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The project customer role

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This is an edited extract from my book Customer-Centric Project Management , co-authored with Phil Peplow (Routledge, 2012). Close working relationships with the project customer and the end users they represent are important. As any project manager will know, projects do not exist in a vacuum. Who is the project customer?

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Project Boards and Project Steering Groups: An Introduction

Rebel’s Guide to PM

And will make the decision to close the project down early if it can no longer meet its objectives. That’s the minimum (and the approach advocated by PRINCE2). Make sure you have the latest info on project budgets and how close the project is to meeting its goals. In other words, this is the group that takes the tough decisions.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

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.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

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.

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Top 10 Books on Change Management (2023 edition)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Leading Change (2012) is a comprehensive guide to his 8-step process for managing change. Once that window in your brain has been opened, it will never close. If you are looking for some other suggestions for project management books to read, you can check these out: Best PRINCE2® books Books by Elizabeth Harrin (that’s me!)

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Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

Accuracy - how close is the estimate to the actual value? Using the Agile Methodology to Mitigate the Risks of Highly Adaptive Projects,” Dana Roberson and Mary Anne Herndon, 10 th Annual CMMI Technology Conference And User Group , November 5 – 8, 2012, Denver, CO. 8 [2012], Art. For our credible. De Meyer, C. Loch, And M.

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