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Back to Basics: What is Project Governance?

MPUG

A Project Management Methodology is an integral part of project governance. Organizations can choose any project management framework or methodology to establish project governance structure. Project Governance. Project governance is an oversight and controlling function.

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What Is Corporate Governance & How Can it Impact My Project?

ProjectManager.com

While making money is the overriding mandate of any for-profit enterprise, each individual organization is governed by its own set of standards and practices. Those standards and practices are called corporate governance, and they are going to influence your project. All these factors are counted and calculated into corporate governance. Therefore, if you don’t know about corporate governance, you better learn what it is and what it can do to your project management.

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Government Lessons in People Over Process

Leading Answers

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! Something I was not aware of at the time is how the career development process works within the government. Opportunities to influence the change initiative.

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Nudges might lead to better project governance

Kiron Bondale

If a survey of teams was conducted to find out what they hated the most about working on projects, governance is likely to rank fairly high. Ask a group of project managers working for a large organization the same question and governance is likely to receive the most votes.

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The Three Things Every Project Manager Must Know about Project Governance

Ron Rosenhead

It covers the very important topic of project governance. Project Governance is often seen as getting in the Way. Good Governance Adds Value. But good governance is not about meddling. Project governance is an essential discipline. So, if you had to know just three things about project governance, what would they be? Good Governance Sets Direction. This is a governance role. Good Governance Makes Decisions. That is governance.

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Project Governance: Establishing an Effective Steering Committee

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

Within the project management community, the concept of governance is seen as a fundamental project control, which is easy to grasp in principle. Getting the governance piece right requires insight and at times a few honest conversations about roles and responsibilities. Unfortunately, it’s not uncommon that I see projects with one of the following dysfunctions in the governance area: It’s unclear to the project manager who the sponsor is. Who influences the decision-makers?

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Government Lessons in People Over Process

Leading Answers

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! Something I was not aware of at the time is how the career development process works within the government. Opportunities to influence the change initiative.

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Governance and Estimating

Herding Cats

If your business is not subject to any external governance process, you’re free to spend your money as you please. But you’re not free to suggest your approach is applicable to those who are governed by external frameworks of spending and accountability for that spend, without a testable confirmation this idea doesn’t violate those governance principles. Governance includes: Responsibility for a specific duty, task, or decision. Authority to influence behaviours.

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Context counts but whose?

Kiron Bondale

The industry we are in will influence and constrain our approach. The context of both the performing and receiving organizations will influence project approaches.

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The specifics of how you deliver really doesn’t matter (to your executives)

Kiron Bondale

And they must know how they can best use their power and influence to get their projects to succeed. Agile Facilitating Organization Change Governance Project Management improving project management project decision making Stakeholder analysis

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How good are you at starting off your project?

Ron Rosenhead

I came across an interesting report published by the National Audit Office (NAO) – which exists to provide independent opinion and evidence to assist Parliament and hold government to account. We are therefore re-focusing our studies earlier in the project lifecycle to better assess the quality of, and to influence successful, project initiation. our examination of central government projects repeatedly shows that too few projects bring all of these factors together well.”.

2015 188
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Impacts of traditional project funding models on agile delivery

Kiron Bondale

A key enterprise partner is the Finance department and the organization’s model for project funding will have significant influence over successful agile delivery. Agile Project Portfolio Management agile project management Change management governanceIn one of my previous articles I’d written about the need for change across multiple areas of an organization when undertaking an agile transformation.

2018 179
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Why Do PMO’s Fail?

Bridge the Gap Consulting

They also don’t influence other execs to work with the PMO leader on building its capabilities. Even if this is a rockstar PMO getting projects done, if you’re reporting too low in the organization, those with influence won’t see the value you’re creating.

2023 52
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Does your company recognize “Here, there be (project) dragons”?

Kiron Bondale

Do governance bodies within most companies recognize when a proposed project or program is beyond its current capabilities and if so, how do they do this? The boundary between the first and the second zones tends to become clearer over time, and as a company matures, they will use that boundary to dictate staff assignments as well as the required level of governance. This is where the checks and balances of effective governance are crucial.

2018 166
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Are your project management success rates improving?

