Project Risk Coach

JANUARY 1, 2019

Year Visitors 2018 113,206 2017 57,560 2016 42,000 2015 33,000 2014 21,000 One of my 2018 goals was to have 75,000 people visit the Project Risk Coach website. In this article, I'm sharing my most popular blog posts of 2018. So, just how many of you came to the Project Risk Coach website in 2018? Thanks to you, I had more than 113,000.

2018 150

2018 2019 2014 2015 150

The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Jeff has been a member of the PMI Global Executive Council since 2014. In collaboration with The Children’s Home Association of Illinois, Jeff and his team won the PMI Educational Foundation – Community Advancement Award in 2016. Browse IIL’s Leadership and Interpersonal Skills Courses here!

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PMO Leadership 2014 Logistics 78

Scrum.org

JULY 24, 2023

Learn more : Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky, Braden Kowitz: “Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days,” 2016. Learn more : Jeff Patton: “User Story Mapping: Discover the Whole Story, Build the Right Product,” 2014. It’s beneficial when tackling complex problems or exploring new markets.

SCRUM 170

SCRUM Lean Innovation 2020 170

Gunther Verheyen

DECEMBER 26, 2023

It wasn’t when we bought a house we didn’t think we could afford because of the increasing wheelchair-dependence of our son (2014). It wasn’t when I decided to go completely independent with my one-person company Ullizee-Inc (2016) and not be part of any fixed structure for the time being (which is to this date).

2001 67

2001 2013 2024 SCRUM 67

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

We’re now in the 11 th year, and the most popular article this year has been my guide to the project management conferences happening during 2016. 5 Habits to Ditch in 2016 I’m not a great one for making resolutions so this year I thought I’d take a different look at things. I still believe that all this is true.

2007 150

2007 2009 2008 2010 150

Project Management Hacks

DECEMBER 30, 2016

A news screen at the gym informed me that there are less than 30 hours left to go in 2016! It’s great to see that many articles in the archives continue to attract attention including a few from 2014. 16 Podcasts To Grow Your Career In 2016. In that spirit, it’s time for me to write my final article of the year.

2016 37

2016 Technical Review 2014 Governance 37

PM Times

APRIL 7, 2021

2016) synthesized views from 42 relevant papers on the subject matter and was able to classify them into 17 categories. 2016)” as explained by Chapman. 2014; Lessard et al., There are hundreds of papers already written on that subject. & Sense, A. A complex project is not the same as a complicated project. & Sense, A.,2016)”

2016 52

2016 2014 PMO Software Review 52

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

A year later, in 2014, I learned about Scrum.org. By the beginning of 2016, I had already worked on the feedback I received at the TTT and got additional certifications under my belt. You would think that as a mother with a young baby, I would go home straight after work and from the workshops I facilitated.

2015 177

2015 2014 2013 SCRUM 177

Scrum.org

JULY 26, 2023

Mehr erfahren : Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky, Braden Kowitz: “Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days,” 2016. Mehr erfahren : Jeff Patton: “User Story Mapping: Discover the Whole Story, Build the Right Product,” 2014. Er ist von Vorteil, wenn Sie komplexe Probleme angehen oder neue Märkte erkunden.

SCRUM 137

SCRUM Lean Innovation 2020 137

Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

“A Taxonomy of Threats for Complex Risk Management,” Centre for Risk Studies, Research Programme of the Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies, University of Cambridge, Judge Business School, June 2014. “A 2128, International Technical Paper , 2016. 1, March 2014. 1–10, 2014. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol.

Risk Management 38

Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 38

Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

“A Taxonomy of Threats for Complex Risk Management,” Centre for Risk Studies, Research Programme of the Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies, University of Cambridge, Judge Business School, June 2014. “A 2128, International Technical Paper , 2016. 1, March 2014. 1–10, 2014. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol.

Risk Management 35

Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 35

Workamajig

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

In 2016, PMOs delivered a 33% improvement in projects delivered under budget, 27% improvement in customer satisfaction, 25% increase in productivity, and 25% reduction in failed projects. In 2016, the average PMO accounted for nearly 5% of the project budget and had a staff size of 9. Sources: State of the PMO in 2016, PM Solutions.

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Underperforming Technical Team PMI 2018 PMO 127

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Adam Alami, Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems / International Conference on Project Management / Conference on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies, CENTERIS / ProjMAN / HCist 2016, October 5–7, 2016. Hooey, Safety Science, Volume 85, June 2016, Pages 241–257. 02163, May 8, 2014.

