Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 11, 2021

Where is artificial intelligence taking project management? AI has turned up in the project management trends articles over the past few years and it’s now most definitely here to stay. The impacts of artificial intelligence in project management. PWC predicts that 80% of project management work will be eliminated by 2030.

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Techno-PM

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Managing a company comes with many responsibilities. Since a business requires different operations to function smoothly, it is crucial to ensure you have the proper tools to identify, remove, and minimise organisational risks. Risk Management Framework (RMF) provides your business security, efficiency, and effectiveness.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Sol Benady is a management consultant, Fintech entrepreneur, and program manager working in the banking sector. He started his career as an auditor in London, trained with E&Y where he qualified as an accountant, and then moved into consulting for retail and investment banking for a wide range of projects and clients.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 23, 2023

Project management is a growing industry and one that offers great opportunities for people of all skills and experience. It is a discipline that is used across industries as varied as construction, manufacturing and IT to healthcare, professional services and government. Here are some of the more common project management roles.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 31, 2023

These IT project management templates are essential to get those jobs done properly. ProjectManager has dozens of free project management templates for Excel and Word that IT managers need when working on web development, software development, mobile app development, network configuration and so much more.

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The IIL Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

As Cloud Services revolutionized the creation and management of digital infrastructure, the DVMS-CPD Model will revolutionize how organizations leverage the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and other business systems to manage digital risk, resiliency, and client data privacy. Register here. Step 2: Orient.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 9, 2018

But what habits apply specifically to successful project managers? So, habits amplify how effective you can be and, therefore, how successful your project management practices are. Without these, I think you’ll fail to make any sort of worthwhile career out of project management – or anything much else.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Contingency plans are used by smart managers who are aware that there are always risks that can sideline any project or business. Governments, for example, use them to prepare for disaster recovery or economic disruption. What Are the Key Risks? Contingency Plans and Risk Management in Project Management.

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Project Risk Coach

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

He is the author of The Why and How of Auditing , Audit Risk Assessment Made Easy , and The Little Book of Local Government Fraud Prevention. Proverbs 17:8 Last week, Harry and I were running, and Harry was talking about project procurement risks. Given this risk, what can be done? He blogs at cpahalltalk.com.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

I am reminded of the zombie movie each time I have a discussion about project management versus project leadership. Leadership is that branch of management concerning the development, nurturing and utilization of influence as way of motivating others to some end or objective.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 20, 2022

I spoke to the authors of Strategies for Project Sponsorship , a book about how to sponsor projects, and reading it from a project manager’s perspective is a great way to improve how you interact and engage with your project sponsor. That does sound like a challenge for project managers, and for sponsorship in general.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 3, 2021

They define salience as: the degree to which managers give priority to competing stakeholder claims. Project stakeholder management and saliency. Project management relies on people: you need the project team to get things done, and that team might include members of different stakeholder groups. How the dimensions overlap.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 2, 2023

Are you wondering whether it’s worth getting a degree in project management? Or what you can do with a project management degree for a job once you finish your bachelor’s or master’s studies? Recently someone got in contact with me to ask about how to become a project manager. “Do I need a degree in project management?”

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 16, 2022

A key part of a PMO leader’s job is to develop and maintain project management standards and processes and to support the people doing the delivery – project managers, program managers , and teams. Your mission statement is the foundation of your Project Management Office. Ministry of Works, Government of Bahrain.

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The IIL Blog

MARCH 5, 2024

To bring the analogy to life with ITIL, to deliver effective and valuable services you need all the component parts of the service value system (including the practices like incident management, change enablement) to make it happen. Whether starting out in IT or a seasoned professional, this certification is beneficial to all. In short, no.

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The Strategic Project Manager

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Then it focuses on strategy and project management as careers that can lead to CIO – but with a careful strategic approach. This post queries whether a Chief Information Officer (CIO) position might be a good and realistic goal for a project manager. Finally, the post discusses whether and how a CIO role might even lead to CEO.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 10, 2023

This matrix has four different groups: High Influence High Interest e.g. Sponsor of Your Product High Influence Low Interest e.g. Governance such as Audit Low Influence High Interest e.g. Users Low Influence Low Interest e.g. People who want to know how things are going You will require a different engagement style for each group.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Nearly 1 in 5 project managers have considered leaving their job: 37% of professionals have thought about quitting project management in the past year. So why are people leaving project management? Let’s start with this story from one project manager. Anonymous project manager. Why do project managers quit?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2021

Are you wondering whether it’s worth getting a degree in project management? What can you do with a degree in project management? The simple answer is: you can get a job as a project manager. About 16% of project management jobs require a degree (not necessarily a project management degree). Let’s dive in!

