Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 3, 2022

Your project management plan is more than just a schedule of work. Although I am guilty of using ‘plan’ and ‘Gantt chart’ interchangeably. A project management plan is a document that sets out how you are going to do what you’re going to do. So what does go in the project management plan ? Be pragmatic though.

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Project Risk Coach

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

This article will provide clear guidance on how to define and assign risk management roles and responsibilities for projects and programs. Information Technology) or in a Project Management Office (PMO). These individuals are responsible for the day-to-day planning and execution of the project. How can we find a better balance?

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

APRIL 24, 2023

You’ve done the PMO Assessment. Then you created the PMO Business Case. You’ve been to meetings and finally got approval to establish your PMO. Now, I’ve seen PMO Establishment and Implementation called out as two separate steps. For this article and from what I’ve done in the past, I combine them.

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MPUG

MARCH 30, 2020

PMI describes the Project Management Office (PMO) as a strategic driver for organizational excellence. The PMO seeks to enhance the practices of execution management, organizational governance, and strategic change leadership. After two years, the PMO most likely dissolves. Learning to Walk Before You Start Running.

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International Institute for Learning

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In a recent ProjectManagement.com article, a well-known industry practitioner posed the statement: “PMOs struggle to deliver value and are often not clear about what that value should be. I recall having a disagreement on how “proper” risk statements should be written with the PMO manager. By Rubin Jen.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Why you need a ‘Take over a project’ checklist Whenever you take on a project that was started by someone else you need to: Understand the health of the project Ensure that sufficient planning has been completed so that the onward direction is clear. 4: Get a copy of the plan Is there a high level project plan ?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 23, 2023

In this article, you’ll learn when to use a risk audit, who should do it and why, how it is different from a risk review, and lots more. The project manager , another project manager, a PMO person, or a risk audit person could carry out the audit. What is a risk audit in project management? Who carries out the risk audit?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

This article contains affiliate links. RapidStart PMO: Online Project Management Training Review. The paid course covers everything you’d need to get a PMO up and running in a few months. There are two workstreams within the RapidStart methodology: Workstream 1: Designing, launching and aligning the PMO. What’s Covered.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 22, 2024

Securing the right resource (and enough of it) is a huge headache for PMO leaders and project professionals. The PMO can lead on this but everyone will need to follow the process for it to work. Resolve by forward planning what skills are needed and ensuring those skills are available; training or buying them in.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 6, 2023

Some other less obvious but equally important benefits are: Increasing productivity Adopting a ‘one team’ approach across the organization Delivering in a predictable fashion (every PMO leader wants this!) In an organization that does not plan strategically, and is relatively short-sighted, this approach is not going to be a success.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2024

Project strategy is the plan that defines a project, which is why project management strategy is so important. Project strategy is made up of your plan and the tools that are used to complete the project. It also streamlines project planning, which increases efficiency as you work on new projects and don’t have to start at square one.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 1, 2023

At each stage of the project, the assurance function will review the plan and targets, check tolerances have been set, review proposed quality activities, and make sure the proposed approach is realistic. In my experience, assurance is carried out by the PMO or another project manager whom I have invited to do a peer review.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In this article, you’ll learn how to approach mentoring a project manager and some practical tips to help you be a fantastic mentor to your new mentee (yes, that’s a word!) Perhaps you’ve been asked to mentor an apprentice , or someone new to the PMO or team. Who are you mentoring? Why do they want a mentor?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

The manual says you will seek approval from the project board for each of these documents, but in reality you’ll probably use PMO tried-and-tested standards and templates and the board members will care very little about how you intend to run the project as long as they trust you. So how do you actually make all this happen?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 27, 2024

In this article we'll look at what project managers need to know about data protection. This will also apply to you if you work within a PMO. You should know that I’m not a lawyer and this article does not in any way constitute legal advice or business advice. But first, let’s cover the basics.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 15, 2024

As a program manager, PMO or project team leader, you probably think about how to plan upcoming work. A capability assessment or needs analysis like this gives you a consolidated view of where you are, helping you plan out where you want to be. The data you gather is the basis for the development plan you need to put in place.

