Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 22, 2023

I’ve done a lot of project management training in my 20+ years as a project manager, and those courses helped me understand the skills, tools and techniques required to succeed leading projects. Luckily, many of those training programs have been paid for by my company over the years, or provided as internal courses.

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Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Let's increase our chance of success by seizing project opportunities too. 3 Is an Opportunity a Risk, Really? To enhance an opportunity means: a) The opportunity is escalated to the project sponsor. Project managers may use qualitative and quantitative risk analysis to evaluate opportunities. Table Of Contents.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 19, 2022

We’ll hear from experts and review key takeaways that project leaders can immediately put into practice in their programs and projects. What is Project Execution? During the five process groups of the project life cycle, there are multiple objectives and outcomes for each phase.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

It helps you reduce risk and increase the chances that your marketing will be successful. Use the free template to view your marketing campaigns by the month, quarterly or over the course of a year. The creative brief is used to plan the project, define its objectives and keep everyone involved clear on what the project is about.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

A resource constraint is any limitation and/or risk associated with project resources. Identifying these resource management constraints is part of the project planning phase. Resource constraints are roadblocks that can derail your project and prevent successful delivery.

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MPUG

AUGUST 21, 2023

Thinking About Risk… Do you thrive in uncertainty? Projects can reflect very different attitudes toward risk management. By gauging the risk appetite of stakeholders, a Project Manager can understand the relative importance of achieving or missing specific project or work stream objectives.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 18, 2021

The article will be updated in due course. Whether you subscribe to the PMI way of thinking or use another approach based on your background, skills, experience, certification or the expectations of management, I’m pretty sure that you’ll have to create project documents. They will be updated throughout the project.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The deliverables that clients and stakeholders expect at the end of the project are the product or service, of course, but there is also paperwork, as noted. These documents, when completed, are deliverables that clients and stakeholders need in order to evaluate the progress or completion of the project. Variance report.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 19, 2024

If not, you’re going to risk scope creep. Of course, that’s true in any project, but it’ll come fast and furious in a scrum environment. On the other hand, tasks can be added to a kanban board at any point of the project life cycle. You need to have experience, and at a high level, to get scrum working.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 31, 2018

But if a project isn’t initiated correctly, then those hopes and expectations aren’t anchored in a solid foundation, and your project can drift off course and head for disaster. You must anchor your project at the outset by providing it with structure. It directs you to the right way to approach the project.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2022

Think of the business case as a document that is created during the project initiation phase but will be used as a reference throughout the project life cycle. Discern the risks and issues associated with each solution. Risk Assessment. There are many risk categories that can impact your project.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2023

There are downloadable templates for every phase in the project life cycle. This costs money so there’s also a place to estimate the budget, add a risk log and lay out the change management process. Project Timeline Template Part of the plan, perhaps one of the most critical aspects, is the schedule.

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nTask

AUGUST 2, 2021

Attentiveness to the different stages of the project management life cycle will help you make sure that all the processes are running smoothly and you are on track. In this article, we explain the five phases of the project management life cycle. However, let’s first understand what is project life cycle.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

From the difficult stakeholder who wants to undermine the project’s success to a disagreement about a feature of a deliverable, project work lends itself to workplace conflict situations. And project managers contribute hugely to that because we go out and look for it. You could say we go looking for trouble.

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Resource Guru

MARCH 7, 2023

If your project isn’t built on a solid foundation at the initial phase of a project it’s far more likely to run into much larger problems further down the line. Let’s take a closer look at the initiation phase of a project life cycle, so that you can make sure your project can stand the test of time (and wind, should that be a factor).

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 9, 2022

Everything starts with careful planning, which sets the stage for the execution phase where estimations, plans and schedules guide the project team as they complete tasks and deliverables. Project Evaluation Methods. There are three points in a project where evaluation is most needed. Get started for free.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 28, 2021

It’s tailorable and suitable for projects of all sizes, large and small. I took my first Practitioner course in 2004. As a project manager, I have used it in financial services, and to a lesser degree, a modified version in a healthcare setting. Document lessons learned for future projects. Who is PRINCE2 for?

