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The 7 Habits of Successful Project Managers

ProjectManager.com

By now, I am sure many readers will be familiar with Tim Lister’s wise comment that: “ Risk management is how adults manage projects.”. So, get into the habit of thinking in terms of risk. It’s too easy to study a plan – especially one you have created – and see the risks as variances to the plan. Always be Listening.

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Reasons to Adopt AgilePM®

The IIL Blog

Since its introduction in 2010, AgilePM has fast established itself as the leading framework and certification for agile project management. Quality and Governance Controls One of AgilePM’s underlying principles is to Never Compromise Quality. missing fixed deadlines, or having unclear or volatile requirements).

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How to Manage Fixed Date Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It is rarely impossible to deliver on time, given the right amount of resources, an unlimited budget and a tightly controlled project scope, but projects seldom meet these criteria. The risk with doing tasks in parallel is that you could end up having to do rework and there’s a cost associated with that.

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In-Depth: How To Create Better Work Agreements For Your Team

Scrum.org

This effect has been observed with flight crews (Orasuna, 1990), nuclear plant control crews (Waller, Gupta & Giambatista, 2004), and work teams (Urban et. Teams tend to develop stronger team cognition when they work together for a longer period of time (De Church & Mesmer-Magnus, 2010). You can read more about this here.

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Why Your Company Needs a Risk Management Framework

Techno-PM

Since a business requires different operations to function smoothly, it is crucial to ensure you have the proper tools to identify, remove, and minimise organisational risks. Risk Management Framework (RMF) provides your business security, efficiency, and effectiveness. What is Risk Management Framework?

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Risk Management is How Adults Manage Projects

Herding Cats

In a recent exchange in social media, it was clear the notion of risk and the sources of risk, the consequences or risks and managing in the presence of risk was in very unclear, when it was conjectured , we can simply slice the work into small bits and REDUCE risk. . This is good, but it doesn't reduce risk.

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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.