Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 13, 2020

Trusted team members not only do only what is asked, but what the project needs them to do, because they know that the project manager will trust their decisions and actions. . Wise’s book, Trust in Virtual Teams. For me, this was the big revelation from the book. ” My view of the book.

Underperforming Technical Team 309

Underperforming Technical Team Defining Risk Management Risk 309

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 30, 2018

When I first wrote Collaboration Tools for Project Managers the publishers put ‘Elizabeth Harrin, PMP’ on the cover. I might at some point in the future, especially if I can hang on to Jack Risos’ book Ace the PMP Exam (3rd ed, updated for PMBOK ® – Sixth Edition). What about the content?

Software Review 253

Software Review 2009 Manufacturing Certification 253

LiquidPlanner

MAY 24, 2022

If project management were an off-road 4×4 expedition, where teams had to plot a course through the unknown, cost and schedule contingency would be akin to the number of spare fuel cans you can carry successfully to complete the trip. Risk is not solved with a calculation. Are there unexpected risks now emerging?

Risk Management 158

Risk Management Risk 2003 2007 158

Musings on Project Management

JUNE 25, 2019

To be open Every text and paper I've read describes risk management like many other project processes: open, transparent, available to any on the project team. Risks are identified, evaluated, ranked, made subject to some form of risk reduction paradigm; and everyone is made aware. Oh, but if it only were!

Risk Management 170

Risk Management Risk Process 170

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 9, 2018

It’s an edited extract from his book Risk Happens ! Group Think Introduces Risk. Therefore, with dissent discouraged, groups tend to endorse higher risk decisions than individuals would. Risky shift is the difference between the average risk taken by individuals and the risk taken by the group.

Risk Management 254

Risk Management Risk Underperforming Technical Team 2018 254

Management Yogi

APRIL 6, 2022

I receive many questions on Risk Management - particularly from the customers of my new risk management courses and readers of risk management book.

Risk Management 102

Risk Management Risk 102

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.

PMI 178

PMI Risk Management Leadership Risk 178

MPUG

APRIL 26, 2021

Risks were identified, then qualified, and risk responses planned. For implementation of these risk responses, a number of actions were needed. Some were taken, but most ignored or overlooked because of other projects and lack of understanding of risk management at an organizational level.

Governance 122

Governance Government Risk Management Risk 122

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

As a project manager, you are expected to have all-round skills encompassing the technical fields of project management like planning and scheduling, through to the interpersonal skills like communicating up and influencing others. Learn how to help your team manage risk so you can split the work between you.

Finance 319

Finance Risk Management Budget Risk 319

Musings on Project Management

MARCH 19, 2022

And expect a parachute to followFrom the Netflix series "Inventing Anna"Actually, in the book "The Network" by Scott Wooley -- which is a pseudo-biography of Edwin Armstrong (vacuum tube amplifier inventor, among many electronics inventions. 42 patents and IEEE Medal of Honor) and David Sarnoff (founder of RCA and NBC) there are many "Leap!"

Risk Management 186

Risk Management Risk 186

Musings on Project Management

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Need a quick introduction to risk management? Try this very short course on risk management (no math required!). Risk management short course from John Goodpasture. Buy them at any online book retailer! Don't have much time for this?

Risk Management 150

Risk Management Risk Retail 150

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Table of Contents Why is stakeholder management important to project success? What is stakeholder management? Reduce and Uncover Risk 3. Easier Project Closure Why is stakeholder management important to project success? What is stakeholder management? Your stakeholders can also help you identify new risks.

Risk Management 438

Risk Management Finance Software Review Risk 438

Management Yogi

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Project and Program Risk Management when compared with Portfolio Risk Management will have many fundamental differences. Indeed, there are a large number of differences that you have to know, if you are coming from a project management or program management background.

Risk Management 59

Risk Management Risk PMI 59

Musings on Project Management

MARCH 21, 2017

Need a quick introduction to risk management? Try this very short course on risk management (no math required!). Risk management short course from John Goodpasture. Read in the library at Square Peg Consulting about these books I've written Buy them at any online book retailer!

Risk Management 150

Risk Management Risk Retail Consulting 150

Kiron Bondale

AUGUST 21, 2022

Thanks to the most recent issue of Tom Geraghty’s weekly Psychological Safety newsletter , I learned about a new model for how we consider safety and risk. People are viewed as a source of risk and liability and when problems occur, the focus is on identifying root causes and addressing those.

Governance 326

Governance Government Risk Management Risk 326

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 16, 2017

For example, in a book about IT projects one of the first assertions that he makes is that you simplify everything if you don’t do IT projects. “[M]inimise M]inimise the degree of IT change, and hence the risk, if you ask the team to generate zero or low-cost options, focusing on project redesign,” he writes. Makes perfect sense to me.

Leadership 150

Leadership Project Life Cycle Risk Management Risk 150

Project Bliss

APRIL 18, 2017

However, I have purchased this book myself and can honestly highly recommend it. . There are so many considerations there that introduce complexity and risk. Gordon has you covered with his book The Data Conversion Cycle: A guide to migrating transactions and other records, for system implementation teams. It’s Complicated.

Software Review 202

Software Review 2013 Risk Management Risk 202

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

I have been a bit lax with project management reading recently but one book that I have made time for is The Conscious Project Leader: How to Create a Culture of Success for Your Projects, Your Team and Yourself. It didn’t take much browsing on his website to realise that it was going to be my kind of book. Colin Ellis.

Underperforming Technical Team 150

Underperforming Technical Team Leadership PMO Estimate 150

Musings on Project Management

MAY 24, 2020

The oldest technique in the book, indeed before there were even books, is "acceptance" To drive a car is to accept the risk that the other driver isn't too drunk, too sleepy, too unskilled, too distracted, too whatever To take on debt is to accept the risk that you'll have the means to repay without bankrupting yourself To take on unsecured credit (..)

