International Institute for Learning

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

I recall a time when I was the program manager of a large initiative, and the PMs who reported to me would constantly roll their eyes when they had to submit their weekly status reports to the PMO. I recall having a disagreement on how “proper” risk statements should be written with the PMO manager.

PMO 59

PMO 2022 Governance Government 59

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?

PMO 280

PMO Technical Review Leadership Risk Management 280

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Have you got a project management mentor? Or book a power hour with me and get started on your mentoring journey straight away! Maybe you were asked to identify a project manager as a mentor as part of an apprenticeship scheme – that’s the reason I have a couple of mentees at work. How did you get into project management?

Cadence 316

Cadence Logistics Certification Influencer 316

Velociteach

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The podcast by project managers for project managers. Constance Dierickx lays out a new paradigm for leadership that offers a way to synthesize thinking, emotion, and behavior. WENDY GROUNDS: Welcome to Manage This , the podcast by project managers for project managers. Welcome to Manage This.

Leadership 98

Leadership Software Review Closing Technical Review 98

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

I have been a bit lax with project management reading recently but one book that I have made time for is The Conscious Project Leader: How to Create a Culture of Success for Your Projects, Your Team and Yourself. It didn’t take much browsing on his website to realise that it was going to be my kind of book. Leadership.

Underperforming Technical Team 150

Underperforming Technical Team Leadership PMO Estimate 150

Henny Portman

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

AIPMO is developing the first ‘leading’ international PMO standard based on a combination of research findings and expert knowledge. P3O or IPMA PMO certifications are not comparable to AIPMO’s core certifications in terms of approach, content and outcome. AIPMO’s core PMO certifications covers much more!

PMO 88

PMO Certification Monitoring Consulting 88

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. What is Program Management? Read next: Project Management versus Program Management. What is a Program Manager?

PMO 332

PMO Technical Review Leadership Risk Management 332

Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Up your game with new project management resources If you had to pick a few people who are helping you grow and mature as a project manager, who would those people be? Perhaps these individuals are influencing you through a blog, online videos, online courses, or books. Susanne Madsen. Cornelius Fichtner.

Influencer 295

Influencer 2006 PMO PMI 295

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

PMBOK 7 is the short name given to The Standard for Project Management and A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge – ( PMBOK® Guide ) 7 th Edition , which are bundled together. They form the basics of what you need to know about managing projects, for organizations that follow the PMI approach to getting work done.

Technical Review 364

Technical Review Software Review PMI Influencer 364

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 12, 2022

In this article, we’ll dive into the statistics and you’ll learn: The top challenges facing people managing several projects at once The key skills required for managing multiple projects The top tools for prioritizing work day-to-day. This wasn’t a survey about project portfolio management at the PMO level.

Underperforming Technical Team 378

Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Risk Management Engineering 378

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

If you’re searching for a project management job, you’ve no doubt come across a range of different job titles. Even the jobs called ‘project manager’ seem to have a lot of variation in roles and duties. What ‘project manager’ means to one business will be slightly different to how another company uses the term.

PMO 353

PMO Construction Retail Infrastructure 353

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 19, 2023

All Ways of Working PDUs count towards Project Management Professional ( PMP )® maintenance, even if they are in a subject that feels more aligned to a different certificate, like the scheduling or risk credentials. Talk to your manager to find out what options are available to you funded by your company. Don’t have a mentor?

2023 434

2023 PMI Certification Software Review 434

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

In this article, we’ll dive into the statistics and you’ll learn: The top challenges facing people managing several projects at once The key skills required for managing multiple projects The top tools for prioritizing work day-to-day. This wasn’t a survey about project portfolio management at the PMO level.

Underperforming Technical Team 351

Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Risk Management Engineering 351

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

Strong leadership in projects is important for success, so getting your project board and/or project steering group set up as soon as you can is a good start. They let you know whether you can go overspent or what risk mitigation actions are the right ones for this point in the project. They should help guide you to project success.

Governance 363

Governance Government Risk Management Technical Review 363

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 24, 2020

That’s the question answered by Peter Taylor’s new book, The Social Project Manager. Today I’m interviewing Peter, whom you might know as The Lazy Project Manager. He’s a bit of a character on the UK project management scene and a respected author and commentator particularly since, like me, he also does the job.

Governance 234

Governance Government PMO 2015 234

The IIL Blog

JULY 26, 2023

In this third article, Robin argues that specific drivers, some well-known but re-imagined as evolutionary steps, lead naturally to project management maturity and the complete alignment of corporate and project goals. Introduction In the previous article , I discussed techniques the project manager (PM) can use to foster alignment.

PMO 78

PMO Technical Review 2023 2017 78

Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Up your game with new project management resources If you had to pick a few people who are helping you grow and mature as a project manager, who would those people be? Perhaps these individuals are influencing you through a blog, online videos, online courses, or books. Susanne Madsen. Cornelius Fichtner.

Influencer 150

Influencer 2006 PMO PMI 150

LiquidPlanner

AUGUST 22, 2022

Artificial intelligence can help project managers do their jobs more easily and efficiently. Here we are in the 21 st century, and the demands on everyone are for higher productivity and managing multiple priorities well (or should I say ‘trying’ to manage multiple priorities). Why is it a problem to have multiple priorities?

Artificial Inteligence 148

Artificial Inteligence PMO Risk Management Risk 148

LiquidPlanner

AUGUST 2, 2022

As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, “a team is a group of people who are interdependent with respect to information, resources, knowledge and skills and who seek to combine their efforts to achieve a common goal.” Why the partnership of technology and people bring more than one benefit.

Technical Review 158

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Software Review PMO 158

LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

There are meaningful and very true thoughts there, but how do they stand the test of time in our changing world where enhancements like agile workflows, robotic automation, and artificial intelligence are impacting the future landscape of project management at large? What Project Management Companies Offer Planning Intelligence?

