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How to write an executive summary stakeholders will love

Planio

The budget and scope remain on track, but there are risks to the project’s software development resources following a resignation. This risk is under management, and no action is required at this stage. This three-month lead time would delay the project’s timelines and cause a loss of approximately $42,000 in project benefits.

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Skills Of A CEO – Within Reach Of A Strategic PM?

The Strategic Project Manager

Decision-Making – CEOs must evaluate complex situations, weigh risks, and make sound judgments that align with the company’s objectives. Being decisive is crucial; they must make timely and informed decisions. This can allow you to use your skills for causes that have special meaning to you.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Risk issues that can be identified early in the program, which will potentially impact the program later, termed Known Unknowns and can be alleviated with good risk management. Effective Risk Management 2 nd Edition , Edmund Conrow, AIAA, 2003.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. Risk Management is essential for development and production programs.

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Webinar Recap: Project Performance Measurement – Part 1: Overview Of Project Performance Measurements

MPUG

I am the director of technology solutions and CTO for Edwards Performance Solutions. We are a consulting company in the DC Baltimore area that specializes in project and portfolio management for about 80% of our customers in the government space, the other 20 in the commercial space. Are we doing good change and risk management?

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How Savvy PMOs Drive Actionable Insights with Portfolio Dashboards

Planview

Help answer these types of questions by adding the following drillable data to portfolio dashboards: Work Intake : Show the volume of demand coming into the executive’s organization and where it is in the overall governance process. Red status indicators alert leaders to problems or risks.

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Agile Unplugged: EP01 | Mike Cottmeyer and Brian Sondergaard

Leading Agile

I’m sitting there as this relatively young project manager, teaching all these folks at the bank about Agile, right, and risk management and things. So, what were some of the key takeaways from that time? You just went from director to CTO? – Yeah, ’cause I remember during that time, I wanted you.

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