Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 14, 2024

If you’re searching for a project management job, you’ve no doubt come across a range of different job titles. The ‘project manager’ job descriptions have a wide variety of roles and duties, which can make it hard to know what’s right for you. Also known as a Technical Project Manager.)

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The previous project manager might have moved on to do something else and you’ve got the project as part of an internal reshuffle of resources. If this is all new to you, check out PMI Kickoff , a free overview of all things project management that will help get you started. Action if not clear: Talk to your sponsor or line manager.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

Here’s an introduction to these important groups as part of the governance framework so you can get yours set up and working on your project. A project board provides oversight and governance for the project. What you need is adequate governance for the project. What is a project board? Call your meetings anything you like.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 18, 2024

I have mentored project managers for years, and recently, more of my mentees have been going through project management apprenticeships. Maybe an apprenticeship in project management would be the right career move for you? Maybe an apprenticeship in project management would be the right career move for you?

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Leading Agile

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

You are at risk of a data breach. Once you start losing customers, are threatened with lawsuits, there’s a breach, or you are about to lose a vital compliance certification, the risk to your company becomes existential. Assess each capability’s Business Value, Performance in Role, and Risk.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 2, 2023

Information technology (IT) is what keeps the modern world running, which is why IT management is so crucial to business. For too many, IT is a mystery and IT management isn’t even in their vocabulary. We’ll explain these two terms, explore the various aspects of IT management and why it’s so important to businesses.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2022

Can project management software facilitate this work? This is a tool used more often by public entities such as local governments for major public expenditures. The capital improvement plan is used to coordinate between community planning and fiscal management to determine the location, timing and financing of the capital improvement.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 31, 2024

A balanced scorecard is a strategic management performance metric. It’s a common management tool worldwide, used across industries, including government and nonprofit organizations. The balanced scorecard measures four aspects of a business or organization: finance, customers, business processes and learning and growth.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 17, 2022

The project manager is on the ground, running the team and keeping the daily operations of a project running smoothly. But who looks after the project manager? In project management, that position is called a project director. Project management tends to be a hierarchical methodology that has numerous tiers of command.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Sol Benady is a management consultant, Fintech entrepreneur, and program manager working in the banking sector. I talked to him in the Project Management Club on Clubhouse about project financial management and handling budgets. From Accounting to Program Management. 5 Tips for Managing a Project Budget.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Whether you’re consulting with a team, managing a team, or running a large organization, there are building blocks that can be put in place to enable this journey. Define Accountabilities : Define five key accountabilities: business roadmap, technical roadmap, total cost of ownership, production stability, and governance model.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Some stakeholders can cultivate the environment to reduce the incoherence of management processes and ways of working, Some stakeholders can cultivate the climate with effective DEI and increase the levels of psychological safety, inspiration, and motivation. Leaders lead people; managers manage things (Admiral Grace Hopper).

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Techno-PM

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Managing a company comes with many responsibilities. To run your business successfully, you have to look over multiple operations simultaneously such as finance, marketing, human resources, technology, equipment, etc. Risk Management Framework (RMF) provides your business security, efficiency, and effectiveness.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 24, 2023

When it comes to managing them effectively, understanding the differences between projects and operations is key. Ops managers want (and seek) stability so they can manage process performance. The status quo is good but project managers keep changing things! Projects change the business. Operations run the business.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 27, 2019

But greater flexibility generally requires a more skillful approach to governance and project management. Next, decide how the team will go about accessing the funds being provided to them (this is usually chosen by your organization’s finance group). Low financial risk for both the team and for business stakeholders.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

What is a method in project management? We have a ton of project management methods – some you probably don’t spend much time thinking about at all. Types of project management methods. Project management uses lots of methods. But there are some specific project management methods. Read my full disclosure.).

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 24, 2020

The previous project manager might have moved on to do something else and you’ve got the project as part of an internal reshuffle of resources. You won’t know if the risk log is sound and the resource planning sensible until you investigate. First, establish the authority that the project manager (that’s now you) has on this project.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 18, 2022

A production schedule template is an essential part of your supply chain management. It helps you manage your resources effectively and even supports the sales team as they know when products will be delivered and available for sale. Gantt charts have been essential project management tools for over a century.

