Planview

JUNE 5, 2020

Some PMOs are finding it difficult to evolve beyond a focus on improving project management practices, which can inhibit agility and growth. Centralize project information, manage resources, track project status. Expand PPM capabilities in demand management, prioritization, and resource planning.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 3, 2021

There are no shortcuts in project management really, but wouldn’t it be nice if we had a few ways to speed things up? Common processes for project management include: Making decisions (yes, you can have a process for this!) Risk management Setting up a meeting (my bundle of meetings templates have a checklist in for this process).

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Energy Risk Management Risk Process 405

Planview

JANUARY 19, 2023

Organizations can maximize ROI and increase the likelihood of a successful digital transformation by connecting portfolio management and value stream management (VSM) practices. Portfolio Management: Turning Strategy into Plans A big part of portfolio management focuses on planning.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 14, 2022

But a project manager has to connect each team member to that work. Resource loading in project management helps you avoid overallocation, which can erode morale and weaken productivity. Project management software can help you with resource loading. The Importance of Resource Loading In Project Management. Learn more.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 11, 2022

In my experience as a hiring manager, I want to see the relevant experience that applies to the job. If you work in legal project management , talk about your process improvement initiatives or projects relevant to the job you are going for today. Prepare with our How to Prepare for a Project Management Interview ebook.

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Technical Review Budget Prince2 Software Review 433

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 26, 2019

It’s a free project status report template that is based on one I use myself for weekly updates to my manager and team. If your project management software tool doesn’t generate a simple status report for you, then you’ll have to do it yourself, but you really don’t want it to use up too much of your time in the week. I'm in!

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PMO Governance Government Controlling 278

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 22, 2020

Project management software tools are essential to manage projects efficiently. In this article I’ll share my top 15 project management tools that I use for managing multiple projects. This is the number one tool I use and I really couldn’t manage without it. But they aren’t the answer to everything.

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Technical Review Software Review Budget Risk Management 363

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 30, 2018

When I first wrote Collaboration Tools for Project Managers the publishers put ‘Elizabeth Harrin, PMP’ on the cover. It was far and away a more attractive reading experience than ebooks on my Kindle app. The book is ordered in the same way as you would typically manage a project. What about the content?

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Software Review 2009 Manufacturing Certification 253

ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In project management, the equivalent of an itinerary is a creative brief. The author of a creative brief is usually the creative project manager, but in many cases, an outside consultant is hired to do the job. ProjectManager is online project management software that can help you turn your creative brief into a working project plan.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2019

I have researched the best places to get free project management templates for download online. How to Use Free Project Management Templates. You can find free project management templates to download all over the internet. You can find free project management templates to download all over the internet.

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Prince2 Infrastructure PMO Software Review 345

LiquidPlanner

MARCH 14, 2022

Do you ever feel like this same kind of madness is reflected in your project and portfolio management? Portfolio management is the practice, the science and the art of balancing investments and resources between a group of multiple projects. The right project portfolio management tool will help you ensure that isn’t happening.

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Technical Review Software Review Infrastructure Underperforming Technical Team 147

Planview

JULY 26, 2022

Meanwhile, managers are bracing themselves for the inevitability of budget cuts: If we had to keep going with 10% less budget, or 20% less, what would that look like? But failing to plan for that reality could come at the risk of jeopardizing the activities, people, and processes that are holding your business together.

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Planning Initiating Lean Sustainability 146

ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Do you want to collect emails, distribute eBooks, promote your brand, network with industry professionals, show how to use a new product, etc.? This is valuable data to help you better develop and manage the next virtual meeting you’re planning. Managers get visibility into what everyone’s doing.

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LiquidPlanner

MARCH 16, 2022

Project management is a lot more complicated than relying on the luck of the Irish to ensure people are working on the right priorities at the right time. Luck comes along suddenly and unexpectedly in managing priorities without a project management tool. Project management software is a great way to work smarter, not harder.

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Software Review 2022 Budget Software 199

Henny Portman

JANUARY 3, 2024

All the competences are aligned with the IPMA ICB that is used by all the project, programme or portfolio managers in their everyday activities. Within all three main activities, the PMO worker also has an advisory role towards their manager and other stakeholders. Can a PMO employee not be a portfolio manager or portfolio analyst?

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PMO Finance Governance Government 52

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

How can I manage my stakeholders when there isn’t enough time for meetings?” a project manager asked me recently. Here are more strategies for engaging with and managing difficult behaviour in stakeholders.). The dashboard functionality of your project management software. Try Ditching Real Time Comms.

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Software Review Risk Management Risk Controlling 223

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 28, 2019

One of the first things that project managers learn on training courses is that a project has a start, a middle and an end. Don’t be the project manager that lets a project go on and on by accepting every scope change and picking up all the operational work as well as the requests for new functionality, additions or improvements.

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Underperforming Technical Team PMO 2010 Governance 268

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 18, 2016

I know you love free project management templates. As I’m celebrating 10 years of blogging about project management this year, here are 10 of the most-clicked free templates from this site. For even more free templates, ebooks, and checklists check out the Free Stuff page. This month's free template is a project risk log.

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2016 Closing Risk Management Risk 150

LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

If one reads the Project Management Institute’s Project Management Body of Knowledge (or as the cognoscenti call it, PMI’s PMBOK) you’d think there was just one way to be a project manager; a heavily waterfall approach that the cool kids think is old fashion. Speaking of spidey sense, what a great tool to have for risk planning!

