ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 16, 2023

They are a great way to communicate to a group and get that group working better together. Meetings are a great vehicle for delivering information efficiently to a group of people. There are other ways, of course, such as email or documentation, however, a meeting provides a space for questions and feedback. Learn more.

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Epicflow Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Project management involves creating lots of documentation. If you look into project management standards, you will find at least a dozen of various plans, multiple types of reports, and numerous other documents. A business case is a document that helps decision-makers determine whether a project is worth the investment.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 10, 2022

If you have worked on projects before then it’s highly likely that you can copy and paste from previous documents so don’t get too hung up on the idea that a fully-fledged plan is going to be days worth of work for your tiny project. We recommend: Project Management Plan Template. You have clear reporting. Your stakeholders are engaged.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Meeting purpose Start with a clear outline of what the meeting is about and why the group comes together. For example: The purpose of this group is to review, assess, and plan the marketing direction for the organization, providing the strategic direction for campaigns for the current year. Probably not. It might be 20.

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Wrike

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Generally speaking, projects require five process groups — initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing. These are known as the PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge) process groups. Here’s an overview of what the process groups are and how to successfully incorporate them into your projects. .

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 12, 2022

If your project is facing a gate review, then it’s highly likely you will also have a set of documents or expectations to complete in order to kick off the process and move the work on to the next stage. Step 1: Create documentation. Step 2: First document approval. Step 3: Second document approval.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 1, 2023

The activities include: Identifying the deliverables (which PRINCE2 calls products) and documenting expectations around customer satisfaction about what quality standards they will adhere to. However, we do set acceptance criteria, even if these are only documented in the project charter or a high-level business request document.

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Project Risk Coach

MAY 3, 2021

So, let's look at three techniques to use with your teams: Brainstorming Delphi Technique Nominal Group Technique 3 Team Techniques to Improve Cost Estimates 1. Nominal Group Technique (NGT) Betty decided to use the Nominal Group Technique with her stakeholders. She facilitated an estimating workshop. I know I have.

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

A Product Requirement Document can be referred to as a brief summary of the requirements of a product. What is a Product Requirement Document? Often abbreviated as ‘PRD’, a Product Requirement document carries a brief description of the requirements for the product. It is prepared alongside other necessary agile documentations.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 25, 2024

Google Sheets live in the cloud and therefore are collaborative documents, unlike the static documents of an Excel spreadsheet. While a Google Sheets kanban board document has advantages over an Excel one, neither is suited for a system that aims to reduce waste and increase efficiency. What Is Kanban Software?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 7, 2023

The assignment is peer-assessed and graded based on project documentation you submit. Tip: Go back to your documentation for Office Green/Plant Pals and use those as inspiration for the Sauce & Spoon documentation as the templates are the same. You can see the task groupings and milestones I used in the image below.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 9, 2022

A stakeholder is either an individual, group or organization who is impacted by the outcome of a project or a business venture. But all stakeholders can be broken into two groups: internal stakeholders and external stakeholders. Also, review the contracts, as stakeholders might be mentioned in these documents. Enforce Process.

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Wrike

JULY 29, 2023

A strategy document serves as a roadmap that outlines your business goals, tactics, and key performance indicators (KPIs). In this article, we will explore the importance of a strategy document, the key elements it should contain, the steps to create one, and tips to make it more effective.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 11, 2020

In the group identifying as having ‘some experience’, 41% have considered or seriously considered leaving. It’s a little less for those identifying as ‘experienced’, as only 35% of that group had considered or seriously considered ditching the job. Within this group, 52% are managing between 2 and 5 projects.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 18, 2022

By understanding and documenting the project requirements, you can ensure that the project is completed on time, within budget, and meets the expectations of the stakeholders. Use the same terminology throughout the requirements document to avoid confusion. Other methods include focus groups, surveys, and document analysis.

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Wrike

JULY 24, 2023

With the increasing volume of digital documents and the need for seamless collaboration, businesses are turning to document management workflow software to streamline their processes and boost productivity. It offers a centralized platform to store, organize, retrieve, and share documents securely.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 7, 2023

This includes reviewing documents such as policies, procedures, templates, checklists, reports, lessons learned from previous projects, and any other materials related to the project’s objectives or goals. Process Groups: A Practice Guide does talk about OPAs. PMI splits OPAs into two categories: Plans, processes, and documents.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Prevent an accidental reveal Lots of project meetings require screensharing of a presentation, document or app so the group can work together. Before you know it, you’re broadcasting a family photo, a confidential document, or a rough draft that isn’t ready to share. I use a Logitech headset similar to this one.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 2, 2023

The charter should cover: Program history and sensitivities (although I wouldn’t write all this down) Assessment approach: how many people are you going to interview, in individual meetings or in group sessions and so on. An action plan with dates. Then get it all agreed – which is what the charter is for.

