Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 29, 2021

Stuff happens on projects, and if the worst happens, it’s better to know about it in advance. That’s the point of risk management: thinking about what might go wrong before it does, so you can put a plan together to deal with it if it does. As such, you may have a bit more influence on these if appropriate actions are taken early.

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Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 17, 2016

The Project Plan Checklist Have you left anything out of your project plan? Check out this project plan checklist to help you identify the baselines and plans that will be most helpful to each of your projects. I like to keep my project plans as simple as possible. Scope Baseline.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Projects are planned and then life happens. Ideally, project managers know better than to execute their project plans without a performance measurement baseline. Without that knowledge, the project is running blindly, and anyone who’s tried this knows the dangers.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Backlog A list of tasks, features, or requirements to be addressed by an agile project manager or team and is often associated with Agile methodologies. Baseline An original plan for measuring performance and tracking changes. Business case An organization will develop a document to justify the investment in a project (i.e.,

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Project Pulse Journal

MAY 8, 2024

By: Hajime Estanislao, PMP, CSM Have you ever wondered how top project managers deliver complex projects on time, even when unexpected changes and challenges arise? Project scheduling is more than just plotting tasks on a calendar. Project Budget Uncontrolled scope can significantly inflate project costs.

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Velociteach

APRIL 11, 2023

The project charter is a foundational deliverable created during the project’s initiation phase. The charter documents the project’s purpose, planned direction, and what is initially known. Regardless of the format, articulating the project’s intent is invaluable and harder than expected.

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Planio

OCTOBER 23, 2023

While we’ve already briefly touched on it, it’s important to reiterate that resource management goes hand in hand with other project controls, such as scope, quality, and cost management. But what might influence your decision to allocate resources? Remember that not all tasks are born equal.

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Teamweek

JANUARY 22, 2024

Resource allocation becomes easier and more efficient with a resource management tool like Toggl Plan. The Team Timeline View feature within Toggl Plan gives you a quick overview of your team’s schedule, including scheduled tasks and time off. Toggl Plan and Toggl Track have key features that help prevent overbooking.

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Critical Chain Estimate Risk Management Consulting 59

Techno-PM

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Systematic in nature, this project management process is helpful for uncovering project variances by comparing work performed vs. work planned. Used to support schedule and cost controls, EVM is helpful for forecasting and planning. For more complex projects it is the sum of all budgets involved.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Unlike hard costs, which are directly related to tangible materials and labor, soft costs encompass a range of intangible factors that influence a project’s budget and resources. This involves conducting risk assessments, creating contingency plans, and allocating resources to address unforeseen circumstances.

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Epicflow Blog

MARCH 31, 2021

Lack of planning. Having a precise plan with the clear requirements and expectations of all the project participants is a must. If they get down to business right away and skip detailed planning or consider it as a formality, they will probably face difficulties at the very beginning because of mismatching expectations. .

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Wrike

MARCH 1, 2022

Running successful projects requires calculated planning and monitoring. Project management tools like the To-Complete Performance Index (TCPI) help project managers achieve this with as little risk as possible. TCPI forecasts a project’s possible outcome and alignment with the budget. TCPI formula explained.

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International Institute for Learning

DECEMBER 7, 2022

As technology increases within the next two decades, AI is expected to replace humans in many of the simple and mundane tasks that are part of project and program management activities (Grace et al., External customers may not be supportive of the influence and decisions that AI software might have on their projects.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review 2022 2020 97

Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 7, 2024

In the constantly changing field of project management, it is essential to know and be familiar with the system for value delivery - it is a necessary part of your strategic planning and business success. These knowledge areas are pivotal in the attainment of project objectives and the delivery of value to stakeholders.

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Governance Government Technical Review Sustainability 52

nTask

JANUARY 4, 2021

The requirements of the project result are unclear or are unrealistic. A common reason for many project’s needing to be terminated is the lack of project planning. The intended outcome of the project is no longer needed so the project becomes obsolete. Probability is the likelihood of the risk occurring.

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Wrike

JULY 29, 2021

Project planning is all about accuracy. With about 28% of projects failing due to imprecise cost estimates, it’s clear that your project plan deserves time and attention. Cost overrun is an unexpected change in the project budget that ends up increasing the total project cost.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In the dynamic business environment, companies need accurate estimations for timely decision-making and futureproofing workforce availability against market volatilities. Resource forecasting helps managers answer questions like: Do I have sufficient capacity and skill sets to take on additional projects?

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Wrike

OCTOBER 8, 2023

They allow us to quickly identify trends, outliers, and anomalies, helping us make informed decisions and plan for the future. It helps us estimate the range within which future values are likely to fall and assess the potential impact of sudden changes or unexpected events. Lastly, trend charts can be used to track project costs.

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iZenBridge

MAY 23, 2019

What is a baseline, how is it use while creating project management plan? What are organizational influences? What is a project charter? Is project manager involved in the creation of a project charter? What is a project, how is it different from a program, and a portfolio? Schedule/Cost.

