Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

You'll also like: Software review: Simplestimate [2016] Find out more about how to make estimating simple with this software review of Simplestimate. Online and Windows [2016] Learn why iMindQ mindmapping software could be just the tool for your project team. Software Review: Project Viewer for Primavera [2016] This article was updated with minor amends on 27 March 2016. Software Review: BusiBI Project Manager 2016 v5.7 General Information. Name: Vizzlo.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 27, 2016

You'll also like: Software Review: Project Viewer for Primavera [2016] This article was updated with minor amends on 27 March 2016. Software review: Simplestimate [2016] Find out more about how to make estimating simple with this software review of Simplestimate. General information. I last reviewed ProjectManager.com in 2013. Time to revisit the software and see what has changed. Name: ProjectManager.com. Vendor: ProjectManager.com. Hosting options: Online.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 24, 2016

You'll also like: What I’m Reading: February 2016 My round up of project management reading, novels and a few children's recommendations for the month. What I’m Reading [March 2016] See what books I've read this month and what I recommend, both for children's books, adult fiction and in project management. What I’m Reading: July 2016 Find out what I've been reading this month: all the fiction and business books condensed into one page!

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Arras People

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Getting ahead and planning your tax in 2016 is vital, especially in an environment that is constantly evolving. We’ve taken a look at some of the most important areas of taxation in 2016 and the changes that you need to know about. New dividend taxation rates will come into play at the start of the new financial year, April 6th 2016. Contact Associate Services today about the services that can help to ensure your tax planning is as efficient as possible in 2016.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 29, 2016

Name: BusiBI Project Manager 2016. You'll also like: Software Review: Project Viewer for Primavera [2016] This article was updated with minor amends on 27 March 2016. Software Review: ProjectManager.com [2016] ProjectManager.com is fully-featured project management software for teams, complete with Gantt chart, which you don't always find in online tools. General Information. Vendor: BusiBI. Hosting options: iPad. Cost and plans: £3.99

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Arras People

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

The report polled over 2,100 permanent and contract Programme and Project Management professionals during December 2015 and January 2016. The Project Management Benchmark Report (PMBR) 2016 shows how the UK’s economic turbulence is affecting project management practitioners’ earnings, aspirations and professional life. It is difficult to say if this is a ‘skills shortage’ as practitioner churn remains low as they still lack confidence in the UK economy moving into 2016.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 19, 2016

You'll also like: What I’m Reading: January 2016 Find out what I've been reading over the last month or so. OK, What I’m Reading: February 2016 My round up of project management reading, novels and a few children's recommendations for the month. What I’m Reading [October 2016] Find out what I've been reading this month, both personal and professional books, and what I thought of them. As the holidays approach it’s hard to find time to do any reading.

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The Digital Project Manager

JULY 23, 2016

The post Digital PM Summit 12th – 15th Oct 2016, San Antonio appeared first on The Digital Project Manager. Posted in General. If you’re wondering how to spend your digital project management training budget this year, look no further than this year’s Digital PM Summit. Set in sunny San Antonio, it’s the place to make new #dpm buddies and mingle with 350 like minded peeps.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 25, 2016

You'll also like: Software Review: Project Viewer for Primavera [2016] This article was updated with minor amends on 27 March 2016. Software Review: ProjectManager.com [2016] ProjectManager.com is fully-featured project management software for teams, complete with Gantt chart, which you don't always find in online tools. Software review: Simplestimate [2016] Find out more about how to make estimating simple with this software review of Simplestimate.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 29, 2016

You'll also like: What I’m Reading [March 2016] See what books I've read this month and what I recommend, both for children's books, adult fiction and in project management. What I’m Reading: February 2016 My round up of project management reading, novels and a few children's recommendations for the month. What I’m Reading: January 2016 Find out what I've been reading over the last month or so.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 29, 2016

You'll also like: What I’m Reading: February 2016 My round up of project management reading, novels and a few children's recommendations for the month. What I’m Reading: January 2016 Find out what I've been reading over the last month or so. It’s been an odd month for reading. I’ve tried to choose things to read that are short because while I like the escape of a novel, I am struggling to find the brainpower to commit to anything for any length of time.

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Arras People

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

According to a 2016 study by Accenture Technology Vision, 86% of executives expect an acceleration of tech developments in their sector within the next three years. An overview of different Agile approaches, taken from Henny Portman at the PMO Conference 2016. The five trends from Accenture’s Technology Vision 2016. Still not sure what’s driving the Agile conversation? Or should that be agility?

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NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Learn technical skills to accelerate your projects through requirements development How big of a deal are project requirements? The Project Management Institute says, “47% of unsuccessful projects fail to meet goals due to poor requirements management.”