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Wrike

JUNE 11, 2023

The importance of risk management in IT cannot be overstated. However, with this reliance comes the inherent risks of cyber threats, data breaches, and operational disruptions. Once the risks have been identified and assessed, organizations must develop and implement strategies to manage and mitigate them.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 29, 2021

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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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 28, 2018

You might use the term Project Board or Governance Committee, or something else that means a similar thing. Here’s an introduction to project steering groups as part of the governance framework so you can get yours set up and working on your project. Then you should be on the Steering Group as the project manager.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 11, 2023

” They did it with construction management. In order to control all those moving parts, construction professionals use construction management for all project delivery methods. Let’s look at what construction management is and then go into some of the key elements. What Is Construction Management? Learn more.

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Planio

MAY 20, 2024

But making these changes without a proper project management approach inevitably wastes time, effort, and money. Project managers bring order to chaos, help align cross-team projects, wrangle budgets and schedules, and so much more. Less wasted budget through strict cost management 4.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 19, 2024

Kanban and scrum are agile project management methodologies that can be used for similar purposes, but each has its unique pros and cons. As a project manager, it’s important to understand the difference between kanban and scrum so you can determine the best approach for your team. What Is Kanban?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Nearly 1 in 5 project managers have considered leaving their job: 37% of professionals have thought about quitting project management in the past year. So why are people leaving project management? Let’s start with this story from one project manager. Anonymous project manager. Why do project managers quit?

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The Lazy Project Manager

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Project Management as a Central Component of a Project Business. Oftentimes, people think managing a project and managing a project business are interchangeable. Project Management is something that a business does, regardless of the type of business it is. They’re not. Characteristics of Project Businesses.

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Alan Parker Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Two prominent frameworks that offer guidance on information security management are ISO 27001 and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF). Understanding ISO 27001 ISO 27001 is an internationally recognised standard for managing information security. But how do you decide which framework fits your organisation best?

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Leading Agile

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Imagine you’re a CIO, CTO, IT Leader, or Finance Manager. You are given unfunded mandates related to risk, compliance, and cyber security. It is possible to plan finances for the year while being crystal clear on strategic objectives and achieving them. Everything after that is chaos. WHERE THE PLAN GOES WRONG.

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Planning Finance Cadence Governance 127

Proofhub

JULY 4, 2022

Improves Work Performance Employees who are under stress due to finances may not perform efficiently at the office. Employees can pick the right investment based on their risk tolerance to reach financial goals. Encourage investments Investments It is important for everyone to stay ahead of their finances.

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Wrike

OCTOBER 6, 2023

In the world of project management, uncertainty is an ever-present element that can greatly impact the success or failure of a project. It is essential for project managers to understand the nature of uncertainty and how it manifests in various forms. This uncertainty can impact project timelines and deliverables.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 1, 2022

Project management is methodical, but change is not. If changes are requested, the change control board shows how those changes are managed with the least amount of disruption to the project’s plan. A change control board includes representatives of the relevant functional areas of the project in addition to the project manager.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 10, 2023

This matrix has four different groups: High Influence High Interest e.g. Sponsor of Your Product High Influence Low Interest e.g. Governance such as Audit Low Influence High Interest e.g. Users Low Influence Low Interest e.g. People who want to know how things are going You will require a different engagement style for each group.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 8, 2018

If you’re looking for a program manager, then that means you’re looking for someone to manage a project portfolio. A program manager is just that, a person who is responsible for managing several projects at once, and they might even have to manage many programs.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 2, 2021

The government anticipates raising an extra £3.1bn through the additional tax, although there’s no way particularly to measure it, according to Dave. There might be a few situations where you could, but as a project manager there’s a lot of knowledge in your head that makes it hard to send in a substitute if you’re off sick for a week.

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Inloox

JANUARY 14, 2021

Construction project management is considered one of the original forms of today's project management. What is construction project management? Project management in construction describes the planning and work process in order to produce or modify a construction object. Let's start with the basics.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 6, 2023

There’s one thing that all businesses have in common with project management: money. By understanding the budgeting process for business and project management , it’s easier to understand how to make a budget for your company or project. ProjectManager helps you plan, manage and track costs in real time.

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Alan Parker Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Implementing ISO 27001 can be a game-changer for an organisation's information security posture, but one of the biggest hurdles is gaining the support of senior management. Understand Their Perspective To convince senior management, you first need to understand their priorities. Risk Mitigation Benefits Executives understand risk.

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