Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 1, 2019

Amongst her other consulting commitments, she is one of a handful of Project Academy coaches working with Cranfield University and PA Consulting to support the UK Government’s drive to increase senior project and programme management capability across government. What’s the difference between project management and project leadership?

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The IIL Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Emphasis on Sustainability and ESG Practices: The year 2024 underscores an amplified emphasis on sustainability and the integration of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices into project management. Dr Farrow is known for her compassionate leadership and engagement approach. Dr. Harold D. Register here.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 29, 2022

The role of the project manager has long been shifting away from someone who can tick off tasks as complete on a Gantt chart and towards a strategic leadership position for effecting change in an organization. Project managers still provide an irreplaceably human combination of leadership, integration of specialists, and ethical behaviour.

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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. Projects usually require project management practices to help them get delivered.

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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. Governance is a key part of that, and gate reviews are part of navigating through the project. Governance is a key part of that, and gate reviews are part of navigating through the project.

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Kiron Bondale

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

Harvard Business Review published an article this week about how boards can prepare for unexpected calamities such as pandemics, natural disasters or cyber-attacks. Boards play a key governance role in the successful running of companies. Steering committees play a similar role when it comes to projects.

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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. I’ll update the article when more information is available. Instead of the Knowledge Areas , we have the whole body of project management split up into 3 performance domains. Domain I: People.

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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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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2024

The creation process for an organization’s project strategy is in the hands of leadership and management. They help with prioritizing projects, providing governance guidelines and ensure that projects are beneficial to the organization by aligning with larger strategic goals. They’re not even good for collaboration.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

The History of PRINCE2® PRINCE2® is part of the best practice guidance that came out of the UK Office of Government Commerce. A British government agency, the Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency, licensed it for use in government IT projects back in 1979. It was renamed PRINCE. Directing gets a process of its own.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 15, 2022

In this article, we’ll cover the basics: what are organizational competencies, and why should you, as an individual, care about them? You can also build competence across the business as a whole by hiring new personnel with the necessary skills or by making changes in leadership. Leadership. What is it good at doing?

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Scrum.org

MARCH 6, 2024

Executives & Senior Leadership In many organisations executives and senior leadership serve as catalysts for creativity. Under Nadella’s leadership, Microsoft invested heavily in cloud computing and AI, areas that were rapidly evolving but not yet fully capitalized upon.

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The IIL Blog

MAY 17, 2023

We have read books and journal articles on various project management topics. Public Sector Project Manager Selection In most government agencies, PMs were seen more so as project monitors rather than project managers. The assignment as a government project monitor was seen as an add-on to one’s normal job.

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The Strategic Project Manager

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

These roles involve more responsibility and leadership in managing IT systems, projects, and teams. Leadership Development – Seek opportunities to develop leadership skills and gain experience in managing people, projects, and budgets. They are responsible for managing IT staff, infrastructure, projects, and budgets.

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Epicflow Blog

JUNE 10, 2024

A Chief Project Officer is a senior executive responsible for connecting projects, programs, and portfolios with an organization’s business goals and objectives. Also, a CPO will make sure that a new project won’t be started until there are enough resources for its execution. Let’s now review their responsibilities in more detail.

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Project Pulse Journal

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

By: Dr. Michael Shick, MSPM, PMP, CSM You've just been handed the reins of a significant project, and now is the time to begin execution. The 'Executing Process Group' is a critical component of this journey, and understanding it is foundational. What is the Executing a Project? It's not just possible; it's achievable.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 24, 2022

Project managers must take an active role in influencing and educating project sponsors in these best practices to get the leadership support the project requires. Certified in both project management and business analysis, she provides a broad view to support project governance and processes. Great advice, thanks, Vicki!

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 11, 2021

AI has turned up in the project management trends articles over the past few years and it’s now most definitely here to stay. And I’m personally not worried about that – that will give us much more time to focus on project leadership and stakeholder engagement; the things that computers can’t (yet) do for us. Lloyd Skinner.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 4, 2021

First came PRINCE in 1989 as the UK government standard for IT project management. There are other differences: the PMBOK® Guide usefully covers procurement, whereas PRINCE2 assumes you are operating in an environment constrained by a contract, because of its roots in government IT projects. No, not that I’m aware of.

