Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 2, 2023

You’ll learn: What job titles to look for once you graduate What industries you can work in What you can expect to earn How to transition from another industry via a degree Lots more! Recently someone got in contact with me to ask about how to become a project manager. Government jobs typically pay better than working in education.

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Leading Answers

DECEMBER 21, 2017

I was working for IBM at the time and was able to persuade my account manager to pitch the approach on one of our government projects. We were all set for a big client success and who better than the British Government for good publicity! Opportunities to influence the change initiative. My enthusiasm was about to be tested.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

APRIL 18, 2023

Now it’s time to create a PMO Business Case and start moving the needle from idea to reality. If you notice, I call it a PMO Business Case, not a PMO Charter. I don’t like the word “charter” when talking about creating PMO’s. Below are some of the key components of a PMO Business Case.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

AUGUST 8, 2019

Back in 2015, we took a look at the five advanced training options for people working in PMO. Four years on and a few things have changed in the PMO field. There is now another PMO certification option available alongside P3O from AXELOS and the PPSO ones from BCS, both of which feature in the last article. Business Analysis.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 3, 2018

This article, How To Make 2018 A Successful Year for Your Projects , first appeared on Girl's Guide to Project Management. You can scroll down and get the highlights, and then read all the advice in the How To Make 2018 A Successful Year for Your Projects ebook. Would you like to make 2018 a successful year for your projects?

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Leading Answers

DECEMBER 21, 2017

I was working for IBM at the time and was able to persuade my account manager to pitch the approach on one of our government projects. We were all set for a big client success and who better than the British Government for good publicity! Opportunities to influence the change initiative. My enthusiasm was about to be tested.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 8, 2016

How can you check what you’ve got and what needs to be done next? Let me guide you through how to assess the state of the project you’ve inherited. Get this free printable checklist about how to take over a project from someone else. Check #5: Governance. Is there a governance structure? How do you spend it?

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Planview

JANUARY 19, 2023

In this article, we’ll cover what is required to maximize value delivery from technology-centric initiatives, how portfolio management is used to turn strategy into plans, how value stream management is used to turn plans into delivery, and how to improve technology-centric initiative planning and outcomes with VSM.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 26, 2024

Knowing how to manage projects effectively in a digital setting ensures that your organization stays agile, competitive, and capable of meeting its strategic goals. Invest time learning how to use data analytics tools relevant to your projects. Foster an inclusive digital culture to encourage open dialogue and team collaboration.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

JANUARY 30, 2020

Agile is moving beyond technology and is now widely used in financial services, government, and professional services companies. In this program, students will learn how to apply the principles of Lean, Kanban, and Agile delivery to both their IT and non-IT projects. This post first appeared on PMO Perspectives Blog.

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LiquidPlanner

APRIL 17, 2018

Project Governance. Identify any key stakeholders, their influence and expectations on the project. Who has influence over the project outcome? Related: How to Build Strong Relationships with Stakeholders. Project Governance. How is the project being managed? Project Overview. Project Financials.

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Inloox

AUGUST 5, 2018

PMI’s most recent Pulse of the Profession is about how to succeed in a disruptive world, with challenges being, among others, new technologies (like autonomous vehicles), artificial and data intelligence and big data. Increased government regulations. Industry and regional comparisons are available on PMI.org/Pulse. Data intelligence.

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International Institute for Learning

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Benchmarking is an excellent method to capture external best practices, possibly by using the project management office (PMO) or other internal organizations as the lead for external benchmarking activities. Identification of governance and leadership effectiveness. The steps can range from four to ten steps.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 7, 2023

These can influence the outcome of the project, program or portfolio so they must be managed. That’s why project managers and their teams need to take time to identify enterprise environmental factors that might influence their projects and figure out an action plan to mitigate or respond to them in a timely, effective manner.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 23, 2022

And you know, the manifesto had just been written and I was working as a project manager in a company called CheckFree here in Atlanta and squarely like in the PMO. And so, it’s that for a couple years, that group reorganized and I kind of find myself back in a regular PMO and I’m like, that’s not cool, right?

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The IIL Blog

JULY 26, 2023

Nobody knew anything about the virus, how to test for it, how to treat it, how it was transmitted, and how deadly it was. The whole pandemic challenged people’s assumptions about rthe ace, what was predictable and how to respond. Some of the decisions and choices that were made influenced the following races.

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Online PM Courses

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

How to Develop your Scope Management Plan. Your first big decision is how to integrate with your Project Management Plan. Guidance from your PMO (Project/Program/Portfolio Management Office). How will you control change? And what governance will you set over your change control process ? Ans: A Lot]. Introduction.