Ron Rosenhead

They use their position and authority to clear roadblocks, make quick and effective decisions, and influence executive leadership. project management governance governance project management project risks project sponsorThe latest PMI Pulse of the Profession Report said: “We are encouraged to see in this year’s Pulse of the Profession® that organizations are making progress—significant progress—as they are experiencing more success with implementing strategic initiatives.

2017 113
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A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Project Governance. Agile Software Development for Government Software Intensive System of Systems (SISoS) , Boulder Agile Meetup, 27 July 2016. Governance. Program Governance Roadmap. Principles of Program Governance. Influences on IT Strategy: How IT Strategy Impacts the Development of Systems Based on COTS Products. Making Agile Development Work in a Government Contracting Environment, Measuring Velocity with Earned Value , Glen B.

2019 54
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How good is project sponsorship in your company?

Ron Rosenhead

develop your influencing skills – sometime your sponsor simply has no interest or no time. Use your new found skills to try and influence them or…. project sponsors courses in project management project management project management governance project management training project risks project sponsorI was talking with a prospective client (let’s call him Bob) on the telephone and he asked me what I thought was the biggest problem for project sponsors?

2016 170
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How to Build a Robust Project Risk Culture [8 Steps]

Online PM Courses

Some of my readers may hope to influence the risk culture of their whole organization. And the process for creating a robust risk management culture within your project can apply equally if you get a chance to influence your wider organization. Your biggest wins will come from better governance, with little or no extra cost and time overhead. And what about governance? A robust risk culture goes beyond having a strong basic risk management process.

2018 93
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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Governance (#Governance). Six Business System Rule - defines the assessment of the integrated business systems for Federal procurement and their integrity in providing information to the Government contracting office. . Managing Government Grant Projects at Arizona Public Service - APS management process for Department of Energy grant for algae CO2 capture project. Governance.

2019 42
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What Is a Stakeholder? Definitions, Types & Examples

ProjectManager.com

Stakeholders are very important because they can have a positive or negative influence on the project with their decisions. While every project has stakeholders and those stakeholders can be anyone with influence or that can be influenced by the project.

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What is Stakeholder-led Project Management?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In these projects, stakeholders are identified and communicated with in the ‘normal’ way, but their power and influence is relatively low. The final type of project at the other end of the continuum is where stakeholders have a lot of power and influence over the project.

2022 311
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What is Stakeholder-led Project Management?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In these projects, stakeholders are identified and communicated with in the ‘normal’ way, but their power and influence is relatively low. The final type of project at the other end of the continuum is where stakeholders have a lot of power and influence over the project.

2020 383
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How Product Owners Can Maximize Value with Stakeholder Input

Scrum.org

They might include providers or government regulators. As Product Owners, we must consider stakeholder input in the context of each stakeholder’s interest level and influence or power over the product's success. Assess each stakeholder's level of interest and influence in the product.

2023 192
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DDSTOP The Saga Continues

Herding Cats

We were one of the first users of eXtreme Programming, long before Scrum was around and presented that early work in 2003, " Making Agile Development Work in a Government Contracting Environment, Measuring velocity with Earned Value." . Developing the estimate without contractor influence. Satisfy the governance and oversight requirements of the firm providing the money.

2019 42
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Two Parallel Processes of Project Success - Both Value and Delivery are Needed

Herding Cats

Macroeconomics is the study of how people make decisions influenced by tax rates, interest rates, foreign policy, and trade policy. NoEstimates Estimating Fallacy of the Week Governance Performance-Based Project Management® PrinciplesThere's a popular phrase in some parts of the agile community that goes like this. We focus on value production, not delivery. This willfully ignores the principle of all business decision making in the presence of uncertainty.

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The Stakeholder Salience Model and How to Use It

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This is a measure of how much influence they have over actions and outcomes. Larger projects are likely to have higher numbers of people with power involved because they tend to attract greater corporate governance and oversight – so the top management likes to know what is going on.

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How to Hybrid: Setting Up the Team

International Institute for Learning

We are constantly drawing on these skills – for example, communicating effectively, facilitating meetings, solving problems, influencing without authority, and negotiating. As a facilitator they will: Help teams self-organize and self-govern.