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Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 17, 2016

The Project Plan Checklist Have you left anything out of your project plan? Check out this project plan checklist to help you identify the baselines and plans that will be most helpful to each of your projects. I like to keep my project plans as simple as possible. For many project plans, I will only have three or four of the items in this checklist. But I like to make sure that I’ve not skipped something that was needed.

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Brad Egeland

JULY 25, 2016

In this presentation, I'd like to share 12 such products that are definitely worth checking out for your 2016 project management needs. Comindware Process Comindware Process is an innovative solution that combines management of projects, processes and cases that might reshape project management in 2016. I've been a project manager for a long time. I started out using ABT's Project Workbench. It apparently is still around - it still exists as a free tool called Open Workbench.

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Digite

DECEMBER 25, 2016

The post SwiftKanban Feature Update- Dec 2016 appeared first on Digité Blog. With the December update, we have made a huge breakthrough in 2 major areas which have been in our backlog for a long time and have been repeatedly requested by customers across the globe. Card Color by Different Card Attributes. Visualization” is the primary goal of Kanban and the Kanban board is the heart of any Kanban system.

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Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 31, 2016

5 Questions for Developing a Scope Management Plan How can you develop a scope management plan quickly that provides value to the project? It’s not as complicated as it may seem. Photo courtesy of Adobe Stock. Some project managers check the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) for advice, which I think is a great place to start. However, project managers may make the following mistakes: Individuals may see the PMBOK as a prescription and include every element for every project.

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Project Risk Coach

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

8 ways to identify scope risks Some project managers struggle to identify scope risks. Image courtesy of Adobe Stock. First, individuals may lack a concrete understanding of scope; scope seems to be a nebulous concept. WHAT exactly is scope? Second, individuals may not know HOW to identify scope risks. Either way, the failure to identify (and manage) scope risks can be costly. It’s like an overdrawn bank account. There are all kinds of penalties and fees if you know what I mean.

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The Digital Project Manager

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Agile is everyone’s favorite project management and delivery buzzword, but what agile tools can you use to help successfully run an agile project? In this. The post 10 Agile Tools for agile project management appeared first on The Digital Project Manager. Featured General Tools

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Project Risk Coach

SEPTEMBER 24, 2016

Bad project managers create project cultures filled with stress, confusion, and little progress. Unfortunately, many of these individuals are not aware of their behaviors. Photo courtesy of Adobe Stock. Let’s run through a list of eight things that all bad project managers have in common. And let’s talk about things to do to remedy these behaviors. Too many meetings.

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Arras People

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

I often get asked by those starting out in project management – or those wanting to up their game in their career about what makes a successful project manager. In this guest post, we hear from Joel Roberts who talks about the traits of successful project managers. There are many lines of work in life. Whereas some of them are inborn, a majority of them must be learnt. Project managers are among the personnel who must be well-trained to be successful.

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Project Risk Coach

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

How to budget for the unknown unknown risks Have you ever had a budget crisis due to the lack of a management reserve? Unforeseen work comes knocking at your door. You look at your budget, but you don’t have the funds to handle this work. Image courtesy of Adobe Stock. There is a better way to handle the unexpected. You can — assuming that your organization supports the concept of reserves — create a management reserve when estimating the cost of your project.

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Project Risk Coach

JANUARY 2, 2017

Approximately 42,000 visitors came to The Project Risk Coach in 2016, up from 33,000 visitors in 2015. Top Blog Posts for 2016. Please Take My Reader Survey for 2016. Reader Survey 2016. The post My Top 10 Most Popular Blog Posts of 2016 appeared first on It’s been a great year. So much so, I’ve decided to leave the corporate world to help more project managers than ever. Thank you for making this possible.

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Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 10, 2016

How Bring All the Pieces Together If you were asked to describe project managers with one word, what would it be? Planner? Leader? Organizer? These are all great descriptors, but I’d like to offer my favorite — Integrator. Photo courtesy of Adobe Stock (edited in Canva). The word “integrate” means to “combine (one thing) with another so that they become a whole.”

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Project Risk Coach

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

The Power of Results-Based Goals Project sponsors send a message to their project teams and other stakeholders through the goals contained in their project charters. The focus of the goals — either business results or project activities — will drive the project team. As Steven Covey said, “Begin with the end in mind.” ” Image courtesy of Adobe Stock.

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Arras People

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

It’s back in London next month – Project Challenge – the seminar and exhibition show at London’s Olympia. It’s a great show to get up to speed on what’s happening in the project management market as well as gaining some professional development time with the different seminar sessions that are on throughout the two days. Arras People aren’t there this time – but pop over to PMO Flashmob’s stand and say hello to me if you’re there.