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Risk Risk Management 170

Henny Portman

DECEMBER 28, 2021

2021 was again an extremely fruitful book review year. I wrote around 35 book reviews including 12 corresponding quick reference cards and several personal insights, and views on specific topics in the field of project, program and portfolio management. Project/programme management: [link] [link]. Miscellaneous: [link].

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2021 Lean Agile SCRUM 115

Management Yogi

DECEMBER 15, 2021

For example, in project management you have data such as planned start, planned cost, planned story points, total number of risks, etc. Working with projects, programs, and portfolios, generates a lot of data. That said, data on its own doesn’t give you or a stakeholder any real value.

Risk Management 105

Risk Management Risk Planning PMI 105

Project Risk Coach

APRIL 27, 2016

Looking to buy a great project management book to help you to mature as a project manager? Here are the 10 best sellers when it comes to what project management books are being purchased on Amazon: The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future. What other books would you add?

2016 150

2016 Risk Management SCRUM Risk 150

Management Yogi

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

As I frequently interact with project and risk management practitioners, the below two questions on unknowable-unknowns and unknown-unknowns are very confusing for many. Where does emergent risk The existing literature doesn’t help as they are written with complicated language and/or complex explanations.

Risk Management 94

Risk Management Risk 94

MPUG

JANUARY 17, 2021

Portfolio Decides.” – from the book, I Want To be A RMP. As I interact with various project, program, and portfolio (PPP) management professionals who use my courses, read my books, and/or attend my webinars, I get many queries on the risk management life cycle approach. Monitor Risks. “Project Creates.

Risk Management 103

Risk Management Risk Monitoring Closing 103

PM Basics

JANUARY 20, 2023

A document you use to capture all known risks is called: A. Risk Register. Risk List. Risk Diary Next Question On a Friday evening John (your best engineer in the team) comes to you and says he quits. Qualitative Risk Analysis B. Risk Brainstorming C. Quantitative Risk Analysis D. More responsibility.

Risk Management 52

Risk Management Risk Technical Review Technical Support 52

Project Risk Coach

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

In Chapter 3 of my book — The Intentional Project Manager , I share twelve reasons that risk management can become ineffective. I would also like to invite you to join the Intentional Project Manager Facebook Group where we discuss the development of interpersonal skills. Click here to enroll.

Risk Management 150

Risk Management Risk 150

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). Monitoring Risks.

Risk Management 105

Risk Management Risk Planning Technical Review 105

Management Yogi

AUGUST 29, 2023

Portfolio Risk Management differs significantly from project and/or program risk management. While there are similarities among the processes, procedures, actions in risk management, risk management in portfolio differs in many areas.

Risk Management 90

Risk Management Risk PMI Process 90

Project Risk Coach

MARCH 2, 2016

John Smith was hired as a new project manager at a leasing company, and he was assigned a small project with a team of six people. How well did John use risk management to accomplish his goal? He and his team completed a project plan and identified project risks. Improving Risk Management.

Risk Management 170

Risk Management Risk Technical Review Software Review 170

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 14, 2024

If you’re searching for a project management job, you’ve no doubt come across a range of different job titles. The ‘project manager’ job descriptions have a wide variety of roles and duties, which can make it hard to know what’s right for you. Also known as a Technical Project Manager.)

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PMO Construction Engineering Logistics 385

Management Yogi

APRIL 15, 2022

Probabilistic branching and probabilistic linking are two completely different concepts in risk management. Many risk management practitioners confuse these two and use them interchangeably. This is not correct. To understand probabilistic linking, first you need to understand probabilistic branching. hope you have.

Risk Management 105

Risk Management Risk 105

Management Yogi

MARCH 31, 2022

Risks were identified, then qualified, and risk responses planned. For implementation of these risk responses, a number of actions were needed. Let’s consider the following scenario based true events which occurred within an organization I worked closely with recently. Some were taken, but most ignored or overlooked because.

Risk 104

Risk Risk Management Governance Government 104

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 20, 2022

I spoke to the authors of Strategies for Project Sponsorship , a book about how to sponsor projects, and reading it from a project manager’s perspective is a great way to improve how you interact and engage with your project sponsor. That does sound like a challenge for project managers, and for sponsorship in general.

Retail 392

Retail Governance Government Consulting 392

Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Why are many project managers confused over risks? Why do some project managers include positive risks in risk management and others do not? Let's clarify what we mean by the term risk. Risk is a Choice Merriam-Webster defines risk as “the possibility of loss or injury: peril.”

Risk 418

Risk Prince2 Risk Management Governance 418

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 10, 2022

They also are the main risk-taker and decision-maker on the project so it’s important to have them around. The project management plan is the responsibility of the project manager, although everyone in the team will end up having input to it. We recommend: Project Management Plan Template. You manage lessons learned.

Governance 427

Governance Government PMO 2016 427

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 8, 2022

Planning is an essential part of what project managers do, so you would expect there to be some mention of how to deal with fixed date projects in the PRINCE2® manuals. Project managers still need some guidance on how to manage projects that have a fixed date. There isn’t. So that’s good.

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Prince2 Software Review Risk Management Risk 399

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 21, 2021

What makes a bad project manager? And how can you be a good project manager? In this extract from their new book, Jahn Karsybaev and Fred Obiero share the characteristics and behaviors of successful and unsuccessful project leaders. A Bad Project Manager is a bystander, not a leader. — Leadership. Fred Obiero.

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2021 PMO Executing Risk Management 479