ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Let’s explain what a strategic plan is in more detail and highlight the benefits of using one. It shows high-level objectives, initiatives and a timeline over which to obtain those goals that are set by the management team, who direct the effort for the rest of the organization. Here are some other benefits.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

For a professional Project Manager transitioning to a Scrum Master, the shift to a value-centric approach is both fundamental and transformative. The project management principle "Focus on value" aligns perfectly with Scrum’s core tenet of delivering value through iterative and incremental development.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

One of the measures of a successful project is not often talked about. Most know of the project management triangle of scope, time and cost. But few mention the importance of having project alignment. What Is Project Alignment? The project should always provide business results that align with the organization.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 11, 2024

Change management is often part of a project manager’s role, but we don’t get a lot of formal training in how to make it happen. If your project doesn’t land well, the change isn’t adopted, people go back to old ways of working and the benefits are not realized.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 2, 2022

Earlier this year, searches for “project management” reached an all-time high on Google , and these searches are widespread, reaching the far corners of the globe. The surge in project management is creating a career path for changemakers. Here’s what those career benefits of project management look like.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

Shiny new tech is always a topic of conversation, and there’s a lot of chatter around AI in project management at the moment. For project managers , in particular, smart glasses have the potential to change the way you juggle tasks, access and visualize data, and communicate with teammates and stakeholders.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 8, 2024

It would be nice to think that every company has a formal mentoring scheme , and that as a new project manager you can tap into the experience of more experienced people. As a result, people managing projects for the first time often find themselves making mistakes. Learn the vocab Project management has a lot of jargon.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

First we should start with a definition of program management. Each of these are projects with a project manager , but together they deliver a transformative change for the business. What is Program Management? Read next: Project Management versus Program Management. What is a Program Manager?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 6, 2023

To get the benefits of better business resilience, you need to commit at the most senior levels within the delivery and change organization, preferably at board level. Business resilience is the ability for an organization to benefit from disruption and deliver at pace even in times of instability. What is business resilience?

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Scrum.org

MARCH 26, 2024

Optimizing Risk Responses in professional project management resonates profoundly with the empirical foundation of Scrum. Scrum's framework inherently addresses risk by embracing uncertainty and change, making it an ideal approach for managing both opportunities and threats in complex environments.

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Kiron Bondale

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Project management standards such as the PMBOK® Guide, Sixth Edition state that contingency reserves, which are established to offset the cost or schedule impacts of realized identified risks, are considered part of the project budget and cost baseline. They generally have to request approvals even for smaller sums.”

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 26, 2023

Resource management is a balancing act. What advantages or disadvantages come with each of them, and which should you choose for your project? Resource leveling Resource leveling is a project management technique used to adjust the start and end dates of tasks in order to better manage limited resources.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 15, 2020

When managing a project, one is required to make a lot of key decisions. Because of the high stakes, good managers don’t just make decisions based on gut instinct. You can then use that data to evaluate your decisions with a process called cost benefit analysis (CBA). What Is Cost Benefit Analysis?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

What is a program in project management terms? A program is a set of related projects and activities, managed in a coordinated fashion and under a structure that allows for the delivery of outcomes and benefits. In other words, it’s a bunch of projects being managed together. I have done both.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 3, 2023

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge – ( PMBOK® Guide ) Seventh Edition represents a major shift in the way ‘how to do project management’ is presented by PMI. Instead of the Knowledge Areas , we have the whole body of project management split up into performance domains.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 10, 2021

I recently spoke with Anna of Women in PM Network on Clubhouse about project management career tips. Make this clear, because anyone can say they’ve led a project. Use action verbs while doing that specific project. . What’s one quick tip for getting a project management job? Anna recommends it.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

First we should start with a definition of program management. Each of these are projects with a project manager, but together they deliver a transformative change for the business. Programs tend to deliver strategic objectives and organizational change – bigger transformations than individual projects.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 9, 2021

Early on in my career, I had a call from the post room manager. I was happy that my project to in-source a service had completed as expected. Engagement helps drive action on projects. Read next: my book Engaging Stakeholders on Projects: How to harness people power. Helping people take part in the project.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge – ( PMBOK® Guide ) 7 th Edition represents a major shift in the way ‘how to do project management’ is presented by PMI. Instead of the Knowledge Areas , we have the whole body of project management split up into 3 performance domains. Domain I: People.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Key Topics: Importance of Empiricism in Scrum Understanding Complexity in Project Management Empowering Teams to Choose Methodologies Adapting Scrum to Varying Circumstances Moving Beyond Metrics to Meaningful Outcomes Empiricism and complexity are the keys to unlocking the true potential of Scrum. NKDAgility can help!

