Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

As a project manager, you are expected to have all-round skills encompassing the technical fields of project management like planning and scheduling, through to the interpersonal skills like communicating up and influencing others. Learn how to help your team manage risk so you can split the work between you.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 22, 2024

I mentor project managers, and the types of problems that people come up with on calls are not technical issues for the most part. Or “resources” as we unkindly call people in project management. Why is effective resource management difficult? I’m sure you can think of some poor resource management examples.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In our annual global survey , one in five (21 percent) respondents say they are using AI always or often in project management. In this article, we will cover strategies to usher in this adoption and certain tasks that can be augmented with AI. Specifically focused on generative AI applications in projects, mainly ChatGPT.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 5, 2024

Learn how to create a maintenance schedule and download a free maintenance schedule template to get started. Read about the benefits of an effective maintenance schedule and see how a maintenance plan can help a diverse group of industries. Project management software can help organizations keep to their maintenance schedule.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 14, 2019

A project manager’s job isn’t just about managing the work. Part of a resource management plan is to build the skills of your team. However, you should also consider how good they are at doing the work of projects – project management. Risk management is a great example. Identify project risks.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

If you aren’t using PRINCE2®, or if you want some general guidance as well about project closure documents and so on, read this next: How to close a project. This article has been updated to be fully aligned to PRINCE2 7 (2023 edition). The project manager and the team will be able to move on to their next assignment.

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PM Basics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

I’ve been managing software development projects for more than 11 years. Risk management is arguably the most crucial piece in my project management approach. Therefore, I spent lots of time and effort creating a practical risk management process. You’ll get the whole risk management process below.

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Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 11, 2021

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 Project Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP) exam ( until the updated PMI-RMP® exam comes into play April 2022 ).

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In this article we’ll look at how to segment costs, how to find out the cost of things, and then how to structure your budget. Capital can be managed as a different type of expense on the balance sheet but opex hits your bottom line. These costs would differ depending on who is doing the project management.

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Project Risk Coach

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Learn to Better Manage Enterprise Risks Through Project Risk Management Many organizations have adopted enterprise risk management (ERM) as a way to make better decisions, get stronger operating results, and meet regulatory requirements. What is Enterprise Risk Management? Why is ERM important?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 8, 2022

Planning is an essential part of what project managers do, so you would expect there to be some mention of how to deal with fixed date projects in the PRINCE2® manuals. Project managers still need some guidance on how to manage projects that have a fixed date. There isn’t. So that’s good.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

A work handover email to your manager is one of the steps to make the transition out of a job happen smoothly, and here’s how to write one. But you might need to write one after you have resigned or if you’re going on vacation and your manager is covering for you. Because you never know. Best not to burn bridges. But why bother?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 2, 2022

In this article, I’ll share a secret weapon for improving problem solving in project management. I find that this is particularly the case with complex processes or projects with lots of moving parts and many stakeholders. You are confident that using that approach is going to get you where you need to be.

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Project Risk Coach

JUNE 20, 2022

The Project Management Institute (PMI) released the PMBOK® Guide, Seventh Edition in July 2021. This edition is a principles-based guide as opposed to the process-based guide of the Sixth Edition. In this article, let's look at each principle and why each one matters with respect to managing risks.

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Project Risk Coach

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Learn to Better Manage Enterprise Risks Through Project Risk Management Many organizations have adopted enterprise risk management (ERM) as a way to make better decisions, get stronger operating results, and meet regulatory requirements. What is Enterprise Risk Management? Why is ERM important?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 2, 2023

His ‘Managing and Saving Programs in a Changing World’ webinar covers 5 steps for project recovery. There are several things that can go wrong in program management: Business case deterioration: the program started off with a good business case but it no longer stacks up. Ward started off by explaining what a ‘troubled program’ is.

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Project Risk Coach

MARCH 21, 2022

Or perhaps your team said they had gathered the requirements, but in reality, the team had hastily rushed through the requirement process resulting in rework, missed deadlines, and another blown budget. If you want to improve your project success, improve your requirements processes. No requirements management plan.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 1, 2023

You’ve probably heard project managers talk about project assurance, but what exactly is it? And how do you make it work to your advantage, without it taking up all your time or being very bureaucratic? Provide advice to the project manager The assurance function will advise on who should be part of the project team.

