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. Action if not clear: Talk to your sponsor or line manager.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 24, 2023

When it comes to managing them effectively, understanding the differences between projects and operations is key. Ops managers want (and seek) stability so they can manage process performance. The status quo is good but project managers keep changing things! Projects change the business.

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Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2019

are the questions arising in the mind of those who haven’t initiated this process in their company yet. When we talk about digitization, we mean the process of putting analog data into a code that can be easily processed by a computer. The difference is that processes are not digitized. and ‘what are its consequences?’

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 4, 2022

That’s a long and complicated journey in construction project management, which is why knowing the best construction delivery method is so important. It’s a system for organizing and financing the design, construction, operations and maintenance services for the build on which you’re working, be it in a structure or facility.

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Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2019

are the questions arising in the mind of those who haven’t initiated this process in their company yet. When we talk about digitization, we mean the process of putting analog data into a code that can be easily processed by a computer. The difference is that processes are not digitized. and ‘what are its consequences?’

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

There are several ways of categorizing project cost for your project budget: Direct costs Indirect costs Capital costs (capex) Operating costs (opex) Project deliverable costs Project management costs And your organization may have other standard ways of thinking about cost categories. Let’s look at each of those in turn.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Nearly 1 in 5 project managers have considered leaving their job: 37% of professionals have thought about quitting project management in the past year. So why are people leaving project management? Let’s start with this story from one project manager. Anonymous project manager. Why do project managers quit?

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Scrum.org

APRIL 10, 2023

Stakeholder Persona Canvas Sometimes, I have found that Empathy Mapping can be a time-consuming and resource-intensive process. Matrix of Influence Source: Book Product Mastery by Geoff Watts Image Created By Lavaneesh Gautam. Internal or External governance such as Finance, Legal, PMO, Risk, and Audit may fall into the category.

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Project Risk Coach

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

He is the author of The Why and How of Auditing , Audit Risk Assessment Made Easy , and The Little Book of Local Government Fraud Prevention. Proverbs 17:8 Last week, Harry and I were running, and Harry was talking about project procurement risks. Given this risk, what can be done? He blogs at cpahalltalk.com.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 24, 2020

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. You won’t know if the risk log is sound and the resource planning sensible until you investigate. First, establish the authority that the project manager (that’s now you) has on this project.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 28, 2018

It can mean different things within various organizations or circumstances, but there is a way to broadly outline this business process improvement methodology and define its beginnings, its, rise, its use and its implementation. As noted, it’s a methodology used to improve the quality of an output in a process. What Is Six Sigma?

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The Lazy Project Manager

APRIL 25, 2017

You can read more about this at SME www.smeweb.com/sme/how-mismanaging-change-is-the-biggest-risk-of-all – where Peter describes the four-year study by LeadershipIQ.com which found that the number one reason CEO’s got fired was …. wait for it …. mismanaging change. Perhaps there is a solution to the worry after all.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

They let you know whether you can go overspent or what risk mitigation actions are the right ones for this point in the project. Often an internal senior department manager, client account manager or supplier project manager/representative. Project manager: the person leading the project (you).

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nTask

JANUARY 28, 2022

Be it meeting with the clients and discussing their needs, planning, and construction, managing the finances, or keeping an eye on legal matters, real estate development makes sure your hands are full all day, every day. Enter real estate development management software. What Is a Real Estate Development Management Software?

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nTask

AUGUST 26, 2021

Project management is all about working together in a team. Out of the many challenges faced by the project managers, coordination within a team is quite a stress. Meeting deadlines, keeping everyone connected, and keeping a track of the progress of a project and communication are some of the issues faced in project management.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 28, 2018

They let you know whether you can go overspent or what risk mitigation actions are the right ones for this point in the project. Then you should be on the Steering Group as the project manager. Examples would be: A vendor account manager. A finance or legal team member, if the project has significant impact in those areas.

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Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Let’s say, your company has expanded, and now you have to manage your globally distributed resources. Or your projects are accompanied with numerous risks and uncertainties, and you’d like to make your decision-making process more informed by means of analyzing possible consequences. . Jira for Managing Projects.

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Scrum.org

JULY 28, 2022

Or, as Kent Beck puts it in his book Extreme Programming Explained : “under the right conditions, people and teams can take many small steps so rapidly that they appear to be leaping.”. Small steps in the right direction to remove impediments, improve collaboration, manage risk, and deliver value sooner. And this makes sense.

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The Lazy Project Manager

NOVEMBER 18, 2017

And do the sponsors interact and engage on a regular, bi-directional manner with the project managers? If you don’t declare a complete and utter ‘No’ then the next step of the ‘ESP’ test is to consider any weak points in this ‘Executive board to Sponsor to Project Manager’ relationship. One point here.

