Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

This article, The Project Manager’s Little Book of Cheats [Book Review] , first appeared on Girl's Guide to PM. There’s no such thing as cheating in project management,” writes Beth Spriggs , “but if there were it would be this book.”. I love books that are practical and applicable, and this is both.

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PMI Risk Management Leadership Risk 178

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge – ( PMBOK® Guide ) 7 th Edition represents a major shift in the way ‘how to do project management’ is presented by PMI. Instead of the Knowledge Areas , we have the whole body of project management split up into 3 performance domains. Domain I: People.

Technical Review 466

Technical Review PMI Influencer Leadership 466

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

MPUG

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The PMI-RMP® credential is an industry renowned certification, certifying that Risk Management Professionals have the necessary knowledge to apply project risk management knowledge, principles, tools, and techniques. This article will assist you in preparing for the PMI-RMP Exam. The PMI RMP Exam Blueprint.

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PMI Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management 2022 64

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Do you need to earn PDUs to maintain your PMI certification? If you hold a PMP ® , PgMP ® , PfMP ® or PMI-PBA ® certification, you need to earn 60 PDUs every three years. If you hold a PMI-ACP ® , PMI-RMP ® , PMI-SP ® certification, you need to earn 30 PDUs in a three-year cycle. You’re in the right place!

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2020 PMI Certification Technical Review 350

ProjectManager.com

JULY 20, 2023

Project management consultants don’t only add value to a project, but they can help introduce project management processes to any team. It’s a great career transition for current project managers to consider. What Is a Project Management Consultant? What Is a Project Management Consultant?

Consulting 381

Consulting Certification PMI Technical Review 381

Kiron Bondale

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

While presenting the project risk management knowledge area from the PMBOK framework, when I indicated that while in our daily conversations risks are usually threats there can be positive risks as well, I was met with some disbelief and skepticism. A positive risk is not something recognized outside of the PM space.

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Risk Risk Management PMI Construction 334

LiquidPlanner

AUGUST 14, 2018

But what if you’re switching from a purely technical role to one that involves managing projects? Or, having managed IT projects for a while, what if you want to formalize your experience with a relevant project qualification? There’s a fair amount of choice when it comes to project management credentials.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 19, 2022

Successful CEOs Ram Charan and Larry Bossidy define execution in their book Executive: The Discipline of Getting Things Done : “Execution is a specific set of behaviors and techniques that companies need to master in order to have a competitive advantage. During this phase a project leader will focus on these key processes: Managing people.

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Executing Project Life Cycle Software Review Technical Review 500

The IIL Blog

APRIL 24, 2024

It traces its roots to Lean, which is also foundational to other modern management theories. The base is Leadership, Systems Thinking, and Process Integrity. Leadership Leaders play a critical role and appear at every level in the organization. A primary leadership role in establishing the organization’s vision and strategy.

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Lean Agile Underperforming Technical Team Innovation 165

Kiron Bondale

MAY 8, 2022

In a project-oriented structure where the project manager has people management responsibilities for their team members, it is expected that an individual’s performance on project work is the primary basis for their formal (HR) evaluation. But this is not something I’ve run across frequently.

Underperforming Technical Team 333

Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management PMI Leadership 333

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

A project manager approached me recently with a problem. That didn’t sit quite right with her (and she didn’t know she was a perfect example of a project management ethics case study when she was telling me the story!). What is Ethics in Project Management? What are ethical issues in management?

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Underperforming Technical Team PMI Risk Management Estimate 424

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 4, 2021

I have updated my responses in order to better reflect the PRINCE2 and A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge — PMBOK® Guide , as at October 2021 as the PMBOK® Guide has been updated since this interview first took place, and PRINCE2 US was launched in 2020. She first took her PRINCE2 Practitioner exam in 2004.

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Prince2 Underperforming Technical Team Certification PMI 422

Kiron Bondale

MARCH 13, 2022

In the projects I’ve managed or supported, I’ve rarely seen all of these conditions met, but would accept that they might be common in certain domains. I would hope that this implies that most project managers are aware of Brooks’ Law. However, it is unfortunate that scope reduction was not the favorite option.

Risk Management 333

Risk Management PMI Risk Leadership 333

The IIL Blog

JULY 26, 2018

The Project Management Institute (PMI) ® Talent Triangle ® has addressed the need for project leadership competencies. The PMI Talent Triangle. (1) 1) Technical Project Management. (2) 2) Strategic and Business Management. (3) 3) Leadership. Project Management Technical. Leadership.

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Leadership PMI 2001 Certification 117

Kiron Bondale

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Tracking and reporting risk information is a standard part of any project management approach. Minimal sufficiency should be the goal we strive to in terms of meeting the informational needs of your stakeholders but more important, helping risk and risk response owners to effectively address identified risks.

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Risk Risk Management PMI Governance 207

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 27, 2020

I ran a subscriber-only webinar a while back about trends in project management collaboration tools and the barriers to adopting new technology in a project environment. That’s it in a nutshell, but that Expert Guide has more detail and my book, Collaboration Tools for Project Managers, covers this in depth.

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PMI Closing Leadership Risk Management 328

International Institute for Learning

MARCH 15, 2023

By Mike Griffiths Welcome to part one of a four-part series introducing basic leadership ideas that any project manager or Scrum master can employ. This first article explains how leadership differs from management and outlines five core leadership attributes for managing projects.

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Leadership PMI Technical Review Innovation 59

Kiron Bondale

JUNE 12, 2022

I’ve often referenced Dr. David Hillson’s definition of risk as “ uncertainty that matters ” in my articles about project risk management. If stakeholders don’t feel that the information presented to them about a risk matters to them, they will ignore it.

