Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 28, 2023

When this support is provided and the project is brought back under control, less of your investment will be wasted. Check with your PMO. It could be over budget, running behind schedule or have uncontrolled scope changes (or all three). There’s a significant level of project risk with no plans to address that risk.

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Software Review PMO Risk Management Closing 285

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 16, 2024

When you’re a project management office (PMO) or program or portfolio manager, you’re going to have to deal with multiple projects in various stages of the project pipeline. By following these project pipeline management stages a PMO, program or portfolio manager can better deal with the complexities of juggling multiple tasks.

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Software Review Software PMO Monitoring 346

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 18, 2024

The formulation of business cases, risk and problem management, cost control, project scope, budgeting, and schedule management are among the fundamental skills that your apprentices will master in this environment.” Level 3: Project Controls Technician There is also a Level 3 qualification.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

You won’t know if the risk log is sound and the resource planning sensible until you investigate. Worst case, you’ll find out that there are hardly any plans, documents and methods of control over the work. For other areas of governance such as reporting and approval levels, talk to your PMO and get these in place.

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PMO Governance Government Budget 301

WorkOtter

JUNE 1, 2023

If your business gets big enough, you might need a whole project management office (PMO). That’s why it’s important to learn about setting up a PMO. It’s like a central hub that helps make sure projects are done right, on time, and within budget. Read on to learn more about PMOs. What Exactly is a PMO?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 15, 2021

When this support is provided and the project is brought back under control, less of your investment will be wasted. B Blue Project closed R Red Project is likely to deliver late/over budget A Amber Project has missed some targets but overall end date/budget is not at risk G Green Project on track. Check with your PMO.

Software Review 368

Software Review PMO Risk Management Closing 368

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 12, 2022

A gate review is a control point that acts as a go/no go decision point for the work. Risk management. Project risk can be re-evaluated, and that can provide useful information for the program or portfolio team. Gates allow you to transition between stages in a controlled way. What is a gate review?

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Prince2 Governance Government PMO 394

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 12, 2024

Strategic workforce planning is used by an organization or its project management office (PMO) to achieve its long-term plans. It addresses external workforce factors that might impact the larger business and maintains organizational capacity while minimizing risk exposure.

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Planning Estimate Risk Management Budget 340

Planview

JUNE 5, 2020

PMO leadership today is about more than being a purveyor of governance and delivering projects on time and on budget. The Savvy PMO fosters organizational agility, cultivates efficiencies, and drives growth strategies. Start with this quick-start post to becoming a Savvy PMO. The Journey to Becoming a Savvy PMO.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 14, 2024

Uses of AI in project management AI is in use by project delivery practitioners and Project Management Office professionals, generally through tools like ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot, and more specifically such as in tools designed to support particular domains like AI in risk management. 23% of organizations are using or planning to use RPA.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review 2028 2024 371

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2024

You probably already know that you need a quality management plan , and that management, assurance and control are the pillars of doing it right. This ticks the box for the quality control process, which is about making sure errors and defects don’t make it to the end customer. But, projects rarely have dedicated budgets for training.

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Software Review Technical Review Budget Defining 330

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 18, 2021

Assumption log Risk register Backlog (see, agile project artifacts are relevant too) Stakeholder register. Work breakdown structure Product breakdown structure Organizational breakdown structure Risk breakdown structure. Here are some examples: Budget Milestone schedule Scope baseline Performance measurement baseline.

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Logistics Artificial Inteligence PMI Performance Measurement 509

Bridge the Gap Consulting

MARCH 26, 2023

You’re a PMO Leader! Being a PMO leader has been one of the most challenging and rewarding aspects of my career. Thankfully, I’ve had some really good mentors along the way who showed me being a PMO leader and a project manager are two very different things. So, what are the traits of a PMO leader? Good times!

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 24, 2022

More trust, less control (especially in remote teams). What we practice already and more and more companies are adopting is more trust and less control. Look at your project schedule and consider whether you have truly incorporated enough change management activities (and time/budget for those activities) in the plan.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 24, 2020

You won’t know if the risk log is sound and the resource planning sensible until you investigate. Worst case, you’ll find out that there are hardly any plans, documents and methods of control over the work. For other areas of governance such as reporting and approval levels, talk to your PMO and get these in place.

PMO 505

PMO Governance Government Budget 505

MPUG

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

In this article, we’re addressing a common question in modern project management: Do we need risk management in agile projects? Do agile projects have risks associated with them? And do we want to let those risks run wild without any effort to contain them? So, yes, of course, we need risk management in agile projects.

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Risk Management Risk Agile Technical Review 98

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 3, 2022

This section shows how the different teams fit together, who is on the Project Board, how the PMO fits in, who is leading the different workstreams and so on. Monitor and control methods. This section of the plan sets out what you are going to use to keep the work under control. Risk management plan.

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Planning Software Review Risk Management Estimate 320

Bridge the Gap Consulting

APRIL 18, 2023

Now it’s time to create a PMO Business Case and start moving the needle from idea to reality. If you notice, I call it a PMO Business Case, not a PMO Charter. I don’t like the word “charter” when talking about creating PMO’s. Below are some of the key components of a PMO Business Case.

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PMO Executing Finance Risk Management 52

Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 25, 2024

By: Hajime Estanislao, PMP, CSM Are there projects missing deadlines, going over budget, or failing to meet expectations within your organization? A Project Management Office (PMO) isn't just about oversight; it's about empowering your projects to deliver real value. Discover how a PMO can be a game-changer for your organization.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 20, 2023

Some examples of the project delivery artifacts that fall into this category that I use to manage my own projects at work include: Assumption log Actions log Decision log Risk register Issue log Change log Backlog (see, agile project artifacts are relevant too) Stakeholder register These documents represent a set of continuously evolving documents.

