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How to get the best from your sponsor

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Vicki James, co-author of Strategies for Project Sponsorship. Peter Taylor, Ron Rosenhead and Vicki James have just written a book called Strategies for Project Sponsorship , about (surprise, surprise) project sponsors. Remove personality from the conversation to have a greater influence on your project sponsors and their support.

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Strategy vs. tactics: How to use both to build better products

Planio

If you asked your team to explain your company’s overall strategy, how many of them would get it right? Having a product strategy often isn’t the issue. Instead, many teams struggle with communicating that strategy to their team and embedding it in the tactics they use on a daily basis. Strategy and tactics work hand-in-hand.

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Project Boards and Project Steering Groups: An Introduction

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Here’s an introduction to these important groups as part of the governance framework so you can get yours set up and working on your project. A project board provides oversight and governance for the project. What you need is adequate governance for the project. What is a project board? Call your meetings anything you like.

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Top 11 Cities for Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The Australian government has granted two initiatives close to Brisbane major project status. Over A$10bn has been committed by the Australian government to fund the upgrades. The majority of the work is government based and there is an exciting start up scene,” she adds. Source: PMI; figures relate to country).

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Tailoring Your Project Management Approach: A Beginner’s Guide

Project Pulse Journal

This customization process involves a modification of methodologies and governance structures, transforming project management into a strategic asset as dynamic as the projects it aims to guide. This tool helps ensure that the chosen strategy aligns with the project's specific demands and nuances. What is Tailoring?

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Sustain Your PMO: Nine Easy Lessons

The Lazy Project Manager

Having the right ‘head’ of the PMO is also critical, in Leading Successful PMOs the top five attributes for a great PMO leader were explored: The good PMO leaders must champion project management and project managers across their organisation as well as believing in the business strategy. Strategy execution and business transformation.

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A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Project Governance. Five Principles of Project Success , PMI, Northern Utah Chapter, Professional Development Day, 2012. Improving DOE Project Performance Using DOD Integrated Master Plan , Waste Management Symposium Feb 26 - Mar 1, 2012. Balanced Scorecard IT Strategy and Project Management. Governance.

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