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The 7-S Framework: Project Management Remix

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Hard elements are easier to identify, define and understand for project managers because these factors hugely influence your projects. Everything from formal processes, strategies, reporting, organizational charts and IT systems falls under this category. This article first appeared in 2017.

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Project Management Apprenticeships: A UK Guide

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The project management apprenticeship standard has been around since 2017 and individual apprenticeships have evolved a lot since then, which is a good thing. The application process requires you to show that you have 5 GCSEs at C or above and A Levels or equivalent. There are more options, and more organizations offering them.

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5 Project Management Trends for Manufacturing Teams to Watch in 2017

LiquidPlanner

As 2016 comes to a close, it’s time to look at some project management trends we can expect to see in 2017. a lot of industry trends and processes are focused on how to succeed in a new world of technology, market demands and productivity requirements. To a successful 2017! IIoT becomes a project foundation.

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Circles of Improvement

Scrum.org

In the 2017 version of the Scrum Guide a required output of the Sprint Retrospective was to include at least one high priority improvement to how the team works in the upcoming Sprint Backlog. The tool is known as the circle of influence, or the circles of control influence and concern. This comes from the book by Stephen R.

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Quick and Easy: This is New in the PMBOK Guide Edition 7

Inloox

According to PMI, a project consists of the interaction of many processes. Previous editions of the guide took a strongly process-oriented approach. For example, the previous 10 knowledge areas and the five process groups of project management (initiation, planning, realization, monitoring, control, completion) have been removed.

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PRINCE2: The Project Management Method Explained

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Because PRINCE2® is a broad-brush approach, it doesn’t cover technical processes or specific techniques, but it will fit alongside them. PRINCE2® was released in 1996 and had major updates in 2009 and 2017. There’s a process to guide work through the stages so there is adequate control at every point. It was renamed PRINCE.

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10 Strategies for Successful Project Execution

ProjectManager.com

During the five process groups of the project life cycle, there are multiple objectives and outcomes for each phase. After the project initiation and the planning processes, the execution of the project begins. During this phase a project leader will focus on these key processes: Managing people. Following processes.

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