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The Digital Project Manager

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

If you don’t get started on the right foot, your project team and project success are already at risk. That could be this entire article, summed up in that one sentence. The post How To Be A Leader During The Project Kickoff: Expert Tips & Process appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 11, 2022

Here’s how to showcase your projects on your CV (as we call a resume here in the UK, and I’ll use both terms interchangeably in this article) to make it clear what you are capable of. I’ve included some examples below so you can see how to phrase your resume sections. Here’s how to do it.

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Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 30, 2017

One reason a project manager may have a bad reputation is bloated project plans. While I’m a fan of planning, let’s use some common sense and right-size our risk management plans. A risk management plan for the Mercedes-Benz Stadium will be much larger than a plan for a Southern Living Idea House. Risk categories.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The previous project manager might have moved on to do something else and you’ve got the project as part of an internal reshuffle of resources. Let me guide you through how to assess the state of the project you’ve inherited. You won’t know if the risk log is sound and the resource planning sensible until you investigate.

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Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 30, 2017

One reason a project manager may have a bad reputation is bloated project plans. While I’m a fan of planning, let’s use some common sense and right-size our risk management plans. A risk management plan for the Mercedes-Benz Stadium will be much larger than a plan for a Southern Living Idea House. Risk categories.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 20, 2023

In this article we’ll look at the types of artifacts in project management, typical documents for each type. In project management, artifacts relate to documents, templates, outputs or a specific deliverable. For example: a project management artifact is the project closure document. What is an artifact?

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2018

If so, it might be time to start implementing proven project management processes and phases at your organization in order to bring your company’s workflow under control. Phases of Project Management. In project management there are five phases: initiating, planning, executing, controlling and closing.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Tolerances are an important part of being able to work autonomously as a project manager. The project tolerance definition I use in my book, Project Manager , is this: Tolerances are how much you can flex within your project without having to go back for approval. Which level of management sets the project tolerances?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

One of the reasons for that is scope creep – and that’s what this article is all about. Scope creep in project management is where additional requirements are added to the project, beyond what was originally agreed and these additions are not formally authorized. Scope creep is caused by lack of requirements management.

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Epicflow Blog

JUNE 10, 2022

Accordingly, they are more vulnerable to the consequences of risk-bearing events. When unmanaged, these risks can impact people’s safety and, to make matters worse, come down to considerable financial losses. . What are the most typical risks associated with aerospace engineering projects, and how to manage them effectively?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 9, 2021

Early on in my career, I had a call from the post room manager. Read next: my book Engaging Stakeholders on Projects: How to harness people power. You probably don’t need to be told of the risks of not engaging stakeholders. Read next: How to Deal with Challenging Situations Involving Stakeholders. So why do we bother?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Note: This article assumes you are working in a predictive environment. If you are using agile methodologies, you have other tools available to you to manage changes in requirements because flexing the scope of the project is very much built into the agile way of working. Create (or review) the change control process.

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Wrike

JANUARY 30, 2024

For ambitious companies, the solution lies in process improvement, a method of bettering your processes and aligning them with your business growth strategy. In this article, we will delve into the art of process improvement, which, if done correctly, can take your organization to unprecedented heights.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

And it’s not what project management is supposed to be. Here’s how to make that happen so you can move on to your next project knowing you’ve left this one behind all tidy. It is a record of the project management process. The closure document talks about what you did and how that compared to what you set out to do.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 3, 2021

They define salience as: the degree to which managers give priority to competing stakeholder claims. Their model looks at how vocal, visible and important a stakeholder is, allowing you to create a typology of stakeholders to whom you should pay attention. Project stakeholder management and saliency. How the dimensions overlap.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 22, 2019

This is a guest article by Harry Hall from projectriskcoach.com. Risk management is one of the core knowledge areas for project managers. You’ve identified and assessed your project risks—both threats and opportunities. Now, you are planning your risk responses with your risk owners. Harry Hall.

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Project Risk Coach

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Once we've identified our project risks, we should plan and implement responses. In this article, let's look at ways to respond to project threats and opportunities. We can optimize our risk responses over time. Project Risk Strategies How Can We Respond to Risks? contingency plan are defined).

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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. Internal risk factors are those that are under a company’s control, while external risk variables are those that are beyond its control.

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MPUG

APRIL 26, 2021

Risks were identified, then qualified, and risk responses planned. For implementation of these risk responses, a number of actions were needed. Some were taken, but most ignored or overlooked because of other projects and lack of understanding of risk management at an organizational level.

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