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Who Gets the Best Answers? The Wisdom of Crowds
There aren't many books I recommend unreservedly to professional and business people I work with. But the Wisdom of Crowds is one of them. So, Who does Get the Best Answers? It turns out it isn't anyone. It's certainly not the expert....
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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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Benefits Management: the Missing Knowledge Area
I want to argue why I believe Benefits Management is a missing knowledge area from so much of Project Management. There's a whole load of potentially missing Knowledge Areas. Domains of knowledge, expertise, and practice that are not...
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How to Do Project Benefits Management
Benefits Management follows a simple process. And I will describe the one in my new course, Project Benefits Management. (See below for discount vouchers) My Project Benefits Management process has seven steps. We take a look at each one...
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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 is the Kano Model? Project, Product, or Feature Prioritisation
The more I give you, the happier you are. That’s the essence of the Kano Model. But it’s starting to be talked about a lot in Project Management circles, so what is the Kano Model? The Kano model is a prioritization model. It helps you...
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How to Maintain Document Version Control on Your Project
On a project, we can end up in all sorts of trouble, if we have multiple versions of the same document, and make a mistake about which is current. If we act on out-of-date information, we can easily make a big mistake. So, we need...
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5 Tips for Better Meetings
You're a Project Manager. So, I can predict one thing with confidence... You spend a lot of time in meetings. This means that anything you can do to have better meetings is a worthwhile change. So, perhaps you need to think about how...
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What are Agile Epics, User Stories, and Story Points?
Epics, User Stories, and Story Points are three terms that are widely used in Agile Project Management and some of its methodologies, like XP (eXtreme Programming) and Scrum. But if you haven’t worked on agile projects, then Epics, User...
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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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Top 7 Ways to Become a More Influential Project Manager
Do people listen when you speak, and take your advice when you offer it? Part of growing, as a Project Manager, is becoming more influential. Here are seven of my top tips. Raising your level of influence is often a matter of changing...
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Top 5 Ways to Remove a Risk Entirely
There are six (arguably seven) strategies for managing risk. But the one that is least understood is the most powerful of all… if you can make it work: removing a risk entirely. So, let's survey one of the most important risk management...
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What if? Top 10 Things to Build into Your Project Contingency Plan
A contingency plan is a valuable part of your risk management. Whilst it won’t stop risks happening, nor even make them less likely, it will give you a clear set of steps to follow if one should manifest. Here are 10 tactics you can put...
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How to Build a RACI Chart
The RACI Chart is one of the most important Project Tools. You will sometimes hear the terms RACI Matrix, Responsibility Matrix, or Linear Responsibility Chart (LRC). Let’s look at how to build one! In the video, I discuss the...
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Team Refresh: Top 10 Ways to Give New Life to a Tired Team
Sometimes you realize you have a tired team. You need to give them new life and energy. So, what can you do to create a total team refresh? Here are 10 things... Let’s look at ten things you can do to re-energize a tired team that has...
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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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My Top 6 Stakeholder Analysis Tools
I wrote an article with 20 Stakeholder Analysis techniques. That’s too much for a short video. So, here, I want to share with you my favorite 6 Stakeholder Analysis Tools. 1. Stakeholder triage Attitude and Impact • Woo + Win • Inform +...
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How to Create a Gantt Chart in 9 Easy Steps
In an earlier video, I described what a Gantt Chart is, in under 5 minutes. But I keep getting asked how to create one. So, in this video, I’ll show you exactly how to make a Gantt Chart. What is a Gantt Chart? • Project Management in...
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What is a Project Management Professional? (What is the PMP?)
The Project Management Institute (PMI) is the largest professional membership body for Project managers in the world. And the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is the premier qualification. The PMP is intended to...
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What is Kaizen? and Continuous Improvement?
Kaizen creates change. It translates from the Japanese as change (kai) for the good (zen). And it comes with action. What is Kaizen? Many people equate Kaizen with Continuous Improvement, but this is not so. The word Kaizen can mean...
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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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What Goes into a Full Stakeholder Analysis?
The process of managing stakeholder engagement starts with identifying your stakeholders. Next, you need to analyze those stakeholders to properly understand them and how best to engage with them. So, what goes into a full stakeholder...
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What is MOST and What is GOSPA?
I often find simple, hierarchical frameworks to be good thinking tools and mental models to help me understand and describe a situation. So, what is MOST and what is GOSPA? What is MOST? MOST Analysis is a business tool for setting...