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Book review: Risk Happens

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Managing Risk and Avoiding Failure in Business Projects. Risk management is the most important of your project controls. It enables you to manage the project more effectively and work towards a smooth outcome. So what exactly is project risk management? Using risk logs to manage risk.

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The Curse of Project Management Knowledge

Project Risk Coach

Are you guilty of using project management jargon and acronyms? If not, perhaps you have fallen under the curse of project management knowledge. You know how you've been struggling with your projects? It's not because you don't follow the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). So here it is.

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Organizational Process Assets: What does that even mean?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Project managers are often faced with the challenge of managing complex projects and ensuring that they stay on track. I’ll confess: when I started out as a project manager, this was a piece of jargon that honestly didn’t mean much at all? But what is an organizational process asset (OPA)?

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How to Plan Your Risk Management From Start to Finish

Project Risk Coach

Steven Covey introduced the concept of Quadrant II activities—working on things that are important but are not urgent. Planning is a powerful Quadrant II activity that can save you time and energy. Let’s talk about how to plan your risk management from start to finish. Some people think of risk management plans in the wrong way.

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SAFe Simply Explained (Part 2): Basic Idea and Most Important Terms

Inloox

The SAFe method is based on the Lean philosophy and offers a fixed framework in which Scrum and other agile management methods can be scaled to the entire company. Program level ("project" level). The basic concept SAFe divides enterprise agility into three level of abstractions: Team level (Scrum teams).

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What is a Statement of Work? Definition & Examples

ProjectManager.com

No matter what industry you’re in, the one constant throughout the project life cycle of a project is paperwork. Using effective project planning tools and a thorough and well-written statement of work (SOW) will set you up to successfully lead a project over the finish line on schedule and within budget.

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How to Right-Size Your Risk Management Plan

Project Risk Coach

One reason a project manager may have a bad reputation is bloated project plans. While I’m a fan of planning, let’s use some common sense and right-size our risk management plans. Plans should vary in size, dependent on the size and scope of your projects. I always use my project charter as an input.