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

PRINCE2® is a project management method. It’s structured, and experience-based, created from the lived experience of thousands of project managers and successful projects. PRINCE2® stands for Projects IN a Controlled Environment (Version 2). It’s a customizable way of managing and controlling the work.

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Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Some project managers have a defensive mindset. Let's increase our chance of success by seizing project opportunities too. To enhance an opportunity means: a) The opportunity is escalated to the project sponsor. c) The opportunity becomes a benefit. They focus on threats only when opportunities abound.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 14, 2022

Davis, MSPM, PMP and Project Management Superhero. Davis, MSPM, PMP and Project Management Superhero. He’s taken the PERT (Project Evaluation and Review Technique) estimating approach to the next level by letting you add a dash of professional judgement in with the numbers. I caught up with William W.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 25, 2020

Are you biased as a project manager? In this article we’ll talk about the different types of bias in project management. A project manager is the linchpin of a successful project. Heuristics are natural cognitive functions with risky implications for project managers.

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Inloox

MARCH 27, 2024

Especially in quality management as well as in product development, R&D and software development, this method can contribute significantly to the optimization of processes and the improvement of products and services. What is the PDCA cycle?

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Velociteach

MARCH 4, 2024

The podcast by project managers for project managers. Are your projects truly delivering the promised benefits? Rasmus Rytter explains the often overlooked realm of Benefits Realization. Table of Contents 02:37 … Why Benefits Management? 03:54 … What is Benefits Realization?

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 13, 2022

Projects need management. Much of the focus of project management is obviously on methodologies that keep your project on time and within budget. That’s where project selection comes in. Project selection is all about picking the right project at the right time for your organization.

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Management Yogi

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Two project managers are shortlisted to manage the project. During a pre-project discussion meeting with business owners, organizational leaders, and other stakeholders, one project manager informs the group of the following:The site will

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Looking for a guide on project decision making ? I have a process to follow for straightforward project decisions. It’s like agile project management for decision making: taking small steps towards a larger goal. Next, break down the goal into smaller, more manageable pieces. How you can use it. Just get it done!

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 16, 2022

That’s what business process management is all about. Business process management looks at the processes a company employs to deliver its goods or services to its customers. The business then finds ways to execute better so it can ultimately benefit its customers. What Is Business Process Management (BPM)? Learn more.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

This is a guest article by Brantlee Underhill, Managing Director, PMI, North America. As a mom, I realized that doing the same with my elementary school-aged son was going to help both of us be more successful when school and work became virtual in March 2020. Read next: How 6 project managers manage their work/life balance.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 11, 2022

Listing projects on your resume helps make your job application stand out. Here’s how to showcase your projects on your CV (as we call a resume here in the UK, and I’ll use both terms interchangeably in this article) to make it clear what you are capable of. What projects to include on your resume. Here’s how to do it.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

A program is a collection of projects that relate to one another, and are therefore managed together in order to achieve maximum efficiencies. The advantages of managing these similar projects make them stand better together than by themselves. Program Management vs Project Management.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 22, 2020

Why is stakeholder management important to project success? Because we need people to get the project work done. However, stakeholder management is a very narrow way of looking at how we work with people on projects to achieve a common goal. What is stakeholder management? Here they are. Free Resources.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Having many projects to manage in a portfolio can be daunting. You need to strategize and plan your resource allocation to ensure that every project has what it needs when it needs it. There are many ways to do this and one of which is lean portfolio management. What Is Lean Portfolio Management? Learn more.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 22, 2022

To stick to your project budget, you have to track costs. Project accounting, as with general accounting, is a method by which project managers can manage project finances. Let’s look at what a project account is as well as its principles and methods. What Is Project Accounting? Learn more.

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Project Bliss

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The Moscow Prioritization method can help you and your product team decide what you need to focus on for your project. Dai Clegg created the MoSCoW prioritization method while working at Oracle to help his team prioritize project requirements. Some questions to ask: What is absolutely necessary for this project to be successful?

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