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6 Effective Ways to Mitigate Resource Risks in Project Management

PM Times

If your answer is “yes” to the above questions, it’s high time to develop strategies to mitigate these resource-related risks. If not managed […] The post 6 Effective Ways to Mitigate Resource Risks in Project Management appeared first on Project Management Articles, Webinars, Templates and Jobs.

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Project Management Job Titles: Understanding the Types of Roles in Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

What ‘project manager’ means to one business will be slightly different to how another company uses the term. In this article, we’ll go through what they mean and what you can expect to do in one of those roles. Project managers work on things that have a beginning, a middle and an end, with a defined end result.

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Agile Maturity & Change Management: 3 Steps for Achieving Executive Buy-In

Project Management Update Submitted Articles

Agile Maturity & Change Management: 3 Steps for Achieving Executive Buy-In. Large-scale change is difficult for any organization, and no less so when it involves growing Agile maturity in project and portfolio management. Here are three steps for encouraging risk-averse executives to support PMO maturity initiatives. #1

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6 Easy Ways to Manage Group Think and Risk at Work

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This is a guest article by Dr Mike Clayton , the brains behind Online PM Courses.com. It’s an edited extract from his book Risk Happens ! Group Think Introduces Risk. Therefore, with dissent discouraged, groups tend to endorse higher risk decisions than individuals would. Dr Mike Clayton. Can’t see the video?

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BEE Methodology Practitioner Course Review

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Change management is often part of a project manager’s role, but we don’t get a lot of formal training in how to make it happen. However, the risk of getting the change aspects wrong can be huge. A cost-effective and comprehensive self-paced training.

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12 Free Project Planning Templates for Excel and Word

ProjectManager.com

Even if you’re using project management software, project planning templates can help you with everything from decision making, such as with our free RACI matrix template, to identifying project deliverables, with our free work breakdown structure template. Risk Register Template Risks are unexpected events in a project.

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How to Fix 5 Project Management Skills Gaps

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Skill #2: Managing risks Risk management is a core skill for a project manager, and one that I would hesitate to ‘outsource’ to a team member. So much of risk management is tied up in being able to see the big picture, and as a project manager you are best placed to do that. Need a mentor?

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