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Logistics Artificial Inteligence PMI Performance Measurement 256

ProjectManager.com

JUNE 15, 2021

Project managers plan, budget, monitor and report on the project with project management tools , sometimes pitching the idea of the project or being assigned to it once it’s already been approved. A project can begin and certainly is designed to fail if there first wasn’t a plan devised to see it through, on time and within budget.

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Certification Prince2 Monitoring PMI 441

Project Risk Coach

MARCH 2, 2016

How well did John use risk management to accomplish his goal? He and his team completed a project plan and identified project risks. He captured the risks in his risk register and periodically conducted risk reviews. He skipped capturing his risks and conducting the risk reviews.

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Risk Management Risk Technical Review Software Review 170

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Each item can have comments and you control the details right from the card. This is a huge advantage for a PMO (even a fledgling PMO in a team that is just getting on the ladder with project management). As well as a baseline, you can track SPI, EV, and progress against budget. You can manage a project budget in there.

Software Review 391

Software Review Software Agile Estimate 391

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

MAY 28, 2020

Professor Flyvbjerg’s evidence showed that out of 12,000 major projects studied globally, fewer than half were on budget, fewer than 8% also on schedule, and only 0.5% As expected, it has a 100% record in delivery on schedule, but no Olympic Games has ever met the original budget (mean cost over-run 172%).

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Controlling Estimate 2014 Underperforming Technical Team 59

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 17, 2023

Closing down a project early is very different to carrying out a controlled close when a project has reached its natural conclusion and delivered everything that stakeholders were expecting. Was there an external factor that was out of your control? It’s more emotional, for one thing.

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Closing Controlling PMO Construction 389

Wrike

AUGUST 22, 2018

Whether or not you’re a project manager by title, one acronym you’re sure to hear more often is PMO. What is PMO?” PMO stands for “project management office.” The percentage of companies with a PMO has nearly doubled since 2000, according to The State of the PMO 2016. . Definition of PMO. Who Needs a PMO?

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Portfolio management teams learn about enterprise strategy and how to execute that strategy by allocating the budget. Here you’ll plan from the top down your budget, estimating what funding you’ll need with cost-management planning. Control Business Outcomes. The Ultimate Guide to Project Management Office (PMO).

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Lean Software Review Manufacturing Governance 327

Wrike

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

PMOs have a tough job as they have to play both the roles of quarterback and air traffic controller in determining project priority, when work can begin, where to allocate resources, and reporting on the team and department’s work. As work commences, PMOs must monitor and mitigate risks before they knock projects off course.

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PMO Risk Management Executing Monitoring 36

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. Have as many layers as fits within your PMO methodology. It was a much smaller group, and focused on strategic decision making instead of day-to-day problem solving and risk management. Action updates.

Governance 356

Governance Government Risk Management Technical Review 356

Project Accelerator News

APRIL 18, 2024

If you’re new to a role, instead of slashing or splashing budget and drastically altering project team structure, how about looking at the small step changes you can make that can quickly unlock ROI. Call Stoneseed to find out more about the P3MO Platform and PMO Services on 01623 374056 or click here. Less broom, more polish!

Lean 52

Lean Technical Review PMO Innovation 52

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 11, 2022

Once they trust that you have everything under control, and you do, because you’re showing them the status weekly by sending them a brief report, then the managers who have a tendency to hover at your shoulder find themselves giving you a bit more space. I find that regular reporting allows people to back off a bit.

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PMO Governance Government Controlling 320

LiquidPlanner

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Now there were certainly many risks, and it could have all gone wrong. You will note that 1 and 2 are within my control – only myself to blame if this was the situation – whilst 3 and 4 are outside my control but where, wise project manager that I try to be, I added in contingency to cover the unexpected.

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Underperforming Technical Team Transportation PMO Software Review 158

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Use the project handover templates from your PMO or make your own. If there are any risks that might still be relevant after the project has closed, pass those on too. Budget Share the project budget position. The document becomes the basis for my knowledge transfer. How much was spent and on what?

Technical Review 268

Technical Review Closing Software Review Prince2 268

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Government PMO,” says Derek Huether, an enterprise Agile coach and trainer. “It was a traditional PMO, filled with certified professionals doing very good work in very specific areas of expertise. “But this PMO was managing software applications, both in development and in operation. .

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Underperforming Technical Team PMO 2010 Governance 267

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2019

Only download templates from websites where you are confident in the source – don’t take any risks downloading files from sites that look and feel dodgy, to minimise the risk of accidentally downloading a virus Save a blank version of the template, then save another version with a file name related to your project. ProjectManager.com.

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Prince2 Infrastructure PMO Software Review 344

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 3, 2019

The more they understand about the project management process for monitoring and controlling – and your dashboard is part of that – the more likely they are to keep the data up to date. You can also configure parts of your dashboard to show risks or changes – or pretty much anything that you capture in the software itself.

Software Review 299

Software Review PMO Budget Software 299

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 19, 2020

You can set a notification for a fixed deadline as well, to help you get control over the deadline, by sending you an email a few days in advance (or whenever you want to be alerted about the upcoming deadline of doom). The colours are fine, but I would love a red so I could flag milestones and tasks as overdue or significantly at risk.

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Software Review CTO Hire PMO Estimate 300