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BEE Methodology Practitioner Course Review

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I decided it was time to learn more about change management , and if you’ve come to that conclusion too, keep reading, as I have a detailed review of a very good (and not expensive) course that will help you: the BEE Methodology Practitioner course. I’ll be honest: PROSCI is out of my budget so I haven’t taken that course.

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Why do projects fail? (Includes examples!)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The ones that hit the papers are often public sector projects because their audits and budgets are more open to scrutiny. This was largely due to the unforeseen increase in the cost of steel. It also cost ten times more than the original budget, finally coming in at £430 million. Instead, tax payers have footed the bill.

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Project Initiation: How to Start Your Project on the Right Foot

MPUG

In this article, we will explore the importance of project initiation, cover best practices, and share 6 key steps for how project managers can get their projects started on the right foot. What is Project Initiation? Project initiation is the first phase of the project management life cycle.

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What we want from project management tools in 2022

Rebel’s Guide to PM

We have forecast and actual dates, timesheets, budgets, databases of lessons learned , risks, issues and changes. For example, imagine reviewing estimates from the project team. The tech exists out there to move project management tools on leaps and bounds.

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7 Hidden dangers of project management (Or why even well-planned projects sometimes fail)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Merging required some major organizational changes such as introducing new technology, creating a new management team and alternation in business processes and policies. They were unable to adapt to upgraded technology and modern methods which, eventually caused the company to throw in the towel. The same goes for human resources.

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

ProjectManager.com

The term scrum was introduced in a “Harvard Business Reviewarticle from 1986 by Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka. It’s a less technical method of project management that doesn’t put as much emphasis on task order or scheduling, but rather on balancing resources and keeping them flexible. Kanban Methodology.

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10 common resource management problems and how to fix them

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I mentor project managers, and the types of problems that people come up with on calls are not technical issues for the most part. A technical expert was needed on a project, but because he was a contractor he had quite a lot of flexibility over how he worked and when he took time off. Mostly, people want to chat about other people.