Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

I gathered some project management statistics from original research (thank you, blog reader community) and learned some scary facts: it’s hard out there for project professionals. The buck stops with me but there are very few ways I can influence the direction of travel. So why are people leaving project management?

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Scrum.org

JUNE 4, 2023

Check the related blog posts for a step-by-step explanation. Systems Thinking offers a perspective on how we can influence complex systems. Over time, organizations slowly gain weight by adding roles, activities, processes, rules, governance, departments, etc. All of them are based on Liberating Structures.

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The IIL Blog

JULY 26, 2023

The World’s Leading Framework and Certification for Agile Project Management By APMG International July 26, 2023 Agile’s influence on the project management industry continues to rise at pace. Quality and Governance Controls One of AgilePM’s underlying principles is to Never Compromise Quality.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Officially defined by the Project Management Institute’s Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMI’s PMBOK) as “the plans, processes, policies, procedures and knowledge bases specific to and used by the performing organization,” operational process assets influence the management of a project.

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iZenBridge

MAY 20, 2021

I hope, after reading this blog you will plan your PMP® without any further delay. Practicing servant leadership, inspire, motivate, and influence stakeholders and team members. Build trust and influence through collaborating, mentoring, and engaging stakeholders to achieve project goals. Are you in one of them?

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Proofhub

JUNE 20, 2023

However, it’s essential to keep in mind the influence of external, uncontrolled risk factors too. Some of the sources of such risks can be: the market, the environment, the economy, or the government policies. You’ll have to be prepared for such uncontrollable situations that can affect your business through business risk management.

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Inloox

JANUARY 14, 2021

This blog post will give you an insight into projects in the construction industry. The success of a construction project is sometimes recognizable even to amateurs and influences the lives of everybody. Especially in the case of government-financed large-scale projects, the pressure from outside is enormous.

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Leading Agile

MAY 3, 2021

Dojos are successful because they create localized clearings and conditions that limit the broader organization’s influence and focus on maximizing learning. Could it be because those people and companies promoting, running, and delivering the Dojos gain more influence and funding?

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

This can include a process that must be completed, a piece of data that is needed for the process or a business rule that governs that process and data. It helps you understand the needs and expectations of your stakeholder in terms of their power or influence and the level of interest in your project. Key Stakeholders.

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Technical Review Software Review Defining Risk Management 321

Scrum.org

JULY 11, 2021

And has created tons of supporting materials like card decks, papers, videos, blog posts, and much more! In this blog post, we focus on one specific question that was raised: “How to measure the success of an Agile Coach or Scrum Master?”. In the remainder of this blog post, I’ll include my personal findings as well.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 19, 2022

Some might want to save the celebrations until the final delivery, but having milestones , acknowledging them and rewarding the team throughout the execution phase is how you keep morale up, which influences productivity. Ineffective corporate governance. Meet Regularly. Disengaged executive sponsors. Misalignment with strategic goals.

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The IIL Blog

JULY 12, 2023

There are eight Project Performance Domains: Stakeholders Team Development Approach and Life Cycle Planning Project Work Delivery Measurement Uncertainty As you can see, the decisions and actions in one domain influence and impact other domains. Thus, the domains are interrelated and interdependent.

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Wrike

JULY 28, 2023

Stakeholders, including individuals or groups who are affected by or have an interest in a particular endeavor, can greatly influence its outcomes. This includes both internal and external stakeholders, such as employees, customers, suppliers, shareholders, government agencies, local communities, and NGOs.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 8, 2021

Governments, businesses and NGOs have aspirational goals. This blog aims to shed some light on the underlying forces at play and how good goal setting with well-chosen metrics can help. This classification is important as it has an influence on communication and measures. . Grand ideas, visions are everywhere. Goal Categories.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 9, 2018

That means going to conferences, writing articles for trade publications and posting to respected blogs. These bridge jobs often lead to bigger and better things, but they also offer more experience and can expand your sphere of influence. Write articles or blogs to get visibility, and establish your credibility.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

JANUARY 30, 2020

Agile is moving beyond technology and is now widely used in financial services, government, and professional services companies. This blog post is written by Strategy Execution Instructor Alan Zucker. This post first appeared on PMO Perspectives Blog. Once inside, there are many paths to travel.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Since then, the implications have reached beyond industry and the kaizen principles have been used to help in healthcare, psychotherapy, government, banking and even life coaching. It’s been around in Japan since after World War II, though influenced by quality management ideas from the United States.

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Manufacturing Lean Healthcare Software Review 297

ProjectManager.com

APRIL 24, 2019

While making money is the overriding mandate of any for-profit enterprise, each individual organization is governed by its own set of standards and practices. Those standards and practices are called corporate governance, and they are going to influence your project. What Is Corporate Governance?

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Epicflow Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Therefore, stakeholders in project management are the people who directly or indirectly influence and are affected by the initiation, execution, and implementation of the project. In such a way, it’ll be easier for you to influence and change their opinions if you need it. Let’s learn more about the types of stakeholders in projects.