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Redbooth

APRIL 18, 2018

Let’s take a closer look at process groups and how they help you move through the five traditional stages of project management. What are process groups? Think of process groups as a set of actions or subtasks necessary to complete one step of the plan to bring your product to market. Kicking off your new project.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

A closure document is a formal sign off that marks the end of the project work. The closure document talks about what you did and how that compared to what you set out to do. However, it’s possible that some of that group don’t have even a high-level overview of the project, so it’s worth planning in a recap.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 3, 2021

This takes a little time but saves eons of time in the actual meeting, because you’ll be able to use the information you have gathered to head off conflict and bring the group to a decision far more quickly. I never write a project document from scratch. But you can use templates for more than just project documents.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

And you’re staring at a system full of project documents and some emails that have been forwarded on. Worst case, you’ll find out that there are hardly any plans, documents and methods of control over the work. 10: Get copies of all existing documentation Review any existing documentation. First, don’t panic.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 29, 2024

In a nutshell: the evaluator needs to be able to read a one-to-two-page document and feel reassured enough to give you the £600k or whatever it is that you need. The Gantt chart is one of the documents every project needs — but for now, at this point in the work, you won’t need to complete every one of those in detail.

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Project Risk Coach

MARCH 21, 2022

How will you elicit, analyze, document, and validate requirements? If you are using Word or Excel (not a best practice), consider adding a date in the footer and in the filename of your requirement document. You can't overcome all the issues overnight, but here are a few things to consider. 12 Requirements Mistakes 1.

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Wrike

JUNE 11, 2023

Managing business documents efficiently is crucial for the success of IT businesses. With a wide range of document management software available in the market, it can be overwhelming to choose the right one that suits your business needs.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 14, 2024

He managed all the logistics for the project including booking rooms for testing and training, making sure the right delegates showed up to the training, supporting them with claiming expenses, organizing project boards, steering groups and other governance milestones, and generally making everyone’s lives easier.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 4, 2021

It’s approach to running a steering group or project board is very clear and there is an emphasis on roles and responsibilities. There is a lot of documentation but you don’t have to do it all and what you do complete really helps people understand the project scope and get things right. 10/05/2021 01:32 am GMT. It’s very structured.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 7, 2022

This book sets out a way to manage stakeholders that many project managers will recognize: Identify and document Analyze Develop strategies Plan approach Engage Watch, listen, react and review. Worsley also excludes steering group members from ‘engagement’ saying that the governance process is enough for them. 3 types of project.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Knowing how to write a project scope document is a critical skill for project managers. A project scope document can be the difference between a successful project and one that gets dragged down by scope creep. . What is a project scope document? . Why do you need a project scope document?

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Project Risk Coach

JUNE 28, 2021

Maybe you’ve seen a new team of baseball players, a music group, a civic group, or a business team. You could facilitate a mini-workshop where you (or a business analyst) teaches the team to define, analyze, document, and validate requirements. Watch what happens when new teams are formed?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 5, 2023

For example, you have to complete a project charter, a risk document, a presentation to executives, write sample emails etc. The example project is Plant Pals (the Capstone project is Sauce & Spoon), and actually it’s quite fun to work through creating project documents. One was even a promo leaflet for some guy’s training courses.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

You need a task management method — a way of categorizing tasks logically so that you can group and filter them, and ideally the option to group tasks together. For example, they may deliver a piece of the project, but not complete the handover documentation or create a training plan to go alongside it.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 19, 2023

An Agile team is a cross-functional group of people that is self-contained to the point that the people in the group can deliver the product (or the next iteration of it) without needing to draw on skills outside the group. What is an Agile team? It’s almost easier to think of Agile teams by virtue of what they are not.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 27, 2022

Is there a project initiation document? If you would set up a Yammer group for a new project, is there one? Download the Project Initiation Checklist which is in our project management document resource library and get a head start. Go through all the planning documents and the project schedule. A business case?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 3, 2019

At the end of this article there’s a link to download my free roles and responsibilities document template. Informed : This group get one-way communication to keep them up-to-date with progress and other messages after a decision or action. Include it in your roles and responsibilities documentation for the project.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

These tasks would work well on a timeline: Supplier selection Plan Build Testing Training Rollout Take your overall list of tasks and group them or roll them up to give you the level of detailed needed. Remember to update the ‘today’ line each time you show your document to someone! It helps give a ‘real time’ feel to the work.

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