Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 17, 2022

In this article, I’ll give you some tips about how to be aware of the impact of culture on communication at work and how to create an environment that is inclusive. Even bringing different organizations together can create a culture clash, for example, between informal workplaces and those that have strict project governance and processes.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 17, 2023

Shall I notify you about articles like this one? Some reasons include the following: Control and oversight : Management might want to maintain control and supervision over a Scrum team’s work, ensuring that the team follows established processes and guidelines.

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Online PM Courses

JULY 30, 2018

These have been among our most popular and heavily-read articles, so I hope you’ll enjoy them. We have written a lot of articles (and we’ll continue to do so) on how to make your projects succeed. These articles include: How to get Better Project Management Results. Articles you might like. But still possible.

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Herding Cats

DECEMBER 30, 2017

One of the 4 summary root causes of project performance failures is Unrealistic Cost and Schedule Estimates based on inadequate risk-adjusted growth models. One notion in a governance paradigm is It's Not Your Money . If you have no uncertainty, then estimates provide no value. This is how business works.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Bottom-up Estimating A project estimation technique that leverages tactical-level team members/subject matter experts (SMEs) to break down tasks into smaller components to create a more accurate estimate. process, policy, practices, perceptions, etc.) Also known as continuous process improvement.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Chapter 5 covers the agile project management model and then the rest of the book covers the process and project lifecycle in detail, with chapters on governance, scaling and performance measurement. Agile Estimating and Planning by Mike Cohn. It’s a practical guide to estimating and planning projects in an agile environment.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 18, 2023

The 3-step lessons learned process The lessons learned process is easier than you might think. And the Government Accountability Office does the same function in the USA. Process change is hard, especially when you are busy doing the actual project. Talk about what worked and what didn’t work. Act on the information.

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Inloox

MAY 30, 2022

The costs, initially estimated at 190 million euros, have now risen to 332 million euros and are expected to keep increasing. During the extensive approval processes alone, inflation can already pose a threat to budget planning. The complexity of the processes of and between the service providers demand transparency.

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Project-Management.pm

APRIL 15, 2017

Countless business articles have provided you viable information regarding project portfolio management , accompanied by its objective, the roles of the portfolio manager, and the benefits of the project portfolio management as a whole. And the answer to all of these is in the guise of project portfolio management process steps.

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The IIL Blog

JULY 12, 2023

I was the Chair for both the Sixth and Seventh Editions, and I wrote this article to help you navigate the layout of the latest edition of the PMBOK ® Guide. There was a big change in the Standard as the content shifted from being focused on Process Groups to project management principles. I’ll start by describing the Standard.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 29, 2021

In this article we’ll look at common project risks so you can start filling up your risk log and making the right plans. It’s our job to facilitate the discussion and extract those risks so they can be actively managed: that’s the risk management process. Poor estimating. Sometimes the estimates are just rubbish.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Paul Boos has a post about estimating and makes a case for the Principles of when NOT to estimate. This struck a cord around a bigger topic - the inversion of estimating. When should we NOT estimate? Then on to the original conjecture for No Estimates from Paul's post. That is, to make decision with “No estimates”.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 9, 2020

In this article, you’ll learn: Where in the world pays project managers the most How many jobs are available in top cities Which cities made it into the Global Liveability Index Which city made it on to the list… even though it hasn’t been built yet Which city tops the list for EU investment. Source: PMI; figures relate to country).

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Kiron Bondale

AUGUST 8, 2021

In my last article, I had written about our current personal project of moving from our current home to a new house in a different city. As our family is a long standing team, the Develop Team process is less relevant than the Manage Team one and significant effort has been spent to ensure that team members are engaged, motivated and focused!

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

An Estimate is a value inferred for a population of values based on data collected from a sample of data from that population. The estimate can also be produced parametrically or through a simulation (Monte Carlo is common, but Method of Moments is another we use). . Estimates can be about the past, present, or future.

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Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 7, 2024

Discover the importance of organizational governance systems, delve into essential project-associated functions, learn how to navigate the project environment, and ensure you are communicating and building relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 18, 2017

Can you make a decision without an estimate? There are NO means of making a credible decision in the presence of uncertainty without estimating the outcome of that decision. These two points of view are the basis of any credible business management process. Don't assume, Estimate. This type of fallacy is common. .

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Herding Cats

APRIL 29, 2017

What is an estimate? An estimate as a noun is an approximate calculation or judgment of the value, number, quantity, or extent of something. An estimate as a verb is to roughly calculate or judge the value, number, quantity, or extent of. But those estimates, nouns, and verbs themselves's have other attributes.

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Velociteach

APRIL 11, 2023

Including the project manager early in the process is advantageous. A 5-Whys analysis can facilitate the purpose-discovery process by asking, “What problem are we trying to solve?” The requirements set expectations, define constraints, and are input into the cost and duration estimates. Risk management is an ongoing process.

