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The 6 Things Every Stakeholder Wants

Rebel’s Guide to PM

He shared it with delegates at the PMI Global Congress EMEA in 2015 (it’s still relevant today) and it will give you a huge degree of clarity when starting to work with a new group of project stakeholders or a new sponsor. There are some practical ways to show that you are trustworthy in this article about working in a transparent way.

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How to Get a Job as a Digital Project Manager

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This time next year there will be new standards, processes, tools and with that new opportunities for people wanting to pursue a career in project management As you can see, the options are vast, so if you’re feeling overwhelmed, start with doing some research. A version of this article first appeared in 2015.

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Why There’s No Such Thing as an IT Project

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Businesses know that they have to make changes to processes and products to stay competitive. Tools that make processes slicker and save thirty seconds off call handling times can generate big returns over a year. There are drives to change organizational working practices, products, processes and more.

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Don’t over-process your project management communications!

Kiron Bondale

I wrote an article in October 2015 describing how the eight forms of waste (a foundational lean tool) can affect project teams. Let’s do a deeper dive into the waste of over-processing. So what are the impacts of over-processing on the project manager’s part?

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How to do Rolling Wave Planning

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The APM Planning, Scheduling, Monitoring and Control Guide (2015) defines rolling wave planning as ‘the planning density that is achieved at different moments in time. The next step in the planning process is to create a project schedule for the first wave, in conjunction with the team. Wordery Amazon UK Booktopia Bookshop.org.

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How to Make a Disaster Recovery Plan

ProjectManager.com

Companies with a major loss of data, according to research conducted in 2015, often don’t fully recover: some never reopen (43 percent) and others close within two years (29 percent). An article published in 2018 stated that downtime of just one-hour costs small companies $8,000, mid-sized companies $74,000 and large companies $700,000.

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How To Solve Issues The Sherlock Holmes Way

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Your thought process is likely to be different, and probably a lot more transparent. A version of this article first appeared in 2015. This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management. Facts in hand, Holmes will make deductions to assemble a picture of what happened.

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