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Brad Egeland

OCTOBER 14, 2016

My background is primarily information technology and project management. What I've learned from my experiences in those areas and from attendance at the last five Black Hat digital security conferences and from everything I've read and studied everywhere is this.everything can be hacked. Everything. Does that have to be me and my projects? Maybe. Does that have to be you and your organization and your projects? Maybe.

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Management Yogi

OCTOBER 31, 2020

I believed that Author (Gowri Shankar S) MS Project 2016 MS Project Course Reviews MS Project Live Lessons Video Courses By Gowri Shankar SWhy this Course?After After I graduated in Engineering, I started and continued my career in construction industry and maintenance works. After getting experience in this field, I felt I was lagging in planning of work activities in a proper way due to working manually and missing my deadlines in some situations.

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The Digital Project Manager

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Posted in General Tools. The post The best project management software tools for agencies appeared first on The Digital Project Manager. General Tools Sponsored tools

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Software review: Simplestimate [2016] Find out more about how to make estimating simple with this software review of Simplestimate. I love things that make my job easier. A statistical model for estimating isn’t normally something I’d put in the ‘make my job easy’ box, but I might just have found one that works. William W. Davis, MSPM, PMP and Project Management Superhero. I caught up with William W. Davis, MSPM, PMP and Project Management Superhero.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

About the Authors: Elizabeth Harrin ( you know me ) is the author of several project management books, including Collaboration Tools for Project Managers (PMI, 2016). Digitalization and Collaboration. The project and portfolio management (PPM) software market is changing. It is changing so fast that it’s hard for practitioners to keep up with the latest offerings. This is an edited version of a white paper I wrote with some colleagues for the PMI EMEA Summit in Barcelona.

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The Digital Project Manager

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Resource management is a tough gig. Wrangling your agency’s management team, primadonna’s, and resources into some kind of order without resource management software is hard. The post 13 Resource Management Software & Resource Scheduling Tools appeared first on The Digital Project Manager. General Promoted Tools

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Project Risk Coach

MAY 7, 2016

Are you a project manager who focuses on gaining control of your project risks? Some project managers start their projects with a strong focus on risk management. However, somewhere along the way they lose steam. They increasingly spend more time dealing with issues and implementing workarounds. They are frustrated and filled with anxiety. Other project managers start out strong. When problems occur, they turn to their risk response plan.

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Moira Alexander

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Project management involves the use of people, processes and methodologies to plan, initiate, execute, monitor and close activities. It is designed to meet an organization's project goals, and hopefully overall strategic objectives. Change management, similar to project management, involves people, processes, and tools to effectively help organizations manage all the changes that occur, whether as a result of project initiatives, or other factors that might impact the business.

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Arras People

OCTOBER 26, 2016

We speak to loads of people every week who are either interested in getting into project management or are fairly new to project management. I’m always on the hunt for great advice to share with them – or different things they can be reading or watching about project management which will help them. I got talking to Dr Mike Clayton a while back, if you don’t know Dr Mike you should check out just a handful of the things he’s written over the years.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Online and Windows [2016] Learn why iMindQ mindmapping software could be just the tool for your project team. This article contains affiliate links. BrainBOK: Project Management Training Online. Name: BrainBOK. Hosting options: Online only. Cost and plans: There’s a free version to allow you to test out a limited number of features. The PMP® pack including all the practice exams and the important proof of your 35 contact hours for your PMP® application is $99.99. Languages: English only.

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Arras People

APRIL 15, 2016

We recently put together a top five list of project management interview questions after speaking with some of our clients. The questions below are generic open questions that can be asked regardless of the project management role being recruited for. How do you turn around a failing project? Project Managers that stand out in the crowd are ones that have been associated with project failure at some point in their careers either directly or indirectly.

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Project Risk Coach

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Life is filled with new adventures and experiences. Remember the first time you rode a bike, climbed a tree, or took a job. New adventures are exciting, but they can be filled with great uncertainty. Project managers may be asked to manage a project, unlike anything they’ve ever faced. Consider Sue, an event planner, who was asked to manage a project to implement a new accounting system for her organization. Sue had no accounting background or experience in implementing software.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Software Review: BusiBI Project Manager 2016 v5.7 This is a guest article by Dr Mike Clayton, who is the well-known author and trainer behind Online PM Courses.*. It was about 17 years ago. I sat opposite the new project manager. What to tell her? The First Meeting. I remember sitting down with a new project manager over coffee. Don’t get me wrong: she had lots of good experience, but was off to manage her first project for a client the next day….

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The Lazy Project Manager

OCTOBER 11, 2016

When: Thursday December 1 2016 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM. What: A Social event exploring everything you need to know to collaborate effectively as a project team.

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