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What to do when your project closes early: A guide

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Closing down a project early is very different to carrying out a controlled close when a project has reached its natural conclusion and delivered everything that stakeholders were expecting. When a project is unexpectedly closed early, it can be difficult to know what steps to take next. Why do projects close early?

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How to Actually Close a Project

Project Risk Coach

If you are like most project managers, you are managing several projects. However, I encourage you to actually close each project before moving to the next one. If you have a resource manager, work with the manager to ensure a smooth reassignment of the resources. There are many benefits. Your team has worked hard.

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8 Free Risk Management Templates for Excel

ProjectManager.com

If there’s one thing you can be certain of when managing a project, it’s change. Although it’s impossible to predict the future, with these free risk management templates, you can better prepare for the unexpected and be more apt to keep your project on track. However, templates can only do so much.

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How to Manage Project Environment from Initiation to Close

ProjectManager.com

Managing a project is difficult. You need to be aware of the project environment and prepare for its influence on your project throughout the project management life cycle. A project environment is all the internal and external forces that exert on your project management. It’s sort of like managing risk in that way.

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Mastering PMI-RMP Domains, Tasks, and Enablers for Effective Risk Management

Project Risk Coach

As the project management landscape becomes increasingly complex, effectively identifying, assessing, and managing risks has become critical for project managers. The PMI-RMP certification covers various domains, each with its set of tasks and enablers that project managers can leverage to manage risks effectively.

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The Informal Project Manager

The Lazy Project Manager

Not a Project Manager? But you are a Project Manager? The Informal Project Manager. What challenges do you, as an Informal Project Manager face on a day to day basis? What challenges do you, as an Informal Project Manager face on a day to day basis? The world of the Informal Project Manager.

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Managing Project Assumptions and Risks

The IIL Blog

By Alan Zucker We make hundreds of assumptions and take small risks daily. Recovering from these risks may be inconvenient but not horribly impactful. Project assumptions and risks are not as casual. Project assumptions and risks are not as casual. Our risks were identified, but a response strategy was never created.