Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 20, 2021

GetApp’s survey of over 1,000 managers, decision-makers and SME owners has revealed that despite the proven benefits project management software brings to businesses, more than half of employees opposed their managers’ suggestion to implement PM software. Project management tools support team collaboration.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Click here to download our survey report on 2022 project management trends. Of our survey participants, 59% currently work remotely, with this number likely to increase moving forward. Of the 630 individuals surveyed, almost 30% were not hired with the intention of being full-time project managers. Our findings may surprise you.

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nTask

JANUARY 19, 2021

This “oiling the cogs” in the organizational paradigm is Process Management. What is Process Management? Usually, Process Management consists of the following: Purging any redundant and wasteful process. Usually, Process Management consists of the following: Purging any redundant and wasteful process.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 12, 2021

There are a range of reports and surveys released each year which are useful for shedding light on what has been going on, and looking forward to what is to come. However, there are also changes that were pushed forward by the global pandemic and a need to better organize processes. Current trends. It’s not going anywhere either.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Therefore, back in 2017, I ran a first survey on the Net Promoter Score® of the Scaled Agile Framework SAFe®. Survey Data. Between December 13, 2021, and January 27, 2022, 505 peers participated in the survey. Additionally, I distributed the survey link via blog posts and various social media postings.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 15, 2024

Survey your stakeholders Who benefits from the skills of the project delivery team? Don’t send out survey after survey. At this point in the process you can secure funding for your capability improvements including any training needs. But how do you do that? Don’t get analysis paralysis People are busy.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 9, 2023

It’s not a totally new skillset, but it’s a smarter, more complex way of addressing the work and the complexities of balancing many people, processes and products. In fact, survey respondents recognized over 60 different skills, from attention to detail to vendor management. What should you be focused on?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

I ran a survey about stakeholder management (thanks, by the way, if you were one of the people who filled it out) and the results surprised me. Not processes or documents. Having said that, processes and documents can really help! I have done a bit of analysis on the results and I wanted to share what I know so far with you.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 14, 2024

However, different surveys report different adoption levels. Sources: IPMA , Microsoft , Nieto-Rodriguez/Viana Vargas , APM AI Project Manager salaries I couldn’t find a survey that summarized AI project manager jobs and salaries, probably because there aren’t that many positions. The role hasn’t been around that long.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Do they already work really well together, or should this purchase also be an opportunity to shake up your processes? OK, you can’t involve every user in the selection process but you do need to take users into account. By far the quickest and easiest way is with a survey,” says Andrea. Making The Decision.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

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. If you set it up right, the project should pretty much run itself. See the trend? I can support you with that.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

You have to complete the final course evaluation survey to get the PDUs. The idea of ‘making ideas visible’ is great because it ensures the team understands the problem before they move into the design process or coming up with alternative solutions. You get 18 PDUs credited to your PMI account , so it’s worth a lot. PMI and PwC.

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PMI Technical Review 2021 Underperforming Technical Team 443

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The IIBA UK 2020 survey reports that the top 5 areas that a business analyst is responsible for are: Requirements analysis Elicitation and collaboration Workshop facilitation Requirements life cycle management Business analysis planning and monitoring. They mapped the business processes. 5 Main responsibilities of a business analyst.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 29, 2021

Rapid Logging – a process of adding short notes to your Daily Log allowing you to capture all that stuff whizzing around in your head on paper. A survey carried out by bullet journal in 2016, asked 205 project managers specifically about how effective they found bullet journaling for their work. Bullet journals in practice.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 11, 2022

However, beyond the bad news we’ve had to deal with since the beginning of this year, these changing circumstances have ushered in a different kind of enthusiasm for making process improvements in how we work together as well. Which Agile process techniques are most popular among marketers? Daily standups. Retrospectives.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 28, 2020

A project is executed by a team within an organization that has some sort of a project management framework established to enable the process. A project management framework is a framework that maps out the methods, processes, tasks, resources and tools needed to take the project from beginning to end. But it’s simple to untangle.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 28, 2019

According to a survey by Salary.com and America Online , employees spend an average of 1.86 According to Udemy’s, 2018 Workplace Distraction Report , 33 percent of employees surveyed said that technology and connectivity issues were the most common distractions and productivity-suckers in the workplace. Unnecessary Meetings.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

We do it as children, we do it as teenagers (often terrifying our parents in the process) and we do it as adults. Strengths-based project management is an approach to project management that focuses on the people rather than the process. One way is to take the VIA Character Survey at [link]. People copy what they see.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In our annual global survey , one in five (21 percent) respondents say they are using AI always or often in project management. Improving communication: GenAI can be used to help streamline communication across different levels, including stakeholder communication management , and automate simpler communication processes.

