The Lazy Project Manager

MAY 5, 2016

So what is my concern and why am I mentioning PMI? So what is my concern and why am I mentioning PMI? Well I’m not just focusing on PMI but the behaviour I am concerned about seems to be rather more prevalent within PMI and PMI Congresses than others. Let me explain. I go to project management conferences, a lot.

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Kiron Bondale

APRIL 3, 2022

For every person who adamantly insists that estimates are needed to support proper governance, someone else will argue that the inherent wrongness of an estimate and how estimates are abused will wipe out any benefits of defining them.

Estimate 345

Estimate 2012 Governance Government 345

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

In the PMI Business Analysis Practice Standard, business analysis is defined like this: The set of activities performed to identify the business need and recommend relevant solutions; and to elicit, document, and manage requirements. What does a business analyst do? They are the people who herd the cats. Interpersonal skills.

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2020 Certification PMI 2013 409

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 18, 2021

In project management, artifacts relate to documents: the project documentation you produce that defines and supports the work you are doing. But what if you don’t use PMI methods? Although this list draws on PMI materials, it’s still going to be useful to you even if you use a different approach. What is an artifact?

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Logistics Artificial Inteligence PMI Performance Measurement 511

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

PMI defines ethics like this: Ethics is about making the best possible decisions concerning people, resources and the environment. The PMI website says: Ethical choices diminish risk, advance positive results, increase trust, determine long term success and build reputations. What is Ethics in Project Management?

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Underperforming Technical Team PMI Risk Management Estimate 430

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 20, 2023

Mostly, the term refers to the project documentation you produce that defines and supports the work you are doing. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (also known as the PMBOK® Guide -- 7th Edition) is core reading as prep for PMI exams. An artifact is something you create. Documents are documents.

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Logistics Artificial Inteligence PMI Performance Measurement 258

ProjectManager.com

JUNE 15, 2021

So we thought it would be a great idea to take a look at what core qualifications are required of project managers and define their responsibilities and the common job descriptions for several PM roles. There are two major certifying bodies, PRINCE2 and the Project Management Institute (PMI). What Does a Project Manager Do?

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Certification Prince2 Monitoring PMI 441

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 1, 2019

PMI defines a Knowledge Area in the PMBOK® Guide – Sixth Edition Glossary like this: An identified area of project management defined by its knowledge requirements and described in terms of its component processes, practices, inputs, outputs, tools, and techniques. As a PMI Registered Education Provider (R.E.P.),

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PMI Risk Management Risk Estimate 384

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 23, 2022

The PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct included as part of the standard for Responsibility the statement: “We report any illegal or unethical conduct.” This is a complex question that I have created an entire presentation and workshop on. He serves as member of the PMI Ethics Member Advisory Group.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 29, 2022

It defines the activities of an organization and who is responsible for what. Project governance stands on three pillars that describe the three areas that define it. Now we’ll define each of these more fully. The challenge that we face is that we cannot simply define a good decision as to the right decision.

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Governance Government PMI Defining 369

ProjectManager.com

MAY 19, 2022

Successful CEOs Ram Charan and Larry Bossidy define execution in their book Executive: The Discipline of Getting Things Done : “Execution is a specific set of behaviors and techniques that companies need to master in order to have a competitive advantage. .” Execute Project Scope. Gain Buy-in from Your Core Team.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 11, 2022

This process can be broken down into five phases: information, creative, evaluation, development and presentation. Define any objections or broken components. The team should present their ideas and describe the advantages and disadvantages of each. Presentation Phase. Information Phase. Evaluation Phase.

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Engineering Construction Manufacturing Software Review 321

MPUG

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Satya Narayan Dash’s PMI PMBOK Guide 7th Edition Standard – What’s New? Kyle: Hello everyone, and welcome to today’s MPUG webinar, What’s New With PMI PMBOK Guide’s 7th Edition Standard. Now, coming to PMI specifically. Satya: Thank you, Kyle.

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The IIL Blog

APRIL 24, 2024

Our customers define value. They define the culture, vision, and strategies. How we manage and lead defines the organization. Agile Beyond IT: [link] Alan Zucker is presenting at this year’s AgileCon2024! Customers consume the products and services created by the enterprise. So, what is value? What makes them happy?

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Lean Agile Underperforming Technical Team Innovation 164

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

These are laid out in a research paper from PMI *. He didn’t define scope crush in his tweet but here’s how I define scope crush: doing less, better. Paper presented at PMI® Global Congress 2009—North America, Orlando, FL. Basically, anything goes. Who is responsible for scope creep? Then build on it incrementally.

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The IIL Blog

MARCH 26, 2024

By Ruchi Gupta, PMP ® , PgMP ® , PMI-ACP ® , PMI-RMP ® , SAFe, DASSM, SIP, Jira CBAP ® The accelerating rise of Generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, and others is rapidly reshaping the way project management operates. The Project Management Office (PMO) is no exception.

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PMO Generative AI Technical Review Software Review 88

MPUG

JUNE 12, 2023

Values defined in PMI®’s Code of Ethics reflect morals. The values of PMI are responsibility, respect, fairness , and honesty. PMI defines a PD as follows: A group of related activities that are critical for the effective delivery of project outcomes. Principles can but don’t necessarily reflect morals.

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PMI Risk Management Risk Software Review 106

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 22, 2021

Perhaps that number (from research by PMI ) surprises you, but I’m sure you aren’t surprised by the fact that good communication management on projects leads to higher success rates. Communications management occurs in a well-defined and repeatable cycle. We know that all projects use finite resources to achieve an objective.

