Project Risk Coach

JANUARY 1, 2019

Thank you for being a part of the Project Risk Coach Community. In this article, I'm sharing my most popular blog posts of 2018. So, just how many of you came to the Project Risk Coach website in 2018? Hopefully, you've gained further insights for identifying, evaluating, responding to and controlling your risks.

2018 150

2018 2019 2014 2015 150

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.

Risk Management 195

Risk Management Risk SCRUM Initiating 195

ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Construction projects come big and complex as well as small and simple, but one thing they all share is a construction phase plan. The construction phase plan is a critical construction project management document that helps to ensure a safe project. What Is a Construction Phase Plan? Learn more.

Construction 325

Construction Planning Risk Management Estimate 325

Project Risk Coach

JUNE 4, 2023

In the world of project management, troubled projects can be a source of frustration, stress, and disappointment for both teams and stakeholders. In this blog post, we will explore some of the key factors that can lead to project trouble and discuss strategies to mitigate their impact.

Risk Management 243

Risk Management Technical Review Estimate Risk 243

Planio

APRIL 3, 2020

When you fail to plan, you’re planning to fail. As a project manager, you of all people know the truth of this old adage. Poor planning is at the root of most project failures. But while it’s easy to plan for positive outcomes (like milestones, OKRs , and success metrics), it’s not always easy to plan for the worst.

Risk Management 120

Risk Management Risk Planning Technical Review 120

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Program governance is a critical component to successfully managing a program of projects. We’ll answer those questions and explain what a program governance plan is and the key components to a program governance framework. Program management software is essential to proper program governance. What Is Program Governance?

Governance 360

Governance Government Monitoring Risk Management 360

ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Without a plan, projects are in trouble. Project planning is one of the first and most important aspects of project management. Using project planning templates can help you schedule tasks, estimate budgets and allocate resources. Why Use Project Planning Templates?

Planning 364

Planning Software Review Risk Management Budget 364

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 21, 2024

This is true in other industries where maintenance planning is essential to successful projects and productivity. What do we mean when we say maintenance planning? What Is Maintenance Planning? Maintenance planning is a proactive step towards anticipating risk and keeping everything working at its best.

Manufacturing 335

Manufacturing Planning Construction Software Review 335

ProjectManager.com

APRIL 5, 2024

Read about the benefits of an effective maintenance schedule and see how a maintenance plan can help a diverse group of industries. A maintenance schedule is the process by which maintenance departments plan, organize and coordinate the activities involved in equipment maintenance to make sure that everything is working properly.

Manufacturing 317

Manufacturing Construction Software Review Healthcare 317

Project Risk Coach

MARCH 28, 2023

As the project management landscape becomes increasingly complex, effectively identifying, assessing, and managing risks has become critical for project managers. The PMI-RMP certification covers various domains, each with its set of tasks and enablers that project managers can leverage to manage risks effectively.

PMI 221

PMI Risk Management Risk Underperforming Technical Team 221

Scrum.org

MAY 10, 2022

In this blog series, we’ll share the gaps that many Scrum Masters face as they work to become better agile leaders and Scrum professionals. Topics that we plan to cover include: Limitations the organization places on the Scrum Master role. For many of us, it may be natural to be managing things - backlogs, events, and burndowns.

SCRUM 241

SCRUM Agile Leadership Influencer 241

ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Risk is something every leader knows well. We all need to become comfortable with some risks. We are never going to eliminate all risks. What Is Risk Mitigation? It involves a process that we’ll explore in a moment but basically addresses the top risks in order to fully protect the project. Learn more.

Risk Management 416

Risk Management Risk Underperforming Technical Team Monitoring 416

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 2, 2024

Tactical planning is the practical counterpoint to strategic planning, which describes the overall direction of an organization. Tactical planning tells you how to get there. This concept is an important part of project portfolio management (PPM) and project management offices (PMOs). What Is Tactical Planning?

