Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

The History of PRINCE2® PRINCE2® is part of the best practice guidance that came out of the UK Office of Government Commerce. A British government agency, the Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency, licensed it for use in government IT projects back in 1979. You’ll record your risks is a risk log.

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Scrum.org

JULY 30, 2023

That means taking calculated risks that can lead to either success or failure. Moreover, the team can continuously enhance their process by introducing elements that support enhanced decision-making, such as quality standards, governance procedures, and communication standards.

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Proofhub

JANUARY 4, 2021

As you start your project, you need to take the initiative on the preparatory work, from preparing the scope, estimating the costs, assigning resources, and creating a project timeline, to getting sign-off on the key performance indicators. These things will dictate the way you initiate and manage your project from idea to conclusion.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 6, 2023

They lead the strategic planning and project governance for the organization and define the project management methodologies that are used to manage those projects. They standardize best practices and oversee related business administration, risk management and change management. The responsibilities of a PMO director are varied.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 31, 2024

It’s a common management tool worldwide, used across industries, including government and nonprofit organizations. This was originally used for nonprofit organizations but later expanded to for-profit businesses and government agencies. Let’s define the four balanced scorecard perspectives. Who Invented the Balanced Scorecard?

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 23, 2024

That’s because the project teams involved with these successful projects follow a defined and repeatable process, which mitigates risk and achieves objectives. It helps to complete projects on time, manage risk, achieve project goals, deliver more benefits and handle change with minor disruption.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

You won’t know if the risk log is sound and the resource planning sensible until you investigate. 5: Review the governance structure Is there a governance structure ? Action if there is no formal governance: My first point of call would be your project sponsor. Go back to the PMO, they should be prioritizing initiatives.

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Project Pulse Journal

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Imagine initiating a project so effectively that it stays on track and aligns perfectly with organizational goals. In this article, we provide step-by-step tactics for " Initiating a Project " the right way. In this article, we provide step-by-step tactics for " Initiating a Project " the right way. What is Project Initiation?

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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. Large initiatives, like modernizing a legacy solution, are risky and fraught with peril.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 14, 2024

For example: A Digital Project Manager will oversee projects to do with online initiatives, digital marketing, software, apps and so on. It is for people who have a specialist subject matter expertise like planning, risk, law etc. The most common way of defining different types of project manager is by industry.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 2, 2022

So is the general approach: a central administration oversees which projects are initiated, how many resources they receive and what they yield. Consideration #2: Managing complex risk is all about balance. Portfolio management has a strong relationship with risk. How to execute the approach, that’s where the devil lies.

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The IIL Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Emphasis on Sustainability and ESG Practices: The year 2024 underscores an amplified emphasis on sustainability and the integration of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices into project management. This shift reflects a conscientious endeavour towards responsible project management and environmentally conscious practices.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Compliance Projects A compliance project, as the name suggests, is done to keep a business in compliance with an industry or government regulation or standard. Those are called the project phases and they are initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and controlling and, finally, closing. We haven’t talked much about risk management.

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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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Project-Management.pm

AUGUST 30, 2017

What really is project management governance? With countless articles and books in the business spectrum conveying such practice, project management governance is in the sense, subjective. In other words, a person left on his or her own device of his or her definitive understanding of governance as a whole.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The construction phase plan will cover the job site rules and whatever necessary procedures are in place all of which are working towards reducing or completely eliminating risk. All projects have health and safety risks associated with them and, therefore, require the use of a construction phase plan.

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Epicflow Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Though government organizations are not facing a threat of rivalry, one of the biggest challenges is meeting citizens’ requirements and bringing better results with smaller expenses and amount of time. Microsoft’s Vision of Government’s Digital Transformation Journey . Authorizing Government Employees . Engaging People.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 27, 2022

Go through project initiation again (by yourself). Is there a project initiation document? Download the Project Initiation Checklist which is in our project management document resource library and get a head start. Make sure there are project board meetings (or steering group meetings, whatever you call them) for governance.

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Henny Portman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Christopher Wright wrote the book Agile Governance and Audit – An overview for auditors and agile teams. Agile Governance and Audit gives a short introduction to agile, compares agile with waterfall and looks at audit and agile cultures. To order (Bol.com): Agile Governance and Audit. A case study is included.

