Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 27, 2018

I have been involved in project management my whole career (focused in the sales and marketing) but more specifically since 2012 when I needed to set up the US and UK operations of an Australian based technology firm. I moved to the USA, from Melbourne, Australia in 2012 and now call Seattle home. Natalie Steck.

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2012 Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Software Review 203

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

I have mentioned some causes of conflict above, but in 2012 I did some research into this at an event. Miscommunication and misunderstandings in the team came in at 12%, followed by budget issues and responses to change both taking 9% of the responses. Gets tips for managing a team member with a negative attitude here.

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Risk Management 2012 326

Project Risk Coach

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

These studies help PMI understand how project managers perform their duties and lead cross-functional teams within the constraints of schedule, budget, and scope. I got PMP in August of 2001 and my PMI-RMP in December of 2012. PMI conducts Role Delineation Studies for each certification every five to seven years. Refresh Yourself.

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MPUG

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Each work package is meticulously defined, encompassing specific tasks, resources, and budgeting details. Take, for example, an ambitious project stretched over an 18-month timeframe with a sizeable budget allocation of $4.9 Map out how the budget of each work package will be disbursed across the project’s lifespan.

2012 59

2012 Governance Government Transportation 59

LiquidPlanner

JULY 18, 2022

While many organizations recognize the benefits of analyzing and establishing budgets in probabilistic or uncertain terms, not all have yet discovered the benefits of reconciling those strategic funding assessments with tactical completion forecasts (also developed and expressed in uncertain or probabilistic terms). Accessed 26 June 2022.

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2022 2012 Transportation 2015 146

Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics ( budget : US$5.9bn) were postponed as a result of the global pandemic, but investment in infrastructure and megaprojects continues. The Asterion Medicinal Cannabis Project has a capital budget of A$450m and will create around 800 construction jobs and 150 ongoing jobs. Pinch the lessons with pride, as they say!

Infrastructure 471

Infrastructure Transportation Construction 2024 471

Project Risk Coach

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

These studies help PMI understand how project managers perform their duties and lead cross-functional teams within the constraints of schedule, budget, and scope. I got PMP in August of 2001 and my PMI-RMP in December of 2012. PMI conducts Role Delineation Studies for each certification every five to seven years. Refresh Yourself.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

Budget position. Make sure you have the latest info on project budgets and how close the project is to meeting its goals. Take Action: Typically, the sponsor is the person who came up with the idea for the project, holds the budget and will adopt the solution once it is live and moves out of the project arena. Action updates.

Governance 358

Governance Government Risk Management Technical Review 358

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

With tightened budgets and reduced spending power, every dollar spent is scrutinised for its worth. Despite pioneering digital technology, Kodak's inability to pivot from film-based photography to digital saw the company filing for bankruptcy in 2012. It allows the team to pivot when required without losing sight of the endgame.

Technical Review 161

Technical Review 2012 Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 161

Workamajig

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

File sharing, time tracking, email integration, Gantt Charts, and budget management are the top five most used and requested features in project management software. PMOs are growing in both size (by budget and staff) and importance. In 2016, the average PMO accounted for nearly 5% of the project budget and had a staff size of 9.

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Underperforming Technical Team PMI 2018 PMO 127

Leading Answers

AUGUST 25, 2020

There has been a debate raging since 2012 about the use and value of estimates on agile projects. NoEstimates Gets Started In 2012, Woody Zuill wrote a blog post asking if getting better at estimating was the only way forward. It can seem like people want to shirk their responsibility and accountability. So then I felt conflicted.

Estimate 131

Estimate Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Agile 131

Moira Alexander

APRIL 24, 2017

Founded by Harvard University and MIT in 2012, edX is one of the biggest MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) platforms available and offers many project management (PM) courses. You can take individual courses at no charge, and many of them can be accredited towards an edX credential. The site offers various PM modules and certification.

Certification 252

Certification Technical Review Lean Software Review 252

Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 16, 2016

The introduction of the apprenticeship levy in the UK next year may well have a significant impact on training budgets even in mid-sized firms. How long can we cruise on the coattails of project successes like London 2012? Not into what template you need to use or whether it’s a ‘ risk log ’ or a ‘risk register’.

