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How to Understand the Sources of Conflict
If you look on the web, you’ll find there are only three sources of conflict… or maybe it’s five… or eight… The truth is - as anyone who has lived any length of time knows – that there are as many causes of conflict as combinations of...
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How to Set a Clear Vision and Mission for your Team
A clear vision and mission for your project is a basis for both: - clarity of purpose, and - team motivation Mission and vision address the importance of answering the question 'Why?' They provide your project team with a connection to...
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What is Six Sigma? ...and DMAIC
Motorola introduced the idea of Six Sigma to reduce defects, and match the quality standards their competitors were able to achieve. So, what is Six Sigma? Originally, Six Sigma was a metric for a quality standard. Now, it is much more....
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What are Kurt Lewin's Freeze Phases?
Kurt Lewin’s Freeze Phases is one of those models that every change agent and Project Manager should be aware of. Kurt Lewin did the first systematic work on organizational change. And it remains valid. So, an understanding of this model...
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What is New Product Development (NPD)? And How to Do it...
We take it for granted when new products appear on the market. They must have been made by someone, who followed a process. And that process was the New Product Development, or NPD, process. What’s the connection between NPD and Project...
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How to Define Team Ground Rules
Ground rules… What are they, does your project team need them, and how to set and maintain them if it does? That’s what we’ll look at in this video. What are Ground Rules Ground rules set out a code of conduct for a team. They explain...
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How to Coach with the GROW Model
Coaching is the best way to develop the people around you. And the best-known approach is the GROW Model. It's perfect for beginner coaches and will continue to serve you for many years. So, here's how to coach with the GROW model....
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What is the Delphi Method? And How to Use the Delphi Method.
The Delphi method is a structured way to pool the opinions of many experts to reach a group solution. It was developed in 1969 by the Rand Corporation to facilitate technological forecasting. It has the benefit of overcoming the bias...
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What is Business Analysis? And what is a Business Analyst?
Project Management and Business Analysis. It's like strawberries and cream - you can't have one without another. But what is Business Analysis and what does a Business Analyst do? Business Analysis is the process of identifying business...
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How to Facilitate a Meeting
As a Project Manager, you’ll often need to facilitate meetings. In this video, we will look at the basic facilitation techniques and the disciplines for how to facilitate a meeting. Here's what this video covers 00:00 - Project Managers...
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How to Transition to Business as Usual - BAU
Once your project is complete, you need to hand it over to the Business as Usual team, and document a BAU Transition model or BAU Support Model, to define how the project deliverables will be supported in BAU. Details depend on what you...
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How to Do Risk Management in Agile Projects
Some people might expect that agile projects have – or even need – no risk management. That is completely wrong. So, let's look at how to do risk management in agile projects. We need to adapt our risk management approach to the nature...
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What is T-shirt Sizing?
T-shirt sizing has become a popular method for estimating in agile projects. So, in this video, I answer the question, what is T-shirt Sizing? T-shirt sizing is a simple and popular way to estimate the relative scales of different pieces...
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Learning from Your Mistakes
We make mistakes all the time. Have you learned as much - maybe more - from the mistakes of your career, as from anything else? The only real mistake is getting things wrong, and not learning anything from your mistakes. Mistakes are...
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What is Cynefin? What is the Cynefin Framework?
The Cynefin Framework is a model for understanding the different types of problems we can face and therefore helps you understand what approach to take to: • Problem-solving • Decision-making The Cynefin Framework was developed by Dave...
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What Goes into a Project Definition?
Projects get a firm foundation with a clear and complete Project Definition. But what does 'complete' mean here? What goes into a Project Definition? In this video, I will describe my long list of Project Definition elements: Purpose 👉...
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Talk is cheap... or is it?
Talk is cheap' they say. But what matters is the thinking behind it and the deeds that follow it. In this short opinion-video I argue for the value of careful consideration. Talk may be cheap. But, as my father said: 'Cheap is Dear'.
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Destroying my Enemies | Bite Sized Project Management Thought from Abraham Lincoln
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends with them?' This quote from US President, Abraham Lincoln, reminds us of the value of positive engagement with our project stakeholders and the importance of handling resistance in a...
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Committing to Be a Professional Project Manager
At what point do you become a Professional Project Manager? I started wondering this in a meeting with a client. We were talking about different people in their organization. Let's start with an easier question... Professionalism is easy...
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Intuition: How it Works and What to Do when it Fails You
You use your intuition every day. And it often serves you well. But, not always. So, how does it work and how can you fix it, when your intuition fails you? Intuition is your ability to: 1. Extract a small amount of essential information...
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Vendor Management: How to Work with Vendors
Vendor Management is the process of working with vendors to get the things you need for your project, when you need them, to the specifications you need, and at a fair price. So, how can you work with your project’s vendors, to achieve...
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Agile 101: How to do a Basic Agile Project
For all you traditional, predictive project managers out there, who are wondering: how to do an agile project, I am going to answer that question, in this video. There is no single way to do an agile project. There are many methodologies...
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How to Use the 5 Whys Method
The 5 Whys method is part of the Toyota Production System. And, as my regular viewers know, I am a big fan of raiding Japanese management and production techniques and applying them to strengthen our project management toolkit. So, how...
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How to Remember More of What You Read, Hear, and See
Project Managers must cope with a torrent of reading material. And when you want to learn, there’s a wealth of articles, videos, and podcasts. Plus, at work, you have articles, meeting minutes, and reports to read. So, how can you...