Rebel's Guide to Project Management

In today's video, Elizabeth Harrin will be sharing a top productivity tip for staying on top of your workload, plus telling you all about a workshop that will help you supercharge your productivity and think about time management in a new way. 📺 Explore this topic on our YouTube channel and subscribe for more!

Don't wait for opportunities on your projects. Create them. Call the exec. Talk to the client. Make a decision. It's your project, so what would happen if you decided to lead it instead of just taking part? #projectmanagement #projectmanager

Your organization probably has people doing project management. Are you one of them? Perhaps you run a team or provide expertise as an individual contributor. More and more people are involved in project-based work, even if they don’t have the job title ‘project manager.’ PMI calls this the Project Economy, and McKinsey expects the world to see an investment of $130 trillion in infrastructure upgrades alone over the next five years.  Regardless of your job role, project management skills will ensure you succeed. Let me share five reasons why you should consider upskilling yourself or your team in project management. Read more: https://lnkd.in/epuj6rgc via @liquidplanner #liquidplanner

90% of projects use shared resources. In other words, the subject matter experts working on your project are also working on other projects. Having a dedicated, full-time team is rare. What's it like for you?

Do you ever feel like you run out of time every single day? I do. My ‘top priority’ sticky note has 9 things on it. How is that prioritizing anything?? I want to get my evenings back!   Having said that, this is unusual for me. I used to struggle a lot more with managing my time – but over the last few years I’ve figured something out.   Time is finite.   I know, it’s not rocket science.   It’s how you prioritize and use your time that matters, and that means focusing on the important things and setting boundaries. Productivity comes when you use your time in the right way. I’m still a work in progress but now I follow my own ‘productivity blueprint’ to help me focus on what’s a priority.   I’m sure you know someone who is always busy but never actually gets anything done? Perhaps that’s even you?   I don’t want anyone else to struggle with time management – because you don’t have to. And that’s why I put together a masterclass in productivity. During this recorded video training, you’ll learn: 👉 Why you need to be a portfolio thinker 👉 Two ways to prioritize even when everything is important (so you can pick your favourite) 👉 How to use the time triangle to set boundaries you can stick to 👉 Two time management strategies that literally tell you what to focus on first 👉 A whole bunch of tactics to get the most out of your time with others… 👉 And more tactics to help you plan time to actually do your work.   Join me in the training here: https://lnkd.in/enGdf_xN

It's #FreebieFriday! I've collated 10 of my all-time favourite project templates that you can download whenever you need them. And put them in a handy article so you can use them too. There is a whole resource library of project management document templates and guides on how to use them. https://lnkd.in/dPz_vYjW

Learn more about key metrics for program management and find out what I think. Thank you to Smartsheet for including me! https://lnkd.in/eYvV55uH

Here's everything you ever wanted to know about PRINCE2: the tailorable project management method that suits many types of projects and is surprisingly easy to use This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management

In this video, project management author, mentor and trainer Elizabeth Harrin shares some productivity tips for project managers and ideas for time management ideas, even if you run out of time every day! Let's get you home on time tonight. 📺 Explore this topic on our YouTube channel and subscribe for more!

Are you managing international teams? Here's a tip. Deal with the practicalities of time zones Project managers leading international projects face a variety of practical challenges. For example, time zones are important. How will you conduct real-time team meetings? Who is going to be the person who gets up in the middle of the night for a call with the Australian development team to go through the testing results? You will find it difficult to recruit volunteers so think about how you can incentivize the team, or shift meeting times around so the burden isn’t always on the same individuals. One of the things that might fall by the wayside on an international team with multiple time zones is team building. However, you can still engage and build the team, even if you aren’t all together. Choose activities like a virtual office scavenger hunt to create a sense of ‘team’ and share an experience. #projectmanager #virtualteam #globalwork #projectmanagement #rebelsguidetopm #internationalteam #leadership