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Wrike

APRIL 25, 2023

We’ll end with a walkthrough of how to map every phase of your project life cycle using Wrike’s free work plan template. Project timelines are best developed in collaboration with the project team to get the best estimations on how long it takes to complete tasks on time and within budget.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 25, 2022

They will articulate the project objectives and goals to the PMO and anyone else who will listen! The role is predominantly assurance and governance, approving deliverables and making sure the work moves through any gate reviews and governance points as necessary. How to manage your first meeting with a new project sponsor.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

They don’t tell you how to do something. And the tools are getting better and better at helping – if we know how to use them. I wrote a book all about this: Collaboration Tools for Project Managers (published by PMI), which talks about how to choose, set up and use the right tools for your workplace. So, what is a principle?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

These could be project managers or PMO colleagues. You’ve got to use business acumen and deal with the bigger picture on a much larger scale and the influences that puts on your stakeholder community. However, you could move into program management from a senior operational role or another PMO role as well.

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Planview

APRIL 27, 2023

The main stakeholders created a Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) Transformation Team to define the goals for a new project management office (PMO) and implement a new software solution. Methodology The initial PMO operating state was federated across the business units with various tools and methods.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

These could be project managers or PMO colleagues. You’ve got to use business acumen and deal with the bigger picture on a much larger scale and the influences that puts on your stakeholder community. However, you could move into program management from a senior operational role or another PMO role as well.

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MPUG

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In this article, I’ll share a few tips from my book, Managing Multiple Projects , about how to streamline your reporting process if you’re leading more than one initiative. Create an Informed Culture As Graham Allcott and Hayley Watts say in their book, How to Fix Meetings (2021), a culture of good reporting leads to fewer meetings.

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MPUG

MAY 6, 2021

We are a consulting company in the DC Baltimore area that specializes in project and portfolio management for about 80% of our customers in the government space, the other 20 in the commercial space. You don’t have any destination, you don’t know where you’re going, and you don’t know how to get there.

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Wrike

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The structure of your organization’s project management office (PMO) may be the difference between effective and ineffective project management. Your PMO structure must blend in with the organizational culture to ensure project management success. What is a PMO structure? PMO can also mean Program or Portfolio Management Office.

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Planio

APRIL 24, 2023

During this phase, there’s a lot of box-ticking and governance to ensure everyone understands their ongoing requirements. How to do this: Start by getting a deeper understanding of your market, competition, users, and opportunities. How to do this: List out and categorize anyone who could impact the success of your project.

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LiquidPlanner

JUNE 6, 2017

PMOs and process specialists spend months developing standard processes, methods, and templates to achieve predictable results. Believe it or not, the PMO doesn’t create a new template or a new process out of sadistic pleasure. Methodology should be used to provide directional guidance and teams need to know how to adjust accordingly.

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Project Bliss

MARCH 27, 2017

Read how to create a scope management plan. As the project manager, you may report to stakeholders, governance bodies, and anyone else who needs project information. During planning, you’ll work with the project team to identify potential project risks (check out How to Create a Project Management Risk Matrix ).

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Epicflow Blog

JANUARY 12, 2024

PMO London 2024 June, 18-19. London, UK The PMO conference is focused on issues related to the work portfolio, program, and project offices. The conference attendees will learn the insights from the latest PMO research, and learn about new PMO ideas, methodologies, and products.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 17, 2021

And I was working for this VP that was like really super cool, is very into agile and we were coming up with really creative things for like team formation strategies and agile governance, all stuff. And so we want to be able to figure out how to have that conversation. We have to figure out how to install governance.

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MPUG

DECEMBER 15, 2019

Is it your PMO, individual project managers, or others? 55% PMO, and 45% individual project managers. Thank you all for taking that survey, and Kyle I did figure out how to get the screen working so now I can see those results, so thank you for that. Is it the innovation strategy group? We’ll just give them a few seconds.

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Paymo App

JANUARY 19, 2018

How to become a project manager- education and the most important PM certificates you can get out there. Income – know how much to ask for according to your experience level. Nevertheless, there are many problems that could occur anytime, making it impossible for you to know how to solve them without too much struggle.

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MPUG

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

The company’s out of Redmond, they’re part of Microsoft now, and mentioned that the developers and technologists, how they influence every function in sales marketing and HR and Microsoft’s going to be infused with that for more agility going forward. Their centerpiece will be a lot around that. Okay, Larry.

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PM That Works

APRIL 23, 2018

I don't know what they were concerned about to be honest with you though they wouldn't even sit down and take a little 24 question thing so that they could figure out what their communication style is and how to communicate with other people. I think that was influenced by you as well. 00:06:54;27 - 00:06:57;24 Rick A. It's horrible.

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Project Accelerator News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

In a recent blog, TOP 3 WAYS TO RETAIN IT PROJECT TALENT AND HOW TO REMAIN EFFECTIVE WHEN YOU CAN’T I shared a Director People’s story of how a candidate had flipped this perennial interview question and asked, “Where does the company see me?” “Where do you see yourself in five years?” There must be something in the air!

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