Planning 352

Planning Manufacturing Executing Risk Management 352

Project Risk Coach

JANUARY 2, 2017

So much so, I’ve decided to leave the corporate world to help more project managers than ever. Approximately 42,000 visitors came to The Project Risk Coach in 2016, up from 33,000 visitors in 2015. Top Blog Posts for 2016. Evaluating Risks Using Qualitative Risk Analysis – 1,993. Free Stuff – 813.

2016 191

2016 2017 2014 2015 191

ProjectManager.com

APRIL 19, 2024

Kanban and scrum are agile project management methodologies that can be used for similar purposes, but each has its unique pros and cons. As a project manager, it’s important to understand the difference between kanban and scrum so you can determine the best approach for your team. What Is Kanban? What Is Scrum?

SCRUM 412

SCRUM Manufacturing 2001 Agile 412

ProjectManager.com

APRIL 2, 2024

Jira is project management software designed for agile software development teams. It has tools that allow you to plan sprints, track the completion of tasks, balance your team member’s workload and create product roadmaps. In addition to the kanban board , Jira only offers one more project management tool: the timeline view.

Underperforming Technical Team 329

Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 2024 Software Developers 329

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 23, 2024

When you’re a PMP, program manager or portfolio manager, you need to deliver all those multiple projects on time and within budget. This requires an organization with a well-developed project management process. This is done by using a project management maturity model. What Is Project Management Maturity?

Underperforming Technical Team 337

Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management Software Review Budget 337

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 10, 2023

If you’re not working from an agenda or you don’t manage those meetings, that can be true. But meetings are critical for project planning and team collaboration. Let’s take a look at 10 different types of project management meetings and define them, and we’ll start with the definition of what a project meeting is.

Software Review 480

Software Review Technical Review SCRUM Risk Management 480

ProjectManager.com

JUNE 28, 2023

Projects are divided into phases to make them more manageable. Project monitoring and control is how a project manager ensures the plan they’re implementing with the project team goes off without a hitch. Project managers can get a high-level view of their project by toggling over to the real-time dashboard.

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Monitoring Controlling Software Review Risk Management 293

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 29, 2023

Everything you need to know about project management terms is here in one list! Check back often, as this list of project management terminology is ever-evolving, just like project management itself! Check back often, as this list of project management terminology is ever-evolving, just like project management itself!

Software Review 393

Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Lean Event Chain 393

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 18, 2024

If you’re looking to manage a project and facilitate better collaboration with your teams, chances are you’ve heard of and are thinking of trying Microsoft Project and Microsoft Planner. MS Project integrates with MS products such as Office and has financial management tools and Gantt charts. May the best app win.

Aerospace 379

Aerospace Software Retail Risk Management 379

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 6, 2024

While Tableau doesn’t have project management features, you can still use it to make a Gantt chart. In this blog, we’ll learn how to make a Gantt chart in Tableau and explore its key features and limitations. ProjectManager’s Gantt chart is a robust project planning, scheduling and tracking tool. Does Tableau Have a Gantt Chart?

Software Review 343

Software Review Construction Artificial Inteligence Software 343

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 24, 2023

If there’s one thing you can be certain of when managing a project, it’s change. Although it’s impossible to predict the future, with these free risk management templates, you can better prepare for the unexpected and be more apt to keep your project on track. However, templates can only do so much.

Risk Management 300

Risk Management Risk Software Review Monitoring 300

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 13, 2024

Being able to plan, manage and track those resources to meet the needs of a business is called project ERP or enterprise resource planning (ERP) project management. Project ERP is a type of enterprise resource planning that helps project-based businesses meet their needs. A project ERP can be expensive.

Manufacturing 385

Manufacturing Finance Construction Risk Management 385

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 31, 2023

IT teams plan hardware and software installations, upgrades and rollouts, and the tools they use are specific to working with infrastructure, information systems and computers. These IT project management templates are essential to get those jobs done properly. Try these 15 free IT project management templates today.