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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 1, 2016

DP6Jw is an overview of this process. To control this process using feedback and corrective actions ‒ in the same way, your closed loop controller for your air conditioner or heater does - a sampling rate is determined based on the rate of change of the underlying processes. Stochastic process control is the field of study.

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 27, 2017

There's a recent post titled Four Fallacious Reasons to Estimate. It lists the usual suspects for why those spending the money think they don't have to estimate how much they plan to spend when they'll be done producing the value they've been assigned to produce for that expenditure. Let's look at each one in more detail.

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Velociteach

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

This article presents a framework for modeling project context and considerations for tailoring. Plan Elements The Plan is like a book with three main sections: Execution Parameters establish how the project will be managed along with the approach, required lifecycle phases, and governance procedures.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

The behavioral aspects of these decisions involve individuals, organizations, processes, procedures, and governance principles. . You're NOT going to increase the probability of success in the presence of uncertainty without making estimates of the aleatory and epistemic uncertainties the create project risk. Related articles.

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Herding Cats

MAY 8, 2016

ways to make decisions with No Estimates. can we make a decision in the presence of Uncertainty without making an estimate of the impact or outcome of that decision? What would be the evidence that we could make decisions in the presence of uncertanty without estimating the impacts and outcomes of those decisions? . Start here.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 20, 2018

Estimating Software-Intensive Systems: Project, Products, and Processes , Richard D. Stutzke is a starting point for estimating software projects. I recommend it for anyone starting out in the estimating business all the way to seasoned veterans. First, let's look at some established definitions.

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nTask

MAY 5, 2021

Cost benefit analysis is also known as benefit cost analysis or CBA for short is a business process to help evaluate decisions. This analysis is a process that allows you to more easily analyze decisions , projects, or systems. Usually, costs are easy to estimate and quantify. You can also determine the value for intangibles.

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Project-Management.pm

MAY 31, 2017

Portfolios are thus born to organize and prioritize projects and govern the resources and team within each of them. The purpose of establishing data that contains accurate information, as well as reliable content that includes forecasted or estimated cost, project name, timeframe, and expected returned value. Competitive advantages.

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MPUG

DECEMBER 2, 2019

There was an initial resistance in implementing new processes, but my client was very supportive. I have written this article to share the best steps for implementing and managing project schedules in a PMO. Step II – Create Processes and Guidelines. Estimate project and activity duration. A PMO is a governing body, also.

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Planview

JANUARY 19, 2023

However, many digital transformation initiatives struggle to deliver the expected financial value, with more than half lagging behind original estimates, according to a Gartner survey of CIOs. VSM measures the end-to-end speed throughput and efficiency of delivery across all the people and processes involved, from planning to delivery.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 17, 2019

Here are my collected works, presentations, briefings, journal papers, articles, white papers, and essays, used to increase the Probability of Project Success (PoPS) I've developed and applied over my career in the software-intensive system of systems domain. Managment Processes. Project Governance. Presentations and Briefings.

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International Institute for Learning

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Perhaps the most significant reason for the slow growth of many needed project management changes was due to senior management’s desire for standardization of governance and execution for the multitude of traditional projects managed for external clients. Processes were based upon a stationary rather than moving target.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

We do it as children, we do it as teenagers (often terrifying our parents in the process) and we do it as adults. Strengths-based project management is an approach to project management that focuses on the people rather than the process. In fact, the approach that has the biggest impact is to model the behaviour you are looking for.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 9, 2018

She recommended the following: Setup systems and processes to structure your work. That means going to conferences, writing articles for trade publications and posting to respected blogs. There’s a chance your estimation of the market rate is wrong. Write articles or blogs to get visibility, and establish your credibility.

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Planio

JANUARY 2, 2023

Estimate your task durations. Before diving into the somewhat complicated process of critical path analysis, it’s important to first understand the main elements that underpin CPM. Task Duration (D): Once you have your tasks broken down, you need to estimate how long each task will take. For this article, we’ll use Float (F).

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Herding Cats

APRIL 14, 2018

Software engineering economics is a topic that addresses the elements of software project costs estimation and analysis and project benefit-cost ratio analysis. This randomness comes from the underlying uncertainties (Epistemic and Aleatory) in the processes found in the development of the software.

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TrustRadius Project Management

JANUARY 28, 2022

This makes discovery software incredibly important because you will need to store and process ESI. eDiscovery tools are also brimming with features like metadata extraction and real-time data processing to streamline any paralegal’s workload. The eDiscovery process often has features designed for handling legal or investigative needs.

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Productivity Land

MARCH 21, 2023

In this article, we will discover the various steps you can take to start a successful data science career in the US. It is estimated that the data science market in the US will reach $116 billion by 2027 from an estimated $31 billion in 2019. This shows a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.7%.

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