2014 45

2014 Aerospace 2011 2013 45

Teamweek

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Purchases: I can tell you my numbers for the 2014 Butterfly Conservation Christmas raffle. Nestled in the maze of acronyms (2016: ILP as part of CPR to SFE in order to access DSA) is an email with a Study Needs Assessment report. I love email inbox folders because they act as a detached, digital dear diary. All totally useless now.

2018 98

2018 Energy 2014 2013 98

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Several empirical studies have indeed found that teams with a frequent delivery strategy are more likely to deliver successful project outcomes and satisfy stakeholders than teams that do not ( Chow & Cao, 2008 , Jørgensen, 2016 ). 2014 ; Young & Jordan, 2008 ; Russo, 2021 ). 1987) as “leading others to lead (themselves)”.

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Agile 2010 2013 2008 216

Project Smart

JULY 5, 2019

I recently posted some predictions for project management in 2016. Cybercrime grew in public awareness and concern between 2014 and 2015, and there seems to be no let up if the number of articles and alerts about it are any indication. One thing I didn't cover was cybercrime and cybersecurity.

2016 72

2016 2014 2015 72

Wrike

AUGUST 22, 2018

The percentage of companies with a PMO has nearly doubled since 2000, according to The State of the PMO 2016. . In 2016, 85% reported having a PMO. The percentage of project managers who report to the PMO increased from 42% in 2012 to 52% in 2016. Project management offices have exploded in popularity over the last decade.

PMO 64

PMO Artificial Inteligence 2016 2018 64

Scrum.org

AUGUST 28, 2020

One example is an observational study where Lehmann-Willenbrock & Allen (2014) observed 54 organizational meetings of real teams. A similar result was found in a study at Google of more than 180 teams over a period of 2 years (reported in Duhigg, 2016). The New York Times Magazine , Feb 28, 2016, pp. Drucker, P.,

2012 156

2012 2006 2011 Influencer 156

Herding Cats

MARCH 17, 2019

Integrated Master Plan: The Foundation of Program Success , College of Performance Management, May 21, 2014. Agile Software Development for Government Software Intensive System of Systems (SISoS) , Boulder Agile Meetup, 27 July 2016. Using Technical Performance Measures to Inform Earned Value Management , IPM 2014.

2003 54

2003 2011 2008 Performance Measurement 54

Meisterplan

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Like a pproximately half of all existing hospitals, Munich Hospital was in the red for a long time, which is why they decided to reorganize and re-strategize hospital projects in 2014 to avoid impending insolvency. Meisterplan : Munich Hospital started restructuring in 2014.

2014 54

2014 Agile Healthcare PMO 54

Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2017

Mazzuchi, and Shahram Sarkani, Systems Engineering , Volume 17, Issue 4, Winter 2014, Pages: 375–391. Modeling Negative User Stories is Risky Business,” Pankaj Kamthan and Nazlie Shahmir, 2016 IEEE 17th International Symposium on High Assurance Systems Engineering. Risk Options and Cost of Delay,” Troy Magennis, LKNA 2014.

2003 46

2003 2014 2015 2011 46

Project Management Hacks

OCTOBER 14, 2016

What’s happening in the world of work in 2016? 95% of workers experience conflict with other teams (compared to 81% in 2014). To answer that question, I reviewed the U.S. State of Enterprise Work Report from Workfront. Here are some of the highlights from the report. Overall Trends For U.S. Office Workers.

2016 28

2016 Underperforming Technical Team 2014 2015 28

Susanne Madsen

AUGUST 20, 2018

The first time I was interviewed by Cesar was in 2014 about how to can stop managing and start leading. Scott interviewed me in 2016 about the differences between project management and project leadership. I haven’t followed his podcast for a while but looking at his line up I'm determined to start tuning in again.

2014 73

2014 2015 PMI 2016 73

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

JULY 18, 2019

Of course, such mega-failures are more interesting that minor-failures, but most experienced project managers might find an echo within their own projects of examples such as that of SNCF who ordered 2000 new trains in 2014, only to find that they did not fit all the stations.

Governance 52

Governance Government 2017 2014 52

Resource Guru

MARCH 4, 2019

For example, a 2016 Forbes article highlights that senior management is far more open to change than “frontline professionals” (otherwise known as “the majority of the office”). The ability to change and adapt for speed has always been a competitive advantage, and keeping up is in itself a victory.

