ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2018

If so, it might be time to start implementing proven project management processes and phases at your organization in order to bring your company’s workflow under control. Without project management tools, you’ll be scrambling to gather actionable data, track progress and meet deadlines. Phases of Project Management.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 19, 2021

We had the go/no go meeting and as I sat in the office, it just felt like we weren’t ready. It’s helpful to have a decision-making process or framework to guide you, especially when faced with complex problems that require additional info from others. There are 5 steps the decision-making process in project management.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2024

We’ll go over that and link to free project management templates that can help you in this process. The project strategy works to meet the organization’s mission, but its goals are specific to the individual project it’s directing. What Is Project Strategy? That’s the project scope.

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NimbleWork

APRIL 16, 2024

Project management is a multifaceted discipline that combines techniques, processes, and strategies to plan, execute, monitor, and control projects effectively. The Five Project Management Processes: 1. Initiating: This process involves defining the project and obtaining authorization to begin work.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 8, 2024

We’ll also note the difference between an RFI in construction and other construction project management documents before going into the construction RFI process, the different types of RFIs and more. Download Word File The Construction RFI Process The RFI process can take many shapes and forms. What Is an RFI in Construction?

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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. Ops managers want (and seek) stability so they can manage process performance.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Using project planning templates can help you schedule tasks, estimate budgets and allocate resources. They organize your tasks, help you write a project charter, come up with an accurate budget and so much more. That’s how you deliver on time and within budget. Without a plan, projects are in trouble.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 18, 2022

By the end of this article, hopefully, you will have a better understanding of how to approach requirements gathering (which we should really call eliciting requirements) for your next project! Non-functional requirements are the quality attributes that the system must meet, such as performance, security, auditability, and usability.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2024

The APM BOK defines project quality as: “The fitness for purpose of the degree of conformance of the outputs of a process, or the process itself to requirements.” Good” could be: The buttons are green The process takes less than 3 seconds Latency is 0.1 But, projects rarely have dedicated budgets for training.

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nTask

MARCH 2, 2021

Understanding the fundamentals of the Marketing planning process makes it easier for professionals to come up with a robust marketing plan. The success of marketing depends on the development of an efficient marketing plan, created via a strategic marketing planning process. The Steps Involved In Marketing Planning Process.

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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. Call your meetings anything you like.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The strategic goals will be communicated several ways, such as documentation and meetings, but often the most effective tool is the visual strategic map. ProjectManager is award-winning project and portfolio management software that helps you create timelines and budgets for your organization’s projects and processes.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 12, 2022

Project governance is an important part of project management processes – even if it’s not the most exciting part of getting work done. Gate reviews, or stage reviews are part of the PRINCE2® process, and also part of the Infrastructure and Projects Authority’s Project Roadmap in the Governance module. The stage gate process explained.

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PM Basics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Therefore, I spent lots of time and effort creating a practical risk management process. Risk management process is a structured approach to identifying, assessing, addressing, and controlling risks. It’s a combination of processes and tools a project manager applies to discover threats and opportunities that may impact a project.

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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. If you work in legal project management , talk about your process improvement initiatives or projects relevant to the job you are going for today.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 31, 2023

Deliverables can be both the result of the project itself, but also the results of the process of the project, such as the project plan , reports or other documents. Budgets are also part of a project. You need money to pay for the resources to meet the demands of the project within the time allotted. What Is Project Management?

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PM Basics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Scope management is a combination of processes and tools that help to identify tangible and intangible project outcomes. After that, these integrated processes help to describe, control, and validate the work to be done by the project team in order to create those outcomes. Then, you can dive deeper into each process and tool.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 12, 2023

Merging required some major organizational changes such as introducing new technology, creating a new management team and alternation in business processes and policies. Miscommunication Big projects usually include multiple parties who all want to be an integral part of the project and who want to participate in decision-making process.

