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Managing Up: How to Manage Your Boss

Rebel’s Guide to PM

One way to build credibility in the workplace was explained by Dr Lynda Bourne at a presentation she gave at the PMI Global Congress EMEA in Dublin. Let’s talk about managing up. What it means to manage upwards. Project managers aren’t the ones in charge. ” Managers are busy people. Be helpful.

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Effective Project Communications Management to Avoid Misunderstandings and Delays

Project Pulse Journal

Malinawan, PMP They say a project manager spends 90% of their time on project communication. Yet, project managers struggle with keeping all stakeholders on the same page, leading to miscommunication that delays even the most meticulously planned projects. Ready to revolutionize project communication management? By: Meredith G.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Risk issues that can be identified early in the program, which will potentially impact the program later, termed Known Unknowns and can be alleviated with good risk management. Effective Risk Management 2 nd Edition , Edmund Conrow, AIAA, 2003.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. Making these decisions in the presence Uncertainty ?

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New Trends in Online Learning

Leading Answers

What can we look forward to seeing in the world of online learning for project managers? The period from 2005 to 2010 brought YouTube, Twitter and iPhones. LMS (learning management systems) evolved to become LXP (learning experience platforms). What are the emerging trends and good practices?

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Next Generation Project Management Software

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The project and portfolio management (PPM) software market is changing. This is an edited version of a white paper I wrote with some colleagues for the PMI EMEA Summit in Barcelona. Digitalization and Collaboration. It is changing so fast that it’s hard for practitioners to keep up with the latest offerings.

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A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management. Managment Processes. Nine Best Practices of Project Management , Software Program Managers Network (SPMN). Top Habits of Successful Project Managers. The Nine "I's" of Program Success ," College of Performance Management. Flawless Execution.

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