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 12, 2019

What is the project life cycle? It’s everything the project goes through, from inception to close. Each step in the project management life cycle, which consists of distinct phases used in traditional project management, is explained in this post. The Project Management Life Cycle.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 20, 2023

Construction Templates Construction templates are a great way to streamline the project management process and add efficiency. ProjectManager has dozens of free project management templates for Excel and Word available for immediate download. They cover every aspect of the project life cycle and suit several industries.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2023

There are others, of course, such as the schedule, quality, safety and much more. Knowing exactly what construction cost management means and what a construction cost is can be the difference between project success or failure. For general contractors, this keeps projects from overspending and chewing away at their bottom line.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 6, 2022

The PEP also notes the project objectives, along with the timeline and resources required to execute the project. It’s clear that, just from those foundational elements, how important the project execution plan is. But, of course, there’s much more than goes into it. Resource Allocation for the Project Execution Plan.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The project manager comes up with the plan to achieve the goals of the project, and they manage the team assembled to complete those tasks. You, as a project manager, are responsible for getting the sponsors on board, communication, risk management, budgeting, scheduling, the whole kit and caboodle. Life Cycle Principle.

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Resource Guru

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The project life cycle , just like a good story, has a beginning, a middle, and (hopefully) a happy end. The beginning involves the ever-so-important planning; then comes the middle, where teams complete various tasks to move the project closer to completion; and finally, an end to review what went well and what didn’t.

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Moira Alexander

APRIL 24, 2017

Founded by Harvard University and MIT in 2012, edX is one of the biggest MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) platforms available and offers many project management (PM) courses. You can take individual courses at no charge, and many of them can be accredited towards an edX credential. Related Video.

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Resource Guru

APRIL 13, 2023

Project monitoring and control example What are some helpful project monitoring and control tools? Your project monitoring and control checklist Take full control of your project What is monitoring and controlling in project management? This stage is vital in ensuring your project stays on track and within budget.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 13, 2022

The project selection process will help you run a more efficient project. By doing the due diligence beforehand you can avoid a lot of the inefficiencies that might slow down a project or worse during execution. This method is used when evaluating two projects. Net Present Value. Opportunity Cost.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 8, 2024

This domain facilitates strategic alignment, optimized delivery cadence, methodology customization, increased flexibility, and improved risk management. The desire for a project management framework that sustains deliverability, supports the required cadence, and remains faithful to an adaptable methodology is now within reach.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Project Plan: It’s time to create the project plan. Figure out the tasks you’ll have to take to get the project done, then their duration. Don’t forget to include a risk management plan. Budget: This is an estimate of everything in your plan and what it will cost to complete the project over the scheduled time allotted.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Some of those areas are integration management, project scope management, project cost management, project time management, project quality management, project communications management, project risk management, project procurement management and project stakeholder management.

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Wrike

JULY 14, 2020

One often-overlooked aspect of project planning is creating a detailed risk management plan. . Put simply, risk management plans help PMs record, plan for, and mitigate risks that could potentially throw a wrench in a project’s execution and final outcome. So, what exactly should you put in a project risk plan?

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Planview

MAY 20, 2022

You’ve initiated your project, created an in-depth plan, and secured stakeholder buy-in. Except that, as every PMO knows, project execution is the most challenging stage of the project life cycle, and it’s only gotten more difficult in a world of hybrid and remote work. What Is Project Execution?

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MPUG

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

And, of course, the benefits are a 50% reduction in response time, 18% increase in revenue, etc. Each benefit recorded will have the benefit identifier (ID), benefit description, benefit category, benefit owner, associated risks and assumptions, and timing of benefit realization among others. Project Life Cycle and BRM Life Cycle.

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Resource Guru

JANUARY 17, 2023

Project scope is the project manager’s best friend. It’s what we lean on throughout the project life cycle. It keeps us on the straight and narrow all the way to project success. We might think that “oh, I don’t need a project scope, I’ve done thousands of projects like this!”.

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Proofhub

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Regular Project Reviews and Updates We’ve already mentioned it and are going to repeat some more times within the article, but to remain relevant and competitive in eCommerce, brands must stay attuned to the changes. This is where the power of regular project reviews and updates truly shines. Might it hint at a new customer need?

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Epicflow Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Your main objectives are to develop and maintain project plans, identify resource needs, manage project schedules, figure out trade-offs and provide a risk assessment to management. It’s a great plus for a project manager to have a formal qualification and receive a certificate demonstrating their proficiency.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 21, 2024

Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM) DSDM is an agile project delivery framework that integrates schedule and budget constraints, offering a comprehensive foundation for both planning and executing projects. Scrum roles, sprint planning, daily stand-ups), adaptive project management is fluid in its structuring.

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Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK) defines the project life cycle as “the series of phases that a project passes through from its initiation to its closure.”. The standard project life cycle diagram is made up of five phases: Initiation. Potential risks and bottleneck.

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