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Project Boards and Project Steering Groups: An Introduction

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Here’s an introduction to these important groups as part of the governance framework so you can get yours set up and working on your project. A project board provides oversight and governance for the project. What you need is adequate governance for the project. What is a project board? Call your meetings anything you like.

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Managing Project Assumptions and Risks

The IIL Blog

I have seen many projects derailed because assumptions were never documented or validated. Context and environmental factors should govern process requirements, specificity, and formality. So, we want to document them in an assumptions log and proactively review and address them. Until we validate them, they are risks.

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Managing Project Assumptions & Risks

Velociteach

I have seen many projects derailed because assumptions were never documented or validated. Context and environmental factors should govern process requirements, specificity, and formality. So, we want to document them in an assumptions log and proactively review and address them. Until we validate them, they are risks.

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Project Management: Principles, Practices & Context

Velociteach

More recently, the profession has grappled with two intertwined questions: Should principles or processes govern project management? Disciplined Agile Disciplined Agile (DA) is a toolkit that documents over 150 process choices and options applicable to all projects. How could there be only one solution?

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Is Kniberg’s Aligned Autonomy matrix still relevant?

Scrum.org

The management discussion on team mandate has shifted toward determining the degree to which teams are self-organizing, self-directing, or self-governing. Instead, by sharing the same Sprint cadence and Goal, they will see opportunities for collaboration. Endnote This document is written in the present tense.

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Agile Still Works

Scrum.org

Spending months writing requirements documents then tracking via Gantt charts or Microsoft Project doesn’t deliver the goods. . How can we find the right cadence for collaboration and when should we collaborate? I was impressed to learn that this group self-isolated well prior to government-enforced lockdown. .

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Unlock the Power of the Project Management Plan

Velociteach

Plan Elements The Plan is like a book with three main sections: Execution Parameters establish how the project will be managed along with the approach, required lifecycle phases, and governance procedures. Governance All projects require oversight and governance. Project Baselines and Other Performance Metrics.