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What are the Risk Management Roles in Projects and Programs?

Project Risk Coach

As a project manager, you constantly juggle a million tasks at once. This article will provide clear guidance on how to define and assign risk management roles and responsibilities for projects and programs. Ensuring that all of the risks are addressed can be a daunting task, particularly for larger, complex projects.

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Fundamentals of Project Planning and Management: UVA Darden Course Review

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Recently I audited the Fundamentals of Project Planning and Management course from University of Virginia Darden Business School. It’s one of the most popular project management courses on Coursera. How I did this review I signed up for a Coursera free account and audited the class.

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Why do projects fail? (Includes examples!)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It’s easy to find examples of high-profile projects that fail. This was largely due to the unforeseen increase in the cost of steel. The Airbus A380 was due to take to the skies in 2006. There were investigations, reports and reviews of these projects, and many others. For example, the Millennium Dome attracted 5.5

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What Is a Service-Level Agreement? (Example & Templates Included)

ProjectManager.com

A service level agreement, often abbreviated as SLA, is used in IT and professional services to define what a vendor is expected to do. It’s part of the contract between any technology vendor and sets up what will be levied upon them if the agreement isn’t upheld. Project management software can help you keep track of SLAs.

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Exploring the differences: Projects vs operations examples

Rebel’s Guide to PM

When it comes to managing them effectively, understanding the differences between projects and operations is key. Ops managers want (and seek) stability so they can manage process performance. The status quo is good but project managers keep changing things! In my experience, that creates tension.

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The Partnership of Technology and People in Project Management

LiquidPlanner

Why the partnership of technology and people bring more than one benefit. As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, “a team is a group of people who are interdependent with respect to information, resources, knowledge and skills and who seek to combine their efforts to achieve a common goal.”

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Organizational Process Assets: What does that even mean?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Project managers are often faced with the challenge of managing complex projects and ensuring that they stay on track. I’ll confess: when I started out as a project manager, this was a piece of jargon that honestly didn’t mean much at all? But what is an organizational process asset (OPA)? Think intranet or policy library.

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