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Book review: Risk Happens

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Mike Clayton defines risk as “uncertain events that can affect outcomes,” in his book, Risk Happens!: The book is not method specific, so it doesn’t matter if you use PRINCE2® , the PMI® equivalent or any other national or international standard. Mike Clayton. Managing Risk and Avoiding Failure in Business Projects.

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10 Places to Get Free Project Management Templates

Rebel’s Guide to PM

If you are looking for a starting point for a Gantt chart, GanttPRO has a bunch of templates you can use covering product launches, event planning, maintenance schedule, marketing, retail, creating a course/education programme, and more. PRINCE2 Templates from Axelos. GanttPRO templates for schedules. Project Bliss. Do a search for “.edu

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PRINCE2® Foundation and Practitioner: Everything you need to know to get this Certification!

Techno-PM

What is PRINCE2® Foundation and Practitioner? PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner. The aim of the first qualification is to provide a background on the concepts, process, terminology, and techniques needed to be able to successfully manage projects using Prince2. PRINCE2 Practitioner Certification Course - Who Should Do It?

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Communications Tools: The Project Banner

Rebel’s Guide to PM

At town hall-style meetings or internal events where you are briefing staff about your project. At your project management community of practice events and networking sessions. At public events to draw attention to your new project. This is the phase where you start working out who is going to do what. . Why use Kanban?

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To project management certify or not…?

Ron Rosenhead

Should I get PRINCE2/ APM/PMI’ is usually attached to the question. Many people who have been on a qualification course come along at the end of the course and saying something like ‘I went onto a PRINCE2/ APM/PMI qualification course and this 2 days makes much more sense’ Or, ‘I can apply this to my projects straight away.

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Certification Proliferation and Confusion

Leading Answers

20 years ago things were much simpler, in North America, the PMP was the dominant credential, in the UK and ex British Empire countries it was PRINCE2. Outside of the Apollo moon landing and sports events, it remains the most watched US TV broadcast of all time. Likewise, project management credentials have proliferated too.

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100+ Project Management Terms: PM Terminology Explained

ProjectManager.com

It’s not merely data backup, but includes that and every other detail to ensure the project isn’t derailed by considering short- and long-term events and how to respond to them. Event chain diagram This is a visual way of demonstrating the relationship between events and tasks and how they impact one another.