Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 18, 2024

Is it challenging to navigate the complex landscape of project governance frameworks? In this article, we will dive deep into organizational and project governance and systems in project management. At the heart of this lies the robust framework of Organizational Governance Systems.

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Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 9, 2022

In this article, let's discuss why risk management standards exist and which Project Management Institute (PMI) standard you should study in preparation for the PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP®) exam. Which PMI Risk Standard Should You Study? The exam pilot occurred in December, 2021.

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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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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. It is for people who have a specialist subject matter expertise like planning, risk, law etc.

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Kiron Bondale

JUNE 14, 2020

I’ll admit to being hyperbolic with the title of this article, but a question posed today in one of the project management LinkedIn discussion groups managed to sidetrack what I was intending to write about this week. The author asked what needs to be considered when planning risk responses.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 7, 2023

They might be influenced by market conditions (risk appetite statements might change, for example, if the market suddenly gets a lot more competitive). But they are not the regulatory environment, government standards, or external environmental policies or regulations.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The main takeaways will be about leveraging technologies for improved decision making, governance and risk management, and a deep dive into AI. The main takeaways will be about leveraging technologies for improved decision making, governance and risk management, and a deep dive into AI.

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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. You’ll record your risks is a risk log.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

Here’s an introduction to these important groups as part of the governance framework so you can get yours set up and working on your project. A project board provides oversight and governance for the project. What you need is adequate governance for the project. What is a project board? Call your meetings anything you like.

Governance 358

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The IIL Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

By Alan Zucker We make hundreds of assumptions and take small risks daily. Recovering from these risks may be inconvenient but not horribly impactful. Project assumptions and risks are not as casual. Project assumptions and risks are not as casual. Our risks were identified, but a response strategy was never created.

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Kiron Bondale

AUGUST 21, 2022

Thanks to the most recent issue of Tom Geraghty’s weekly Psychological Safety newsletter , I learned about a new model for how we consider safety and risk. People are viewed as a source of risk and liability and when problems occur, the focus is on identifying root causes and addressing those.

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Proofhub

JUNE 20, 2023

Small Business Risk Management If you’re thinking of starting a new business, learning how to start a t-shirt business or a marketing business is not going to be enough. You can perfect your business plan and have an up-to-date marketing strategy, yet there could be an event or situation that may loom on your business as an uncalled risk.

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Risk Management Risk Software Review Governance 78

Velociteach

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

We make hundreds of assumptions and take small risks daily. Recovering from these risks may be inconvenient but not horribly impactful. Project assumptions and risks are not as casual. Project assumptions and risks are not as casual. Thoughtlessly making assumptions or ignoring risks can lead to critical problems.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

You won’t know if the risk log is sound and the resource planning sensible until you investigate. 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. By ‘health’ I mean what kind of a state the project is in.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 18, 2024

The formulation of business cases, risk and problem management, cost control, project scope, budgeting, and schedule management are among the fundamental skills that your apprentices will master in this environment.” Different industries will influence that and there is a minimum salary set by the government. So that’s a ballpark.

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Kiron Bondale

JANUARY 23, 2022

If a team possesses a high level of psychological safety, does this increase the likelihood that one of its members might feel safe taking a risk which goes beyond the risk tolerance of the team, the line of business or the organization as a whole? Provide examples of what is and isn’t safe to do.

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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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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. Consideration #2: Managing complex risk is all about balance. Portfolio management has a strong relationship with risk.

Technical Review 355

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

You’re trying to get clarity on: The reasons for doing the project The benefits of doing the project Any risks that you can foresee now The scope and deliverables The costs and timelines Who should be involved and who should make decisions What quality looks like and how it will be achieved. So how do you actually make all this happen?

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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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Governance Government Underperforming Technical Team Project Life Cycle 97

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 1, 2023

How to include project management skills on your CV Let’s just go with the fact that CV and resume are interchangeable terms for the purposes of this article. I don’t repeat that I do risk management for every project, and you don’t have to either. This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 1, 2023

They might also advise the project manager on how best to do particular project management techniques like communication management , risk management , quality management and change management. In summary… Project assurance is crucial to provide governance and credibility to your project. The assurance role can be quite hands-on.

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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

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

One for risk, one for escalations, one for changes, issues, new project kick-off, closure, logging dependencies… the list goes on and on. The risk there is that people make up their own processes to work around the edges of the formal policy, skipping steps because they are focused on keeping the momentum going on their project.

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Process PMO Risk Management Software Review 377

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. This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management

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Retail Governance Government Healthcare 407

Project-Management.pm

JULY 15, 2017

IT project governance framework has since been the answer to this equation, but people seemed not to fully grasp its function. This article tackles the importance and significance of IT Project Governance Framework and its impact on the projects in the organization. This is one of the purposes of project governance.

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Governance Government Project Life Cycle PMO 109

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. It’s about saying there might be a risk, so let’s examine whether there is a risk.”. They don’t just want to know where their risks lie but how they can fix them.”. Lloyd Skinner.

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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 this means three things to me: The Governance Hierarchy This is your sponsor, steering group, project board, project auditors and assessors, and anyone else who has a responsibility for the proper performance of your project.

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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. This shift reflects a conscientious endeavour towards responsible project management and environmentally conscious practices.

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MPUG

APRIL 9, 2022

It’s easier to ignore the possibility of risks when the business is doing well — but not having a plan for potential unforeseen threats could be the most significant risk of all. The risk management process involves identifying, assessing, and controlling risk factors that threaten an organization’s earnings and assets.

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Risk Management Risk Sustainability Monitoring 69

Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The incremental decision making approach is often used in government settings, such as defining public policy. Having a clear process for decision making is a factor of good governance because it adds transparency. It helps reduce risk. It can help to reduce project risk. It allows you to change your mind.

Governance 337

Governance Government Risk Management Influencer 337

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 22, 2023

All of them are part of the project governance framework. In this article, I will provide more detail on a framework for making better decisions in an effective, rational and ethical way. Risk and decision making Risk management is an exercise in decision-making. One of the factors in making a choice is risk.

Software Review 303

Software Review Monitoring Risk Management Governance 303

Kiron Bondale

MAY 30, 2021

In a recent HBR article , the authors wrote about research they had conducted over a year on the relationships between how dispersed teams were and the speed at which their projects either succeeded or failed. But when we consider the financial and human costs of failing slowly, isn’t the incremental effort to create safety worth it? (If

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Sustainability Governance Government Leadership 358

The IIL Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

As Cloud Services revolutionized the creation and management of digital infrastructure, the DVMS-CPD Model will revolutionize how organizations leverage the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and other business systems to manage digital risk, resiliency, and client data privacy. Step 4: Conduct a Risk Assessment. Step 2: Orient.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 9, 2023

During a dinner conversation after the conference, you further discover that PMO (Project Management Office) can support you in leading an Agile transformation and successful Scrum adoption, by covering governance and ensuring alignment across the enterprise. More ideas (e.g. Cross-Team Refinement) can also be found in the Nexus Guide.

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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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Technical Review PMI Influencer Leadership 466

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 27, 2022

Make sure there are project board meetings (or steering group meetings, whatever you call them) for governance. Review the risks. Look at what is in the risk register. I have a list of common project risks you can add. If the risk log is bursting with risks, you might want to prune some out. Is it too many?

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