Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 2, 2023

Are you wondering whether it’s worth getting a degree in project management? Or what you can do with a project management degree for a job once you finish your bachelor’s or master’s studies? Recently someone got in contact with me to ask about how to become a project manager. “Do I need a degree in project management?”

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MPUG

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

In this article, we’re addressing a common question in modern project management: Do we need risk management in agile projects? Do agile projects have risks associated with them? And do we want to let those risks run wild without any effort to contain them? Why is Risk Management in Agile Projects Even a Question?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 29, 2022

What is the future of project management? Let’s look ahead and see what the next 10 years will bring for project management software, jobs, and the role itself. Does Project Management Have a Future? So will we need ‘professional’ project managers in the future? People who just do managing projects?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Have you been asked to mentor another project manager ? And it is possible to be a good project management mentor, even if you don’t have any previous mentoring experience. Experienced and mid-career professionals are often asked to mentor junior project managers or entry-level professionals. Why do they want a mentor?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

You can earn PDUs (professional development units) for ongoing certification renewal, such as for the Project Management Professional (PMP)®, from reading. I’ve read, I’m guessing, over 150 management books in my career, and you can read my book reviews if you want to trawl through the archives. What books qualify for PDUs?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2021

Are you wondering whether it’s worth getting a degree in project management? What can you do with a degree in project management? The simple answer is: you can get a job as a project manager. About 16% of project management jobs require a degree (not necessarily a project management degree). Let’s dive in!

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 23, 2024

When you’re a PMP, program manager or portfolio manager, you need to deliver all those multiple projects on time and within budget. This requires an organization with a well-developed project management process. This is done by using a project management maturity model. What Is Project Management Maturity?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

What is the future of project management? Let’s look ahead and see what the next 10 years will bring for project management software, jobs, and the role itself. Does Project Management Have a Future? So will we need ‘professional’ project managers in the future? People who just do managing projects?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2024

Everyone wants their projects to be “quality” but I often get asked about how to manage project quality in real life. You probably already know that you need a quality management plan , and that management, assurance and control are the pillars of doing it right. What does it mean to “do” project quality?

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 26, 2024

By: Hajime Estanislao, PMP, CSM Are you struggling to manage complex projects in an increasingly fast-paced and digital environment? Do you find yourself overwhelmed by the demands of integrating new technologies and leading remote teams? Digital project management is a skill requiring competency in our technology-driven workplace.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

If you’ve ever ended up on a project where the work never seems to end… and the changes keep coming in… and even though it is technically closed people still come to you for help… then this is for you! And it’s not what project management is supposed to be. It is a record of the project management process.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Project management, PMO work, in fact most management and office-based jobs are perfectly suited to remote work. How to convince your manager to let you work remotely. No manager is going to let someone work from home if they are considered a slacker. There’s an example remote working proposal below.

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NimbleWork

JANUARY 9, 2024

In this article, we’ll talk briefly about the impacts of AI in the workplace generally and then specifically about how it is changing the way projects are managed. Finally, we’ll talk about how it is changing the role of the project manager and what you need to watch out for to stay current as an organization and as a professional.

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Project Risk Coach

MARCH 2, 2016

John Smith was hired as a new project manager at a leasing company, and he was assigned a small project with a team of six people. How well did John use risk management to accomplish his goal? He and his team completed a project plan and identified project risks. Improving Risk Management.

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MPUG

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Copilot is infused with Microsoft 365 Now that we know that the Copilot is safe and works with our data, let’s zoom in on what this means for you as a Project Management professional inside our tools of choice. Place emphasis on the financial ROI and the possible risks of the project described in the document.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 26, 2021

And that means learning how to include your projects and your project management skills. You’re going to want to describe your project management skills so the potential employer understands exactly what you are capable of. As an example, for each project I list: A simplified version of what the project delivered.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 3, 2022

Your project management plan is more than just a schedule of work. A project management plan is a document that sets out how you are going to do what you’re going to do. It’s a guide to how the project will be managed. So what does go in the project management plan ? Example project schedule.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

They let you know whether you can go overspent or what risk mitigation actions are the right ones for this point in the project. Have as many layers as fits within your PMO methodology. Often an internal senior department manager, client account manager or supplier project manager/representative.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In March 2023, Google launched Bard , and Baidu , the Chinese multinational technology company specializing in Internet-related services, introduced ERNIE Bot. With these chatbot applications, we can easily maintain that every technological field is destined to be invested or at least touched by AI. Risk Management.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 23, 2024

By: Hajime Estanislao, PMP, CSM Are you overwhelmed by the rapid shifts in industry demands and the swift pace of technological progress? Today, continuously enhancing your project management skills is beneficial and expected. What is Continuous Improvement in Project Management? What is Continuous Improvement?

