Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 11, 2020

In this review of Office Timeline Pro, I’ll share the pros and cons of the PowerPoint plugin. Summary review of Office Timeline: Office Timeline is a simple way of creating timelines for anything from inside PowerPoint or your browser. Tip: Put the timeline on first, then put the additional info on the slide after.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

In this article, I’ll share my 12 top tips for exam success. It’s a huge help with exam techniques such as managing your time and using the ‘mark for review’ option. Review the questions you got wrong, using the helpful references to understand what the right answer should have been. Download the tech and get ready.

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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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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 11, 2024

I decided it was time to learn more about change management , and if you’ve come to that conclusion too, keep reading, as I have a detailed review of a very good (and not expensive) course that will help you: the BEE Methodology Practitioner course. Tip: The material is all there but some of it is in written form.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 14, 2021

Thomas provides detailed instructions on action management: the process of collating, tracking, managing, and crucially, doing tasks. I took away some tips from this book – and I consider myself to already be pretty good at task management. Then building the rest of your time and activities around that. You can see the difference.

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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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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 17, 2024

Here are some tips. Block out half a day a month Book a meeting with yourself for half a day a month and call it ‘process review’. Refine your processes. Another tip to stay organized when writing reports is to open last time's report on a Monday and then add to it during the week.

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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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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 13, 2022

It can be helpful to compare estimates back to actuals to review how accurate the estimates were and inform future task planning. Using communications technology and tactics will also help you to achieve your goals. Stay in touch with your team. Communication is essential to keeping your team working efficiently.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 26, 2019

So, I reached out to nine SEO experts that I admire and asked them for their best SEO tips. Below are the SEO tips these experts want to share with you. Often, people tend to overcomplicate the process. If you have an ecommerce shop, you may want to focus on getting links from bloggers that will write a review of your product.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 3, 2023

Along the way, we’ll offer tips, particularly on how project management software can help you realize your idea and turn a product prototype into a successful product launch. As you might imagine, this is a time-consuming but essential process, it’s not to be overlooked. Product Prototyping Tips. What Is a Prototype?

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 16, 2018

In Review – How to Become an IT Project Manager: If you want to become an IT project manager, Jennifer said she’s happy to hear that because that means you are motivated and have a specific goal. Technical understanding including hardware, software, network, infrastructure, security, etc. That’s always a plus.

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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. What Is a Business Requirements Document? Business Requirements vs. Functional Requirements.

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ProductSide

MARCH 6, 2025

From surfacing hidden landmines during due diligence to bringing entire product orgs under one cohesive vision, Brians got the battle scarsand the winsto prove it. Below, well unpack his real-world advice on making acquisitions work, retaining your best people, and aligning tech stacks for a post-merger world that actually innovates.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 2, 2023

In this article we’ll look at why minutes are worth doing and then dive into the 10 simple tips for taking effective meeting minutes. Make use of technology Tools like Butter give you a meeting recap after you’ve hosted your online meeting. Hat tip to the old COO at my last job for that tip.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 26, 2021

In this article, I’ll share 10 expert tips from a range of people about their experiences to help you choose the right higher education goals for you, so you can make the right choice for your career. Here are 10 expert tips to help you decided whether to go the MBA or the Master’s in Project Management route. Kyle Elliott.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 21, 2019

Information technology (IT) is no longer a tucked away department with little impact on day-to-day affairs. In Review – IT Risk Management Strategies and Best Practices. Due to its expansive influence, it’s essential to talk about risk management in IT. Here’s a screenshot of the whiteboard for your reference!

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Inloox

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

While the book primarily focuses on IT and operations, its lessons transcend technical teams and offer universal – and more importantly practical - insights into effective project management. We will extract the key takeaways and translate them into 10 actionable tips for enhancing project management practices.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In this article, you’ll learn how to approach mentoring a project manager and some practical tips to help you be a fantastic mentor to your new mentee (yes, that’s a word!) Here are 9 tips for making sure you can be a good project management mentor. Who are you mentoring?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 12, 2023

Merging required some major organizational changes such as introducing new technology, creating a new management team and alternation in business processes and policies. They were unable to adapt to upgraded technology and modern methods which, eventually caused the company to throw in the towel.

