Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Product Managers and Product Owners frequently have to balance market needs, user experience, customer outcomes, and technical feasibility. To overcome this challenge, product managers and owners must engage in the financial decision-making process proactively. To see more on customer value, please visit my other blog posts.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

The move from technical expert to leader is a big jump for many people. Many people get promoted – or think they get promoted – because they’re technically very good in a role. From Technical to Exceptional is a course designed to help you safely and successfully make the transition. From Technical to Exceptional.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 21, 2022

It wasn’t until I worked in IT as a project manager that I had a lot of contact with the release management process. My software projects needed releasing, so we had to follow the formal process and engage with the release manager to make sure that the bug fixes and new features got pushed to the production environment in a controlled way.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Then well go step-by-step through how to write a bid proposal and even provide readers with a free bid proposal template for Word that they can download to help guide them through the process. The bid proposal is an essential part of the competitive bidding process. What are the Key Elements of a Bid Proposal or Tendering Process?

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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. Talk to them about the process for doing that.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

It’s a way to predict the consequences of disruptions to a business and its processes and systems by collecting relevant data, which can be used to develop strategies for the business to recover in the case of emergency. While there is no set way to conduct a business impact analysis, in general the process follows the path outlined below.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Welcome to my Mplaza PRINCE2® Practitioner review! It was a few years ago now, but the experience gave me the vocab, structure, and processes to confidently deliver projects. In this MPlaza PRINCE2 Practitioner course review for project managers, I’ll share: Whether the course is worth it (spoiler: it is). Pass guarantee.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 17, 2018

Nearly everybody dreads a performance review, and for good reason. Due to the unpopularity, and sometimes inefficacy, of the performance review, many companies have abandoned that nervy review process in favor of always-on, real-time dashboards that show managers how team members are doing every minute of every day.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Then we can go through the capital budgeting techniques and the steps to a capital budgeting process. Capital budgeting is a process by which investments in large-scale projects are analyzed, evaluated and prioritized. This is done by dividing the net present value of all cash inflows by the net present value of all the outflows.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Change control is the process used to manage all these variables. If change happens (which it always does) then it’s crucial that you have a mechanism in place to control that process. The purpose of this process is to make sure that you’re not changing things in the project that don’t need to be changed.

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Planio

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

If you recognize these challenges, a structured project methodology, such as the Stage Gate process, can help you overcome them, by bringing control and consistency to your deliveries. The Stage Gate process breaks projects down into distinct stages and gates. Jump to a section: What is the Stage Gate process in project management?

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NimbleWork

OCTOBER 21, 2024

This article presents the top 25 project management influencers who have distinguished themselves through visionary thinking, practical expertise, and an unwavering commitment to advancing the profession. She has led projects at some of Canada’s largest technology companies and is the founder of CNS Project Consulting Inc.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Read on for my review. There is no analysis presented about which tool is better for project managers. Register for the course and go through the checkout process. The human in the loop idea means that we need to take the output of generative AI tools and apply subject matter oversight and analysis to review it.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 2, 2018

These types of projects are often won through a bidding process that involves various entities vying for the work. Contract bidding can prove a lucrative track, but the bidding process can feel byzantine to those ignorant of its structure and process. Before you can bid, you must do the due diligence. Presentation.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Cost overrun is not cost escalation; that term is used to describe an anticipated increase in a budgeted cost, say due to inflation. It’s an unexpected cost, due to an underestimation during the budgeting process or another reason. Political-economic – This is due to strategic misrepresentation of scope and budget.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 8, 2019

A thorough knowledge of it and how to use it can greatly benefit any project management process. There are various perspectives that can analyzed, from business direction to business processes, from information technology to product management. The first step is knowing where you are at the present time. Bridge the Gap.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 23, 2021

So I was pleasantly surprised when Carsten Grønbejrg Lützen pointed at a peer-reviewed academic paper by Michele Tufano and his colleagues (2015), called “When and Why Your Code Starts To Smell Bad”. This post is ideal for developers with some experience, and for people who support developers in the development of their technical skills.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge – ( PMBOK® Guide ) 7 th Edition represents a major shift in the way ‘how to do project management’ is presented by PMI. The 3 performance domains in project management are: People Process Business Environment. Domain II: Process. Let’s look at each of those domains next.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 12, 2019

That’s largely due to agile’s ability to adapt to change and incorporate customer feedback, both of which are essential in today’s world where technology is constantly evolving, and swathes of information are just a few clicks away—including public customer reviews. Process follows change instead of a plan.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 13, 2019

This free project charter template is what you’ll follow to create the document to present to a senior management person within the organization, usually called a business sponsor. Like any project, the research and due diligence you put in before the project pays off during the project. First, it’s not a solo mission.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Plus, we’ll give you tips on how to write a better one before showing how project management software can make the process even more efficient. It includes both the business solution and the technical solution to the project. A functional requirement is also presented with a use case. What Is a Business Requirements Document?