2019 84

2019 Planning Software Review 2009 84

Wrike

OCTOBER 9, 2014

They’ll leave a huge gap in their wake: according to PMI, the shortage of experienced project managers will reach “critical levels” as early as 2016. The Project Management Institute (PMI) reports that 60% of its members are age 40 or older, and 30% of project managers are projected to leave the workforce by 2018.

2014 43

2014 PMI 2016 2018 43

Taskque

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

But what started as a four-way partnership evolved into a two-tiered structure as Henley & Frey did the copywriting, other band members came and went, but Frey (who died in 2016) and Henley set the direction and reaped many of the rewards. Everybody can’t be on equal footing.

2014 51

2014 2016 Energy Initiating 51

Project Management Hacks

JULY 21, 2016

I had the opportunity to see “ Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru ” film at the Hot Docs film festival in Toronto earlier in 2016. In 2014, I started the process of seeking permission to make a film. In 2014, we filmed the “Date with Destiny” seminar in Florida. Which event did you film?

2014 28

2014 2012 2016 Finance 28

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 16, 2018

1-11, January 2014. Predicting Project Success in Construction Using an Evolutionary Gaussian Process Inference Model, Min-Yuan Cheng, Chin-Chi Haung, Andreas Frankie Van Roy, Journal of Civil Engineering and Management , January 2014. The Systems Perspective," Zane Scott, Vitech Whitepaper, 2016, www.vitech.com.

Aerospace 41

Aerospace Engineering 2012 2014 41

Herding Cats

AUGUST 12, 2017

2014 - Project Success: The Basis of the Five Immutable Principles. 2016 - Five Immutable Principles of Project Success and Project Failure. So here's the past post from oldest to newest. 2010 - Five Immutable Principles of Project Success I used at a Carnegie Mellon course. 2011 - 5 Immutable Project Success Processes (Again).

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2011 2010 2012 2014 59

Scrum.org

AUGUST 19, 2021

Kim Dikert and his colleagues reviewed 52 prior scientific studies in 2016 to identify common challenges and success factors for Agile transformations. He observed a successful Agile transformation at a complex and highly regulated military agency that took place between 2014 and 2016.

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Agile Technical Review 2021 Influencer 234

Project Management Hacks

JUNE 16, 2016

A Fortune article reports findings from outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas: nearly 500,000 layoffs were announced in 2015 (an increase compared to 2014). Consider a 2016 article in Bloomberg showing the rapid growth in solar and wind energy since 2000. This trend is creating new jobs at large companies (e.g.

2012 28

2012 2014 Energy 2015 28

Project Risk Coach

MARCH 6, 2017

Dow William & Taylor Bruce. Project Management Communication Tools. Dow Publishing LLC. Duhigg Charles. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business. Hall Harry. The Intentional Project Manager. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. Kouzes James & Posner Barry.

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Underperforming Technical Team 2005 2006 2008 170

The IIL Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Jeff has been a member of the PMI Global Executive Council since 2014. In collaboration with The Children’s Home Association of Illinois, Jeff and his team won the PMI Educational Foundation – Community Advancement Award in 2016. Jeff is presenting at this year’s Leadership & Innovation 2024 Online Conference!

2014 88

2014 2024 Finance Logistics 88

Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2018

ISO 31000:2009, ISO 17666:2016, and ISO 11231:2010 Risk is Uncertainty that Matters. Building a Credible Performance Measurement Baseline,” The Measurable News , 2014, Issue 4. Thesis Wayne State University, 2016. Thesis, University of Manchester, 2014. and Dutta, P., Alleman, G. Coonce, T. and Price, R. Apeland, S.,

Software Developers 34

Software Developers Software Development Risk Management Risk 34

MPUG

JULY 1, 2020

This is project 2016 I’m using for this demonstration, and I think that this will go all the way back to like project 2010 or even earlier than that. In this case, we’re in 2014 in this example file. In the earlier versions, like the one you’re looking at project 2016, you’ll have to make your own.

Risk Management 52

Risk Management Risk 2016 Underperforming Technical Team 52

MPUG

JULY 17, 2020

Jim Spiller: Then, a few years ago in 2014, we took those two tools, which were always separate tools for the first 20 years or so, that would be a Schedule Pro to do work breakdown PERT Chart Expert to do network charts and we combined those into one tool called WBS Schedule Pro. Project Online is just a small set of tools. Kyle: Great.

Software Review 52

Software Review 2014 Planning Technical Review 52