Henny Portman

DECEMBER 22, 2023

In 2023 I reviewed many books and created several corresponding quick reference cards. In 2023 the English version of the book Agile Portfolio Management I wrote together with Rini van Solingen was published (order at Amazon: [link] ). The counter till so far: 309 book reviews, 139 QRCs. van Solingen, R.

2023 52

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Kiron Bondale

AUGUST 21, 2022

It supports practices such as increased governance oversight and reduced autonomy and flexibility for staff. If we consider how project risk management is covered in many books and courses, it clearly aligns more with the Safety-I mindset than its progressive counterpart. On the other hand, a Safety-II perspective is optimistic.

Governance 326

Governance Government Risk Management Risk 326

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 2, 2022

A rolling wave plan starts with knowing the major milestones or governance points. These could be anchored by project phases, major deliverables, key governance review points or simply that you have chosen to plan in three-month increments. How to create a rolling wave plan. Finally, include the long-range tasks.

Planning 402

Planning Governance Government 2015 402

Kiron Bondale

APRIL 3, 2022

For every person who adamantly insists that estimates are needed to support proper governance, someone else will argue that the inherent wrongness of an estimate and how estimates are abused will wipe out any benefits of defining them. It’s available on Amazon.com and on Amazon.ca as well as a number of other online book stores).

Estimate 345

Estimate 2012 Governance Government 345

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 20, 2022

I spoke to the authors of Strategies for Project Sponsorship , a book about how to sponsor projects, and reading it from a project manager’s perspective is a great way to improve how you interact and engage with your project sponsor. This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management.

Retail 392

Retail Governance Government Consulting 392

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

PRINCE2 has its roots in the UK public sector and government but is now used and loved around the world. They all help you learn how to manage a project lifecycle through controllable stages and implement appropriate governance, including a project board. 7 Best PRINCE2 Books for 2023 (Including PRINCE2 Agile Books). *23

Prince2 414

Prince2 Certification PMI Governance 414

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

I’m probably the ideal audience for this book: I don’t need convincing. I wrote a book about stakeholder engagement too. This book sets out a way to manage stakeholders that many project managers will recognize: Identify and document. This is personal preference and not particularly a disadvantage to the book.

Influencer 150

Influencer Governance Government Initiating 150

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Book travel tickets. If your office car park now has a booking system like mine, make sure you’ve got a spot reserved. I’ve lost count of the times I have booked a meeting during a busy work week and put in the invite ‘location TBC’. Apparently this happens a lot in our government buildings in Westminster.

Energy 372

Energy Transportation Governance Government 372

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

Here’s an introduction to these important groups as part of the governance framework so you can get yours set up and working on your project. A project board provides oversight and governance for the project. What you need is adequate governance for the project. What is a project board? Call your meetings anything you like.

Governance 358

Governance Government Risk Management Technical Review 358

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 22, 2020

I’m probably the ideal audience for this book: I don’t need convincing. I wrote a book about stakeholder engagement too. This book sets out a way to manage stakeholders that many project managers will recognize: Identify and document. This is personal preference and not particularly a disadvantage to the book.

Influencer 430

Influencer Governance Government Change Management 430

Leading Answers

DECEMBER 21, 2017

I was working for IBM at the time and was able to persuade my account manager to pitch the approach on one of our government projects. We were all set for a big client success and who better than the British Government for good publicity! As it turns out, plenty due to my ill-advised approach. My enthusiasm was about to be tested.

Governance 121

Governance Government Process Underperforming Technical Team 121

Kiron Bondale

MAY 30, 2021

In a recent HBR article , the authors wrote about research they had conducted over a year on the relationships between how dispersed teams were and the speed at which their projects either succeeded or failed. It’s available on Amazon.com and on Amazon.ca as well as a number of other online book stores).

Sustainability 358

Sustainability Governance Government Leadership 358

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 24, 2023

From examples of project activities in a business versus operational activities to strategies for balancing projects and operations simultaneously — this article will help you understand the differences and consider the similarities. This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management

Retail 407

Retail Governance Government Healthcare 407

Kiron Bondale

MARCH 27, 2023

In both of these books, he provides compelling arguments supported by a number of case studies taken from different domains to show that while some might envision the future as becoming more and more digital, we will continue to cherish and yearn for analog experiences. Similarly, A.I.

ChatGPT 177

ChatGPT 2022 Governance Government 177

ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The term scrum was introduced in a “Harvard Business Review” article from 1986 by Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka. It became a part of agile when Ken Schwaber and Mike Beedle wrote the book “Agile Software Development with Scrum” in 2001. Get work management software that fits with every methodology.

Technical Review 483

Technical Review Prince2 Manufacturing Lean 483

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 25, 2022

She’s even written the book on it. Your book covers all of this. Writing the book gave me a wonderful opportunity to look back on my many projects and savor the moments that were meaningful. I hope to write another book in 2020, but I am waiting to see what my audience wants to know more about before I start that.

Underperforming Technical Team 401

Underperforming Technical Team 2020 2001 PMI 401

Project-Management.pm

AUGUST 30, 2017

What really is project management governance? With countless articles and books in the business spectrum conveying such practice, project management governance is in the sense, subjective. In other words, a person left on his or her own device of his or her definitive understanding of governance as a whole.

Governance 97

Governance Government Underperforming Technical Team Project Life Cycle 97

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

The History of PRINCE2® PRINCE2® is part of the best practice guidance that came out of the UK Office of Government Commerce. A British government agency, the Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency, licensed it for use in government IT projects back in 1979. It was renamed PRINCE. Directing gets a process of its own.

Prince2 358

Prince2 Technical Review Governance Government 358

The IIL Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Emphasis on Sustainability and ESG Practices: The year 2024 underscores an amplified emphasis on sustainability and the integration of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices into project management. Register here.