2023 52
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DDSTOP The Saga Continues

Herding Cats

We were one of the first users of eXtreme Programming, long before Scrum was around and presented that early work in 2003, " Making Agile Development Work in a Government Contracting Environment, Measuring velocity with Earned Value." . Developing the estimate without contractor influence. Satisfy the governance and oversight requirements of the firm providing the money.

2019 37
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Risks in the project: an overview

Inloox

These are the most common and significant types of risk in the project: Content: Internal vs. external risk Cost risk Schedule risk Performance risk Legal risk Governance risk Strategic risk Operational risk Market risk Force majeure Internal vs. external risk Risks can be divided into two categories, internal and external. This type of risk is easier to control, since the project team can exert a direct influence on the project environment. Know the risks in your project!

2023 165
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Risk Management in Five Easy Pieces, with Apologies to Jack

Herding Cats

Although each uncertainty type is distinct, a single project may encounter some combination of four types: Variation – comes from many small influences and yields a range of values on a particular activity. Foreseen Uncertainty – are uncertainties identifiable and understood influences that the team cannot be sure will occur. Managing Cost, Schedule, & Technical Performance Risk Is The Basis Of Good Project Management.

2017 42
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Proceeding without contingency is irresponsible

Kiron Bondale

Is it sufficient to merely have the risks introduced by this action captured in a risk register, communicated to stakeholders and even signed off by the right governance bodies?

2021 358
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Project Boards and Project Steering Groups: An Introduction

Rebel’s Guide to PM

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.

2022 298
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Concept of Operations

Herding Cats

Describe those aspects of the physical environment, safety, security, and privacy that exert influence on the operation or operational environment of the proposed system. Agile Architecture Decision Making Governance Principles Project Management Systems TheoryOne of the root causes of project failure is the failure to apply the first principle of the five principles of project success. What does done look like in units of measure meaningful to the decision maker?

2017 38
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DDSTOP The Saga Continues

Herding Cats

We were on of the first users of eXtreme Programming, long before Scrum was around and presented that early work in 2003, " Making Agile Development Work in a Government Contracting Environment, Measuring velocity with Earned Value." . Developing the estimate without contractor influence. Satisfy the governance and oversight requirements of the firm providing the money.

2018 35
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How to get the best from your sponsor

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Project managers must take an active role in influencing and educating project sponsors in these best practices to get the leadership support the project requires. Remove personality from the conversation to have a greater influence on your project sponsors and their support.

2022 195
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How Project Management Will Benefit from Using Artificial Intelligence

International Institute for Learning

Existing organizational architectures, changes in the environment, emerging opportunities, and economic conditions will influence where AI applications should begin.

2023 59
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INVEST, Scrum and Enterprise IT

Herding Cats

The direction of influence from one element to another is captured by an arrow in place of a simple link. NoEstimates Decision Making Estimating Governance Management Planning Principles Product Management Project Management Requirements Strategy Systems Theory Technical Performance MeasuresThe term INVEST is an acronym for good User Stories. I ndependent (of all others). N egotiable (not a specific contract for features). V aluable (to the business or the project).

2018 32
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Value, Cost and Business Decision Making

Herding Cats

The best choice depends on our type of business, what influences our customers to buy and the nature of our competition. NoEstimates Business Decision Making Estimating Fallacy of the Week Governance Logical Fallacy Management Planning Principles Product Management Project ManagementIn Software Value of something is totally unrelated to Cost. This is a popular fallacy in the #Noestimates advocates vocabulary.

2018 37
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Don’t ignore appetite when it comes to risk response!

Kiron Bondale

Stakeholders with a low appetite for a particular type of risk might influence a stronger risk response than is warranted which can impact efficiency. Risks can be positive or negative, but risk appetite usually has a greater influence on how we handle threats rather than opportunities.

2020 207
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How Stakeholder Interaction and Engagement Impacts Project Complexity

International Institute for Learning

Furthermore, when the number of participants, including stakeholders and governance personnel increases (whether internal or external), the greater the opportunity for complexity and delayed decision-making. First published by CONNECT, International Centre for Complex Project Management.

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