ProjectManager.com

APRIL 5, 2024

It keeps equipment in optimal working condition, which leads to more efficiency and quality and keeps work on time and within budget. Learn how to create a maintenance schedule and download a free maintenance schedule template to get started. Project management software can help organizations keep to their maintenance schedule.

Manufacturing 311

Manufacturing Construction Software Review Healthcare 311

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 14, 2019

A project manager’s job isn’t just about managing the work. Part of a resource management plan is to build the skills of your team. However, you should also consider how good they are at doing the work of projects – project management. Risk management is a great example. Identify project risks.

Risk Management 246

Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2015 246

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 22, 2024

I mentor project managers, and the types of problems that people come up with on calls are not technical issues for the most part. Or “resources” as we unkindly call people in project management. Why is effective resource management difficult? I’m sure you can think of some poor resource management examples.

Technical Review 275

Technical Review PMO Risk Management Software Review 275

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 8, 2022

Planning is an essential part of what project managers do, so you would expect there to be some mention of how to deal with fixed date projects in the PRINCE2® manuals. Project managers still need some guidance on how to manage projects that have a fixed date. There isn’t. So that’s good.

Prince2 392

Prince2 Software Review Risk Management Risk 392

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 28, 2023

RAG reporting is a good way to draw management’s attention to projects that need support. Let’s learn more about RAG in project management because it’s a really useful, visual way of communicating project status. What is RAG is project management? Senior management support is needed.

Software Review 280

Software Review PMO Risk Management Closing 280

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Tolerances are an important part of being able to work autonomously as a project manager. However, the project sponsor is the person responsible for decisions that affect the project budget and the schedule, where making a change would deviate from the agreed plan. Which level of management sets the project tolerances?

Prince2 323

Prince2 Sustainability Risk Management Budget 323

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 1, 2023

When I brainstormed a list of project management skills to put on my resume (which over here in the UK we call a CV), it was a long list. How do you list the project management skills required without it turning into a giant list of buzzwords? Here’s how. On my CV, I have a section that covers skills. Soft skills (a.k.a.

Leadership 345

Leadership Risk Management PMI Governance 345

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The previous project manager might have moved on to do something else and you’ve got the project as part of an internal reshuffle of resources. Let me guide you through how to assess the state of the project you’ve inherited. You won’t know if the risk log is sound and the resource planning sensible until you investigate.

PMO 296

PMO Governance Government Budget 296

Project Risk Coach

MAY 28, 2019

After publishing my article entitled Evaluating Risks Using Qualitative Risk Analysis , I received questions on how to determine project budget reserves. Project Budget Reserves: Questions and Answers. Question #1 After evaluating risks qualitatively, do you set aside some dollars for a contingency reserve

Budget 186

Budget Estimate Risk Management Project Cost 186

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

And project managers contribute hugely to that because we go out and look for it. We challenge leaders, we talk about risk and what might go wrong and we call people out on poor performance through project monitoring and control. Project management conflict examples in the Concept Phase First up, the Concept or Initiation Phase.

Underperforming Technical Team 319

Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Risk Management 2012 319

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 11, 2022

Here’s how to showcase your projects on your CV (as we call a resume here in the UK, and I’ll use both terms interchangeably in this article) to make it clear what you are capable of. I’ve included some examples below so you can see how to phrase your resume sections. Here’s how to do it.

Technical Review 426

Technical Review Budget Prince2 Software Review 426

Project Risk Coach

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Learn to Better Manage Enterprise Risks Through Project Risk Management Many organizations have adopted enterprise risk management (ERM) as a way to make better decisions, get stronger operating results, and meet regulatory requirements. What is Enterprise Risk Management? Why is ERM important?

Risk Management 268

Risk Management Risk PMI Technical Review 268

Project Risk Coach

MARCH 21, 2022

Or perhaps your team said they had gathered the requirements, but in reality, the team had hastily rushed through the requirement process resulting in rework, missed deadlines, and another blown budget. No requirements management plan. The project manager should define the approach to requirements development and management.

Underperforming Technical Team 416

Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Risk Management Controlling 416

Project Risk Coach

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Learn to Better Manage Enterprise Risks Through Project Risk Management Many organizations have adopted enterprise risk management (ERM) as a way to make better decisions, get stronger operating results, and meet regulatory requirements. What is Enterprise Risk Management? Why is ERM important?

Risk Management 240

Risk Management Risk PMI Technical Review 240

Project Risk Coach

JUNE 20, 2022

The Project Management Institute (PMI) released the PMBOK® Guide, Seventh Edition in July 2021. In this article, let's look at each principle and why each one matters with respect to managing risks. Optimize Risk Responses 11. For example, one of the PMBOK® principles is to optimize risk responses.

Risk Management 195

Risk Management Risk Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team 195

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

One of the reasons for that is scope creep – and that’s what this article is all about. Scope creep in project management is where additional requirements are added to the project, beyond what was originally agreed and these additions are not formally authorized. Scope creep is caused by lack of requirements management.

Underperforming Technical Team 450

Underperforming Technical Team 2009 Controlling Risk Management 450

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 20, 2023

In this article we’ll look at the types of artifacts in project management, typical documents for each type. In project management, artifacts relate to documents, templates, outputs or a specific deliverable. For example: a project management artifact is the project closure document. What is an artifact?

Logistics 253

Logistics Artificial Inteligence PMI Performance Measurement 253

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 31, 2024

Projects always have certain constraints – there may be an urgency to complete a project because of external market factors, for example; or there may have to be tightly controlled costs because of a fixed or limited budget. You get a glimpse of Martin Barnes, inventor of the Iron Triangle, in this video on the history of project management.

