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How To Make 2023 A Successful Year for Your Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It can serve as a baseline, but most project managers ought to layer some sort of agile certification on top of it. Whatever your level of commitment to this vital task, please review how you can do even better. For most project managers, your success in the new year has less to do with your technical project management skills.

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14 Common Project Risks (+ more)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The PMI definition of risk is: “an uncertain event or condition that, if it occurs, has a positive or negative effect on a project’s objectives.”. As such, you may have a bit more influence on these if appropriate actions are taken early. What’s a risk again? Yep, risks can be a good thing – with a positive effect. Lack of support.

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A History of PMI & Its Role in Project Management

ProjectManager.com

As an organization, it offers training and certification in project management, and it reports regularly on industry trends. Given its vast influence, it’s important to have a basic understanding of PMI and its history. Eric Jenett, PMP: Jenett was the first to gain Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

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Review Introduction to Blockchain Technology

Henny Portman

Tiana Laurence wrote the book Introduction to Blockchain Technology – The many faces of blockchain technology in the 21 st century to demystify these words. Blockchain technology may be applied in areas where a middleman is needed to facilitate trust. qrc-blockchain-technology-qrc-200903-v1.0

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Identify and Respond to Black Swans

MPUG

Risk management is essential, but as we will see, emerging and sudden risk events (Black Swan events) do not necessarily fit nicely into this formal approach. Analyze – which are the most likely or most severe of these problems, including interactions of potential risk events? What is a Black Swan in Risk Context?

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Shift-Left, Shift-Right, Keep Middle

Velociteach

By shifting events earlier (left), later (right), or consistently doing others throughout the project (middle), outcomes can be improved. They understand the operational environment, technical boundaries, and stakeholders. Had I been engaged sooner, I could have influenced the decisions or been aware of the pending pitfalls.

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Leadership Tips for Project Managers – Part 4

International Institute for Learning

This article explains influence, power and how project managers can create empowered teams that tap into the Drive motivators of autonomy, mastery and purpose. As a project manager, our own influence travels in many directions. Your project sponsor would be an example of someone with Core influence. Others, not so much.