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LiquidPlanner

MARCH 20, 2018

Managing a distributed project team takes real skill and a definite commitment to putting a governance structure in place that enables success. Delivering Project Success via Good Governance. Governance is nothing more than how a project will be controlled to deliver intended outcomes. What “good” or “effective” work looks like.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

To accomplish this requires financial governance, creating and controlling an IT budget, tracking expenses and doing cost-benefit analysis of IT investments. This position is also responsible for IT governance , ensuring that standards, rules and proper procedures are being followed. If not, then the project shouldn’t be initiated.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 9, 2023

During a dinner conversation after the conference, you further discover that PMO (Project Management Office) can support you in leading an Agile transformation and successful Scrum adoption, by covering governance and ensuring alignment across the enterprise. More ideas (e.g. Cross-Team Refinement) can also be found in the Nexus Guide.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2022

Business cases are prepared during the project initiation phase and their purpose is to include all the project’s objectives, costs and benefits to convince stakeholders of its value. Think of the business case as a document that is created during the project initiation phase but will be used as a reference throughout the project life cycle.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 27, 2019

For example, a government project is going to have a state official as project sponsor who will work with the construction company’s project manager. The project sponsor is responsible for many aspects of the project, from initiating and ensuring the success to approving and establishing parts of the project. Governance.

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Kiron Bondale

MAY 30, 2021

While I’m in favor of the first two suggestions, there is always a risk with the third of micro-management or overly heavy governance. But what if the main reason that team members are unwilling to speak up proactively about impending failure is because they are afraid to do so?

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The Strategic Project Manager

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Specialization and Expertise – Consider developing expertise in specific areas of IT such as cybersecurity, cloud computing, data analytics, enterprise architecture, or IT governance – not particularly project management. This role provides experience in IT leadership, strategic planning, and managing technology initiatives.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 4, 2021

First came PRINCE in 1989 as the UK government standard for IT project management. This is all done in an environment of seven themes: business case, organization, quality, plans, risk, change and progress. You can get a business case, project brief and project initiation document. There are also seven values. Are they free?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Have a risk budget. One thing that’s important to have is a risk budget. One of the things that people are most bothered about in my experience is what to do when the budget has gone over or is at risk of being overspent. “If your initial budget was sound then any overruns or additional expenses shouldn’t be a surprise.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 28, 2021

PRINCE2 is part of the best practice guidance that came out of the UK Office of Government Commerce. A British government agency, the Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency, licensed it for use in government IT projects back in 1979. PRINCE2 fits in with the Management of Risk® guidance, also from Axelos.

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Inloox

MARCH 27, 2024

Definition of the PDCA cycle The initial letters PDCA stand for the four steps in a continuous improvement process (CIP, Kaizen): Plan-Do-Check-Act (Plan-Do-Check-Act). Risk mitigation: By testing plans on a small scale before full implementation, the PDCA cycle helps to mitigate risk, prevent large-scale failures and waste of resources.

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Techno-PM

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Since a business requires different operations to function smoothly, it is crucial to ensure you have the proper tools to identify, remove, and minimise organisational risks. Risk Management Framework (RMF) provides your business security, efficiency, and effectiveness. What is Risk Management Framework?

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

MAY 2, 2019

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. Creating a smooth escalation and governance process.

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NimbleWork

MARCH 27, 2024

Individuals with their unique set of expertise are encouraged to take initiatives that help realize this vision. Finally, the governance structure should encourage autonomy and self-management, by delegating governance closer to the hierarchical levels where decisions are made.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 9, 2022

That corporation might initiate projects that the shareholder is a stakeholder in too, as shareholders are also stakeholders, but stakeholders are not always shareholders. These people can be suppliers, customers, creditors, clients, intermediaries, competitors, society, government and more. A shareholder can be a stakeholder.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 24, 2020

You won’t know if the risk log is sound and the resource planning sensible until you investigate. 5: Review the governance structure. Is there a governance structure ? Action if there is no formal governance: My first point of call would be your project sponsor. Go back to the PMO, they should be prioritizing initiatives.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 24, 2023

Plus many smaller initiatives like organizing staff training, organizing a team building day out, setting up a series of lunch and learns and more. For example, in the UK, the Infrastructure and Projects Authority manages projects and shares best practices for UK government projects. These are all great sources of examples of projects.

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Online PM Courses

MAY 7, 2018

A robust risk culture goes beyond having a strong basic risk management process. Some of my readers may hope to influence the risk culture of their whole organization. For you, the right aspiration is to build a positive risk culture within your project. What is Risk Culture? Behaviors and Practices.

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