Risk Management 352

Risk Management Budget Risk Sustainability 352

Project Risk Coach

MAY 17, 2021

If you are like most project managers, you are managing several projects. How well did the project remain in alignment with the original intent of the project? How much variance was there from the schedule and budget? The post How to Actually Close a Project appeared first on Project Risk Coach.

Closing 300

Closing Risk Management Risk Budget 300

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 9, 2021

Early on in my career, I had a call from the post room manager. Read next: my book Engaging Stakeholders on Projects: How to harness people power. You probably don’t need to be told of the risks of not engaging stakeholders. Read next: How to Deal with Challenging Situations Involving Stakeholders. So why do we bother?

Influencer 473

Influencer Risk Management Controlling Energy 473

ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Project planning is one of the first and most important aspects of project management. Using project planning templates can help you schedule tasks, estimate budgets and allocate resources. Project planning templates are part of project management. That’s how you deliver on time and within budget.

Planning 358

Planning Software Review Risk Management Budget 358

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

And it’s not what project management is supposed to be. Here’s how to make that happen so you can move on to your next project knowing you’ve left this one behind all tidy. It is a record of the project management process. The closure document talks about what you did and how that compared to what you set out to do.

Technical Review 263

Technical Review Closing Software Review Prince2 263

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 19, 2021

When I brainstormed a list of project management skills to put on my resume (which over here in the UK we call a CV), it was a long list. How do you list the project management skills required without it turning into a giant list of buzzwords? Here’s how. How to include project management skills on your CV.

Leadership 387

Leadership Governance Government Influencer 387

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 19, 2021

The easier part is always implementing that decision – after all, isn’t that what project managers do? As a project manager, you will be used to making multiple decisions on a daily basis. Some of the most common decisions for project managers are related to cost, scope, resources, and schedule. We would delay the pilot.

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Process Software Review Monitoring Risk Management 431

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Note: This article assumes you are working in a predictive environment. If you are using agile methodologies, you have other tools available to you to manage changes in requirements because flexing the scope of the project is very much built into the agile way of working. The budget. Project risks. Project risks.

Controlling 307

Controlling Agile Risk Management Process 307

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 10, 2023

Keeping track of problems on projects is really important if you want to come across as a professional project manager. I use an issues log (it’s an Excel spreadsheet) to make sure I record, remember and manage all the issues on my projects. I can filter it by issue status or by issue owner, and I like how flexible it is.

Technical Review 382

Technical Review Risk Management Budget Risk 382

PM Basics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

I’ve been managing software development projects for more than 11 years. Risk management is arguably the most crucial piece in my project management approach. Therefore, I spent lots of time and effort creating a practical risk management process. You’ll get the whole risk management process below.

Risk Management 104

Risk Management Risk Process Underperforming Technical Team 104

Project Risk Coach

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

It's a simple question, "Who owns the risks in agile projects?" In this article, let's uncover the role of risk owners and how to perform risk management in agile projects. What is a Risk Owner? When it comes to taking ownership of risks, it allows team members to have greater control over their work.

Risk 418

Risk Agile Risk Management SCRUM 418

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 6, 2022

This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management. The projects that you read about in the media are often high profile, with budgets in the multimillions or even billions. There are lots of undergraduate degrees and postgraduate certificates and degrees with a project management concentration.

Technical Review 276

Technical Review 2022 Certification Prince2 276

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 24, 2020

The previous project manager might have moved on to do something else and you’ve got the project as part of an internal reshuffle of resources. Let me guide you through how to assess the state of the project you’ve inherited. Get this free printable checklist about how to take over a project from someone else. Consider this.

PMO 505

PMO Governance Government Budget 505

Planio

APRIL 22, 2024

Project managers are born communicators. But, how do you distill complex information into just a few paragraphs while still portraying your vision and enabling decision-making? Why is it so important in project management? How is an executive summary different from other project documents? The background and context 2.

Executing 88

Executing Fractional CTO Technical Review CTO Hire 88

Scrum.org

MAY 14, 2024

However, with this comes the question: Can a Project Manager be a Scrum Master? While the transition may require some adjustment and a shift in mindset, Project Managers possess a wealth of experience and skills that can - for many - actually be beneficial for those fulfilling the Scrum Master accountability.

SCRUM 174

SCRUM Agile Risk Management Budget 174

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Their day job still needs to be done, so their manager may backfill the job with another person. Backfilling can be tricky, but with our guide, you’ll know everything you need to in order to successfully fill the gaps in your team and budget for project resources. Read next: How to take a sideways step in the job market.

Budget 387

Budget Risk Management Controlling Risk 387

PM Basics

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

In this article, you’ll find the real-life project risk management plan example. Below the example, you’ll find all the required information and resources to create your Risk Management Plan quickly and for free. Risk Management Plan Definition. Risk Register, WBS). Introduction.

Risk Management 105

Risk Management Risk Planning Technical Review 105

Scrum.org

APRIL 17, 2023

Read on and learn more about how a project management tool that is reasonably usable when you use it out of the box without any modifications turns into a bureaucratic nightmare, what the reasons for this might be, and what we can do about it. ?? Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

ChatGPT 182

ChatGPT Technical Review 2023 SCRUM 182

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 22, 2022

Get the right project resources Make quick decisions Understand project management techniques Know when to pull the plug Celebrate accomplishments Manage financial changes Overcome ignorance Set goals Communicate the facts Understand risk and reward. Not sure how to make that final call? Manage financial changes.

2012 371

2012 2013 Risk Management PMI 371

Project Bliss

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Have you wondered if project management was a good career path for you, and if so, just how to become a project manager ? You may be a natural born project manager. Project management may be your dream job. But maybe you have questions about project management as a career choice.

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Certification PMI Risk Management 2017 156