Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2024

The APM BOK defines project quality as: “The fitness for purpose of the degree of conformance of the outputs of a process, or the process itself to requirements.” Good” could be: The buttons are green The process takes less than 3 seconds Latency is 0.1 Good” then becomes your success criteria or quality measures.

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Software Review Technical Review Budget Defining 341

LiquidPlanner

MAY 24, 2022

This notion of contingency analysis shows that when planning or budgeting, we must account for foreseeable risk and factor in the optimal route required with the minimum number of possible detours. Any forecast used to establish baseline budgets will be imperfect, whether for reserve fuel supplies or project contingencies.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

However, the project sponsor is the person responsible for decisions that affect the project budget and the schedule, where making a change would deviate from the agreed plan. You can change the dates or the budget as long as you don’t go outside the zone. Welcome to the wonderful world of project tolerances.

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Prince2 Sustainability Risk Management Budget 339

Kiron Bondale

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Project management standards such as the PMBOK® Guide, Sixth Edition state that contingency reserves, which are established to offset the cost or schedule impacts of realized identified risks, are considered part of the project budget and cost baseline. This matches my own experience from the previous two companies I worked for.

Risk Management 328

Risk Management PMI Construction Budget 328

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 8, 2022

Fixed date projects only get a passing mention in the Managing Successful Projects book , and you’d have to look really hard to find a mention of managing time constraints in the Directing Successful Projects book. PRINCE2® advises that the fixed date time constraint is managed as a planning risk. There isn’t.

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Prince2 Software Review Risk Management Risk 410

ProjectManager.com

MAY 19, 2022

During the five process groups of the project life cycle, there are multiple objectives and outcomes for each phase. After the project initiation and the planning processes, the execution of the project begins. During this phase a project leader will focus on these key processes: Managing people. Following processes.

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Executing Project Life Cycle Software Review Technical Review 494

ProjectManager.com

APRIL 19, 2024

The name kanban means billboard in Japanese, and you can see why, as the process involves placing tasks represented by cards on physical or digital kanban boards. The scrum master is the team expert on the process, and they are instrumental in guiding the team to optimize the use of scrum in the project. What Is Scrum?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

You won’t know if the risk log is sound and the resource planning sensible until you investigate. 6: Review the budget Is the budget approved? Action if there is no budget plan or information: Back to the PMO or your Finance team. By ‘health’ I mean what kind of a state the project is in. How do you spend it?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 11, 2024

However, the risk of getting the change aspects wrong can be huge. I’ll be honest: PROSCI is out of my budget so I haven’t taken that course. There are also plenty of good quality change management books if a training course is not for you. She is the author of Build, Excite, Equip which is the book that this class is based on.

Software Review 328

Software Review Technical Review Certification Change Management 328

Teamweek

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

We often plan a project with this overly optimistic mindset — never considering the myriad of project risks out there. So we’ll explore the most common project risks (and how to prevent them) in this guide. 11 common types of project risks It’s important to remember that risks don’t always appear as a dark, foreboding catastrophes.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 29, 2022

These documents, such as the project plan, project schedule or project budget, define activities, procedures and guidelines to be followed by the project team. Project documentation has several purposes, such as project planning, cost management or risk management. Risk Register. Project Budget. Project Charter.

Project Life Cycle 362

Project Life Cycle Software Review Infrastructure Risk Management 362

ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 19, 2022

We’ll explain the process, define the term and detail the steps for making a rough order of magnitude estimate. It’s a great tool for determining the costs of your project because, though it’s not 100 percent accurate, it’s statistically on target and better than basing the budget on your gut.

Estimate 349

Estimate Software Review Budget Project Cost 349

ProjectManager.com

JULY 12, 2022

As with everything in construction project management, there’s a process, meetings, checklist and more. The company starts by defining the project and identifying risks. If the client and the contractor agree to the job, that’s when the process starts. That process can be broken down into five main activities. Learn more.

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Software Review Construction Estimate Budget 365

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 4, 2022

There are many different types, from design-bid-build, design-build and construction manager at risk to integrated project delivery, job order contracting and public-private partnerships. To help guide you, look at the project budget, design, risks, schedule and owner’s expertise. Another consideration is construction risk.

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Construction Risk Management Risk Closing 302

Kiron Bondale

MAY 8, 2023

I read a number of project leadership books each year but usually I find only one or two which really make an impact. Professor Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner ‘s book “ How Big Things Get Done ” is one of the latter. In the book, the authors provide many case studies supporting eleven heuristics derived from Prof.

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Aerospace Construction Leadership Risk Management 177

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 10, 2021

Anna recommended that achievements are quantified e.g. delivering ahead of schedule or within budget. Anna said that interviewers want to see that you can make them money, improve processes and so on. Interviewers want to see that you can make them money, improve processes and so on. Use concrete examples.

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Certification Risk Management Monitoring Risk 504

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 22, 2022

The book includes a list of 50 secrets in Appendix D which is a summary of The Standish Group’s Chaos Manifesto 2012: The Year of the Executive Sponsor. Read my guide on the process for decision-making. Understand risk and reward. Risks are things that could happen. Sometimes taking a risk means a bigger reward.

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2012 2013 Risk Management PMI 383

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 22, 2020

Richard Newton, in his book, The Project Management Book, sets out another 4 benefits of stakeholder management. One of my favourite project management books. Need some help with the project budget? Reduce and Uncover Risk. Your stakeholders can also help you identify new risks. Here they are.

Finance 351

Finance Risk Management Software Review Influencer 351

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 18, 2021

Note: This article was put together before the PMBOK® Guide – 7 th edition was published so the information in it is drawn from publicly available information about what is going to be in the book. For example, an estimate is the obvious output of the estimating process, so estimates aren’t mentioned again as a separate project artifact.