Technical Review 307

Technical Review Software Review Risk Management Risk 307

ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Keeping tabs on the performance of your project is an essential part of project management. Tracking project performance gives project managers the data they need to keep the actual effort of the project aligned with the planned effort and deliver the project on time and within its budget. Project management software can help.

Performance Measurement 352

Performance Measurement Risk Management Budget Monitoring 352

ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

However, in project management, project assumptions are essential for planning a project. Let’s take a look at how project assumptions are defined in project management and why they’re so important. Then we’ll learn about a project assumption log and how assumptions differ from constraints and risk. Learn more.

Software Review 323

Software Review Risk Management Technical Review Risk 323

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 12, 2024

When a project is planned, a set of steps are outlined to deliver a product or service. Once one understands what resource requirements are in project management, next there is estimating what those resources will be and managing them. What Are Resource Requirements in Project Management?

Software Review 337

Software Review Estimate Defining Budget 337

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 23, 2023

Project risk. Just the word risk can evoke the same kind of primal, fight-or-flight fear in project managers. But risk shouldn’t be feared, it’s just another part of the project to manage. All projects have some element of risk while other projects are inherently high-risk. (We’re

Risk 341

Risk Risk Management Monitoring Project Cost 341

Wrike

JULY 14, 2020

As a project manager , planning is one of the most critical aspects of your job. While diligently planning for the milestones, project managers should also consider KPIs and outcomes that are vital to success. One often-overlooked aspect of project planning is creating a detailed risk management plan. .

Risk Management 36

Risk Management Risk Planning Project Life Cycle 36

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In the past series of mails we covered the three pillars of Empiricism, the Scrum Values, and Self-Management. A self-managing team is taking decisions about who does what, when, and how. Let’s start with Sprint Planning. Remember the objective of Sprint Planning: to have a plan for the Sprint.

Planning 157

Planning SCRUM Risk Management Estimate 157

Inloox

DECEMBER 4, 2019

#10: Time Management: How to Work More Productively with Timeboxing Do you handle far too much tasks at the same time and without a proper plan? 9: The Iceberg Phenomenon in Project Management: How to Make Invisible Efforts Visible A project takes longer and costs more than expected - not uncommon. . #9: How can that be? #8:

Critical Chain 133

Critical Chain 2019 Lean 2020 133

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 21, 2023

This strategy roadmap is used to show where the organization is, where it wants to go and how it plans to get there. Let’s explain what a strategic plan is in more detail and highlight the benefits of using one. A strategic roadmap is a visual tool used to communicate the strategic plan of a company.

Software Review 318

Software Review Initiating Defining Estimate 318

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 10, 2022

A good governance model requires every project to have a project sponsor and while you read about sponsorship all the time on blogs like these in reality I still come across people who don’t know who their sponsor is. They also are the main risk-taker and decision-maker on the project so it’s important to have them around.

Governance 427

Governance Government PMO 2016 427

ProjectManager.com

APRIL 4, 2024

Yes, Trello is software by Atlassian that offers five project management tools: kanban boards, project timelines, calendars, dashboards and tables. Trello’s tools and features are mainly geared towards marketing, product development and creative teams, but can also be used to manage tasks and workflows in other industries.

Software Review 358

Software Review 2024 Estimate Software 358

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 10, 2022

To properly schedule the work to execute your project, you need to know the timeline, costs, scope, risk and more. Project estimation techniques are tools that help project managers forecast cost, time and other variables as they relate to a forthcoming project. Project management software can help when using estimation techniques.

Estimate 353

Estimate Software Review Risk Management Risk 353

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 27, 2024

To further illustrate kanban in manufacturing, we’ll show a visual example of it at work and outline the key advantages of using this scheduling system as well as how project management software can advance its benefits. Kanban is a visual method for managing workflow and production. What Is Kanban?

Manufacturing 349

Manufacturing Software Review Lean Software 349