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Communications Management Underperforming Technical Team Cadence Monitoring 347

The IIL Blog

MAY 1, 2024

By Nagaraja Gundappa First things first – let’s define business agility: Business agility, alternatively called enterprise agility and organizational agility, is the ability of an organization to rapidly adapt to market and environmental changes in productive and cost-effective ways according to PMI’s Disciplined Agile.

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Agile Artificial Inteligence Budget Consulting 148

The IIL Blog

MAY 14, 2024

By Olivia LE JEUNE and Jean-Roch HOULLIER Change management can be defined as all the operations carried out within an organization to enable it to adapt to change and environmental evolution. Vision sets the course (and the desired future state) over a period of a few years, while strategy defines the “how” to get there.

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Change Management Innovation Defining Sustainability 88

The IIL Blog

MAY 31, 2023

The underlying assumption that the work is well-defined, and the required effort can be easily estimated is a shortcoming of these approaches. Defining the scope and deliverables establishes specific and measurable performance expectations. Defining quality expectations through a definition of done decreases rework.

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Software Review PMI Estimate 2016 88

Project Pulse Journal

MAY 20, 2024

A well-defined communication plan is critical to managing expectations and ensuring all parties receive the necessary information. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge defines stakeholders as anyone who has an interest in or is affected by the project, such as team members, executives, clients, and suppliers.

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Kiron Bondale

JANUARY 23, 2022

In a presentation I gave to the members of a PMI Chapter on the topic of psychological safety, one of the attendees asked a great question. And when it comes to taking risks, provide the team with a clear understanding of their organization’s risk appetite and help them to define the limits for different types of risks.

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Risk Risk Management PMI Leadership 194

The IIL Blog

JANUARY 24, 2024

Nielsen, PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, CSM I have visited many companies over my 20 plus years of project and program management training and consulting. PMBOK 5 th Edition, PMI. When I ask this question in class or at a presentation, the answer I get is it happens “all the time”. By Jeffrey S. ©2012, Chapter 11, page 310]. Try it out!

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Risk Risk Management 2012 PMI 78

MPUG

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Satya Narayan Dash’s session, Want To Be A PMI-ACP? If you want to be a PMI-ACP, here are the primary steps to take. Today’s session is eligible for one PMI-PDU and the technical category. The MPUG activity code for claiming that with PMI is on the screen now.

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PMI Certification Software Review Technical Review 52

Kiron Bondale

JULY 10, 2022

Where work items go through a well defined work flow, another option is to discuss work items by the delivery phase they are in. Most work management tools will provide a method to organize the items within the columns of a work board so the team might discuss the incomplete ones in the order they are presented.

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PMI Leadership Risk Management SCRUM 177

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 23, 2023

The course content The content included in the training will give you a broad overview of what it means to manage a project, from setting objectives, creating a project plan, defining project scope and selecting an appropriate project management methodology. That’s clear in the presentation, the detail, the slides, the depth of material.

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Technical Review Planning Certification Risk Management 474

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 26, 2022

Define Project Objectives and Scope for the Legal Project. You’ll assign the right lawyers to work on the right tasks through task assignments and defining the delegation of authority. These legal professionals are employed to define the scope of the project. It follows these five steps. Execute the Plan. Risk Register Template.

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Software Review Certification Risk Management Monitoring 309

Project Risk Coach

JANUARY 7, 2019

PMI Talent Triangle The Project Management Institute says, "The ideal skill set (for a project manager) is a combination of technical, leadership, and strategic and business management expertise." —PMI PMI Talent Triangle Organizations are looking for project managers who can manage projects. Define the Vision, Mission, and Values.

Planning 150

Planning Risk Management PMI Technical Review 150

MPUG

APRIL 25, 2022

Project Management presents many tools and techniques for the management of a successful project. EVM as a tool that provides visibility into whether or not you’re on track to finish your project within the established cost and timeline baselines defined in the project plan. Definitions.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 12, 2019

For project managers seeking to understand their process and work according to best practices, they are often guided by the PMI standards of practice which outlines the project management life cycle. That’s called the project management life cycle, outlined in PMI’s Project Manager’s Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®).

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Project Life Cycle PMI Closing Monitoring 229

Leading Answers

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Anyone interested in learning more about the credential in general, is advised to see the PMI website. So to create valuable questions, PMI needs to understand what the generally accepted knowledge and skills in use by project managers are.  Instead, we will focus on PMP exam questions for those interested in taking the exam.

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Process 2021 PMI 2020 143

The IIL Blog

MAY 17, 2023

What we ended up learning was about the present state-of-the-art of project management and what the future might look like. In the 1970s, I presented a paper at a technical conference. At a PMI® conference I attended later in the 1970s, almost 80% of the papers were presented by engineers or people working for engineering companies.

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Aerospace Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Governance 147

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 31, 2020

It speaks to the PMI’s A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) , which says all projects must be strategically aligned with the organization’s business strategy. It’s difficult to definitively define what strategic initiatives are. It supports the strategy, but presents an ideal, though achievable outcome.

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Initiating Monitoring Executing Software Review 289

The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Agile A flexible and dynamic approach to project management that allows for iterative updates during defined time blocks, which allows for incremental value. Business Analysis A process in which an individual identifies business needs, defines solutions and facilitates change to meet organizational goals.

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Development Team Review Project Life Cycle Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 148

MPUG

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) Sixth Edition was published in 2017 by the Project Management Institute (PMI). Even if you do not have defined model in place, you probably have some processes that could be used as part of your selected methodology. Projects drive change! PMBOK Guide and Projects.

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MPUG

JUNE 5, 2023

The Project Management Institute (PMI) is the largest Project Management organization in the world. So, I set out to assess how PMI sees Project Management in 2023. Let’s dive in to discover PMI’s position on project management from an insider’s point of view. It takes a rather proprietorial view.

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