Artificial Inteligence 158

Artificial Inteligence Planning Technical Review 2008 158

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Education PDUs are those earned from formal and informal learning across the three areas of the PMI Talent Triangle: Technical, Leadership and Strategic and Business Management skills. Leadership and Strategic and Business Management PDUs count for every certification you hold. Education PDUs. 15 Easy Ways to Earn PDUs.

2020 350

2020 PMI Certification Technical Review 350

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 7, 2019

I asked people two questions: What should people managing projects be aware of as we go into 2019 to make 2019 their most successful year ever? You can see a list of all their books in one place here. I’m sure you take away tips and ideas for making this your best year yet managing projects at work. I’m sure you do.

2019 291

2019 Technical Review PMO Consulting 291

The Lazy Project Manager

APRIL 12, 2017

How to get Fired at the C-level goes beyond the constraints of a book. If you need to take it to the next level of detail, then the author offers two specific workshops based on his book. Step 2: Building the best PMO. What you should do about this critical situation is, of course, explained simply.

Executing 186

Executing PMO 2013 Leadership 186

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

A project manager approached me recently with a problem. That didn’t sit quite right with her (and she didn’t know she was a perfect example of a project management ethics case study when she was telling me the story!). What is Ethics in Project Management? What are ethical issues in management?

Underperforming Technical Team 428

Underperforming Technical Team PMI Risk Management Estimate 428

The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This range accounts for the many factors that could affect the pace at which adoption occurs, including regulation, levels of investment, and management decision making within firms [3]. Risk Management. Effective risk management has to be proactive. Human Capital Optimization. Active Assistance.

Artificial Inteligence 97

Artificial Inteligence 2023 Generative AI 2022 97

LiquidPlanner

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Now there were certainly many risks, and it could have all gone wrong. You will note that 1 and 2 are within my control – only myself to blame if this was the situation – whilst 3 and 4 are outside my control but where, wise project manager that I try to be, I added in contingency to cover the unexpected. Managing Miss ing Deadlines.

Underperforming Technical Team 158

Underperforming Technical Team Transportation PMO Software Review 158

The Lazy Project Manager

JULY 27, 2017

Critical to any project’s success is having a good project manager. It has been my experience that the skill profile of project managers continues to grow, and more and more organisations are investing in project managers in a disciplined and mature manner. Stage 3 Project Manager Development. Stage 2 Workshop.

PMO 0

PMO 2013 Executing Risk Management 0

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 23, 2022

Bullying can be as harmful in the workplace as it is in schools and other areas of society, causing the well understood personal emotional impacts plus a long list of challenges for project manager and their organizations where it is taking place. How does a project manager deal with an organizational culture of bullying in the workplace?

Underperforming Technical Team 195

Underperforming Technical Team Influencer PMI PMO 195

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Are you looking for an all-in-one platform to manage projects, To Do lists, timesheets, costs, and documents? The out-of-the-box features allow the project board to have oversight of projects, agile teams to work with sprints, and project managers to use predictive methodologies or blend different work approaches in a hybrid model.

Software Review 387

Software Review 2021 Estimate PMO 387

The Lazy Project Manager

AUGUST 1, 2017

And how can you Invest in great project management skills? Perhaps we might begin with the PMO. You can see that is not just a matter of recruiting the best project managers. That helps of course, as does developing the best project managers.

PMO 186

PMO 2014 Lean Leadership 186

PM Basics

JANUARY 20, 2021

In the previous email, I shared the truth about being a project manager. Your manager expects you to know everything about project management right from the beginning. You need to manage people, but you don’t have influence or authority over them. And there will be other project managers that will lend you a hand.

Certification 118

Certification Risk Management Project Life Cycle Leadership 118

The Lazy Project Manager

DECEMBER 30, 2016

I presented on many subjects including ‘The Lazy Project Manager’ (still popular after all this time), PMO leadership, Sponsorship and many more, but in 2017 I have a new resolution, one that has been nearly 12 months in the making. – a billion-dollar software organisation delivering Workforce Management Solutions.

2017 150

2017 PMO 2014 Leadership 150

LiquidPlanner

JUNE 14, 2023

If there’s one thing that my career as a project manager has taught me, it’s that while the fundamentals of delivering a good project don’t change much, the environment in which we have to do the delivery is constantly changing. But what has been shaping the direction of project leadership in 2023?

2023 158

2023 Artificial Inteligence Generative AI 2025 158

MPUG

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In a survey of project managers , 42% of respondents say they would ditch chasing people for status updates if they could, and 13% say they’d love to take project reporting off their To Do list. However, if you are managing more than one project, end-of-month reporting gets overwhelming. I don’t think reporting itself is the problem.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review PMO Initiating Risk Management 52

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Project management is no different. The Project Management Institute (PMI) is a nonprofit organization for those working in project management across the globe. As an organization, it offers training and certification in project management, and it reports regularly on industry trends. A History of PMI.

PMI 279

PMI Technical Review Certification Software Review 279

The Lazy Project Manager

JUNE 22, 2017

If you think about CEO’s being most often fired for mismanaging change then it is a ‘no-brainer’ you would have thought if your portfolio is a significant one and – based on Challenge 1 – Invest in the right portfolio management – it is often more significant than you might think (see previous blog). Reports to the executive team.

PMO 130

PMO 2014 Finance Leadership 130

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

JANUARY 16, 2020

From participating in project manager training, through to online personal development efforts, there are numerous ways to improve your skills and deliver greater value as an employee, as long as you know what to work on. It often involves thinking outside the box, taking risks and trying new things. Adaptive Leadership.

Artificial Inteligence 109

Artificial Inteligence 2020 Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 109