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Underperforming Technical Team Agile Risk Management Risk 146

Project Risk Coach

APRIL 19, 2017

The Wonder Wheels Company assigned Tom Dooley to manage a high-profile project, a project critical to the achievement of the company’s annual goals. Most project managers have endured challenging situations like this. What’s a project manager to do? In these cases, wise project managers still take the time to complete a charter.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

The Competencies You Need As A Project Manager Today. I’d say that the competencies you should be looking to develop as a project manager are definitely ‘soft skills’ in their widest form. But I think you’ll know within yourself if your project isn’t going right and it’s because you don’t have the skills to manage it.

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2017 Underperforming Technical Team Certification PMI 150

Planview

JANUARY 20, 2022

Executives and managers often struggle to translate the strategy to employees’ daily work on an organization-wide, cross-functional scale. Product teams must collaborate with the project management office (PMO), enterprise architects, developers, and others to plan, execute, and deliver value to the market quickly.

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Technical Review Innovation Executing Initiating 97

Wrike

JULY 21, 2023

Project management offices (PMOs) are busier than ever these days, juggling fewer resources and higher expectations amid increasingly unpredictable circumstances. Wrike’s free eBook, “ PMO Scalability: A Clear Path Forward ,” can help you learn how to embrace change, foster adaptation, and position your PMO for long-term success.

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PMO Retail Construction Certification 28

Wrike

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

As work commences, PMOs must monitor and mitigate risks before they knock projects off course. For too long, PMOs have relied on portfolio project management (PPM) tools to get by, but unfortunately, these only offer investment planning and portfolio management, financial planning, cost analysis, and maybe timelines.

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LiquidPlanner

JUNE 13, 2022

These feelings are sometimes our reality in the project management world. We dread that next call from our customer, the project management office leader, or a company executive looking for answers or updates on our latest project. We can dread the inevitable fire drills that come with being a project manager.

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Software Review Underperforming Technical Team 2022 Controlling 146

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

This article, 7 Ethics Tips For Project Managers , first appeared on Girl's Guide to Project Management. A project manager approached me recently with a problem. The PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct defines a set of standards for how project managers should behave.

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Underperforming Technical Team Estimate PMO PMI 318

Planview

JANUARY 2, 2020

Since financial services institutions typically work within well-established practices to mitigate risks, new ways of working aren’t always immediately accepted. Financial services companies often operate with a traditional approach to project and portfolio management where annual budgets define how projects are funded and executed.

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2019 Agile Lean Governance 103

Planview

MAY 4, 2020

At the project level, it is critical for sponsors and managers (project, program, and portfolio) to have project visibility into overall status and health. Issues and Risk: Alert project managers and stakeholders to any obstacles that could impact projects. Project Visibility: Status and Health.

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PMO Budget Risk Management Finance 107

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

In this template pack you get a complete project workbook compromising: action log change log decision log dependencies log issues log risk log contact list milestone tracker. 9 Essential Project Documents (With Templates) Project management can create a lot of paperwork, and it’s not always the stuff you want or need.

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Budget Monitoring Risk Management Risk 150

Planview

APRIL 29, 2022

The need to manage that change is more important than ever. It’s crucial to be able to quickly adapt to demand and prioritization changes – and how you plan and manage people resources can determine your ability to handle these pivots. Download our eBook titled “The Insider’s Guide to Modern PPM.”

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PMO Governance Government Executing 88

LiquidPlanner

AUGUST 24, 2017

While engineers learn a lot of valuable skills in school, project management isn’t always one of them. If you’re an engineer looking to grow your project management skillset, you’re in the right place. Further Reading: 5 Reasons Engineers Need to Learn Project Management Skills]. Critical Chain by Dr. Eliyahu M.

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Manufacturing Engineering Aerospace Critical Chain 112

LiquidPlanner

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

When I asked my wife about the theme for this article, she rolled her eyes with wonder on how I could geek out so much on project management. Project love comes easy with the right project management software that uses predictive scheduling to dynamically adapt to change and manage project uncertainty. Effortless planning.

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Planning Leadership 2022 Software 147

Scrum.org

JANUARY 17, 2023

Your suggestions include surveys, talks, interviews, team meetings, games, exercises, or including other parties like stakeholders or line managers, and other useful practices. Not providing enough guidance or support for the team to effectively manage conflicts. Comment : Spot on, again. Failing to address conflicts proactively.

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LiquidPlanner

MAY 11, 2017

But following structured project management methods can help companies reduce delays, stay on budget, and deliver quality products. To learn more about the challenges facing manufacturers today, download the free 2017 State of Project Management in Manufacturing report here. in this eBook. As we move into Industry 4.0,

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Manufacturing 2017 Lean Engineering 111

Resource Guru

MARCH 7, 2023

What is initiation in project management, specifically? While the reason for so many projects failing can be many, breezing through things like the project scope and the initiation phase of project management won’t do you any good. After all, it’s project management we’re talking about, and we love our documents!

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Initiating Project Life Cycle Risk Management Defining 98

Planview

JANUARY 24, 2020

The risk of poor capacity is the inability to resource projects. This quote, from one of Planview’s global Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) customers, characterizes the challenges and risks organizations face with resource planning. Savvy PMOs choose one or a mix of the following: Allow project managers to staff directly.

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PMO Planning Initiating Risk Management 88

LiquidPlanner

OCTOBER 24, 2016

A lot of people think that the most important contribution of a project manager is building the plan. That’s what a project manager does —breaks work structures into tasks; identifies the dependencies; feeds tasks into a project management tool; works with the functional managers to build the right team , and assigns tasks to team members.

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Innovation Risk Management Construction Risk 142