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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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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The Kanban Method Practice of Make Policies Explicit The Kanban Method is a management method made up of principles and practices to be applied to whatever process is in place (which could be Scrum). These could include things like adherence to organisational quality standards or governance processes.

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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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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 10, 2023

The project kickoff meeting begins with introductions, reviewing the client’s background and talking about the scope of the project. The project status report meeting is when team members provide data that the project manager uses to review where the project is over a specific period of time. Project Review Meeting.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Marketing implementation is the process of turning your marketing plan into a reality. Every task has a due date and is part of a larger schedule. It lets you turn your marketing plan into a set of processes. Of course, because a marketing plan is work-intensive, you don’t want to begin creating one too late in the process.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

For example, a high complexity project using a new technology may require additional time to complete and funding to address any unexpected challenges. The basic process for calculating project contingency is: Determine the level of risk/uncertainty in the work (at work package level if you are using work packages).

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MPUG

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

This certification exam usually gives two answers to choose from that could be applicable; the correct one requires an ability to differentiate situations and circumstances and connect to specific project management process keywords and concepts. From experience, projects become late and over budget due to poor communication.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Stick with me, and we’ll explore what project requirements are, why they’re important, and some tips for developing good ones. Adapt and flex as you go, reviewing priorities and working on what you can while the other stuff unfolds. Tips for developing good project requirements. Be consistent.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 21, 2023

Hopefully, the time I’ve taken to work through and review the courses will save you time making the right decision for your career. Immersive case studies and peer-reviewed assignments to put your learning into practice. There is no ‘best solution’ so I’ll help you work out which training is the best for your situation.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

In the bustling world of Scrum, the Sprint Review stands as a pivotal event. But the true linchpin of this process? Importance Of Feedback in Sprint Reviews Illuminating the Path Forward Feedback in Sprint Reviews acts as a lighthouse, guiding the product development ship through the murky waters of uncertainty and change.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 22, 2019

In Review – How to Make a Disaster Recovery Plan. It enables the recovery and continuation of critical technology, infrastructure and systems. It focuses on the information and/or technology systems of supporting critical business continuity. Review this process regularly. Disaster Recovery. Thanks for watching!

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 6, 2018

In Review – How to Scale Your Business. If you’ve done the due diligence after asking yourself the above questions, and you’re ready to scale the business, Jennifer suggests following these six steps: Evaluate and Plan: You need a strategy, so evaluate the situation fully and plan thoroughly. Number three, upgrade technology.

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The IIL Blog

JULY 31, 2024

Align with the Business Need A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge ( PMBOK ), the bible for project managers, states that “projects are initiated due to internal business needs or external influences”. But that is not always the case, especially in technology.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 13, 2022

It is impossible to simply send, receive and process purely factual information alone. Noise in the communication process is inevitable because we all bring our past and current experiences to what we hear and see. Semantic noise is usually due to our failure as the sender of the communication. Explain technical language.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 16, 2021

One in five projects is unsuccessful due to ineffective communication, according to research by PMI (The Essential Role of Communications, 2013). Tip: You can be more confident in your outcomes if you work together (more on that later). Tip: Think about the team structure you have set up. Technical competencies.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 17, 2022

Let’s say that you have three projects on the go that have the overall aim of streamlining processes and getting rid of paper. The weekly report covers what work was done this week and what work is due for completion the following week. Managing Tasks Across Multiple Projects. I keep a separate action log for each project.

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Project Risk Coach

JANUARY 31, 2022

Let's look at eight tips for implementing a PMO. Eight Tips to Building a PMO 1. Develop a Project Selection and Alignment Process Define a process to ensure projects align with the organization's mission and objectives. Additionally, some organizations also use a gate review process. Best wishes!

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