Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 22, 2022

Below you’ll find 10 tips for being a good sponsor, drawn from Strategies for Project Sponsorship by James, Taylor and Rosenhead. Understand project management techniques. Yes, this is the job of the project manager, but you don’t want them to be able to bamboozle you with jargon. Those are the headlines.

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2012 2013 Risk Management PMI 371

The IIL Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

There are only a few thousand Portfolio Management Professionals (PfMP ® ) worldwide, according to PMI, making this a truly elite qualification. Before you start the PfMP ® Exam preparation, I highly recommend you assess your experience in Portfolio Management by: Reading the PfMP ® prerequisites ( [link] ); Studying PfMP ® Handbook.

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PMI PMO Retail 2023 88

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 1, 2023

When I brainstormed a list of project management skills to put on my resume (which over here in the UK we call a CV), it was a long list. How do you list the project management skills required without it turning into a giant list of buzzwords? Below, we’ll look at some examples of common project management skills for your resume.

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Leadership Risk Management PMI Governance 345

Management Yogi

AUGUST 29, 2023

Portfolio Risk Management differs significantly from project and/or program risk management. While there are similarities among the processes, procedures, actions in risk management, risk management in portfolio differs in many areas.

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Risk Management Risk PMI Process 90

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

This article, 7 Ethics Tips For Project Managers , first appeared on Girl's Guide to Project Management. A project manager approached me recently with a problem. The PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct defines a set of standards for how project managers should behave.

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Underperforming Technical Team Estimate PMO PMI 313

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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Risk Management Risk Process Underperforming Technical Team 104

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Do you need to earn PDUs to maintain your PMI certification? In this article we’ll cover what you need to know about the different categories of PDUs and how many you need to get, plus some simple and free ways to earn PDUs in 2020. You’re in the right place! PDU categories. Giving Back PDUs. Maximum Requirements.

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2020 PMI Certification Technical Review 350

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2024

Everyone wants their projects to be “quality” but I often get asked about how to manage project quality in real life. You probably already know that you need a quality management plan , and that management, assurance and control are the pillars of doing it right. What does it mean to “do” project quality?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 26, 2021

In this article, I’ll share 10 expert tips from a range of people about their experiences to help you choose the right higher education goals for you, so you can make the right choice for your career. What’s the difference between a Master’s in Project Management and an MBA? So, which one should you choose? Think long term.

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Technical Review Certification PMI Leadership 305

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 9, 2022

EMV is a risk analysis tool that helps establish the contingency reserves for your project activities. It’s a statistical technical for quantifying risk. You would use it to: Establish which new product option or solution is best Establish the contingency reserve required to offset project risk. That’s a negative risk, a threat.

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Software Review Technical Review Risk Management Risk 397

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 23, 2023

Recently I audited the Fundamentals of Project Planning and Management course from University of Virginia Darden Business School. It’s one of the most popular project management courses on Coursera. Who is the Fundamentals of Project Planning and Management course for?

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Technical Review Planning Certification Risk Management 465

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. If this is all new to you, check out PMI Kickoff , a free overview of all things project management that will help get you started. Consider this. Your handover hasn’t been that great.

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PMO Governance Government Budget 296

Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Up your game with new project management resources If you had to pick a few people who are helping you grow and mature as a project manager, who would those people be? She is the author of The Project Management Coaching Workbook and The Power of Project Leadership. Susanne Madsen. Kiron lives in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

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Influencer 2006 PMO PMI 295

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 16, 2021

I don’t have the time (or the requirement) to take a certification course, but I’m always prepared to develop the project management competencies I need to succeed. In this article we’ll talk about the top competencies for project managers and how you can develop your skills. Let’s look at each of those in turn.

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Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Influencer Risk Management 350

Project Risk Coach

JANUARY 1, 2019

Thank you for being a part of the Project Risk Coach Community. I hope you have found my articles practical and helpful. In this article, I'm sharing my most popular blog posts of 2018. So, just how many of you came to the Project Risk Coach website in 2018? Oh, what a year! Thanks to you, I had more than 113,000.

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MPUG

APRIL 11, 2024

Let me suggest that there are worlds out there awaiting your gentle touch, and worlds that require the firm hand of a project office (PMO) or a project manager with a will of steel. When risks are truly systemic, they can be identified at the project level. For creating a risk history, such an effort is peerless.

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Risk Management Risk PMO PMI 52

NimbleWork

APRIL 15, 2024

Project management is a critical discipline that ensures projects are completed efficiently, within budget, and to the satisfaction of stakeholders. At the heart of successful project management is the project manager, who must possess a unique blend of leadership, communication, and organizational skills.

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2027 Risk Management PMI Budget 52

International Institute for Learning

MARCH 22, 2023

By Mike Griffiths Welcome to part two of this four-part series introducing basic leadership ideas that any project manager or Scrum master can employ. Be sure to see article one that explains leadership for project managers and outlines the five leadership components covered in the series.

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Leadership Technical Review PMI Consulting 63

Wrike

MAY 20, 2021

If you Google ‘why projects fail’ you’ll get several pages of articles and resources, including 5 Reasons Why Project Work Plans Fail and How to Avoid Them here on Wrike. Poor risk management isn’t just an issue that impacts big businesses. What is risk management?

