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How to manage project tolerances (with PRINCE2® 7 guide)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

They define your zone of responsibility. The 7 tolerances in PRINCE2® The two most frequently used tolerances are budget and time, although PRINCE2® offers you a choice of seven tolerances: time, cost, scope, risk, quality, sustainability and benefits. Let’s look at those individually.

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Episode 185 – Redefining Project Success through Sustainable Project Management

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Projects are instrumental in defining an organization’s vision for a more sustainable future. Dr. Joel Carboni talks about Sustainable Project Management, and the goal to achieve a stated objective while considering the project outcome’s entire lifecycle to ensure a net positive environmental, social, and economic impact.

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Is the triple constraint in project management still relevant? (Spoiler: No!)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Factors such as risks , resources (human and otherwise), expectations or even R&D or technology issues for ground-breaking tech projects can be considered as constraints. The 6 project constraints are time, cost, scope (as per the triangle) and then quality, risk and resources. Going live with innovative new solutions?

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How to Recover A Troubled Program

Rebel’s Guide to PM

When a program is failing, you should define the problem and potential solutions, and alert stakeholders at the first sign of trouble, according to LeRoy Ward, Executive VP at ESI. Technical failure: this creates a program integration risk as what you are building might not sit in the organization’s architecture any longer.

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PRINCE2: The Project Management Method Explained

Rebel’s Guide to PM

They are: Ensure continued business justification Learn from experience Define roles, responsibilities and relationships Manage by exception Manage by stages Focus on products Tailor to suit the project. You should look at what happened on past projects because that helps mitigate risk on your current project. When will it be ready?

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10 Top Process Improvement Tools You Need to Create a More Sustainable Business

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A study by BCG/MIT finds that 90% of executives deem sustainability to be important, yet only 60% of companies incorporate sustainability as part of their business strategy, and even less (25%) integrate sustainability into the core of their business model. Implement effective process improvement techniques for sustainability.

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What Is Change Management? Process & Models Explained

ProjectManager.com

They are the determination that there’s a need for change, preparing and planning for that change, implementing that change and, lastly, sustaining the change. Define the Change First, it’s important to define what the change is and general information about it so you and your team know how to proceed.