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Risk Risk Management PMI Leadership 207

Kiron Bondale

JUNE 9, 2023

During a presentation I delivered today to members of the PMI Nova Scotia chapter on cultivating psychological safety, one of the attendees asked how would she be able to assess whether the team she was going to join was safe prior to joining. How was the news of that mistake received by your manager and your fellow team members?”

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PMI Construction Leadership Risk Management 156

Techno-PM

MARCH 16, 2022

Overview: The Project Management Institute's Registered Risk Manager Program (PMI-RMP®) is a risk management certification for project managers. The PMI-RMP Certification covers the tactical, strategic, and operational aspects of managing risks and opportunities for organizations.

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Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Up your game with new project management resources If you had to pick a few people who are helping you grow and mature as a project manager, who would those people be? Perhaps these individuals are influencing you through a blog, online videos, online courses, or books. Susanne Madsen. Cornelius Fichtner.

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The IIL Blog

MARCH 20, 2024

” – Steven Hawking (2017) “Robots will be able to write most books, scripts, and articles by 2025.” Popularized by Yuval Noah Harari in his book “Homo Deus”) These are dire predictions, but likely more extreme than realistic. In the next section we will look at some more realistic expectations.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review 2030 2025 89

Planio

JULY 22, 2020

The number one thing every project manager needs to level up their skills is experience. A good project management book. While there are tons of fantastic resources online for learning how to be a better project manager (such as this blog!) A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (6th edition).

2020 148

2020 Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Software Review 148

Kiron Bondale

JANUARY 23, 2022

In a presentation I gave to the members of a PMI Chapter on the topic of psychological safety, one of the attendees asked a great question. Self-management only succeeds when there are guardrails in place to protect the individual and the system they work in. Provide examples of what is and isn’t safe to do.

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Risk Risk Management PMI Leadership 194

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 24, 2016

In this video I interview author Penny Pullan about her new book, Virtual Leadership: Practical Strategies for Getting the Best Out of Virtual Work and Virtual Teams , which is out this year. We filmed this video in an apartment in Barcelona where we were staying during the PMI Global Congress.

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Leadership PMI Risk Management Risk 154

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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2008 Leadership Manufacturing PMI 355

MPUG

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Satya Narayan Dash’s PMI PMBOK Guide 7th Edition Standard – What’s New? Kyle: Hello everyone, and welcome to today’s MPUG webinar, What’s New With PMI PMBOK Guide’s 7th Edition Standard. Now, coming to PMI specifically. Satya: Thank you, Kyle.

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PMI 2020 Risk Management Risk 98

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 24, 2022

There’s no denying that project management today looks different to how it did even 5 years ago. Project management trends shape our profession. So what are the emerging trends in project management that are going to shape how you do your job in the future? How project management is evolving. Managing a hybrid team.

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2022 PMO Risk Management Artificial Inteligence 484

Kiron Bondale

JUNE 5, 2022

Most project managers will include some contingency reserves within their budget to offset the negative financial impacts of realized risks. Allocated as a single lump sum, but returned back at a gradual pace based on the actual realization of risks over the project’s life.

Risk Management 194

Risk Management Risk PMI Budget 194

The IIL Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

And so, we were not at all surprised to see that at IIL’s November International Project Management Day Virtual Conference , the most attendance in any one session was at the panel discussion on, you guessed it: AI. What does it mean for me in my role as a Project Manager? Scenario-Based Prompts.

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Artificial Inteligence Generative AI ChatGPT Software Review 167

The IIL Blog

JANUARY 3, 2024

And so, we were not at all surprised to see that at IIL’s November International Project Management Day Virtual Conference , the most attendance in any one session was at the panel discussion on, you guessed it: AI. What does it mean for me in my role as a Project Manager? Scenario-Based Prompts.

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Artificial Inteligence Generative AI ChatGPT Software Review 154

Online PM Courses

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

The PMI Talent Triangle is a simple tool that reminds us all about the value of a broad range of professional skills. I have project management nailed.’ All of the professional bodies and providers of general project management qualifications recognize that this is far from the truth. ’ Not at all.

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PMI Technical Review Certification Leadership 72

Kiron Bondale

JULY 10, 2022

Most work management tools will provide a method to organize the items within the columns of a work board so the team might discuss the incomplete ones in the order they are presented. I ran a one-week poll in PMI’s LinkedIn Project, Program and Portfolio Management discussion group and in the ProjectManagement.com community.

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PMI Leadership Risk Management SCRUM 177

Henny Portman

APRIL 12, 2024

These two books can be enjoyed independently, yet they share a significant connection through their central theme of principles and the fact that a PMO is part of the broader PPM environment too. This book is part of a series, some of which are still in development. The book unfolds across three primary sections. Transparency.

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PMO Governance Government Sustainability 59

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 23, 2022

Bullying can be as harmful in the workplace as it is in schools and other areas of society, causing the well understood personal emotional impacts plus a long list of challenges for project manager and their organizations where it is taking place. How does a project manager deal with an organizational culture of bullying in the workplace?

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Underperforming Technical Team Influencer PMI PMO 195

Kiron Bondale

JULY 3, 2022

One of the unfortunate perceptions which many project managers face when trying to do their jobs is that some stakeholders perceive that they are just bureaucratic paper-pushers. But when project management costs cannot be recouped, the project manager is left to fend for themselves.

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Lean PMI Risk Management Monitoring 194