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14 Common Project Risks (+ more)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Risks matter. 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. What’s a risk again? It helps to think of risks in categories.

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Measuring the Project Management Maturity of Your Organization

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In other words, you can look at an organization with strong project management maturity as one that’s managing the planning, execution and compilation of its projects well. This is true across all industries, from construction to manufacturing, professional services to IT and, really any organization that is managing projects.

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Top 10 Project Management Qualifications

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Project budgets are estimated by project managers and then approved by the project client or stakeholders. Risk Management A project risk is an unexpected event, which can be positive or negative. Resource Management As mentioned above, a resource is anything needed to execute the project.

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The 10 Project Management Knowledge Areas (PMBOK)

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PMBOK stands for Project Management Body of Knowledge. It is a set of standard terminology and guidelines for project management published and updated by The Project Management Institute (PMI). What Are the Project Management Knowledge Areas? This is mostly for larger projects. Project Cost Management.

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How to Actually Develop a Project Management Plan

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Work Breakdown Structure – create a hierarchical decomposition or outline of the scope of work to achieve the project objectives and to create the deliverables. Cost Baseline – approved version of the project budget. Subsidiary Project Plans The Project Management Institute (PMI) highlights ten Knowledge Areas.

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125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

Benchmarking Identifying a project performance indicator or practice, then assessing it against industry standards or best practices. 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.

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12 Ways to Manage Project Quality Without Drama

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The ISO 9001 definition is very similar to APM’s, as is the definition in the PMI PMBOK ®. Make sure that you are thinking realistically about estimates and the likelihood of risk affecting your ability to deliver. Consider adding contingency time to the schedule if your project is unusual or innovative (for your organization).