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2017 Project Management Trends To Watch

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This year I’m looking forward into 2017 to highlight some of the project management trends I think it is worth watching out for. Will 2017 be the year we get our first Chartered Project Professionals? Be brave, find your people and have a wonderful 2017. A Focus on Professionalism. I’ve drunk more tea.

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5 Simple Reasons Why Processes Don’t Work

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Big complex projects need big, complex structures to support them with all the governance, oversight, and process that implies. An older version of this article first appeared on the 2080 blog in 2017. But they are only as good as the steps in them and the people using them. Document process risk on your risk log.

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

ProjectManager.com

It was first published in 1996 and is about to publish its sixth edition in the fall of 2017. It was initially created by the UK government for IT projects. When the UK government adopted standards for IT systems in 1989, they called in PRINCE. PRINCE2 came about in 1996 as a more general project management method.

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The Scrum Team is Self-Managing

Scrum.org

The 2017 version of the Scrum Guide said the following about the Scrum Team: "Scrum Teams are self-organizing and cross-functional. I would say these topics fall under self-governance instead of self-management. Scrum does not require the Scrum Team to be self-governing, nor does it forbid it. The Scrum Guide gets an update.

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PRINCE2: An Introduction to the Project Management Methodology

ProjectManager.com

Project managers who aren’t based in the United Kingdom might not be intimate with the PRINCE2 method of managing a project, which is primarily used by the British government. There are four levels of certification in PRINCE2: PRINCE2 2017 Foundation. PRINCE2 2017 Practitioner. What Is PRINCE2? PRINCE2 Agile Foundation.

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10 Strategies for Successful Project Execution

ProjectManager.com

Per the latest PMI Pulse of the Profession 2017, “C-suite continues to be largely focused on bridging strategy formulation and execution and tackling technology and business disruption.” Ineffective corporate governance. Williams’ research reveals the gaps we’ve been missing. Disengaged executive sponsors. Poor change management.

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Implications of Artificial Intelligence on Project Management

The IIL Blog

The future of AI in project management will depend on how we implement, use, and govern it! He received the PMI Fellow award in 2017. Eugene is a Strategy and Management Consultant with three decades of Information Technology and Program Execution experience. Euguene earned an M.S.