Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 7, 2022

Worsley also excludes steering group members from ‘engagement’ saying that the governance process is enough for them. I will often not specifically ‘engage’ senior steering group members because they have already heard the information from me through our governance processes.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 14, 2024

In this article, we’ll go through what they mean and what you can expect to do in one of those roles. However, in this article, we’re focusing on people who predominately manage projects. He learned a lot about project management in the process and eventually went on to become a PMO Manager.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 12, 2024

You can focus on the process of getting the outcome you want and supporting the attendees instead of trying to get your own personal point of view into the discussion. Here’s the meeting process I use. Think about the different tools you are able to use (and there are far too many to go into in this article).

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Every governance meeting I go to needs to see the plan on a page. Execs love a pretty timeline, and in this article, I’m going to show you what you should be including in yours to wow your stakeholders (and build some credibility at the same time). This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management

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Software Review Governance Government Risk Management 321

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.

Retail 407

Retail Governance Government Healthcare 407

Kiron Bondale

APRIL 3, 2022

For every person who adamantly insists that estimates are needed to support proper governance, someone else will argue that the inherent wrongness of an estimate and how estimates are abused will wipe out any benefits of defining them. Throughput and Monte Carlo received 11% of the votes and #NoEstimates only received 5%.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

5: Review the governance structure Is there a governance structure ? Action if there is no formal governance: My first point of call would be your project sponsor. Action if there is no formal governance: My first point of call would be your project sponsor. Who is your project sponsor? What’s the reporting schedule?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 1, 2023

You should expect them to report back to the steering group to share any proposed changes to the standard methods for your organization! Project reports can be reviewed as a group, and the project manager (that’s you and me) get challenged about performance. This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management

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Leading Answers

DECEMBER 21, 2017

I was working for IBM at the time and was able to persuade my account manager to pitch the approach on one of our government projects. A clean-sheet development opportunity with a smart team and engaged business group – what could go wrong? As it turns out, plenty due to my ill-advised approach. My enthusiasm was about to be tested.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 3, 2021

Project management relies on people: you need the project team to get things done, and that team might include members of different stakeholder groups. This group has high power and also high legitimacy to influence the project. This group has high power and also expects their needs to be met with a high degree of urgency.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 2, 2022

The exact project tasks required might depend on the outcome of the design phase, or may change once you’ve carried out customer focus groups, for example. A rolling wave plan starts with knowing the major milestones or governance points. Include larger, longer tasks that represent groups of activity.

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Planning Governance Government 2015 402

Scrum.org

APRIL 10, 2023

By Lavaneesh Gautam , Professional Scrum Trainer In the previous article (Stakeholder Exploration: Part 1 of 4 Steps of the Stakeholder Engagement) , we discussed: “Stakeholder”- who are they? Stakeholder Analysis The definition we discussed in the previous article. Stakeholder Engagement” What does it mean?

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Project-Management.pm

AUGUST 30, 2017

What really is project management governance? With countless articles and books in the business spectrum conveying such practice, project management governance is in the sense, subjective. In other words, a person left on his or her own device of his or her definitive understanding of governance as a whole.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 2, 2022

In this article, you’ll learn the top 5 key considerations and knowledge areas under which the main criteria for managing a project portfolio can be grouped. The less governable aspect, however, is who judges, and not what is being judged or how to judge it. A version of this article first appeared in 2017.

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Technical Review Risk Management Governance Government 355

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 22, 2020

Worsley also excludes steering group members from ‘engagement’ saying that the governance process is enough for them. I will often not specifically ‘engage’ senior steering group members because they have already heard the information from me through our governance processes.

Influencer 430

Influencer Governance Government Change Management 430

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. To do this, committees need to be staffed with a diverse group of leaders.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 14, 2022

I have a process to follow for straightforward project decisions. The incremental model of decision making is a process used to make decisions in a step-by-step manner. The incremental decision making approach is often used in government settings, such as defining public policy. When it’s most appropriate. Here’s how it works.

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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. In brief, how does PRINCE2 work?

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The name is apt, as the waterfall methodology is a process in which the phases of the project flow downward. When implementing the agile methodology , project planning and work management are adaptive, evolutionary in development, seeking early delivery and are always open to change if that leads to process improvement.

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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 creation process for an organization’s project strategy is in the hands of leadership and management. They can be an internal department or an external group or an agency. What Is Project Strategy?

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Budget PMO Defining Estimate 374

LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Whether you’re making the move to Agile project management in your development group or creating an Agile process for your in-house project management methodology, chances are you’re going to have to sell this change to executives in your organization. And, they’re going to be business people too.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 22, 2023

All of them are part of the project governance framework. 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. Step-by-step decision-making process overview There are 5 steps in the decision-making process in project management.

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PM Basics

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Stakeholder management is a set of processes and tools where you identify, understand, and engage with your stakeholders, to manage their expectations, needs and feelings. This article explores what stakeholder management is. PMI’s PMBOK Guide Processes Real World Activities 13.1 Are there any mandatory processes?

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

They might include providers or government regulators. See our recent article Why "no" is part of a Scrum Product Owner’s love language for more on this.) See our recent article Spain, Trains, and Incremental Delivery for a painful example of a misunderstanding of real-world customer needs. )

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The IIL Blog

JULY 26, 2023

The framework – established for over 20 years and regularly refreshed to reflect current practices and business requirements – provides governance and rigor along with the agility and flexibility demanded by organizations today. Quality and Governance Controls One of AgilePM’s underlying principles is to Never Compromise Quality.

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nTask

APRIL 28, 2021

To generate a clear business case, organizations need to write business operations with sustainability in mind, which can be done by the following two steps: Document their business processes. Implement effective process improvement techniques for sustainability. At the core of every business are business processes.

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Sustainability Process Underperforming Technical Team Lean 120

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 25, 2022

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. And both groups believed that project managers make things happen! Tell us about that.

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Underperforming Technical Team 2020 2001 PMI 401

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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Aerospace Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Governance 147

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. Culture can be a complex concept, but in general, it refers to the ways in which a group of people interact with each other and the world around them. The basics.

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Influencer Governance Government Consulting 468

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

MARCH 25, 2022

This is a guest article by Dr Mike Clayton, who is the well-known author and trainer behind Online PM Courses.*. And, of course, your relationship with your client is key to starting the process of defining your project’s goals. This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management. It was about 17 years ago.

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Risk Management Risk Energy Governance 264

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 5, 2022

Let us know in our Facebook group. 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. Causes of project failure. There are many factors that contribute to project failure.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 24, 2020

5: Review the governance structure. Is there a governance structure ? Action if there is no formal governance: My first point of call would be your project sponsor. Action if there is no formal governance: My first point of call would be your project sponsor. Who is your project sponsor? What’s the reporting schedule?

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PMO Governance Government Budget 505

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 18, 2023

The 3-step lessons learned process The lessons learned process is easier than you might think. You’ll probably find that people are very happy to discuss project successes in a group setting but might be a bit more reticent about confessing to things that went badly on the project. Talk about what worked and what didn’t work.

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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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ChatGPT Technical Review 2023 SCRUM 178

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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Infrastructure Transportation Construction 2024 471

Kiron Bondale

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

So I decided to conduct a poll in the LinkedIn PMI Project, Program and Portfolio Management discussion group to get feedback from a larger sample of practitioners. This poll also garnered a number of comments from the group and here are some of the more interesting ones.

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