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. Thanks, Natalie!

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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. A survey by the Centre for Complexity and Change at The Open University found that a third of project managers are involved in the decision making process but are not the sole decision maker themselves*.

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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!

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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. As we wrote earlier, creating a project management office (PMO) can drastically improve productivity and bring greater clarity to your PM processes. Capterra ).

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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. As an experiment, three teams substituted planning poker for their in-house estimation process.

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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. Six Sigma: Define and Measure - an introduction to the Six Sigma methodology and DMAIC cycle for process improvement with a focus on the define and measure phases.

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Certification Technical Review Lean Software Review 252

Resource Guru

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In fact, it’s nearly impossible to stay within budget if you miss multiple deadlines. Smooth out these problems in your process with data-driven project scheduling that sets reasonable aims for when and how the project will be completed. But each of these processes serves a distinct purpose. So, what’s causing this disconnect?

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Software Review Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team 2012 98

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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Herding Cats

DECEMBER 3, 2017

The planned uncertainty not only needs to decrease over time passing, but this reduction diminishes any impacts of risk on the decision-making processes. The domain for the Cone can certainly be product development, but it's origins are for Programs, where a budget, period of performance, and needed capabilities are On Contract.

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Wrike

OCTOBER 9, 2019

A few standouts : Back in 2012, Best Buy seemed to be on its deathbed. But a seven-year digital transformation process brought the retail giant back to life — and boosted its stock a whopping 198%. More focus on results rather than process. More analytics for improved PM processes, outcomes, and ROI.

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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. You do not have a standardized process for initiating and executing projects. Who Needs a PMO?

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Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

Project Risk Management: A Combined Analytic Hierarchy Process and Decision Tree Approach,” Prasanta Kumar Dey, Cost Engineering , Vol. Lessons Learned from Real World Application of the Bow-Tie Method,” Steve Lewis and Kris Smith, 6 th Global Congress on Process Safety , American Institute of Chemical Engineers, March 22?24,

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Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 38

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. 37–48, 2007. .

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Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

Project Risk Management: A Combined Analytic Hierarchy Process and Decision Tree Approach,” Prasanta Kumar Dey, Cost Engineering , Vol. Lessons Learned from Real World Application of the Bow-Tie Method,” Steve Lewis and Kris Smith, 6 th Global Congress on Process Safety , American Institute of Chemical Engineers, March 22?24,

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Meisterplan

JANUARY 2, 2019

And you develop clear criteria and processes to do this and assign a clear ranking to each project. Resources (and possibly budgets) are allocated according to the ranking from top to bottom, until there is no capacity left. Zero-Based Budgeting/Risk. Hoffmann / Rentrop, Zeitschrift Führung und Organisation, 2012).

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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 16, 2018

PP&C lives in the domain of Project Management and Controls, which is a Technical Management Processes of ISO 15288. In ISO 15288 this is the role of the Risk Management Processes. The life-cycle processes of a project can be defined by ISO15288 as. The Project Planning Process is where project management is anchored.

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 25, 2017

Nature of the system to be developed - what's the basic processes of the system? For any non-trivial project, we have a planned release date for the needed Capabilities, for a needed budget. Developing a Stakeholder-Assisted Agile CONOPS Development Process," Ali Mostashari, Sara A. What's our competition? McComb, Deanna M.

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2014 2013 2012 Engineering 38

Herding Cats

JANUARY 1, 2017

Here's a collection of PP&C processes that impact the probability of program success. We can have the shared group matrix reports and interfaces until we have a demonstration of the conversion process and member reconciliation. These uncertainties come from the underlying probability and statistics of the work processes.

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Online PM Courses

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Focus on processes, systems and procedures. This table first appeared in Brilliant Project Leader , by Mike Clayton (Pearson, 2012) (US|UK). And no effective Project Leader can lead a team without being able to manage the people and processes involved. This will be enough to deliver their project to schedule and on budget.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 4, 2017

The uncertainty is always there, it doesn't go away with specific actions in specific domains, or with the use of any tools, processes, or practices. Are we being effective with our budget - that is are we earning our budget. We need a formal risk management process.

