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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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How effective is your benefits management framework?

Kiron Bondale

While project intake processes usually require some articulation of expected benefits, few companies effectively monitor and control the realization of those benefits over the life of a project and beyond. Benefits management, like project risk management, is practiced poorly by most organizations.

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Connecting Business with IT to Achieve Agility in the Financial Sector

Planview

Joaquim’s response: The starting point was providing a governance framework that aligns the work of different roles to company objectives, KPIs, and cadence, with a good balance of rigor and flexibility. Strategies are the basic granularity managed and monitored at corporate level. How did you make cultural adjustments?

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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. Domain Management Plans describe how the project domains (PMI knowledge areas) will be planned, executed, and monitored.

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Agile Still Works

Scrum.org

In an effort to curb productivity leakage, some managers are turning to software to monitor their people. The NY Times ran a piece which suggested that demand for online monitoring tools have surged. How can we find the right cadence for collaboration and when should we collaborate? Tools don’t ensure effective collaboration. .

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Managing Project Assumptions & Risks

Velociteach

Context and environmental factors should govern process requirements, specificity, and formality. Multiple owners may be used, the person who: identified the risk monitors the risk event creates the response plan implements the response plan, and decides if the response should be executed. Type : Opportunity vs. Threat Owners.

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Managing Project Assumptions and Risks

The IIL Blog

Context and environmental factors should govern process requirements, specificity, and formality. Type : Opportunity vs Threat Owners: Multiple owners may be used, may be the person(s) who: Identified the risk, Monitors the risk event, Creates the response plan, Implements the response plan, and Decides if the response should be executed.