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What Is Change Control in Project Management?

ProjectManager.com

Change control is the process used to manage all these variables. If change happens (which it always does) then it’s crucial that you have a mechanism in place to control that process. But what is change control in project management, and what are the steps necessary to implement it? What Is Change Control?

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Change Control Board: Roles, Responsibilities & Processes

ProjectManager.com

This is why projects have a change control board. If changes are requested, the change control board shows how those changes are managed with the least amount of disruption to the project’s plan. The importance of a change control board to a successful, high-quality project cannot be overstated. What Is a Change Control Board?

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Runn Software Review

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Summary review of Runn: If you find managing resources a headache because you never know who is free when, then check out what Runn can do. It’s aimed at organizations that need to closely manage resources, and it’s feature-rich in that space. Hosting model: Cloud only. Languages: The interface is available in English only.

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Everything You Need to Know About Release Managers

Rebel’s Guide to PM

My software projects needed releasing, so we had to follow the formal process and engage with the release manager to make sure that the bug fixes and new features got pushed to the production environment in a controlled way. You have to be technically-minded, with good technical skills. And then the cycle begins again!

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Unlocking the power of paraverbal communication at work

Rebel’s Guide to PM

And you can control and influence how you say something by understanding paraverbal communication. We’ll also explore the impact technology has had on paraverbal communication at work today, because how you say something is different when you are communicating through a tiny square window. But what is this science, you ask.

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Office Timeline Review: The Pro Timeline Maker [2020]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In this review of Office Timeline Pro, I’ll share the pros and cons of the PowerPoint plugin. Summary review of Office Timeline: Office Timeline is a simple way of creating timelines for anything from inside PowerPoint or your browser. Do you need a timeline maker for project communications or to create executive briefings?

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6 Tools and Techniques for Controlling Risks

Project Risk Coach

She periodically met with her team to review current risks and used additional techniques to identify new risks. In these risk review sessions, the team discussed the effectiveness of the risk responses and the risk management processes. Risk Control Tools and Techniques. Closing risks. Technical performance measurement.