Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Construction of a Huawei research and development center Aircraft R&D facilities The continued development and expansion of Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory LEGOLAND® Park & Resort in Jinshan District at the cost of US$550m, due to open in 2024. Construction and operation of a new fish market, to be managed across two stages.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

By the way, the answer to that question is: “Yes, let me analyze what the impact will be and bring you a recommendation for what that means for our current budget and timeline.”). In real life, changes are often expected to be incorporated “just like that” without any impact on time or budget. What’s so bad about scope creep anyway?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 29, 2021

As such, you may have a bit more influence on these if appropriate actions are taken early. External risks can occur due to a variety of factors, often caused by influences more outside of our immediate control. Project Budget Risks. Reduced budget. Poor estimating. Sometimes the estimates are just rubbish.

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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. Hillson, D.

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Velociteach

APRIL 11, 2023

Well-written success factors follow the SMART construct—specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-bound. After identifying the stakeholders, we should assess, concern, and influence. The requirements set expectations, define constraints, and are input into the cost and duration estimates. define “success.”

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Proofhub

JULY 19, 2022

Here are some facts and statistics that will make you reconsider your PM methods, activities, and tools: Out of 50,000 projects in the study , the bulk of them failed to meet at least one of the following criteria: on budget, on time, and satisfactory results. What’s with budgeting and controlling costs? If you have?—?great!

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

These hidden costs, known as soft costs, can significantly impact the overall budget and success of a project. Understanding and effectively managing these soft costs is essential for project managers striving to deliver projects on time and within budget.

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Wrike

MARCH 1, 2022

TCPI forecasts a project’s possible outcome and alignment with the budget. It shows how to allocate and use available resources to deliver projects on time and within budget. TCPI PMP results may be: The existing budget at completion (BAC). A new Estimate at Completion (EAC). A management-defined result.

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Wrike

APRIL 25, 2023

A project charter is a brief, formal document outlining the scope, objectives, budget, and stakeholders of a project. Define project timelines: Project charters include an estimated project schedule for the project to be completed. Budget and resource plan A budget and resource plan is a crucial element in a project charter.

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Ganttic

AUGUST 28, 2016

The factors influencing the success rate of projects were actually the same across industries. A construction project manager had to have the same factors in mind as an environmental activist. However, if you work in construction or MIS, it was the third most important factor to keep your mind on.

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Productivity Land

AUGUST 9, 2023

The cost to create an app and factors influencing the price The price to create an app can vary greatly depending on a number of factors, such as: Features’ complexity: the cost of development increases as features’ and functions’ complexity increases. The price directly depends on the complexity of your app.

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MPUG

AUGUST 29, 2022

The combination of systems, techniques, and people required to complete a project within established goals of time, budget, and quality. construction projects and software projects). Realistic estimation and planning. Project Requirements. Consistent and speedy decisions. Improvement in customer satisfaction.

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Velociteach

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

It doesn’t tell you why it exists or what social constructs are put in place to maintain poverty and to keep the different cast where they are. And it’s such a challenge for a project manager to step back and look at it and think about this from a standpoint of how can I influence this from the beginning? It’s kind of a mess.

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LiquidPlanner

AUGUST 15, 2017

Because engineering projects aren’t just about technical issues and rational factors, they are often more heavily influenced by non-technical and emotional factors. According to the PMI’s report I cited earlier, 32% of assessed projects experienced scope creep, 47% were over budget, and 51% were late. Enhanced Effectiveness.

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nTask

JANUARY 4, 2021

These reasons could include things such as politics, placated sponsors, or even just general budget cuts. Investors may not be relevant in every project, but investors like venture capitalists have a considerable influence and often have a deciding vote in the decision of whether a project should be terminated. The Society.

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Epicflow Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

By industry, we mean a certain area of business, for example, construction, pharmacy, healthcare, and so on. According to PMI’s Job Growth and Talent Gap in Project Management 2017-2027 , throughout these years, the biggest number of vacancies in PM will be suggested by the manufacturing and construction sector. .

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Wrike

OCTOBER 8, 2023

It helps us estimate the range within which future values are likely to fall and assess the potential impact of sudden changes or unexpected events. These fluctuations could be influenced by external factors such as economic crises or natural disasters. Imagine a stock market where prices are constantly fluctuating.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 17, 2024

Time-phased distribution of cost Time-phased project budgets allow you to work out exactly when your project budget will be spent. It uses the contractual agreements and workload estimates to accurately work out how much money you’ll need on the project in any given month. Why does a phased budget matter?

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PM Basics

JUNE 17, 2020

You influence people in a positive way so that they feel the desire to follow your project management approach while doing their best to finish the assigned tasks. Leaders Have a Wide Circle of Influence; Managers Have Limited Influence.”. Leadership In Project Management: What Does it Mean? Now, let’s break it down.

