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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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 11, 2021

I caught up with Lloyd Skinner, CEO at Greyfly , a consultancy specializing in improving project outcomes through the application of AI tools and experienced professionals, to talk about how AI is changing the way we lead projects. And that means convincing management that it’s worth starting to use the tools.

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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?

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Teams get sick. Change is an opportunity for your team to work together to figure out how to respond to the change request. Change control not only reinforces your team’s ability to work better together, but the positive effects bleed into overall efficiency. Weather gets in the way. Supply chains break.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

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. Technical: Scope, requirements and other technical issues call into this category.

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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 19, 2022

Fortunately, there are strategies ( and tools! ) 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.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams. Why do software teams?—?despite 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”.

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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.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 20, 2017

But before you jump into that project plan and begin to tackle the scope of your project, let’s review the basics. 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. What Is Project Scope?

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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. Typically, the challenge is infrastructure and tech.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 12, 2023

During a company integration program, customer service levels dropped by 25-50% because the team management focused their efforts on reorganizing and changing employees’ roles and responsibilities, all with “the best of intentions”. Consequently, the difference in corporate culture led to numerous issues causing anxiety among team members.

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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).

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 8, 2024

No wonder project teams look for open-source Microsoft Project alternatives. Sometimes a consumer gets what they paid for, which is why we’ll also review a commercial Microsoft Project alternative and see how it stands up against Microsoft Project open source alternatives. Microsoft Project has its critics. There are limited features.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 24, 2020

Why would you launch a new project management software tool when the market is so crowded already? For much of the early 2000’s, large companies would shudder at the thought of operating a team in an agile way. This growth has seen a huge rise in agile tools. That means more people using online tools for retrospectives.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Identify and Prioritize Resources: Research your company and list its crucial resources, such as teams, tools, facilities, etc., As new employees, technologies and resources enter the picture, the contingency plan must be updated to handle them. Check for any weak links and strengthen them. What Are the Key Risks?

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Project Bliss

JANUARY 6, 2020

Here are the four tenets of agile, as written in The Agile Manifesto : “Individuals and interactions over processes and tools” “Working products over comprehensive documentation” “Customer collaboration over contract negotiation” “Responding to change over following a plan”. Related: A PM’s Guide to Agile Software Development.

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Planio

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

For as long as we’ve had tools we need help using (and language to talk to each other), we’ve had technical documentation. The first example of technical writing in English dates back to the Middle Ages when Chaucer wrote a guide to the astrolabe—a device used for measuring the distance of stars). Don’t believe me?

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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.

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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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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Technical debt seems like a topic that resides completely in the domain of a Development Team. you are a non-technical person. you are a non-technical person. What is technical debt? There are no clean tools to be found anywhere. It might even feel good because of the faster feature development.

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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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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 2, 2020

If something bad is going to happen on a project, it’s likely related to time, cost or scope. There are many tools that can mitigate risk in a project, but it also takes skill in something called project controls. Project Development. Cost estimates are developed into budgets and time estimates become project schedules.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

But unfortunately, many resource managers have to rely on approximation and guesswork because they don’t have the right tools and techniques. Suppose a project manager has an upcoming project for website development and design. Enterprises fail to deliver projects on time and within budget without the right forecasting tools.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

But is that because they’re good at marketing or a good project management tool? ClickUp is a feature-rich, highly collaborative work management tool and Monday is a customizable work management tool designed to help teams work more efficiently by tracking projects and workflows. ClickUp vs. Monday both have weaknesses.

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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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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

In project management, a transition plan can help a project move successfully from one phase to the next, onboarding a new team member or transferring one team member to a new position and/or department. For IT, transition planning can help move services from development into production. What Is a Transition Plan?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 4, 2021

And what are the weak points? As I said, PRINCE2 doesn’t cover working with people and as team management and getting the best out of the people is what we all do every day, this seems like a big oversight on the part of PRINCE2, especially as project boards form such a critical part of the standard. No, not that I’m aware of.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 23, 2024

This requires an organization with a well-developed project management process. That’s because the project teams involved with these successful projects follow a defined and repeatable process, which mitigates risk and achieves objectives. It’s essential to keep projects successful for any organization to thrive.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

You’ve made the product or developed a great service, now you need to create a marketing plan. Marketing team: You’ll need to assemble a marketing team to achieve your goals. Every task has a due date and is part of a larger schedule. Marketing Budget: There are resources and costs associated with each marketing activity.

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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. First, they provide the project team with a shared understanding of the project’s goals and objectives. Tips for developing good project requirements. Well, this is my life!

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Scrum.org

JUNE 13, 2022

TL; DR: Scrum Developer Anti-Patterns. After covering the anti-patterns of the Scrum Master, the Product Owner, and the stakeholders, this article addresses Scrum Developer anti-patterns, covering all Scrum Events and the Product Backlog artifact. The Role of the Developers in Scrum. Developer Anti-Patterns by Scrum Events.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 30, 2020

I told him honestly that I didn’t see any possibility of using his software at work, but that I was revising Social Media for Project Managers for a second edition (now published as Collaboration Tools for Project Managers) and that there would potentially be some scope in learning more about their product for that.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 22, 2019

For years, I’ve fulfilled the role of Scrum Master for many different organizations and Scrum Teams. These teams were mostly focused on software development. These organizations were able to attract the smartest developers and create products customers loved. That’s not going to be a technical perspective.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2024

I told him honestly that I didn't see any possibility of using his software at work, but that I was revising Social Media for Project Managers for a second edition (now published as Collaboration Tools for Project Managers ) and that there would potentially be some scope in learning more about their product for that. So don't do it.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Programming and feasibility are where the planning team defines the project’s objectives and goals. This information directs the design development, equipment and materials that will be used in construction. The project team starts preparing for work, setting up the job site so that it’s ready for construction.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 17, 2023

Think twice if you still believe this technology is a fad or a toy. The sales team sells unauthorized features to meet its quota. I will describe a conflict situation in a Scrum team. My first request is: Tension has been mounting among the members of your Scrum team for quite some time. ChatGPT Prompt for Scrum Masters.

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