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Project Life Cycle Influencer Risk Management Technical Review 98

The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The Fuzzy Front End The fuzzy front end (FFE) of a project is where executives, stakeholders, and governance personnel would meet to select and prioritize projects for execution. Complexity influences the way we perform project planning, scheduling, monitoring, and control practices. Directional complexity.

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Technical Review Risk Management Executing Governance 88

The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Project Governance The framework and guidelines for decision-making, responsibility, and accountability within a project. Stakeholder An individual, group, or organization with an interest or influence in a project or its outcomes. A Stakeholder can be internal or external to the project and organization.

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Development Team Review Project Life Cycle Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 148

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Digital transformation can be something as narrow as deciding to go paperless, or as wide as impacting entire segments of society, such as governance, mass communications, art, medicine and science. Digital transformation is a way to get more innovative and take something beyond what a tweak of traditional methods might offer.

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Technical Review Consulting Healthcare Software Review 242

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 8, 2016

Check #5: Governance. Is there a governance structure? For other areas of governance such as reporting and approval levels, talk to your PMO and get these in place. The company culture has a lot of influence over what is done and what is ignored not followed up. Who is your project sponsor? What’s the reporting schedule?

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Resource Guru

MARCH 20, 2023

This week, Director, Data Governance at American Express, and experienced PMP, Ordonna Sargeant, talks about what happens when you don’t have clearly defined team roles and why collaboration is the key to success in project management. You have more influence than you know. Bring your knowledge to the forefront.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

AUGUST 8, 2019

Think about it, an improvement is needed in, for example, in the risk management process or governance arrangements in large scale projects. Here’s a brilliant skill that anyone working in PMO – regardless of the level they’re working at – could benefit from – influencing.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 15, 2016

Entrepreneurs and start-ups are able to access government funding and offer a valid alternative to global conglomerations. Don’t pander to seniority and let people influence the project on all levels. I assume yes – if you are reading this blog. You try it: Harmonise projects with the world outside instead of trying to fight it.

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Energy Sustainability Governance Government 150

Proofhub

JANUARY 4, 2021

They may be senior executives in your organization, external customers, employees, and even the government or the general public. You won’t assign a video editing task to a C++ programmer, and you can’t expect a full-stack developer to do keyword research for a blog. Want to simplify your task management efforts? Try ProofHub.”

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Wrike

JULY 23, 2023

For instance, the evolution of risk perception has been influenced by changes in the business environment. Modern risk assessments take into account a wide range of factors, including technological advancements, geopolitical influences, regulatory changes, and social trends.

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Ron Rosenhead

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

develop your influencing skills – sometime your sponsor simply has no interest or no time. Use your new found skills to try and influence them or…. This blog was first published by Arras People. Within the document how about having a note about how you can both communicate role issue concerns to each other?

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2015 Influencer PMI Risk Management 170

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 7, 2023

These can influence the outcome of the project, program or portfolio so they must be managed. That’s why project managers and their teams need to take time to identify enterprise environmental factors that might influence their projects and figure out an action plan to mitigate or respond to them in a timely, effective manner.

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Planview

JANUARY 8, 2019

To make it more easily accessible to you, we are giving it everlasting life here on the blog. Forward-thinking organizations incorporate business processes for governance and decision-making, particularly regarding which investments should be made during the strategic planning process and ongoing checkpoints.

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Wrike

OCTOBER 1, 2023

This transparency enhances confidence in the decision-making process and reduces the influence of subjective biases. On the other hand, if the primary objective is economic growth, decision-makers may assign a higher weight to impacts that have a substantial economic influence.

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Sustainability Risk Management Influencer Infrastructure 36

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Clerks are also rarely talking (or allowed to talk) to external influencers or governance stakeholders, such as legal authorities and/or regulators. Clerks typically don’t interact with external stakeholders, rarely with external users and (almost) never with real, paying customers who actually buy the product. Want to learn more?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 10, 2022

Entrepreneurs and start-ups are able to access government funding and offer a valid alternative to global conglomerations. Don’t pander to seniority and let people influence the project on all levels. This article first appeared on the blog in 2016 and has been lightly edited since then. Form strategic partnerships.

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Leading Agile

APRIL 25, 2023

There’s a lot of resistance to change and adapting behavior, but my belief is that if we get the systems and organization right, including teaming structures, governance, metrics, and controls, and enable them with solid agile practices like Scrum or SAFe, culture can emerge over time. We’re dealing with organizational politics.

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MPUG

JULY 27, 2020

Rather, it’s more about how they interact within the knowledge area and with each other, the areas in which they overlap, and how they influence and impact each other. The key output for this process is Project Communications , which includes project presentations, blogs, ad-hoc reports, and other communication artifacts.

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Communications Management Monitoring Influencer Project Life Cycle 111

Agilemania

MARCH 10, 2022

the influence on strategic IT projects.” . IT professionals with two to five certifications have as much professional influence after three years as IT professionals with no certifications after six years.”. Here’s an interesting fact. . “IT IT professionals with one SAFe certification have 2.5x Why should you choose?

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