Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 2, 2022

Rolling wave planning, also known as progressive elaboration, is an iterative planning technique to use when it’s difficult (or pointless) to schedule too far ahead. The APM Planning, Scheduling, Monitoring and Control Guide (2015) defines rolling wave planning as ‘the planning density that is achieved at different moments in time.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 24, 2019

While making money is the overriding mandate of any for-profit enterprise, each individual organization is governed by its own set of standards and practices. Those standards and practices are called corporate governance, and they are going to influence your project. What Is Corporate Governance? Roles in Corporate Governance.

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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.

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 24, 2022

What is Agile governance? Simply put, Agile governance is a way to maximize the flow of value within an organization in the fastest way possible. In small, lean startups, there aren’t a lot of legacy processes and systems in place to overcome, and your teams are small and conducive to an Agile governance model.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 14, 2019

The process of maintaining the integrity of your data, protecting it and making it available as needed, requires a plan of action. That plan is called data governance. What Is Data Governance? Data governance provides an organization with a plan to make sure that its data is available, usable, consistent and secure.

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The IIL Blog

APRIL 2, 2024

A recent McKinsey Government agencies historically lag the private sector in the adoption of such innovations, so we can surmise an even lower figure for government agencies. Still, despite the growing use of AI in day-to-day tasks, only a minority of businesses use it for strategic decision-making.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2022

It’s not uncommon for organizations to have more plans than they have funds. A capital improvement plan can guide an organization when it’s trying to figure out which large projects or purchases in which they should invest. But what exactly is a capital improvement plan? What Is a Capital Improvement Plan?

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MPUG

DECEMBER 5, 2022

A Project Management Methodology is an integral part of project governance. Organizations can choose any project management framework or methodology to establish project governance structure. Project governance is sometimes confused with project management, and many people use these terms interchangeably. Project Governance.

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Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 18, 2024

Is it challenging to navigate the complex landscape of project governance frameworks? In this article, we will dive deep into organizational and project governance and systems in project management. At the heart of this lies the robust framework of Organizational Governance Systems.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

However, that doesn’t mean they don’t programs don’t require the same laser focus on planning that individual projects require. A program management plan works similarly to any project plan in that it defines policies, procedures and processes to follow and reach your program goals and objectives.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 5, 2023

There’s much to plan in construction. We’ll define what a construction site is, what is meant by construction site planning and inspection and explore the variety of construction sites and roles you’ll find when working in construction. What Is Site Planning? For example, the construction site.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

You’ve heard the phrase, “Always have a Plan B.” ” Well, “Plan B” is just common vernacular for what’s known as a contingency plan. In other words, a contingency plan is put in place in case the primary plan that you’re executing doesn’t unfold as expected.

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Leading Agile

APRIL 3, 2024

On the other hand, some companies deal with more convergent things like tax software and government contracts. Lots of heavy planning, long funding cycles , and many constraints. These companies have feature sets that can emerge based on your understanding of the market and what you learn through user feedback. Very ad hoc and chaotic.

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Henny Portman

JANUARY 22, 2024

This framework, created by the Central Digital and Data Office of UK Government, aims to help readers understand generative AI, to guide anyone building generative AI solutions, and, most importantly, to lay out what must be taken into account to use generative AI safely and responsibly. Conclusion.

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Henny Portman

MAY 31, 2023

The Introduction chapter discusses the target audience (governance body members, project, programme and portfolio managers, PMOs, …)., Case studies regarding a basic project, complex programme, standing programme boards and portfolio governance models. I would call this product governance (P4G?) The second chapter – What is P3G?

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MPUG

APRIL 26, 2021

Risks were identified, then qualified, and risk responses planned. I came to know that there were no consistencies within risk governance parameters, such as risk appetite , or risk threshold , for example. A “Risk Governance Framework” for an organization is set at the enterprise level. Governance and Its Elements.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Capacity planning is an issue of supply and demand: one that can decide the fate of your project. Read on to learn how to plan your resources, and make sure your team members are working on the right task at the right time. What Is Capacity Planning? Capacity and planning obviously go hand-in-glove. Capacity Planning.

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Scrum.org

MAY 14, 2024

For instance, Sprint Planning involves inspecting the product backlog and adapting the Sprint backlog to set clear goals. Planning is another aspect of Scrum that is often misunderstood. Scrum is not devoid of planning; rather, it emphasises continuous, iterative planning. Enjoy this video? Comment below!

