ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2024

Every project is different. Project strategy is the plan that defines a project, which is why project management strategy is so important. To better manage projects, one must clearly understand project strategy, who’s responsible for it in the organization and the steps to create a project strategy.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 24, 2023

Projects and operations are both necessary for businesses to succeed, but they require different approaches. When it comes to managing them effectively, understanding the differences between projects and operations is key. Projects vs operations The short answer to the question: “What’s the difference between projects and operations?”

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Retail Governance Government Healthcare 407

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

What is a method in project management? Think back to when you did science experiments at school. We have a ton of project management methods – some you probably don’t spend much time thinking about at all. Types of project management methods. Project management uses lots of methods. Let’s look at them now.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 4, 2021

We were talking about PRINCE2®, what it means to get qualified and how it compares to the PMBOK Guide. — Today, on our Project Management Methodologies Series, we’re going to interview Elizabeth Harrin, from the award-winning blog A Girl’s Guide to Project Management. Hello Elizabeth, thanks for coming, how are you?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 14, 2022

I know what it’s like: analysis paralysis kicks in, and the responsibilities of making a big call can weigh heavy on stakeholders… so they procrastinate, and you don’t get any answer at all. There is a decision-making approach that takes some of the weightiness out of deciding what to do. What to look out for when using it.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 17, 2019

IT governance ensures that IT departments are prepared for what’s next, without losing focus on what matters. IT governance ensures that IT departments are prepared for what’s next, without losing focus on what matters. What is IT Governance? Key Terms in IT Governance.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 25, 2022

I sat opposite the new project manager. What to tell her? I remember sitting down with a new project manager over coffee. Don’t get me wrong: she had lots of good experience, but was off to manage her first project for a client the next day…. What they want needs to figure highly in your list of priorities.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 2, 2022

A project portfolio is all about prioritizing. The mission of a project portfolio manager is clear enough: maximize the business benefits of projects. The mission of a project portfolio manager is clear enough: maximize the business benefits of projects. Similarly to a project, a portfolio also has a scope.

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Technical Review Risk Management Governance Government 355

ProjectManager.com

JULY 25, 2023

A Project managers can’t do it alone. When the project is larger and more complex, the organization often employs someone called a project officer. This person is tasked with helping ensure the project is delivered successfully. What Is a Project Officer? A project officer assists the project manager.

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Software Review Technical Review Logistics Healthcare 298

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 25, 2022

Every project needs a sponsor. In this article, we’ll look at why that is and how you can work with a project sponsor as a project manager. What is a project sponsor? A project sponsor is someone who champions the project, providing resources and support. What does a project sponsor do?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Now everyone knows what the meeting is for and what their role in it is. What to include in the meeting ToR You’re creating a terms of reference that sets out everything attendees need to know about the meeting, so your ToR should be comprehensive. Ready to get started? However, if it’s too long, no one will read it.

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Governance Government Budget Planning 329

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 4, 2022

In this webinar we discuss tips and strategies for managing multiple projects. Managing Multiple Projects: How Project Managers Can Balance Priorities, Manage Expectations and Increase Productivity is a book that offers a comprehensive framework for juggling your workload and still leaving the office on time. Get Your Copy.

Software Review 264

Software Review Governance Government Technical Review 264

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 28, 2019

One of the first things that project managers learn on training courses is that a project has a start, a middle and an end. Unfortunately, outside the classroom you’ll come across projects that don’t work like that. What is a zombie project? A zombie project is one that never ends. lack of governance.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 18, 2022

Tracking what you do is essential to proper execution. Regarding project management, an audit trail is a way to deliver projects on time and within budget. An audit trail isn’t only used in project management and it serves many industries. What Is an Audit Trail? Get started with ProjectManager today for free.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 11, 2020

We surveyed 220 project managers to better understand what it’s like to work in project delivery. In this original research, we share some brand new project management statistics. Ready to see what we uncovered? Sixty percent of project managers are using hybrid methods to deliver their projects.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 28, 2021

What is PRINCE2? PRINCE2 is a project management method. It’s structured, and experience-based, created from the lived experience of thousands of project managers and successful projects. PRINCE2 stands for Projects IN a Controlled Environment (Version 2). A PRINCE2 project needs a business case.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Having an event is a like executing a project. Just like a project, event management is the way you make sure everything seamlessly comes together for your stakeholders. What Is Event Management? You could use a spreadsheet to organize your event management but project management software makes the job much easier.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 3, 2020

We aren’t managing projects now in the same way that people managed projects years ago. The approaches taken by many companies and professional bodies to managing projects are different now to when I first started out in the field in 2000ish. How long has project management been around? Technology.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 20, 2021

Knowing how to manage a meeting is one of the core skills for project managers. What Are Meeting Management Techniques? Meeting management techniques are what you do during and around the meeting to facilitate the conversation and get action. Basic Meeting Best Practices (Skip This If You Chair Meetings Once A Week).