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2017 2015 Technical Review 2012 150

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 25, 2019

I have mentioned some causes of conflict above, but in 2012 I did some research into this at an event. Miscommunication and misunderstandings in the team came in at 12%, followed by budget issues and responses to change both taking 9% of the responses. What Causes Conflict on Project Teams.

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Risk Management 2012 288

Resource Guru

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In fact, it’s nearly impossible to stay within budget if you miss multiple deadlines. A project plan is a macro overview of a project’s scope, budget, and objectives, along with when it needs to be completed. As a project manager, you know time is money. So, what’s causing this disconnect?

Software Review 98

Software Review Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team 2012 98

Herding Cats

DECEMBER 3, 2017

If your uncertainty is not reducing at some planned rate, you're not managing the project for success and you're going to be late, over budget and the products not likley to work or some combination of those. If the product with the needed Features shows up late and over budget, is that good business management? 37-48, 2007.

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Herding Cats

JULY 24, 2017

Shipping on time, to specifications, and within budget might be meaningless if a competitor is shipping software that has a greater value to the market. The notion of reducing uncertainty may be possible, but shipping on time and budget may be meaningless if a competitor ships greater value. Wallshein, Ph.D.

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Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

Overcoming Barriers in Assessing Risk Probabilities,” Tom Kendrick , 2012 PMI Global Congress Proceedings , 2012. Claude Bocquet, Reliability Engineering and System Safety , 2012. Risk-Informed Decision-Making Processes: An Overview,” Enrico Zio and Nicola Pedroni, Foundation for an Industrial Safety Culture, 2012?10.

Risk Management 38

Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 38

Wrike

AUGUST 22, 2018

The PMO is the keeper of documentation, guidance, and metrics for project execution, ensuring projects are completed on time and on budget. You may need a PMO if: Projects repeatedly finish later than planned or over budget. The percentage of project managers who report to the PMO increased from 42% in 2012 to 52% in 2016.

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PMO Artificial Inteligence 2016 2018 64

Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

Overcoming Barriers in Assessing Risk Probabilities,” Tom Kendrick , 2012 PMI Global Congress Proceedings , 2012. Claude Bocquet, Reliability Engineering and System Safety , 2012. Risk-Informed Decision-Making Processes: An Overview,” Enrico Zio and Nicola Pedroni, Foundation for an Industrial Safety Culture, 2012?10.

Risk Management 35

Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 35

Wrike

OCTOBER 9, 2019

A few standouts : Back in 2012, Best Buy seemed to be on its deathbed. Robust analytic reports help managers keep projects on track and on budget with real-time cost and labor analyses. But a seven-year digital transformation process brought the retail giant back to life — and boosted its stock a whopping 198%.

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2012 2014 Retail 2017 69

Meisterplan

JANUARY 2, 2019

Resources (and possibly budgets) are allocated according to the ranking from top to bottom, until there is no capacity left. Zero-Based Budgeting/Risk. Due to the size of the budgets for the domains, management and the portfolio board are still involved strategically. Each rank is awarded only once.

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PMO 2012 Budget Controlling 75

Herding Cats

AUGUST 25, 2017

For any non-trivial project, we have a planned release date for the needed Capabilities, for a needed budget. The notion that agile development is a free-for-all development of what ever the customer wants to produce next, with the customer identifying the next important thing to develop works just fine for de minimus projects.

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2014 2013 2012 Engineering 38

Ron Rosenhead

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Sadly, the memory of the great Olympic Games of 2012 has been tarnished by yet another project costing the public more money: extra costs for rebuilding (on an already high budget for getting the stadium ready for soccer). One stadium expert went as far as saying that the stadium should be knocked down and rebuilt.

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2012 2015 Project Cost Budget 100

Online PM Courses

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

This table first appeared in Brilliant Project Leader , by Mike Clayton (Pearson, 2012) (US|UK). This will be enough to deliver their project to schedule and on budget. Time, budget, and cost estimation. People do what a Project Manager asks, because it is their job to. People do what a Project Leader asks, because they want to.

