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14 Common Project Risks (+ more)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Risks matter. 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. However, at the beginning of your project when your risk log is empty, it can be a bit of a challenge to think of all the stuff that might need to go on there.

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Creating a Risk-Adjusted Backlog

Leading Answers

This article explains what a risk-adjusted backlog is, why they are useful, how to create one and how teams work with them. What is a Risk-Adjusted Backlog? A risk-adjusted backlog is a backlog that contains activities relating to managing risk in addition to the usual features associated with delivering value.

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7 Ethics Tips For Project Managers

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It’s probably fairer and less controversial to say that it was ‘estimated’ rather than created totally randomly from scratch. But she was worried that other people were interpreting the estimate as definite fact. What is the PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct? What is Ethics in Project Management?

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The Truth about Bullying in Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

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.” Not surprisingly for companies in the much larger United States, workplace bullying-related costs are estimated to be over $200 billion. Be courageous but sensible.

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125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

Bottom-up Estimating A project estimation technique that leverages tactical-level team members/subject matter experts (SMEs) to break down tasks into smaller components to create a more accurate estimate. Risk Assessment An evaluation of potential risks to a project, including their probability and impact.

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How to Manage Project Scope Without Scope Creep (with examples)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

These are laid out in a research paper from PMI *. Change control or change management is the process of managing unplanned but desired influences on the project. If they have any supporting materials (like quotes or estimates for the work that needs to be done) that might help the analysis, ask for those too. Larson, R. &

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Resource Management in Projects: The Ultimate Guide

Rebel’s Guide to PM

You might want to take this even further and document exactly how you are going to estimate how much time resources will be required for, how you are going to ‘win’ scarce resources, and what risks you might face around securing the resources. Step 2: Estimate Resource Requirements. Resource estimation is always tricky.