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Kiron Bondale

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Outside the performing and receiving organizations, the environment within which the project is being executed needs to be considered. For example, running a project in a long-standing, large organization usually involves heavier governance and oversight than that for a startup. Context (at all levels) counts. (If

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 5, 2022

A version of this article first appeared on this blog in 2007. Image © Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body – 2007 This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management. There are other issues at play that can cause your project to fail. Causes of project failure. How would you define success on projects?

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The IIL Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The DVMS-CPD Strategy/Governance Alignment Loop identifies and operationalizes business/mission objectives and high-level organizational priorities. The organization expresses its business objectives through strategic direction and integrated strategy-risk governance policies. Step 3: Create a Current Profile.

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Kiron Bondale

MAY 9, 2021

An HBR article piqued my interest: “Your Board Needs a People Committee” In it, the authors provide services which a talent-focus on the part of a subset of the board could bring to helping the leadership teams they support in attracting, retaining and developing their #1 asset.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The creation of project management forms, guidelines, templates, and checklists accompanied by the waterfall project management methodology placed significantly more emphasis on the tools for project management than on the project management leadership styles or interpersonal skills needed.

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The IIL Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The importance of understanding value appeared several decades ago in articles discussing systems engineering activities. VE and VA terms are most frequently used on government projects rather than in traditional project management applications. EVMS is still being used, especially on government projects. Harold Kerzner, Ph.D.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 3, 2020

At least, the 1950’s were when project management emerged as a discipline to help manufacturing, construction and government initiatives deliver more reliably and with greater repeatability. A shift to leadership. Finally, there’s also more emphasis on leadership. Fun times. So that’s what I’ve seen.

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Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 13, 2024

In this article, we will explore the actions PMs can take to manage virtual project teams effectively, addressing common challenges and providing practical insights to enhance collaboration, governance, and performance. Define Roles and Responsibilities Clarifying roles and responsibilities is essential for governance.

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The IIL Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

Functional managers that were responsible for the strategic projects were utilizing their own definitions of project success, and many of these strategic projects were being executed under the radar screen because of the competition in the company for funding for strategic projects.

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The Strategic Project Manager

JANUARY 9, 2024

Twelve (12) top skills and attributes for a CEO include: Leadership – CEO’s have exceptional leadership skills. Strategic Vision and Planning – CEOs must have a clear strategic vision for the company’s future and the ability to develop and execute comprehensive plans to achieve long-term goals.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

AI is a branch of computer science that focuses on providing computer hardware and software with the ability to execute intelligent tasks with Generative AI (GenAI) learning and improving with each query. The future of AI in project management will depend on how we implement, use, and govern it! While some tools (e.g.,

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Ron Rosenhead

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Donnie MacNicol posted a link to a great article that goes some way into explaining why leadership development is not working. The article ‘The “Dirty Fish Tank” training model and the modern method for developing leaders’ is by Craig Ross, Angie Paccione and Victoria Roberts. Then return the fish to the tank.

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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. In the final article in this trilogy I will cover the remaining three PMBOK knowledge areas. After it was published, I received some feedback ( thanks Luis!

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Moira Alexander

MAY 2, 2017

The foundation for overall business success and project initiatives starts here, making it imperative for executive sponsors to be in sync with project leadership out of the gate. The second component is leveraging a rigorous portfolio and project management governance process. and operational elements," says Srinivasan. "The

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Wrike

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Beyond the macro undertows we’ve discussed in prior articles (e.g., In this article, we’ll tackle this very topic from the perspective of IT PMO and how it can shape work both inside and outside of the IT department. Projects can be reviewed and prioritized to ensure the highest priority projects are being executed.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The role of leadership in project management. No matter what level of project management you are at though, leadership is an essential and valuable part of your role. The importance of leadership can’t be understated. And leadership skills make up one third of the PMI Talent Triangle. Leadership is about people.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 12, 2022

In this article, we’ll dive into the statistics and you’ll learn: The top challenges facing people managing several projects at once The key skills required for managing multiple projects The top tools for prioritizing work day-to-day. This article is based on data collected from an online survey conducted during 2021. Interested?

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The IIL Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Management Plans The project management plan is created at the beginning of the project and describes how the project will be executed. Context and environmental factors should govern process requirements, specificity, and formality. Does the item need to be escalated to leadership or other parts of the organization?

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