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PMI Leadership Governance Government 69

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 16, 2018

"Modeling the Management of Systems Engineering Projects," Daniel Spencer and Shaun Wilson, Aerospace Concepts, DTSO-GD-0734, Proceedings of the 2012 Model-Based Systems Engineering Symposium , 27-28 November 2012.

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Aerospace Engineering 2012 2014 41

Herding Cats

JANUARY 1, 2017

Here's what that looks like for the planned completion of Work Package #3 on March 12th, 2012. If you have no deadline, no not to exceed budgets, no mandatory capabilities to meet the mission need, no defined benfist from the project, then none of this is useful. If this is acceptable, then fine. If not we need a better plan.

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2012 Controlling Software Developers Software Development 39

Herding Cats

MARCH 4, 2017

This is an immutable principle that impacts planning, execution, performance measures, decision making, risk, budgeting, and overall business and technical management of the project and the business funding the project no matter the domain, context, technology or any methods. Thesis, University of Southern California, August 2012. .

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2010 2007 Estimate Aerospace 28

The Lazy Project Manager

JANUARY 27, 2016

It addition it is noted in the PM-Partners: PMO Trends 2012 report: When a PMO is expected to work across the organisation at all levels, oversee significant investments and facilitate senior decisions – it is surprising that a high number of organisations either put the wrong person in the job or don’t support them when they are in place.

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PMO Sustainability 2012 Underperforming Technical Team 170

MPUG

MAY 22, 2023

This original project’s budget was expected to cost $260 million and after spending $500 million, it was decided by the court officials the new price tag would be $2 billion if the project runs to completion. Since the state was going through budget cuts and layoffs, the project was canceled in 2012.

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2001 2012 Budget Consulting 105

Planio

AUGUST 13, 2019

Besides their famous meatballs and budget-friendly furniture, Ikea figured out something powerful, yet counter-intuitive about furniture: People like to do things for themselves. No one likes hitting a snag and only being able to find a help article from 2012. Why would people actively choose a knowledge base over personalized support?

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Underperforming Technical Team Defining Technical Review 2012 84

Herding Cats

JUNE 19, 2017

If the parameter of interest is not being reduced as needed, go find out why and fix it, or you'll be late, over budget, and the technical outcome unacceptable. Thesis, University of Southern California, August 2012. The Cone of Uncertanty does NOT need data to validate it is the correct paradigm.

Technical Review 35

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 35

Herding Cats

APRIL 4, 2019

All making things smaller dos is show that you're late, over budget, and what you're building (Technical Performance Measures) doesn't work faster. Foundations of Risk Management, 2nd Edition, Terje Aven, John Wiley & Sons, 2012. Only margin can be used to handle this risk. This is good, but it doesn't reduce risk.

Risk Management 43

Risk Management Risk 2003 2011 43

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Beyond Budgeting tends to be part and parcel of both Nexus with Scrum Studio and LeSS. I have been trying to find a true case study for LeSS since 2012. LeSS has more upfront asks for the organization, but in essence, it's possible in a huge context to not necessarily start with perfect cross-component teams. Another false start?

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2015 Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM 2007 149

Teamweek

MAY 15, 2023

Your average job ad is around $300 per month – this is what LinkedIn will charge you with a $10 daily budget over 30 days. While we don’t have any more recent research, a 2012 study says that employees become fully productive after about eight months on the job. Let’s see what goes into that. The loss of productivity.

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Underperforming Technical Team 2012 Influencer Process 98

Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Organizations that use a methodology: 38% meet budget. VS. Organizations that don’t use a methodology: 31% meet budget. 18% — Delivered within budget. 75% of highly agile organizations met their goals/business intent, 65% finished on time, and 67% finished within budget. Number of projects completed on budget – 44%.

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2015 Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 60

Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

But each method needs to be based on 5 Immutable principles to be successful, no matter the domain or context, PMI Spring Seminar , 2012, Austin TX. Five Principles of Project Success - The recurring theme of 5 Immutable Principles , is the basis of this workshop at PMI, Northern Utah Chapter, Professional Development Day , 2012.

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42