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Risk Management Risk PMI Governance 36

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2019

I have researched the best places to get free project management templates for download online. How to Use Free Project Management Templates. You can find free project management templates to download all over the internet. You can find free project management templates to download all over the internet.

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Prince2 Infrastructure PMO Software Review 340

International Institute for Learning

MARCH 15, 2023

By Mike Griffiths Welcome to part one of a four-part series introducing basic leadership ideas that any project manager or Scrum master can employ. This first article explains how leadership differs from management and outlines five core leadership attributes for managing projects. We use leadership skills to do this.

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Leadership PMI Technical Review Innovation 59

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 6, 2022

This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management. But all those high-profile leaders got started in the same way that you can: managing smaller initiatives, practicing their core skills and learning through training and on the job. Here are my thoughts on whether or not you need a degree.

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Technical Review 2022 Certification Prince2 276

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 4, 2019

Working with people is the main part of project management. Project resource management is how you do this. In this article, I’ll show you what project resource management is, set out a simple process to do it, describe the tools to help and give you tips to overcome some of the common issues.

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Software Review PMI Prince2 Estimate 308

Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Up your game with new project management resources If you had to pick a few people who are helping you grow and mature as a project manager, who would those people be? She is the author of The Project Management Coaching Workbook and The Power of Project Leadership. Susanne Madsen. Kiron lives in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

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Influencer 2006 PMO PMI 150

MPUG

APRIL 2, 2024

Project Management is a systematic and organized approach to planning, coordinating, and overseeing the work of a team to achieve a specific goal. Key to understanding Project Management, is to understand what a project is. Likewise, the project manager can set milestones, dates by which important aspects of the project need to be met.

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Certification PMI Logistics Construction 52

Epicflow Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Being a successful project manager is not just about creating good plans and schedules and telling the team members what they should work on. What else should a project manager know to succeed in their duties and guide projects to their successful completion? This article will help you figure it out. . Don’t overload the team

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Software Review Technical Review Critical Chain PMI 52

International Institute for Learning

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

However, negotiation skills can be learnt with practice, and I’d like to share with you 4 tips for an effective negotiation. The first two tips are part of your preparation – and I can’t emphasize how important preparation is in any negotiation. Susan has dual US/UK nationality.

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2012 Closing PMI Leadership 52

The IIL Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

These changes can make you, as project managers, feel like you are on a tiny boat lost at sea, trying to navigate your project through the waves and changing winds. With this breadth of knowledge, we’d like to share some of the advice and tips that we give to our listeners when this happens to them.

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2023 Technical Review Lean PMI 78

Leading Answers

JANUARY 16, 2021

This article explains what a risk-adjusted backlog is, why they are useful, how to create one and how teams work with them. What is a Risk-Adjusted Backlog? A risk-adjusted backlog is a backlog that contains activities relating to managing risk in addition to the usual features associated with delivering value.

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Risk Underperforming Technical Team 2006 2012 145

Project Bliss

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Have you wondered if project management was a good career path for you, and if so, just how to become a project manager ? You may be a natural born project manager. Project management may be your dream job. But maybe you have questions about project management as a career choice. What Does a Project Manager Do?

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Certification PMI Risk Management 2017 156

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 24, 2016

We filmed this video in an apartment in Barcelona where we were staying during the PMI Global Congress. This article contains affiliate links. You'll also like: Penny Pullan talks about writing A Short Guide to Facilitating Risk Management In this video I talk to Penny Pullan, co-author of A Short Guide to Facilitating Risk Management.

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Leadership PMI Risk Management Risk 154

MPUG

MAY 22, 2023

In the previous article, we discussed Key Concepts and Benefits of Citizen Development. In this article, we will be discussing the three different offerings provided by the Project Management Institute (PMI) for citizen development. PMI offers three different levels of education and certification for citizen development.

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Software Review PMI Certification Technical Review 40

MPUG

APRIL 11, 2022

Even non-military project managers are prepared for every eventuality, right? Our force majeure clauses in all risk assessments lay out what to do in the event of war, no? If not, wouldn’t the PMI PMBOK Guides definitively lay out the best practices and methodologies needed under these circumstances? Agile, Waterfall, hybrid?

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Underperforming Technical Team PMI Software Review Governance 111

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

It’s a question I get asked a lot by the project managers I mentor, because frankly, the beginning of a project is an unsettling time. The reason a project comes together is because of project integration management: this is what you do as a project manager all day, every day, even if you don’t know it. Failing to communicate 2.

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Risk Management Controlling Budget Risk 369

Workamajig

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

As we step into 2019, what project management statistics should you be aware of? We've compiled all the latest data in this article. The field of project management is changing, and it’s changing fast. To answer these questions, we’ve compiled a comprehensive list of the latest project management statistics. VersionOne ).

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Underperforming Technical Team PMI 2018 PMO 127

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 10, 2016

Managing lots of projects at the same time is tough. Here’s how 6 project managers stay on top of multiple projects – and keep their sanity. It was fun to talk to them to find out more about their tactics – the tip from Christine about diary management is definitely going to change the way I plan my week. Helen Curel.

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Prince2 Technical Review PMI Risk Management 150

Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 7, 2016

I ran a subscriber-only webinar recently about trends in project management collaboration tools and the barriers to adopting new technology in a project environment. That’s it in a nutshell, but that Expert Guide has more detail and my book, Collaboration Tools for Project Managers , covers this in depth.

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