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MPUG

JUNE 11, 2020

The introduction of detail planning techniques, other than traditional “waterfall” and the rapid adoption of Agile, in recent years indicates we are approaching another significant market re-definition. The governance processes which most IT organizations have developed and followed have to adopt to these conditions.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 1, 2021

A content plan, on the other hand, is the blueprint that defines the assets and steps needed to implement your content strategy. Let’s learn more about the difference between a content plan and a content strategy. What Is a Content Plan? We’ve mentioned content strategy, but don’t confuse that with a content plan.

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Kiron Bondale

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

Boards play a key governance role in the successful running of companies. Boards are often actively involved in the succession planning process for leadership positions, helping to cue up the best candidates for key leadership roles. Steering committees play a similar role when it comes to projects.

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Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

In this week’s episode of SoundNotes, Ross Beurmann is back to talk about how to create a funding mechanism that’s as adaptable as the governance model. Soundcloud. Or, to put it more simply, how to allocate funds and pay for things when we’re continually tuning the way we work, and what we’re working on.

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Governance Government Agile Software Review 118

Scrum.org

MAY 14, 2024

For instance, Sprint Planning involves inspecting the product backlog and adapting the Sprint Backlog to set clear goals. Planning is another aspect of Scrum that is often misunderstood. Scrum is not devoid of planning; rather, it emphasizes continuous, iterative planning. Enjoy this video? Comment below!

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Why you need a ‘Take over a project’ checklist Whenever you take on a project that was started by someone else you need to: Understand the health of the project Ensure that sufficient planning has been completed so that the onward direction is clear. 4: Get a copy of the plan Is there a high level project plan ?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 12, 2022

Project governance is an important part of project management processes – even if it’s not the most exciting part of getting work done. Governance is a key part of that, and gate reviews are part of navigating through the project. Governance is a key part of that, and gate reviews are part of navigating through the project.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 2, 2023

ProjectManager is project management software that helps you create project and portfolio plans, such as Gantt charts that organize tasks across a timeline. ProjectManager has robust Gantt charts for planning and managing IT projects. However, the organization isn’t the sole focus of IT governance.

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ProProfs Project Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

One of the major reasons is the lack of project management governance. . This is precisely where project governance comes to the picture. . Meaning & Definition of Governance. The first of which is to have a solid understanding of what project governance is. Characteristics of Good Project Managemnt Governance.

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Proofhub

JULY 4, 2022

Financial Planning plays a vital role in helping employees save and invest better and make more money. Financial Planning involves investment, retirement, and tax planning. Moreover, retirement planning means the employee knows he will have the money post-retirement which will improve performance in the office.

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Musings on Project Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In the government domain, the government often contracts for an SI -- system integrator -- whose scope of work is to be an independent evaluator of program plans and progress, an expert adviser to the program executive for risk management and value engineering, and a voice in the project office not beholden to the prime contractor(s), system architect(s), (..)

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Project Risk Coach

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Warning – do not use the same plan for every project. Work with your team to right-size your risk management plan. The risk management plan should be commensurate with the size and complexity of your project. That is, for simple projects, your risk management plan may be a page or two. How complex is the project?

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Project-Management.pm

AUGUST 30, 2017

What really is project management governance? With countless articles and books in the business spectrum conveying such practice, project management governance is in the sense, subjective. In other words, a person left on his or her own device of his or her definitive understanding of governance as a whole.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The main takeaways will be about leveraging technologies for improved decision making, governance and risk management, and a deep dive into AI. Details are still being planned, but new this year, there will be a networking dinner on the evening of 5 June with a special guest providing a thought-provoking talk.

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Scrum.org

JULY 21, 2021

In industries ranging from financial services to consulting and defense, we can find countless examples of how organizations employed incentive plans that produced behavior not aligned to the organization's desired strategic goals. Unfortunately, these types of incentive plans can cause numerous unintended consequences.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 4, 2018

It seems that people have been writing about planning for as long as people have been writing. No enterprise, whether it’s assembling the space shuttle or getting dinner on the table, is done well without a plan. Every project manager, team leader or successful person for that matter, knows the importance of planning.

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Leading Answers

DECEMBER 21, 2017

I was working for IBM at the time and was able to persuade my account manager to pitch the approach on one of our government projects. We were all set for a big client success and who better than the British Government for good publicity! The most junior new hires work in open-plan cubical offices.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

The History of PRINCE2® PRINCE2® is part of the best practice guidance that came out of the UK Office of Government Commerce. A British government agency, the Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency, licensed it for use in government IT projects back in 1979. It was renamed PRINCE. How are we doing it?

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