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The Lazy Project Manager

AUGUST 15, 2018

Presentation can win the day. My friends from Office Timeline have some useful thoughts along these lines, well less about dining and waiters but more about impressive presentations to your clients and your executives: Project Software for Presentations That Stand Out in Meetings. But it shouldn’t be so.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

TL; DR: The Definition of Done: Business Agility & Technical Excellence Most of the time, stakeholders are not interested in how we solve their problems as long as we ethically play by the rules. If a Product Backlog item does not meet the Definition of Done, it cannot be released or even presented at the Sprint Review.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 6, 2020

While some technological issues related to servers and computers can be managed if the financial resources are available, local internet outages and spotty access can leave virtual teams impotent. It can also be harder to get time to bond when team members who are not physically present. Disadvantages of Virtual Teams.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 17, 2021

Project management is affecting how humans perform or adopt technology. He looks at, amongst other things, using automation to streamline processes and looks at the adoption that we are trying to implement as part of a project, and what is the desired change, and takes a much wider and holistic view of human behaviour at work.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 22, 2023

Data visualization techniques are a key factor in the equation, since they allow the audience to make sense of the numbers and their significance even if they aren’t tech-minded. Read next: My review of Office Timeline. However, when it comes to project planning, nothing beats the good old roadmaps, timelines and Gantt charts.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 30, 2020

Information technology (IT) is a broad field that encompasses anything related to computer technology. Teams that work in IT are there to support these technologies and the people who use them. Unfortunately, the promise of technology often falls short of reality, and things malfunction. What Is Problem Management?

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 12, 2018

In 1969, in Philadelphia, Jim Snyder, of Smith, Kline & French Laboratories, and Gordon Davis, of the Georgia Institute of Technology, were having dinner and decided there was a need for an organization that offered project managers a forum to share information and discuss their industry. Certification. PMI Events.

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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. Following processes. What is Project Execution?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 29, 2022

I review a lot of PM software tools and there are companies now making massive leaps into integrating big data, automations, machine learning and more into the way they collate, present and make it possible to use large data sets. Here are some considerations for future technology – project management style. Blockchain.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

When you have a long-term project that needs to be evaluated regularly, and you’re dealing with numerous stakeholders, the phase-gate process could be an ideal fit for your organization. What is the Phase-Gate Process? For the rest of the blog, we’ll discuss the process in a product development setting.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 6, 2022

Being able to present your ideas visually helps on slides, reports, presentations and simply when sitting next to a colleague drawing out a concept or plan. That has always been the case, but today, technology makes it even easier for us to pull out the data that’s required and present it in a way that is simple to understand.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 31, 2025

This is typically due to the existence of the resistance to change (conscious or unconscious). The Levers of the Change Formula In the following paragraph, I will present levers for each part of the execution of the change formula. However, the absence of certain ingredients may result in an inability to deliver any change.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 11, 2022

We’ll answer those questions and more as we explore its process and applications. Also called value analysis, it reviews new or existing products during the design phase of a project and determines how certain substitutions can reduce costs while increasing product value. Presentation Phase. What Is Value Engineering?

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 13, 2021

Companies employ contract managers to manage this often-complicated contract process. Contract management is the process of managing contracts. It’s not merely facilitating the contract process, though; but also managing customers and their satisfaction. What Is Contract Management? What Is Contract Lifecycle Management?

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Scrum.org

JUNE 20, 2022

TL; DR: Scrum Master Interview Questions on the Sprint Review. It is the Sprint Review. Zur deutschsprachigen Version des Artikels: Das Scrum Master Interview: Der Sprint Review. ?? The Sprint Review According to the Scrum Guide. Scrum has repeatedly proven to be the most popular framework for software development.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 27, 2019

What you need instead is advice on what process decisions you should consider, what your options are, and what the associated trade-offs are. Related: Mastering the Decision-Making Process: A Practical Guide. For example, in Figure 1 you see the process goal diagram for how a team may secure funding. Stage gate.

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