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6 Easy Ways to Manage Group Think and Risk at Work

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It’s an edited extract from his book Risk Happens ! In the 1970s, the social psychologist Irving Janis examined how groups make decisions. He found that a group’s dynamic often inhibits exploration of alternatives. As the group approaches consensus, dissenting voices are rejected or, indeed, are often self-censored.

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Change Management in Transformation Projects : A Look Back at Some of the Essentials

The IIL Blog

By Olivia LE JEUNE and Jean-Roch HOULLIER Change management can be defined as all the operations carried out within an organization to enable it to adapt to change and environmental evolution. Here’s an insight based on our experience of change management within our projects. So how do you go about it?

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Change Management Strategy in Projects

Project Pulse Journal

By: Hajime Estanislao, PMP, CSM Are you struggling to keep your projects on track amidst constant change? Change is inevitable in businesses and organizations and requires a strategic approach. Change management strategies in projects are now an expectation and a relevant skill for the project and non-project professionals alike.

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How to manage project assurance (with PRINCE2 guide)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

They might also advise the project manager on how best to do particular project management techniques like communication management , risk management , quality management and change management. To be honest, most of my projects have had pretty reasonable and friendly steering groups.

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Change management Process

Techno-PM

Understanding the need for change management: Change management is the process of planning, implementing, and guiding individuals, teams, and organizations through a period of transition to achieve a desired future state. Stakeholders include individuals or groups who are directly or indirectly impacted by the change.

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The John Kotter Change Management Model for Strategic PM’s

The Strategic Project Manager

John Kotter’s 8 step Change Management Model is a strong framework that has been used to implement change in many organizations. This post examines the model, its advantages and disadvantages, and its value to strategists and project managers. What Is the John Kotter Change Management Model?

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10 Knowledge Areas of project management (PPT & PDF included!)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

All the things you need to know and do for successful risk management, for example, are bundled under the Risk Management Knowledge Area. 10 Knowledge Areas of Project Management They appear in that order as there is some logic to how they map to the project lifecycle.

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