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2024 Artificial Inteligence Sustainability 2023 168

Scrum.org

APRIL 10, 2023

By Lavaneesh Gautam , Professional Scrum Trainer In the previous article (Stakeholder Exploration: Part 1 of 4 Steps of the Stakeholder Engagement) , we discussed: “Stakeholder”- who are they? Stakeholder Analysis The definition we discussed in the previous article. Stakeholder Engagement” What does it mean?

Influencer 210

Influencer Governance Government Consulting 210

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

In this article, we’ll explain what the performance domains are and give you some examples of what you need to know about each one. I’ll update the article when more information is available. Instead of the Knowledge Areas , we have the whole body of project management split up into 3 performance domains. Domain I: People.

Technical Review 466

Technical Review PMI Influencer Leadership 466

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 24, 2020

5: Review the governance structure. Is there a governance structure ? Action if there is no formal governance: My first point of call would be your project sponsor. Action if there is no formal governance: My first point of call would be your project sponsor. Who is your project sponsor? What’s the reporting schedule?

PMO 505

PMO Governance Government Budget 505

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 27, 2022

Who has paid library fines even though the books are just there ready to go back, because she can’t get out of the office for 20 minutes to return them. In his book Yes: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive , Robert B. Come to think of it, that soldier story might be in that book too. Book some more.

Risk Management 331

Risk Management Risk Initiating Governance 331

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 3, 2023

If you are studying for the Project Management Professional (PMP)® exam, this is the article you need to help you break down and understand the contents of the exam. In this article, we’ll explain what the performance domains are in the exam content outline and give you some examples of what you need to know about each one for the test.

Technical Review 298

Technical Review Software Review PMI 2023 298

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 24, 2022

Peter Taylor, Ron Rosenhead and Vicki James have just written a book called Strategies for Project Sponsorship , about (surprise, surprise) project sponsors. Our book is a step in reducing these factors by providing the best practices for sponsors and arming the project manager with strategies to influence.

2012 195

2012 Influencer Governance Government 195

Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The incremental decision making approach is often used in government settings, such as defining public policy. Having a clear process for decision making is a factor of good governance because it adds transparency. I learned about this in the book Yes! This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management.

Governance 337

Governance Government Risk Management Influencer 337

LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

So much of what you might have read about online or in project management books, or even be taught on training courses, is simply not aligned the skills we need to use every day. In this article I’ll look at 5 project management techniques, processes and skills that you will no doubt have heard mentioned time and time again.

Governance 588

Governance Government Influencer Lean 588

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 3, 2020

Sarah Coleman is co-author of Project Leadership, a book in its third edition exploring how leadership and project management intertwine. Managing upwards to the sponsor, governance committee and client, as well as looking at the performance of the project team. How is that reflected in your book? Great list! Thanks, Sarah!

Leadership 479

Leadership Governance Government Influencer 479

Kiron Bondale

MAY 16, 2021

In one of my earlier articles , I had proposed the use of behavioral nudges to help improve project governance. If you liked this article, why not pick up my book Easy in Theory, Difficult in Practice which contains 100 other lessons on project leadership?

Sustainability 229

Sustainability Governance Government Leadership 229

Leading Answers

DECEMBER 21, 2017

I was working for IBM at the time and was able to persuade my account manager to pitch the approach on one of our government projects. We were all set for a big client success and who better than the British Government for good publicity! As it turns out, plenty due to my ill-advised approach. My enthusiasm was about to be tested.

Governance 60

Governance Government Process Underperforming Technical Team 60

The IIL Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The importance of understanding value appeared several decades ago in articles discussing systems engineering activities. VE and VA terms are most frequently used on government projects rather than in traditional project management applications. EVMS is still being used, especially on government projects. Register here.

2023 158

2023 Engineering Project Life Cycle Technical Review 158

Kiron Bondale

AUGUST 29, 2021

Checks and balances are required but these should be done in the spirit of lean governance rather than of micromanagement. If you liked this article, why not pick up my book Easy in Theory, Difficult in Practice which contains 100 other lessons on project leadership?

Governance 207

Governance Government Lean Leadership 207

Kiron Bondale

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

For example, running a project in a long-standing, large organization usually involves heavier governance and oversight than that for a startup. If you liked this article, why not read my book Easy in Theory, Difficult in Practice which contains 100 other lessons on project leadership? Context (at all levels) counts. (If

Influencer 194

Influencer Governance Government Software Developers 194

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 27, 2020

In this article, we’ll look at the things that make up a typical project management job description, and then look at some specialist industries plus the role of a junior project manager. You should be able to copy and paste from this article to create a job description – and then simply edit it to fit the role you are writing it for.

Construction 326

Construction Certification Governance Government 326

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

If they don’t realise they have to use the room booking process for sorting out meeting rooms, they will continue to circumnavigate the process and go directly to the office manager: causing problems on both sides, I expect. An older version of this article first appeared on the 2080 blog in 2017. People need training on processes.

Process 377

Process PMO Risk Management Software Review 377

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 25, 2022

This is a guest article by Dr Mike Clayton, who is the well-known author and trainer behind Online PM Courses.*. And this means three things to me: The Governance Hierarchy This is your sponsor, steering group, project board, project auditors and assessors, and anyone else who has a responsibility for the proper performance of your project.

Risk Management 264

Risk Management Risk Energy Governance 264

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 4, 2021

First came PRINCE in 1989 as the UK government standard for IT project management. There are other differences: the PMBOK® Guide usefully covers procurement, whereas PRINCE2 assumes you are operating in an environment constrained by a contract, because of its roots in government IT projects. Are there eligibility requirements?

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Prince2 Underperforming Technical Team Certification PMI 422