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ChatGPT Generative AI Artificial Inteligence PMI 478

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 13, 2022

In a survey of project professionals , only 15% are running one single project. Efficiency, project management tools and streamlined processes help us deliver more with less time. Because most people manage multiple projects. Multi-project management is the norm. Everyone else is running more than one. At least, that’s the expectation.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 24, 2022

In the APM Salary and Market Trends survey 2021 , 61% of respondents reported that working from home options were an important criterion for choosing a new role, up from 52% in 2020. Six videos covering tools and techniques, the process and more. RPA is Robotic Process Automation. People want flexible options for work.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

People working in Project Management Offices that are building their own processes because PRINCE2 is easy to tailor. There’s not a lot of salary survey data on PRINCE2 Practitioners, so it’s hard to say conclusively. PRINCE2 is a process-based methodology. Does PRINCE2 increase salary? Disadvantages of PRINCE2 training.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 14, 2022

Statistical PERT is a five-step process (but a SPERT template makes it only three steps). Two years ago, I surveyed peer project managers and asked them this question: “How confident do you strive to be when estimating your projects?”. SPERT uses an estimator’s sense of the most likely outcome to adjust SPERT estimates.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 24, 2023

Ops managers want (and seek) stability so they can manage process performance. Operations management Operations management is the process of managing and organizing resources to ensure the efficient production of goods or services. Projects change the business. Operations run the business. In my experience, that creates tension.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 26, 2021

Let us start our excursion by revisiting the purpose of the Sprint Retrospective according to the Scrum Guide: The purpose of the Sprint Retrospective is to plan ways to increase quality and effectiveness in the process. In my experience, they are best accessible by anonymous surveys run in advance of the Sprint Retrospective.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 27, 2022

Land, Permits, Survey Fees: This includes land and real estate development costs associated with the legal process. This also includes appraisal fees, land acquisition, assessments, land survey fees and the costs of inspections and permit fees paid to local governments.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 12, 2023

The Standish Group’s CHAOS Report and other surveys report that project failure is more common than we would like. Merging required some major organizational changes such as introducing new technology, creating a new management team and alternation in business processes and policies. The merger was not a successful one.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The measuring itself might be a very tricky process. Many companies ask for feedback through satisfaction surveys to understand the perception of their customers regarding quality of their service or products they offer, e.g. shops, banks, private medical care service. Do we all understand survey points in the same way?

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 15, 2024

Recommendations for improving processes in future projects are listed and the team and sponsors are thanked. This includes all contracts, proposals, the business case, charter, scope statement, schedule, budget estimate, project management documents, surveys, status reports , checklist and emails.

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Project Life Cycle Software Review Certification Construction 384

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 12, 2024

You can focus on the process of getting the outcome you want and supporting the attendees instead of trying to get your own personal point of view into the discussion. Here’s the meeting process I use. Ask for a thumbs up or run a quick survey. Set objectives First, set clear objectives for the session. Ready to go for it?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 25, 2022

A BCS Digital Leaders survey points out that for 55% of respondents, business transformation and organizational change are the top management issues for the coming year. Businesses know that they have to make changes to processes and products to stay competitive. Business change’ is facing challenging times.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

A survey by the Chartered Management Institute reported that most managers rated themselves as having a Coaching style, whereas most employees rated their managers as being Directive. Keith Grint, in the Oxford series on Leadership, focuses on Followership, which is especially relevant in situations without formal hierarchy.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 21, 2021

This includes sending out emails, requesting reviews, posting surveys and making phone calls. Effort estimation is the process through which we approximate how much time, energy or money deliverables will demand so that we can rank this on a scale. There are many different methods to begin the effort estimation process.

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Estimate Energy Planning Software Review 445

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 24, 2019

Gathering feedback regarding your product or service not only improves your business process, but it makes the customer feel heard and involved. Customer Feedback Surveys. An even older method of getting customer feedback is the survey, and this old dog still has a few tricks up its sleeve. Keep It Purposeful.

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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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Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Our ERM policy and processes were largely developed based on what I had learned about risk management as a PMP and PMI- RMP. Furthermore, these processes may be applied at different levels of an organization—enterprise, departments or business units, portfolios, programs, and projects. To sharpen my saw. Third, develop a study plan.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

People act on their feelings, and feelings are fleeting, which means that we’re constantly shifting positions and getting nowhere in the process. How can logical fallacies harm your decision-making process? Reporting tools and surveys can help you collect the necessary data to avoid hasty generalizations. Hasty Generalization.

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