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The Strategic Project Manager

OCTOBER 18, 2023

It explores ideas around an ‘AI ecosystem’ and discusses impacts for strategy and project management. Review: What Is an Ecosystem? For example, in industry, the ecosystem would include such parties as workers, transportation networks, suppliers, service providers, and resellers and dealers. What Is an AI Ecosystem?

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Wrike

MAY 21, 2023

As an IT Project Management Office (PMO) leader, you understand how critical collaboration is to the success of your organization. When different teams work together effectively, the PMO can deliver high-quality projects faster and more efficiently. Let’s examine the many ways to maximize collaboration in your IT PMO.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 7, 2021

The Problem : Parts of the leadership—particularly the middle management—pay lip service at best to the idea of becoming an agile organization. With a lot at stake for management folks, why not wait and see? Leadership is about being the first to explore unknown territory at personal risk, thus being a role model.

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MPUG

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Now imagine that a senior executive starts off his day and decides first to have a quick look at the project dashboard expecting to see metrics such as the current status of projects, earned value indices in terms of money and performances, and top risks. Welcome to the concept of the Project Management Office or PMO.

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Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 13, 2024

By: Hajime Estanislao, PMP, CSM Are you a project manager grappling with the complexities of managing virtual teams in today's interconnected world? As remote work becomes increasingly prevalent, project managers like you face the challenge of overseeing teams across different locations, working hours, and continents.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 19, 2023

Examples of ways to earn Giving Back PDUs include: Doing your day job Sharing your knowledge through publishing articles, podcasts, videos on your own website, your company website or a community platform Giving a presentation at an event Teaching others. That’s got to be the easiest way to get started on your PDU total. Don’t have a mentor?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Education PDUs are those earned from formal and informal learning across the three areas of the PMI Talent Triangle: Technical, Leadership and Strategic and Business Management skills. Leadership and Strategic and Business Management PDUs count for every certification you hold. Education PDUs. Giving Back PDUs.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 23, 2017

These days I’m doing a lot less technical project management and a lot more business-led project management and change management. When you’re trying to reduce time in front of the screen to set a good example to little ones, voice is definitely the way to go. MindManager. Not that I ever do that, of course.

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Wrike

JUNE 29, 2023

The code review process is like the editing phase in writing a book. You give it to someone else to read — this person is like the code reviewer. Code review is crucial for software development teams to ensure quality output with minimal errors and risks. Try Wrike for free What is a code review ?

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NimbleWork

JANUARY 9, 2024

In this article, we’ll discuss 5 ways AI can help you streamline project management workflows with tips on how to start making changes to the way you work today. Streamline Workflows with AI There are plenty of ways AI can help you manage projects more effectively. Sometimes the steps happen in sequence (e.g.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 16, 2022

There’s a lot riding on getting your PMO mission statement right. After all, the mission statement is what will guide the PMO as it strives to achieve its goals and objectives. Creating a powerful PMO mission statement doesn’t have to be difficult – but it does require some thought and careful planning.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Question: During an Enterprise Agility Transformation, there is often a tendency to strive for quick, short term financial gains, or other performance improvements; can you provide examples on how to find that balance to achieve longer-term sustainable growth? DW - That is true at the enterprise, department, product, and team level.

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MPUG

JULY 19, 2021

Most PPM administrators who are managing projects are using a combination of Agile (Jira) and Waterfall (Microsoft Project Online) methodologies. For example, you have to update project data stored in Microsoft Project Online according to issue statuses in Jira. It takes more time and effort to achieve integration.

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Planview

JANUARY 20, 2022

Executives and managers often struggle to translate the strategy to employees’ daily work on an organization-wide, cross-functional scale. For example, embedding digital into seemingly everything requires business and IT professionals to work closely together. Strategy and execution aren’t connected. Inability to experiment quickly.

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MPUG

MARCH 8, 2021

Many project managers utilize a Lean-Agile approach when there is high change or churn in project requirements, significant lack of clarity in scope, high complexity to their projects, and/or a larger number of risks associated with such. An example of this type can be the Scrum framework. Flow-based Lean-Agile.

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International Institute for Learning

APRIL 5, 2023

All new AI inventions or technical breakthroughs will have both advantages and disadvantages. The world-wide project management community of practices is slowly recognizing how AI will be able to improve the practice of project management. Most people believe that the advantages or using AI greatly outweigh the disadvantages.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

JUNE 13, 2019

I was recently called upon to carry out an external review of a project schedule. Understandably management was becoming nervous about late delivery penalties. Although internal peer review (by PMO using subject matter experts from another team) had always been carried out, the company typically found itself unable to deliver on time.

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