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Why There’s No Such Thing as an IT Project

Rebel’s Guide to PM

That is where the future of project management is going. My well-thumbed edition of Managing Successful Programmes talks about the role of a Business Change Manager but my own experience – and that of many other project managers I have spoken to – is that this role is often absent on both transformative and smaller projects.

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2017 Project Management Trends To Watch

Rebel’s Guide to PM

If you’ve come to one of my presentations about project management technology trends, you’ll have heard me say that big data is a game changer for projects. Our software tools are full of data from the risks we log to the estimates we fail to achieve. Project management and change management have collided.

2017 150
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Project Management Trends (2018 Edition)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I don’t think any of the project management trends articles I have read this year have mentioned this, but perceived customisation is something I feel is such a big deal for us, particularly in change management and transformation roles, that I am preparing a presentation/webinar on it. Improving risk assessments.

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Artificial Intelligence and Project Management: The First Step

The IIL Blog

For example, by identifying relationships and trends in data, the system can remove excessive information and ‘white noise’, enabling management to focus solely on the most relevant and important information to derive actionable insights and strategies. Risk Management. Effective risk management has to be proactive.

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The 20-Percent Startup Solution

MPUG

Managing Risks Wisely. Most IT organizations talk a lot about their risk and issue management policies/processes which gives’ one an impression they spend about the same amount of time in each area. They might cancel some projects before they start because of the high risks involved.

2015 105
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How to Fix a Troubled Project by Falling Back on the Fundamentals

LiquidPlanner

According to the Standish Group’s 2015 Chaos Report , I have a 64-percent chance of guessing you’ve been on a challenged or failed software project. Project teams risk skipping this tool, and even though it is administrative, it is very helpful to align resources in a project. Assess the Management Style.

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What is the Program Management Improvement and Accountability Act?

Moira Alexander

1550 -- the Program Management Improvement and Accountability Act of 2015 (PMIAA) into law. This piece of legislation was fully supported by the Project Management Institute (PMI) and garnered staggering bi-partisan support. Related story: What’s difference between project management and change management? ].