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Online PM Courses

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

For example, if you work in construction project management, trades skills will fit into this competency area, if they help make you a better manager of these types of projects. Time, budget, and cost estimation. Influencing and political acumen. Influencing. Issue Logs. Financial Reports. Beyond Book-learning.

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Planio

MARCH 11, 2024

Cost challenges and budget cuts 8. For example, a project that doesn’t consider the impacts of an increase in economic inflation may find itself wildly over budget when purchasing raw materials. If, instead, they’d spotted this earlier, they may have pre-purchased materials or requested an additional budget. Team conflicts 5.

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NimbleWork

APRIL 11, 2024

A Brief History The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) has its origins in the mid-20th century, evolving primarily in industries such as defense, aerospace, engineering, and construction. This decomposition continues until the work packages are small enough to be easily understood, estimated, assigned, and monitored.

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Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

requires making estimates) ? 3 September 2004, Heiot Watt University, Association of Researchers in Construction Management , Vol. Estimation of Long?Term Estimating of Value at Risk: Extreme Value and Robust Approaches,” Grazyna Trzpiot and Justyna Majewska, Operations Research Decisions , No. reducible and irreducible

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Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

requires making estimates) ? 3 September 2004, Heiot Watt University, Association of Researchers in Construction Management , Vol. Estimation of Long?Term Estimating of Value at Risk: Extreme Value and Robust Approaches,” Grazyna Trzpiot and Justyna Majewska, Operations Research Decisions , No. reducible and irreducible

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Project Pulse Journal

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Whether facing budget uncertainties, schedule delays, or resource constraints, Monte Carlo simulation work provides essential insights, enabling you to understand, prioritize, and game plan for potential challenges. It supports a detailed risk analysis, offering a range of probable outcomes instead of a single estimate.

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MPUG

MAY 6, 2021

Thirty-two percent failed the project’s budget and was lost because of that, and then, overall, 16% of all projects started in the survey failed or deemed failures. And the last one is, if you can’t influence it, then don’t measure it. You can’t influence that project. That is a huge amount.

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Workamajig

MAY 17, 2018

When it was first formalized, project management was meant mostly for construction, defense, and industrial projects. On a construction project, you can look back at how things were managed 20, 50, and even a 100 years ago. Meeting deadlines and staying within budget is obviously important. Creativity. Solve scope creep issues.

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Leading Agile

MAY 13, 2022

Framing is a way to communicate the context they want to shape and influence how the organization perceives reality. A frame is a set of one or more related ideas that influence or structure how one thinks about a topic. Leaders often try to solve performance problems by replacing staff or cutting budgets. People are fungible.

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PM Basics

JULY 31, 2018

So, unless you are entirely sure, continue to explore the factors influencing the stakeholder. Likewise, you may want to reduce the involvement and influence of a stakeholder. It will be a great addition to your skills that help to influence stakeholders and build lasting relations. Though I would exercise extreme caution here.

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Workamajig

JANUARY 31, 2019

If you interview successful project managers, you’ll find that they all have two things in common: They have a deep understanding of the core fields that they’re managing, such as construction or software. Be prepared to immerse yourself in the field you’re managing - construction, software, creative projects.

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Leankor

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

This decentralized, “all hands-on-deck” model allows teams to deliver projects on time and on budget while taking into account the creativity and nimble decision-making that more complex, comprehensive projects require. Moving Towards A New Model of Project Management With Leankor.

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

40 - Estimation is a Problematic Practice of Companies Doing Dangerous Things. A #Noestimates advocate makes the claim that having a ±10% accuracy for estimates of cost and duration is a dangerous thing. Define the probabilistic ranges of the work in a single point estimate manner. There are databases for Function Points .

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Herding Cats

MAY 7, 2019

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to estimate software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. COSMIC Software Estimation Approach,” Alain Abran, ICEAA Workshop, Portland Oregon, June 6?9, Estimating Probable System Cost,” Stephen A. Performance Evaluation of non?Markovian

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Workzone

JANUARY 29, 2019

According to the Human Capital Institute, employee disengagement is estimated to cost the US economy as much as 350 billion dollars per year in lost productivity, accidents, theft, and turnover. Consistent and constructive communications can help avoid finger pointing and blame game further down the road. Set the Tone. Foster Trust.

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MPUG

OCTOBER 9, 2019

In fact, back in the 1990s and even the 80s when I was working construction we did agile practices all the time, we just didn’t call it agile. Again, you still need to make sure that you’re on time, hopefully under budget and within schedule. And again, I mentioned some of my background is I used to be in construction.

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The Tao of Project Management

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Political influence and disputes between the contractors and consultants marred the project and the project came to a halt on several occasions. Soon after construction started in 2007, delays and cost overruns started to accumulate. After 3 years of construction delays the City of Edinburgh Council stepped in.

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MPUG

JULY 23, 2020

The project scope was changed by the owner, or the management, or you had unfortunate estimates of the time, and resources that would be required to complete particular steps in the schedule. John Owen: First, let’s talk about the estimates that we’re using in our schedule. But unfortunately, that’s not true.

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