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Logistics Artificial Inteligence PMI Performance Measurement 511

PM Basics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Qualitative risk analysis boosts the chances for project success dramatically. I honestly believe that this risk analysis in more than enough for small and medium projects. Qualitative Risk Analysis is the process of prioritizing risks for further analysis or action by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact.

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Risk Risk Management Software Review Technical Review 59

PM Basics

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

In this article, you’ll find the real-life project risk management plan example. Below the example, you’ll find all the required information and resources to create your Risk Management Plan quickly and for free. Risk Management Plan Definition. Risk Register, WBS). Risk Management Plan Template.

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Risk Management Risk Planning Technical Review 105

The IIL Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

is the learning process – how the brain acquires knowledge and skills. Imagine you are a project manager leading a cross-functional project team where team members have diverse work styles and conflicting priorities…” “Assume you have been assigned a project with a tight budget and aggressive timelines…” Problem-Solving Prompts.

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Artificial Inteligence Generative AI ChatGPT Software Review 167

PM Basics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Scope management is a combination of processes and tools that help to identify tangible and intangible project outcomes. After that, these integrated processes help to describe, control, and validate the work to be done by the project team in order to create those outcomes. Then, you can dive deeper into each process and tool.

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Process Underperforming Technical Team Estimate Software Review 108

The IIL Blog

JANUARY 3, 2024

is the learning process – how the brain acquires knowledge and skills. Imagine you are a project manager leading a cross-functional project team where team members have diverse work styles and conflicting priorities…” “Assume you have been assigned a project with a tight budget and aggressive timelines…” Problem-Solving Prompts.

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Artificial Inteligence Generative AI ChatGPT Software Review 154

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 24, 2023

Ops managers want (and seek) stability so they can manage process performance. All these require careful planning and execution in order to be completed successfully within budgeted timelines without compromising on quality standards set by the organization itself, its customers, clients, and stakeholders. Projects change the business.

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Retail Governance Government Healthcare 417

Project Risk Coach

MARCH 2, 2016

How well did John use risk management to accomplish his goal? He and his team completed a project plan and identified project risks. He captured the risks in his risk register and periodically conducted risk reviews. He skipped capturing his risks and conducting the risk reviews.

Risk Management 170

Risk Management Risk Technical Review Software Review 170

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Add to this, risk management features that help identify, manage and track issues and ProjectManager deserves our top ranking for Procore alternatives. It also needs QuickBooks to retrieve budget actuals and create bills from purchase orders. Get started with ProjectManager today for free. Finally, there’s no free trial to test it out.

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2024 Construction Software Review Technical Review 359

Kiron Bondale

JULY 24, 2022

Based on the time and budget remaining, certain work packages may be added, dropped or reprioritized. These tactics will leave me with just under 25% of my budget. Having these key dates defined up front simplifies the planning process. As such, a predictive approach can be used for the management of both of these deliverables.

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2023 Budget Defining Estimate 194

Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 18, 2022

By understanding and documenting the project requirements, you can ensure that the project is completed on time, within budget, and meets the expectations of the stakeholders. Second, they help to ensure that the project team can balance scope, timescale, budget, and resources to get them an output they will find acceptable.

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Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Budget Software Review 411

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Resource loading is a process to keep team members fully engaged throughout the project. This is one way that projects go off track, miss a deadline or spend beyond the project budget. Each worker is assigned a task or a percentage of the project until they’re 100 percent booked. They do the work.

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Budget Monitoring Sustainability Software 298

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

I caught up with Mark so that he could explain that interesting title and talk more about the book. Visual Project Management is a process that uses the visualization of the project delivery process to drive team behaviors: to collaborate and effectively manage projects to deliver on time. Let’s talk about the unexpected.

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Underperforming Technical Team Critical Chain 2015 Controlling 371

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 24, 2022

Six videos covering tools and techniques, the process and more. Look at your project schedule and consider whether you have truly incorporated enough change management activities (and time/budget for those activities) in the plan. Read Anthony Mersino’s excellent book: Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers. Be curious.

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2022 PMO Risk Management Artificial Inteligence 489

ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2018

Most project management books will tell you this: If you make sure that the triple constraint is covered, you won’t have any problems. A project is often defined as successful if the project’s objectives are achieved by the deadline and stay within the budget. Managing risks is an important task for project managers.

Technical Review 361

Technical Review Software Review Sustainability Risk Management 361

ProjectManager.com

JUNE 2, 2022

Projects are designed to deliver a product or a service within a specific timeframe and budget, a process that the project manager oversees. In the illustration below, you can see that the product breakdown structure is used for building a book website. Risk Breakdown Structure. But what is a product breakdown structure?

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Prince2 Risk Management Development Team Review Executing 204

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The 3 performance domains in project management are: People Process Business Environment. You still need to engage people, create effective processes and operate within your business environment: it’s all project management at the end of the day. Domain II: Process. Let’s look at each of those domains next.

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Technical Review PMI Influencer Leadership 473

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 25, 2023

The book Quality Control Handbook, published in 1951 and written by quality expert Joseph Juran, defined cost of quality as having both tangible and intangible costs. A benefit of cost of quality is that it gives manufacturers or service providers a chance to analyze their processes and in so doing improve quality operations.

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Manufacturing Controlling 333

Teamweek

JUNE 3, 2024

Keeping projects within budget is one common challenge that most project managers face at least once in their careers. Scope creep is one of the main reasons why projects exceed their budgets. It provides seven proven tips for cutting costs and keeping projects within budget without headaches. Let’s get started.

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Project Cost Technical Review Estimate Budget 59