Wed.May 25, 2016

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10 tips for project success: manage risk

The Digital Project Manager

Posted in General. Risks are ugly little things. They’re the things you never really want to talk about. But if the risks become issues, you’ll be in a bit of bother. So the temptation is just to sweep them under the carpet, never talk about them to the client and hope for the best. That’s a recipe for impending doom. Managing risk (or Management of Risk, sometimes helpfully abbreviated to MoR) is such a big deal that you.

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How to Make a Decision in the Presence of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

Uncertainty is all around us. In the project world, uncertanty comes in two forms: Aleatory Uncertainty - the naturally occurring variances due to the underlying statistical processes of the project. These can be schedule variances, cost variances, and technical variances - all driven by a stochastic process with a known or unknown statistical distribution.

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Executive Project Ownership

The Lazy Project Manager

I need your help with the research for my new book ‘ How to avoid getting Fired at the ‘C’ Level’ (working title) – looking in depth at the reality of executive level engagement and understanding of the business change that they have ultimate responsibility for, through the project portfolio that they own, for the organisations that they lead.

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The Brain and the Decision

Musings on Project Management

Since at least the 1970s we've all been acutely aware of the vagaries of the influence of the brain processes in concert with environment and context on decision making. Fair enough For those that are not so acutely aware, begin with the work of Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky -- their stuff is the classic treatment Now comes more on the same line of thought -- no pun intended No less an.

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Understand Digital Debt, Form a Team, Set Goals, and Plan Roadmap for Transformation

Understanding digital debt is crucial before digital transformation. Assemble a team to assess internal operations, market pressures, and digital debt's impact. Define future digital vision with measurable goals. Refine hypotheses and conduct market analysis. Develop a roadmap for transformation with defined projects, cost estimates, and governance.

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Coaching with the GROW Model [Video]

Project Risk Coach

If you can’t see this video in your RSS reader or email, then click here. The post Coaching with the GROW Model [Video] appeared first on.

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