Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

In this article we’ll look at what is a project board, and other names they are known by, who should be there, when to schedule meetings, what to talk about, how to report to this group and lots more so you can make sure it’s working effectively and efficiently. Budget position. They should help guide you to project success.

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Governance Government Risk Management Technical Review 352

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 11, 2022

In this article, I’ll explain what a strategic planning meeting can cover and share a sample agenda you can customize for your strategy sessions. There’s no fixed cadence for strategy conversations. Present the budget figures related to the area and the confidence levels around meeting those. When do strategic meetings happen?

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In this article, we will explore the concept of Safe Scrum, its impact on team performance, how to implement it in your team, how to measure its success, and future trends in Safe Scrum practices. This cadence allows for regular feedback and course correction, so that teams stay on track and deliver high-quality results.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 30, 2023

This article is another excursion into this nascent yet fascinating new technology of generative AI and LLMs and the future of knowledge work. Shall I notify you about articles like this one? A rough estimation of the budget required. TL; DR: Agile Transformation with ChatGPT or McBoston?

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

In this article, we will explore the importance of a status report, the elements of a comprehensive report, the steps to design a template, and tips for making your status report more effective. Risk and Issue Tracking: This highlights any potential risks or issues that may impact the project’s success.

Risk Management 36

Risk Management Cadence Risk Technical Review 36

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

From sunk costs, HIPPO-ism, my-budget-my-features to self-fulfilling prophecies?— Shall I notify you about articles like this one? Apparently, there is a difference in the inspect & adapt cadence when product strategy and Sprint Backlog are compared to each other. I do believe that the Macintosh II made the iPhone possible. ‘My

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Wrike

JUNE 15, 2023

Getting granular with work projects is important as you’re often faced with pressure from several sources: Time limits Budget constraints Client expectations Stakeholder opinion Without a measured or considered approach to how you’ll tackle both major and minor projects, the risk of falling prey to pressure from any of these sources increases.

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Herding Cats

JULY 29, 2017

Or plan on being late, over budget, and reduced probability of technical success, before you start. Related articles. IT Risk Management. Herding Cats: Capabilities Release or Cadence Release. All Value is Cost and Time dependent. This is called Software Engineering Economics.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 12, 2016

Can these two Features 2015007 and 2015008 going to make into the next Cadence release, scheduled for the end of November?". In our domain that starts with a Broad Area Announcement to provide a "sanity check" to those asking for the solution to "test the bounds of the budget they may need to acquire the capabilities from the project.

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Resource Guru

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Our focus in this article is primarily on “billable hours,” which are the hours dedicated solely to client-facing, revenue-generating tasks. Reduce risks before they escalate: A sub-optimal utilization rate can be an early warning sign of projects derailing further down the road.

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 5, 2017

Managing Cost, Schedule, & Technical Performance Risk Is The Basis Of Good Project Management. Risk management is essential to the success of any significant project. The emerging risks that can be identified early in the project that impact the project later are often termed “known unknowns.” Hope is Not a Strategy.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 31, 2020

You get super clear backlogs, you find out what the real cadences you’ve finished work that you start. And so like in some of the early I think it was maybe it was Merrifield book rework or maybe it came from your HBR article I can’t remember. – So there’s the risk of incremental stuff, it’s reality.

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Leading Agile

JUNE 29, 2023

Here are some books you need to read, try this article, attend this conference, or go to this two-day course. Regulatory compliance can clash with speed, and having strategy goals and budgets that we can communicate to the markets and achieve may conflict with the need for continuous learning and adaptation. Let me share an example.

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MPUG

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Budgets, of course, which we might go and get from another system. This could be spend month to month, and whether our spend is above or below budget. Power BI gets refreshed every month so it has a high cadence. I can say, “Hey, I want to be alerted if for each project my budget is approaching 10% of the actual spend.

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Software Review 2020 Risk Management Governance 52

Herding Cats

APRIL 5, 2016

In our domain this is the Performance Measurement Baseline, which is a time-phased budget plan for accomplishing work against which contract performance is measured. It includes the budgets assigned to scheduled control accounts and the applicable indirect budgets. Related articles. IT Risk Management.

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Leading Agile

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Ron Jeffries’ classic article, “We Tried Baseball and it Didn’t Work” , is an amusing and yet chillingly accurate description of this situation. Code quality increased and the risk of changing code was reduced. For any approach to “work,” the necessary conditions for success must be in place.

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MPUG

JUNE 1, 2022

You have your integration, scope, schedule, cost, quality, resources, communications, risk, procurement, stakeholders, right? Jeff: You know, employees consistent risk evaluation. You’re like, where’s the risk register? Where’s the talk about risk? Where’s my risk checklist? Where is that?

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PMI Software Review Estimate Risk Management 59

Leading Agile

AUGUST 20, 2018

But there’s a risk that people will get excited about automation and get ahead of themselves. Including appropriate tooling in the automated CI process covers most of the remaining risks in this area. No one can check for unknown issues, even using manual methods, so no risk is introduced by automating this step.

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