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Technical Review Influencer PMI Software Review 451

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 27, 2019

A critical success factor for a software development project is how it is funded. This will drive many aspects of the team’s behavior throughout the project. But greater flexibility generally requires a more skillful approach to governance and project management. Context Counts When Choosing a Funding Option.

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Software Developers Software Development Software Review Software 244

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 11, 2023

Construction is, of course, a project, one that tends to be long, complex and involves many different parties to deliver. In order to control all those moving parts, construction professionals use construction management for all project delivery methods. What Is Construction Management?

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 29, 2019

What’s important is having the foresight and the tools to see those red flags and stop yourself before you are stymied by your own head. One way to do that, especially if you tend to move into negative thoughts, is to stop, sit back and say to yourself that thoughts are not truth. Consciousness is a blessing and a curse. Be Cognizant.

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Controlling Governance Government Engineering 402

Leading Agile

AUGUST 24, 2022

What is Agile governance? Simply put, Agile governance is a way to maximize the flow of value within an organization in the fastest way possible. In small, lean startups, there aren’t a lot of legacy processes and systems in place to overcome, and your teams are small and conducive to an Agile governance model.

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Governance Government Agile Cadence 118

Kiron Bondale

MARCH 17, 2019

We might assume that transparency should be a given when delivering value through our projects so why is it that the actions of teams or the stakeholders supporting delivery don’t always demonstrate that basic hygiene factor?

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Software Review Lean PMI Governance 201

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 22, 2019

Starting your own business is a major project. First you have to have the thought, which means a mental creation of what it is you’re going to do. What that entails is making a plan and using that plan as a guide to take action. Jennifer Bridges, PMP, shows you the five things you’ll want to think about before you start.

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Governance Government Software Review Planning 246

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

OK - Let’s start with the basics. To do that effectively they have to define goals, order the Product Backlog, and generally get dirty managing that messy intersection of business problems, users, customers, team capabilities, organizational capabilities, technology, budget, constraints, governance, and stakeholder needs.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Plus, authors tend to have a different way of presenting information, so if you couldn’t grasp the basics from your training, you’ll get a different take on the topic from a deep dive into the topic from a book. I also speak to a lot of authors and have met many project management trainers over the years. Short on time? Learn more.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 18, 2022

Employing Scrum can be a major stepping stone on this journey when the management empowers Product Owners and is not merely regarding Scrum as a delivery means to ship more features, products, and services within the constraints of the iron (project) triangle. TL; DR: Product Owner Interview Questions: The Product Mindset.

Governance 206

Governance Government SCRUM Influencer 206

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Your new project was approved for funding. You wouldn’t believe the number of project managers I speak to on mentoring calls who struggle to get their budget approved. You can’t do much on a project without some funding behind you. What exactly got approved? What is project contingency?

Technical Review 297

Technical Review Software Review Estimate Risk Management 297

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 1, 2019

It seems like more and more of the projects we’re working on as project managers are tricky in non-conventional ways. Suddenly what you thought you were delivering is actually not that after all. In my mentoring group we often talk about how projects don’t quite work the way the textbooks make you think they should.

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Leadership Consulting Governance Government 246

ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Having an event is a like executing a project. Just like a project, event management is the way you make sure everything seamlessly comes together for your stakeholders. What Is Event Management? You could use a spreadsheet to organize your event management but project management software makes the job much easier.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

What is a project management audit? In Review – How to Do a Project Management Audit. Now that is not so different than what a project manager does all the time, she added. One, it helps to understand where we are compared to where we should be in the project. What Is a Project Management Audit?

Software Review 280

Software Review Healthcare Governance Government 280

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 2, 2021

What is IR35? The government anticipates raising an extra £3.1bn through the additional tax, although there’s no way particularly to measure it, according to Dave. What’s actually happening now is a new Chapter of the payroll legislation, which we’re calling IR35 as a shorthand but actually it’s the off-payroll legislation.

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Finance 2021 Consulting Budget 310

The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

By Eugene Bounds and Steve Ackert Recently, the buzzword artificial intelligence (AI) has been on everyone’s minds, not just in the tech world but across many industries, including project management. For over a quarter of a century, the Standish Group has tracked, reported, and improved software-intensive project success rates. [1]

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MPUG

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

One thing Edward Snowden has taught the world is this: Never trust the US Government or any other government for that matter! This is why I think that: Project Online has been adopted at such a low rate outside the US (i.e. Project Server for on-premise was discontinued at the same time. Microsoft Project schedules).

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2010 Governance Government 2013 111

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

As the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Agile Manifesto has arrived, it makes me look back at how the world has changed over the past 20 years and what it may look like over the next 20. . We hear agile government, agile schools, agile marketing, agile at home, agile HR, etc. Should the Agile Manifesto Change?

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MPUG

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Although the term “life cycle” is used in many professions, its basic meaning remains the same. In project management, the project lifecycle signifies a series of stages or phases through which a project passes. Project Lifecycle and Phases. A project lifecycle can be simply understood as a collection of phases.

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