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Velociteach

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

And it’s such a challenge for a project manager to step back and look at it and think about this from a standpoint of how can I influence this from the beginning? Green vs. Sustainable Projects WENDY GROUNDS: Moving on to green projects, what types of projects are green projects? And as for cost!

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Sustainability Underperforming Technical Team Construction Certification 98

LiquidPlanner

JANUARY 4, 2023

I my first 15 years, I used single-point estimation to build project schedules. The next ten years I used ranged estimations with traditional Gantt chart project scheduling software tools – this was better but cumbersome. What Can Ranged Estimation Address? . Variability and Ranged Estimation.

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Planio

MARCH 11, 2024

Communication blockers To finish: how to handle risks the right way Turn uncertainty into success The importance of risk management in project management Risk management is the process of identifying, analyzing, and managing events that affect, or could affect, your project. Create a Risk Management Plan using our free template! ?

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Project Pulse Journal

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

By: Dr. Michael Shick, MSPM, PMP, CSM Are you a project manager struggling to predict the risks in your projects accurately during planning? Do you find yourself overcome by the inherent uncertainty of project variables like cost or schedule and worried about how they might impact your project's success?

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Risk Management Risk Engineering Estimate 52

Teamweek

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Looking to create a project budget but have no idea where to begin? Cost estimation isn’t simple — but creating a project budget that works for you and your client is practically an art form. It drives your decisions, influences your clients’ opinions, and is at the back of your mind almost every turn.

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Teamweek

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Put a rough project cost estimate together and send it to the client for approval–poof, you’ve got a winning project budget. Anyone can create a client budget for a project. It drives your decisions, influences your clients’ opinions, and is at the back of your mind almost every turn. But material costs?

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Budget Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 52

Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

Information about key project cost, (technical) performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. requires making estimates) ? Project Risk Management: A Combined Analytic Hierarchy Process and Decision Tree Approach,” Prasanta Kumar Dey, Cost Engineering , Vol.

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Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 38

Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. Information about key project cost, (technical) performance and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. requires making estimates) ? Estimation of Long?Term 3, March 2002.

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Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Activity Duration Estimates Review . is a process of detecting risks related to the time allowances for activities in particular or a project in general, with the width of estimates range indicating a respective level of risk. is the description of all activities planned for completing a project. Activity List .

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Software Review Project Life Cycle Estimate Technical Review 45

Project Bliss

MARCH 27, 2017

Read how to create a scope management plan. Use a project scope statement template to get agreement among all parties. Gathering the project requirements. You’re responsible for ensuring that project requirement information is gathered and documented. The needs will vary depending on your project.

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Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Activity Duration Estimates Review . is a process of detecting risks related to the time allowances for activities in particular or a project in general, with the width of estimates range indicating a respective level of risk. is the description of all activities planned for completing a project. Activity List .

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Software Review Project Life Cycle Estimate Technical Review 40

Herding Cats

AUGUST 5, 2017

Managing Cost, Schedule, & Technical Performance Risk Is The Basis Of Good Project Management. Risk management is essential to the success of any significant project. Certain information about key project cost, performance, and schedule attributes are often unknown until the project is underway.

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Herding Cats

MAY 7, 2019

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to estimate software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Cost Modeling Agile Software Development,” Maarit Laanti and Petri Kettunen, International Transactions on Systems and Applications, Volume 1 Number 2, pp. Performance Evaluation of non?Markovian

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Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management Briefings and Presentations. Project Performance Management (#PPM). Planning and Scheduling (#PS). Agile Project Management (#APM). Integrated Master Plan and Master Schedule (#IMPIMS). Cost, Schedule, and Technical Performance Management (#CSTPM).

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Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

nTask

MARCH 3, 2022

They require proper planning, strategies, and organization. Fortunately, the use of project management tools has made this journey a lot easier. Influencer Marketing Campaigns. Thus, many organizations are becoming aware of the use of a project management tool for organizing and streamlining tasks. Email campaigns.

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2021 Risk Management Budget Monitoring 78

Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2018

When we hear about software development disasters and then hear that estimates are to blame, and NOT Estimating will somehow reduce or prevent these disasters, think again. A recent survey of 600 firms indicated that 35% of them had at least one "runaway' software project. The management of risk means good project management.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 23, 2019

Yet another class #NoEstimates lack of understanding of estimating, reference class forecasting, reference class databases, parametric estimating, estimating tools, and other well established estimating processes in the agile software development world. Subscribe to one of several reference class estimating sites.

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

40 - Estimation is a Problematic Practice of Companies Doing Dangerous Things. A #Noestimates advocate makes the claim that having a ±10% accuracy for estimates of cost and duration is a dangerous thing. Define the probabilistic ranges of the work in a single point estimate manner. This is called a Death March project.

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