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Resource Guru

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

There’s work and then there’s all the tasks that go into making that work possible: soliciting feedback, fielding approvals, sitting in meetings, and (sometimes) Slacking your colleagues to align on a project. The result is that you may be left scrambling to meet tight deadlines, without the resources you need to make your work shine.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Need some help with the project budget? Anything from attending meetings, drafting communications, and carrying out other stakeholder engagement activities with their peers is fair game. There won’t be any surprises as they’ve seen the process the whole way through. Want to do a presentation to Marketing but don’t have the time?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

This is a guest article by author Edoardo Binda Zane. We start with 5 steps for how to put a proposal budget together and then Edoardo shares a worked (fictional) example to show you what the budget would look like once it is completed. A proposal budget is similar to a project budget, but with a very different goal.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 18, 2024

Practical work experience counts for such a lot on your CV, and the fact that you can meet professional standards, understand the jargon of the job and interact with others confidently will all help you secure your next role. The application process requires you to show that you have 5 GCSEs at C or above and A Levels or equivalent.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 29, 2022

Consider the following attributes of a modern transaction processing system, whether located on a server in the corporate data center or delivered as Software-as-a-Service in the Cloud. Once you’ve identified who will be the auditors for this system, work with them to ensure it will meet their needs.

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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.

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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. The 3 performance domains in project management are: People Process Business Environment. I’ll update the article when more information is available. Domain II: Process. Domain I: People.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 1, 2023

One of the project management principles in The Standard for Project Management is to build quality into processes and deliverables. Coming up with the quality management approach to ensure the project team can meet the expectations, specification and criteria set. It’s the process of monitoring and checking quality.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 24, 2022

You have probably had one or more lessons learned meetings by now. It’s possible that you haven’t done your final post-project evaluation meeting – your team may want some reflection time between the official last day of the project and sharing their thoughts, or you may not have been able to get everyone together before project closure.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 2, 2023

I’ve also included some low cost/high value resources that I find myself recommending frequently to people who are on tight budgets. Here are some free and low cost/high value project management training resources available online that I find myself recommending frequently to people who are on tight budgets. Nope, neither did I.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

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. Why you should budget for backfill resources in your project budgets. Does your project budget include funding for backfill?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 22, 2021

Did you know that 56% of your project budget might be at risk due to poor communications? In this article, I’ll explain project communication management, why it matters, give an overview of the communications process, and some examples of where you might apply it on your own projects. THE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT PROCESS.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

In this article I’ll share estimating techniques for schedules and budgets: the kind of things we need to know to get projects done. We create estimates mainly for project budgets and project schedules. The answers to these questions will allow you to pull together a project timeline and a budget. Why estimate?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 8, 2022

It identifies planning risks based on fiscal boundaries (for example, where you can’t move the project budget from one financial year to the next) and also on calendar boundaries (for example, delivering something before the end of the tax year). This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 22, 2020

In this article I’ll share my top 15 project management tools that I use for managing multiple projects. It’s a simple table that I created in Excel because I was finding it hard to track the actions from each of the meetings I chaired or took minutes for. A Post-Meeting Checklist. My Budget Tracker.

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Inloox

JANUARY 18, 2019

Although a kick-off meeting is not absolutely necessary for this, it is a good means to provide the necessary motivational boost for everyone involved. In this article we will give you a detailed insight into the topic of kick-off meetings in project management. Why is a kick-off meeting useful for project management?

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Wrike

JANUARY 18, 2024

Edwards Deming once said: “ If you can’t describe what you’re doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.” In the same way, school teachers often have a litmus test to determine if you understood what you were taught. “If By and large, they should be purposely understood, planned, and executed using a systematic process.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Or if they know it but haven’t documented it, write a paragraph – no need for lengthy meetings if everyone sort of knows but hasn’t seen it on paper. 6: Review the budget Is the budget approved? Action if there is no budget plan or information: Back to the PMO or your Finance team. You might find a project schedule.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

It is a record of the project management process. It’s a process that you’ll complete over time. Scope can include system descriptions, design documents, process maps and other documentation as well as the software or systems themselves. Budget Share the project budget position. It’s part of the project lifecycle.

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