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The 7 Best Blog Posts on Project Management in 2018

ProjectManager.com

There’s always going to be some risk involved in a project, but often it’s how well you prepare and control that risk that marks good project management. That’s how you start the project, and how you start it is going to influence every phase that follows. That’s how you run a successful project.

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6 Easy Ways to Manage Group Think and Risk at Work

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It’s an edited extract from his book Risk Happens ! Group Think Introduces Risk. Therefore, with dissent discouraged, groups tend to endorse higher risk decisions than individuals would. Risky shift is the difference between the average risk taken by individuals and the risk taken by the group.

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PRINCE2: The Project Management Method Explained

Rebel’s Guide to PM

PRINCE2 Agile ® came along in 2018 to enable PRINCE2® to work with agile concepts like timeboxing and Kanban. You should look at what happened on past projects because that helps mitigate risk on your current project. You can tailor to fit the project’s: Size Importance Environment Team culture Risk Complexity. Because it works.

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Celebrating Women in Project Management

ProjectManager.com

A recent McKinsey report, called “ Women in the Workforce 2018 ,” states that “progress on gender diversity at work has stalled.”. Here’s what she had to say: Naomi Caietti : “You celebrated over 40 women in PM in 2018. The 3 pieces of research I point to are: McKinsey’s Report – Women in the Workplace 2018.

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Pulse of the Profession 2018: The Project Manager of the Future

Inloox

Invest in actively engaged executive sponsors as they will use their influence within an organization to actively overcome challenges by communicating the project’s alignment to strategy, removing roadblocks, and driving organizational change. Organizations then have the ability to minimize risks, control costs and increase value.

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6 Tips for Leaders as a Coach

Scrum.org

Provide them space where they can be at ease to take risks and create a rewarding ambience. Only limiting yourself to words will not influence the people you are coaching. He founded tryScrum.com in 2018 to execute his mission of Humanizing Organizations. It is easy when you have a non-judgmental approach in your attitude.

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Getting to Know the PMBOK Guide 7th Edition

The IIL Blog

There are 12 project management principles that address the following concepts: Stewardship Team Stakeholders Value Systems Thinking Leadership Tailoring Quality Complexity Risk Adaptability and Resilience Change Each principle has a label and the principle statement. For example, the principle label for Value is “Focus on Value”.

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