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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. How does that process look? No one likes hitting a snag and only being able to find a help article from 2012. Start with a plan.

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Underperforming Technical Team Defining Technical Review 2012 84

The Lazy Project Manager

JANUARY 27, 2016

This book is aimed as one source of aid, inspiration and guidance, so ‘well done’ for starting the process with the right attitude. P = Process. It is critical for a PMO to achieve a level of maturity, as the PM-Partners: PMO Trends 2012 report states: There’s a direct link between the maturity of the PMO and the value it provides.

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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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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. This Closed Loop Program Control Process provides the decision makers with actionable information.

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Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 35

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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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.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Management Processes (#MP). While many of the presentations have similar titles, the content is focused on a specific set of processes and practices, while the principles are the same, since they are Immutable. . Management Processes. Project Success Assessment - A checklist for assessing the processes for project success.

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Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Organizations that use a methodology: 38% meet budget. VS. Organizations that don’t use a methodology: 31% meet budget. Having a knowledge transfer process in place boosts the chance of project success by over 20%. [6]. 18% — Delivered within budget. Most Popular Agile Tools and Processes: Scrum – 43%.

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2015 Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 60

Paymo App

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Other nice-to-have functionalities, such as automatic time tracking , resource scheduling for teams, or accounting capabilities help the overall management of work by balancing your time, budget, and human resources. Cost: Think about your existing budget and what you want to pay for. Key Criteria for Choosing Time Tracking Tools.

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2018 Software Review Software Technical Review 75

Teamweek

JUNE 25, 2020

That is why, micro-managed, industrialized processes don’t work for creative thinkers. While creative teams need to still deliver on time and within budget, they thrive by keeping an eye on the ‘big picture’ The project management tool you use for your creative team needs to do just that. Too Complex.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 12, 2018

Principle #1 - Trust Your Process, or Change Your Process. This is simply good process development and management. What is the Root Cause of the process not being trusted? Or are you taking observations and deciding that the process is broken without finding the actual cause of the undesirable outcomes?

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Herding Cats

JUNE 12, 2018

Principle #1 - Trust Your Process, or Change Your Process. This is simply good process development and business management. What is the Root Cause of the process not being trusted? This, of course, is simply poor process improvement and a fallacy, since without the root cause the symptom cannot be fixed and will return.

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Engineering Estimate Development Team Review 28

Herding Cats

MAY 7, 2019

So start here to build your academic foundation, that can be put to work to build a foundation of validated experience of making estimates in the presence of uncertainty and protect yourself from fallacious claims that estimates are a waste, not needed, and produce bad resulting in the decision making process for those paying you to produce value.

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Estimate Software Review Software 2012 40

Workzone

AUGUST 4, 2021

No other software on the market offers such an extensive onboarding and training process included with their subscription. It’s easy for our group to manage and our users to submit and follow along as to where a project is during the process. Based in Raleigh, NC, Podio was purchased by Citrix in 2012. Learn more.

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MPUG

MARCH 15, 2022

Since 2012, Jeff has been primarily focused on SharePoint and Microsoft Project, building a wide range of solutions for clients ranging from CRM and project management to human resources facilities and many others. Jeff Lynch: So here’s the process overview and I’ll tell you when we’re going to stop for questions as well.

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BeeWits

JULY 3, 2018

In 2012, a freemium version of the product was launched which allowed project teams of up to 5 users to use the solution for free. As you may know, the API can be used to perform custom development to connect your own business applications and processes to the service, essentially creating your own custom integration.

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Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Budget Defining 29

Resource Guru

JUNE 23, 2023

You can find previous parts in this series here: Part 1: The basics of agency project management Part 2: 5 agency project management methodologies Part 3: Your 9-step agency project management process Part 4: Agency team structure: Building a team for effective growth Part 5: You’re reading it.

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