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MPUG

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

With Copilot in OneNote, you can ask it to structure the notes, provide a list of next steps, or even design a whole plan of action for you. And our customers are [describe the customers] For a more detailed overview of what Loop can offer together with Copilot, I’d like to share this article with you.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 12, 2022

For simplicity, and because the UK government uses the terminology of gate review, that’s what I’m going with in this article. The gate process also has other benefits for everyone involved: Shorter planning horizon. When you plan in stages, you gain the benefit of only needing to do detailed plans for the next stage.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 10, 2022

You have a plan. Every project requires a plan and that’s more than a Gantt chart. The project management plan is the responsibility of the project manager, although everyone in the team will end up having input to it. We recommend: Project Management Plan Template. You have clear reporting. Your stakeholders are engaged.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 18, 2021

In this article we’ll look at the types of artifacts in project management, typical documents for each type. Artifacts are categorized in the PMBOK® Guide – 7 th edition into 9 different types and that’s what this article is going to look at. The article will be updated in due course. What is an artifact? Hierarchy charts.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 14, 2024

39% of project managers say there are plans to deploy AI tools in their organizations. 21% of business leaders say deployment of AI tools is not in their current plans. 25% of PMO directors say that AI has disrupted their PMO ( Capgemini ) – and I’m sure that number will only continue to rise.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

This article has been updated to be fully aligned to PRINCE2 7 (2023 edition). The work required to close the project should be planned as part of this final stage. Prepare the closure Whether your project is facing a premature close or as part of the natural plan for the work, you have to prepare the closing stage.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The book includes a good explanation of product breakdown structures and work breakdown structures saying: To move from a scope statement to a plan in your project definition, you will need to articulate your project activities and deliverables item-by-item. A plan is nothing without action. Using risk logs to manage risk.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 18, 2023

July to September 2023 Bridge 2023: PM & PMO Conference: Vilnius, Lithuania and Online, 21 September 2023 The annual event has a theme of Projectized-Digitized-Connected and will be dedicated to a sustainable way of working this year. This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 28, 2023

And some companies don’t use colors at all, instead favoring smiley faces, weather symbols or some other graphical indicator that shows if a project is progressing to plan, struggling a bit or in trouble. Check with your PMO. The project manager is unable to deal with the issues herself and/or doesn’t have a plan to be able to do that.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 18, 2023

There are plenty of different ways to spread what you have learned from your project around the PMO, project managers and teams. If not, get one on your project plan now! Wikis/Software If your PMO doesn’t currently have a wiki for lessons learned, suggest that they set one up. Here are 5 ways that you can try.

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Planview

OCTOBER 10, 2021

A robust and realistic project management communication plan is essential for project success. This informative and easy-to-read article looks at basic concepts of a project management communication plan, and provides examples, strategies and best practices. What is a Communication Management Plan? What methods (e.g.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

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’s often a hybrid role between Co-ordinator and someone who focuses purely on project planning. These are not delivery roles.

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LiquidPlanner

DECEMBER 1, 2021

New Year, New Projects, New Directions = a New Plan. You are very likely in the process of planning where your company is headed next year. If your organization has a project management office (PMO), this work may be led by them. Your job is to keep the team focused on the plan and delivering on objectives.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 24, 2022

The way tech, economic, social and environmental considerations are evolving – heck, even the way public health affects workforce planning – will impact the way projects are run. Leaders need to know how the world around them affects the work they are doing today, and how to plan to capitalize on those trends in the future.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 18, 2023

July to September 2023 Bridge 2023: PM & PMO Conference: Vilnius, Lithuania and Online, 21 September 2023 The annual event has a theme of Projectized-Digitized-Connected and will be dedicated to a sustainable way of working this year. This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 2, 2023

This article is for you! If that’s you, be on the lookout for these kinds of job titles, as you can probably enter project management higher up the ranks: Project manager Senior project manager Program manager Business change manager Organizational change manager Delivery manager PMO manager. Consider them universal skills!

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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. Artifacts in the PMBOK Guide – Seventh Edition Artifacts are categorized in the PMBOK® Guide – Seventh edition into 9 different types and that’s what this article is going to look at. What is an artifact?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Over 80% of organizations report hiring someone with blockchain skills or planning to do so in the next 12 months. AI is already a feature in some project management tools and robotic processing will help automate routine PMO tasks. For example, resource management and capacity planning are not things that are easy to do.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 1, 2023

It is made up of three elements: Quality planning Quality control Quality assurance. Let’s start with quality planning, because that’s where we start on a real project: planning how we are going to get a quality result. So while we plan for it, the goal is to make it part of everything we do, built into the work as we go.

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Inloox

MAY 8, 2017

The implementation of a PMO is just like any other project. This means that you have to plan it carefully. Before you start the project, you should analyze your organization’s current situation and based on these insights create a concept for your PMO. Create a concept The next step is to create a realistic concept for the PMO.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 7, 2022

This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management. The Australian Institute of Project Management is planning their annual conference in person this year. Resource Planning Summit: Las Vegas, USA, 20-23 March. This conference is another one planned to be in person again.

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