificial Inteligence 522

Artificial Inteligence 2030 Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team 522

Scrum.org

MARCH 11, 2020

TL; DR: Development Team Anti-Patterns. After covering the Scrum Master and the Product Owner, this article addresses Development Team anti-patterns, covering all Scrum Events as well as the Product Backlog artifact. The Role of the Development Team in Scrum. Do you want to get this article in your inbox?

Development Team Review 252

Development Team Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Technical Review 252

Scrum.org

AUGUST 19, 2024

The push to deliver more features to users often means we take short cuts, take on tech debt and reduce time spent maintaining the system. Some teams even use their BAU workload as a reason that they can’t go agile? They had project based metrics and controls and used a “Plan Build Run” approach. The “Build” part was “Agile”.

Innovation 136

Innovation Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Sustainability 136

ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

That’s the first step in planning, managing and mitigating risk in your projects. A risk breakdown structure is a tool for managing risks, which are any events that you have not planned for or expected. Either way, project managers have to prepare for risk, either good or bad—it can interfere with project objectives. Management.

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Risk Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Risk Management 435

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 2, 2023

There’s only one thing worse than being told bad news, and that is being told about bad news late. Technical failure: this creates a program integration risk as what you are building might not sit in the organization’s architecture any longer. Using an outside assessment team creates objectivity.

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Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Sustainability Estimate 440

Scrum.org

AUGUST 3, 2020

Does your team struggle to get items to Done? Do they experience a high amount of spill-over into the next cycle because they are waiting on another team or another person? Do items sit in a blocked state and age out while waiting on other teams or people to complete work? Dependencies are an epidemic in software development.

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Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Software Review Development Team Review 253

NimbleWork

OCTOBER 21, 2024

What was once dominated by Gantt charts and rigid planning techniques has evolved into a vibrant, adaptive discipline driving business success. These top 25 influencers for 2025 aren’t just keeping up with the trends—they’re setting them, reshaping how teams collaborate, innovate, and deliver in today’s fast-paced world.

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Influencer 2025 Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team 111

Project Risk Coach

JANUARY 24, 2022

Poor risk management is costly. Let's look at the cost of poor risk management through the example of Tom Whitley. The Risk Management Mistakes of Tom Whitley The Star Mutual Insurance Company (SMIC) hired Tom Whitley as a project manager to manage information technology projects. The imaging team had started building workflows.

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Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management Risk Technical Review 221

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.

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Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review SCRUM Software Review 195

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 3, 2023

Ideas are essential to product development, but they’re intangible. These mockups can help further the design, materialize your product vision and get feedback from the engineering team. It’s through these exercises that design and engineering departments communicate and develop the idea into a working product.

Software Review 413

Software Review Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Manufacturing 413

Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 11, 2020

You’ll learn: What delivery approach is the most common How many project managers have considered leaving the profession Why the top career goal for project managers is not what experienced professionals want How many projects a project manager runs How many people in an average project team What keeps project managers up at night And lots more.

2021 484

2021 Underperforming Technical Team 2020 Certification 484

ProjectManager.com

APRIL 1, 2019

Sometimes leading a team, project or organization goes well. In Review – Crisis Management: How to Lead During a Crisis. Jennifer noted that whether you’re leading a team , project or organization, things are either going well or poorly. These crises impact teams. Technology initiated another crisis.

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Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Risk Management Budget 403

ProjectManager.com

MAY 19, 2022

Let’s review strategies and tools you can use, and learn how they can help you close that gap to promote successful project execution. We’ll hear from experts and review key takeaways that project leaders can immediately put into practice in their programs and projects. Manage Team. And you’re not alone in this challenge.

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Executing Project Life Cycle Software Review Technical Review 516

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 managers are well aware of this and spend much of their time planning in order to avoid negative risk and its potential impact. In fact, the project controls are key to a strong project plan. Project Planning.

Controlling 529

Controlling Underperforming Technical Team Estimate Risk Management 529

ProjectManager.com

JUNE 20, 2017

Project scope is part of the planning process of any project. But before you jump into that project plan and begin to tackle the scope of your project, let’s review the basics. 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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Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Defining Infrastructure 529

MPUG

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Even if the company had taken time to put a complete definition of those terms, having these locked in an online book does not necessarily mean team members have or will visit. Feynman Communication If you have been alive for any time, you have experienced the downside of poor communication. There were two reasons for this.

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Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Certification Engineering 105

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 17, 2021

Project management is affecting how humans perform or adopt technology. One thing you can do is to ask the project sponsor to make an introduction to you to the team. Second, after you are introduced, it’s important to meet with every single person on the team. PM always affects a human. Then it’s all on you. Where is IO going?

Technical Review 379

Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Initiating Artificial Inteligence 379

Project Risk Coach

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Having designated risk roles ensures that significant risks receive attention and allows everyone on the team to focus on completing the project successfully. First, sponsors develop and cast the project’s vision, including goals , risk appetite , and risk thresholds. Information Technology) or in a Project Management Office (PMO).

Risk Management 396

Risk Management Risk Underperforming Technical Team PMO 396

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 11, 2023

This is accomplished by a combination of experience and education that directs the construction operations through the development of a detailed schedule and budget. ProjectManager is online project management software that helps construction management plan, manage and track projects in real time. Learn more. Construction Contracts.

Construction 395

Construction Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Engineering 395

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.

Technical Review 371

Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Influencer PMI 371

ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Construction projects are carefully planned. Project management software is used by construction project managers to plan, manage and track the project. ProjectManager’s Gantt charts help plan the construction phases. Programming and feasibility are where the planning team defines the project’s objectives and goals.

Construction 458

Construction Process Project Life Cycle Software Review 458

Project Risk Coach

JULY 2, 2018

Poor risk management is costly. Let's look at the cost of poor risk management through the life of Tom Whitley. The Risk Management Mistakes of Tom Whitley The Star Mutual Insurance Company (SMIC) hired Tom Whitley as a project manager to manage information technology projects. The imaging team had started building workflows.

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Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management Risk Technical Review 136

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 4, 2020

I have listed the top 5 reasons that don’t allow the team to gain such productivity but feel free to suggest more. Scrum doesn’t help complete the product faster rather than how quickly a team can release a product. If you are an old establishment, bad news for you, you have to invest a lot to be like a startup.

Software Review 254

Software Review Technical Review SCRUM Underperforming Technical Team 254

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. Resource forecasting helps plan for the potential project demands in the opportunity or approval sales pipeline.

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Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Software Review Estimate 334

ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

And, unlike in the physical world, where bad neighborhoods are more clearly demarcated, cyber threats can be like a trojan horse. Bottom line: technology is useful, but it’s also vulnerable. Audits sound bad. IT audits have been going on since the mid-1960s and continuously evolving since that point as the technology advances.

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Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Software Review Information Technology 278