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Project-Management.pm

MARCH 14, 2017

It also means successfully identified the stakeholders and risks and the project are already in the plan, ready for implementation. The two governance processes should be implemented constantly to keep track of the scope creeps, risks , opportunities, and also safeguard the following resources from running out.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 2, 2021

The government anticipates raising an extra £3.1bn through the additional tax, although there’s no way particularly to measure it, according to Dave. There might be a few situations where you could, but as a project manager there’s a lot of knowledge in your head that makes it hard to send in a substitute if you’re off sick for a week.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

So, picture this: you are transitioning from your current position into a project management career. The industry didn’t matter; it was about translating my work experience into specific project management industry-recognized terms and managing projects. What are the Essential Project Management Buzzwords?

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MPUG

AUGUST 26, 2019

Having been a project manager for all of my working life and now a teacher of project management skills for more than a decade, I always tell my students to follow sound project management principles and to manage risks proactively. Proactive project risk management is integral part of project management.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Although 93% of organisations report that they use standardised project management practices , only 23% say that these practices are used throughout the organisation. When standardised project management practices aren’t used, it should come as no surprise that projects are failing.

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Wrike

AUGUST 18, 2023

Whether or not you realized it at the time, you were doing something important: risk mitigation. Try Wrike’s template What is risk mitigation? Let’s start with a simple risk mitigation definition. But it’s certainly not the only way to manage and respond to risks. Let’s take a closer look at each of them.

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The IIL Blog

AUGUST 30, 2023

Legal representation appeared in procurement management and became one of the knowledge areas that is needed in most companies for successful project delivery. But perhaps the most important responsibility was supporting the project team in risk mitigation efforts when necessary. By Harold Kerzner, Ph.D. and Elissa Farrow, Ph.D.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 25, 2024

A Project Management Office (PMO) isn't just about oversight; it's about empowering your projects to deliver real value. With the PMO structure, you can achieve higher success rates, better resource management, and improved stakeholder satisfaction. What is a Project Management Office?

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NimbleWork

APRIL 11, 2024

The second required an understanding of government and public sector procurement process, benchmarking hardware and software systems and working with myriad vendors and computer system standards at a time, when no such systems or standards had ever existed. These statistics underscore the scale and complexity of modern projects.

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Scrum.org

JULY 21, 2021

In industries ranging from financial services to consulting and defense, we can find countless examples of how organizations employed incentive plans that produced behavior not aligned to the organization's desired strategic goals. The items that we measure should be based on our goals.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 17, 2022

There are many different factors that can contribute to cultural differences, such as geography, history, age, language, workplace, and religion – and that doesn’t even include the organizational cultural aspects of bringing together different businesses, suppliers, and consultants to work on a project together. Pin for later reading.

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Velociteach

APRIL 11, 2023

Including the project manager early in the process is advantageous. Critical decisions are made, and important assumptions, constraints, and risks are revealed. Effectively engaging and managing stakeholder expectations is a key to project success. Both also represent risks and should be documented on the risk register.

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The IIL Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

At the other end of the spectrum, we have managers that have no faith in the metrics and therefore focus on vision, strategy, leadership, and prayers. Will management and stakeholders overreact to the truth? During a team meeting, the project manager asked the team, “How’s the work progressing?”

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Online PM Courses

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Fails to take risks seriously. They are micro-managing you or even usurping your authority over your team. They won’t let you make the day-to-day decisions and are acting as if they are the project manager. Consult them frequently. When you do consult them, lead with your recommendation. Speaks off-message.

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Governance Government Risk Management Controlling 144

Planio

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

A 3-part stakeholder management process for keeping everyone happy. Step 3: Best practices for stakeholder management and communication. Get buy-in by consulting early and often. And learning how to identify, handle, and manage them is an essential skill for any project manager. And what do they do?

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Project Risk Coach

JULY 17, 2017

He is the author of The Little Book of Local Government Fraud Prevention and Preparation of Financial Statements & Compilation Engagements. Last week, Harry and I were running, and he told me about his procurement risk blog series. Given this risk, what can be done? He blogs at cpa-scribo.com. Proverbs 17:8. Nice return.

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The IIL Blog

MAY 17, 2023

and Cynthia Snyder Dionisio, MBA, PMP We have all attended project management workshops, conferences, and symposiums. We have read books and journal articles on various project management topics. What we ended up learning was about the present state-of-the-art of project management and what the future might look like.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 4, 2022

In this webinar we discuss tips and strategies for managing multiple projects. Managing Multiple Projects: How Project Managers Can Balance Priorities, Manage Expectations and Increase Productivity is a book that offers a comprehensive framework for juggling your workload and still leaving the office on time.

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