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How to Create an Event Budget

ProjectManager.com

Having to make an event budget adds another layer of stress. But it doesn’t have to be a nightmare if you follow a few simple steps to creating an event budget. If you’re struggling with the event budget it can negatively impact the whole event. What Is an Event Budget? Successful events should be fun and informative.

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Project Decision-Making: A Process Guide For How To Do It Better

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It’s helpful to have a decision-making process or framework to guide you, especially when faced with complex problems that require additional info from others. There are 5 steps the decision-making process in project management. Tip: Part of the decision-making process is to identify the decision makers. Who doesn’t want that?

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How to Budget with a Variable Income When You’re Self Employed

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As a business owner or someone who considers themselves a freelancer or contract worker, it can be difficult to properly budget and pay your bills when your income varies every month. Here are some of the best strategies for properly budgeting if you are self employed and have a variable income. Related: Free Project Budget Template.

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Project Risk Audits: What you need to know

Rebel’s Guide to PM

A risk audit is a process used to determine whether the actions to manage the risk are actually happening and if they are happening effectively. It’s just another retrospective box-ticking exercise, right? If you already have a process in place for peer reviews or PMO project audits, then reviewing risk is easy to add in to that.

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Wicked Problem Solving Course Review (PMI)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The idea of ‘making ideas visible’ is great because it ensures the team understands the problem before they move into the design process or coming up with alternative solutions. It’s full of very practical exercises that you can use in any kind of workshop, whether small groups, large groups, or virtual. The videos are very polished.

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Workload Analysis: Steps, Examples & Tools

ProjectManager.com

Workload analysis is part of the larger workload management and is an ongoing process throughout the execution of the project. Workload analysis comes into play most with two scenarios: optimizing current business processes and planning new projects. When a project is approved, there’s likely already a plan and budget in place.

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How to Sabotage A Product Owner — 53 Anti-Patterns from the Trenches

Scrum.org

One of my favorite exercises from my Professional Scrum Product Owner classes is how to best sabotage a Product Owner as a member of the middle management. The exercise rules are simple: You’re not allowed to use any form of illegal activity. The Exercise: Consider How to Best Sabotage A Product Owner.

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