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Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Risk issues that can be identified early in the program, which will potentially impact the program later, termed Known Unknowns and can be alleviated with good risk management. Effective Risk Management 2 nd Edition , Edmund Conrow, AIAA, 2003.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 17, 2017

It was clear many years later, he was a good development manager and waited for the appropriate time to coach and mentor us. but one where Process is King since the money for or work comes from a sovereign. The notion that process and overhead are a waste is true in some sense. Too much process, too much overhead is a waste.

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The Lazy Project Manager

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

On that basis now is the time for you to ‘do the math’ and work your change portfolio investment out, an example was covered in ‘Challenge 1 – Invest in the right portfolio management’ – so you can reference that if you wish. Before you start how big do you think your Portfolio is right now and how big do you think it really might be?

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Planio

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

For example, if your company’s main goal is to improve user retention, a new feature that increases the risk of customers leaving is unlikely to get approved. Risk appetite: Is the risk associated with a new initiative manageable? This will vary depending on your organization's risk appetite.

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The Lazy Project Manager

DECEMBER 6, 2017

This book is not the book to advise you on what portfolio reporting or dashboard solution to choose and it is not about how you should go about implementing such a solution (I did suggest one specific dashboard view you might ask for from any supplier and/or solution though so make sure you lock that one down).

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nTask

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Digital asset management for nonprofits is an up-and-coming endeavor. As a nonprofit organization, you need efficient means to store, manage and distribute digital content. This requires the use of an efficient system for digital asset management for nonprofits. Let us first take a look at digital asset management.

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The Lazy Project Manager

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

Without management and control and accountability, alongside that maturity in change delivery, it will be wasted – perhaps not truly burnt but money used a little here and a little there, a resource ‘borrowed’, and a little help provided over there on that other important activity. Now we come to the ‘so what’ part. is the ‘I’ for investment.

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The Lazy Project Manager

JUNE 7, 2017

The following is an extract from my new book ‘How to get Fired at the C-Level: Why mismanaging change is the biggest risk of all’ in association with my friends at Tailwind Project Solutions – the extracts follow a series of 5 Challenges that I think every organisation should consider, and consider very carefully: ‘Change is the law of life.

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Project Risk Coach

JULY 17, 2017

He is the author of The Little Book of Local Government Fraud Prevention and Preparation of Financial Statements & Compilation Engagements. Last week, Harry and I were running, and he told me about his procurement risk blog series. Last week, Harry and I were running, and he told me about his procurement risk blog series.

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nTask

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Event planning is an exhausting process, you have to pay attention to the tiniest details to make sure everything goes according to the plan on the D-day. Event management and project management are quite similar when it comes to the fundamentals. What Is Event Project Management? Booking hotels. Ordering food.

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The Lazy Project Manager

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

TAKE THE TEST: If you recognise this behaviour inside your organisation then you definitely have an attitude issue and your organisation needs to do a whole lot of Organisational Change Management [1] (OCM) and generally get out there making people realise that this stuff is important.

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Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. Making these decisions in the presence Uncertainty ?

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The Lazy Project Manager

JUNE 22, 2017

If you think about CEO’s being most often fired for mismanaging change then it is a ‘no-brainer’ you would have thought if your portfolio is a significant one and – based on Challenge 1 – Invest in the right portfolio management – it is often more significant than you might think (see previous blog).

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International Institute for Learning

AUGUST 17, 2022

Join the event to hear speakers such as Dr. Harold Kerzner, Keith Wilson, and Ed Lively, in discussions about industry best practice in Project Management. Running to Leadership: The New Type T Manager. Managing Difficult Projects and Difficult People. A Peek Into The Future of Project Management. Dr. Harold Kerzner.

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The Lazy Project Manager

AUGUST 1, 2017

And how can you Invest in great project management skills? You can see that is not just a matter of recruiting the best project managers. That helps of course, as does developing the best project managers. Executives do not need project management skills but project sponsorship and product ownership skills.

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Paymo App

JULY 27, 2018

Project management process bottlenecks. The 3 main things I have so far noticed about project management processes: The more detailed the planned steps, the less likely they will be realized. Project management process tip > Try to automate updates and communication between team members, using SaaS tools.

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Epicflow Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Do you know your organization’s project management maturity level? If not, it’s high time to change the situation: project management maturity has a direct impact on a company’s competitiveness and business success. . What is project management maturity exactly, and how to define its level?

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Hub Planner

MARCH 22, 2023

Save time and filter the schedule to quickly allocate the right resources to projects Filter the schedule for a quicker and more responsive approach to resource scheduling and project management. Perfect for resource scheduling and project management. Filter the schedule for resources, projects or bookings.

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