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How to take over an existing project [Free checklist]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

5: Review the governance structure Is there a governance structure ? Action if there is no formal governance: My first point of call would be your project sponsor. For other areas of governance such as reporting and approval levels, talk to your PMO and get these in place. Who is your project sponsor? How do you spend it?

PMO 303
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Project Management Job Titles: Understanding the Types of Roles in Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

He managed all the logistics for the project including booking rooms for testing and training, making sure the right delegates showed up to the training, supporting them with claiming expenses, organizing project boards, steering groups and other governance milestones, and generally making everyone’s lives easier.

PMO 385
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Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and Risk Governance

MPUG

I came to know that there were no consistencies within risk governance parameters, such as risk appetite , or risk threshold , for example. In this article, we will explore how to manage such massive gap at an organizational level considering Enterprise Risk Management and Risk Governance. Governance and Its Elements.

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How To Take Over An Existing Project [Free Checklist]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

5: Review the governance structure. Is there a governance structure ? Action if there is no formal governance: My first point of call would be your project sponsor. For other areas of governance such as reporting and approval levels, talk to your PMO and get these in place. Who is your project sponsor?

PMO 505
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Exploring the differences: Projects vs operations examples

Rebel’s Guide to PM

For example, in the UK, the Infrastructure and Projects Authority manages projects and shares best practices for UK government projects. In the United States, the Government Accountability Office publishes regular reports into major projects. These are all great sources of examples of projects.

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Kanban vs. Scrum: What’s the Difference?

ProjectManager.com

The scrum methodology has been around since the mid-1980s and has been a core sub-methodology of agile since 2001 when Ken Schwaber and Mike Beedle wrote the book on it: Agile Software Development with Scrum. It outlines practically exactly how kanban can work for your team. What Is Scrum?

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Stakeholder Analysis and Mapping: Part 2 of 4 Steps of Stakeholder Engagement

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Matrix of Influence Source: Book Product Mastery by Geoff Watts Image Created By Lavaneesh Gautam. Adapted from Book ‘Product Mastery’ By Geoff Watts Geoff has explained this simple yet very powerful technique in his book, Product Mastery. Stakeholder Exploration and Stakeholder Analysis are the pre-requisites for this.