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. And will make the decision to close the project down early if it can no longer meet its objectives.

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Project Risk Coach

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Most of your project problems can be avoided or greatly reduced through risk management. The simple act of identifying and discussing risks goes a long way towards reducing problems in your project. Let’s look at how to start the risk management process. How will you identify risks?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 12, 2022

Project governance is an important part of project management processes – even if it’s not the most exciting part of getting work done. As a project manager, part of your role is shepherding the work through the project lifecycle. Governance is a key part of that, and gate reviews are part of navigating through the project.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 7, 2023

Project managers are often faced with the challenge of managing complex projects and ensuring that they stay on track. I’ll confess: when I started out as a project manager, this was a piece of jargon that honestly didn’t mean much at all? But what is an organizational process asset (OPA)? Think intranet or policy library.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Attending a project management conference is an excellent way to network with other project managers, build your skills, and improve your career. We have compiled a list of project management conferences in the UK so that you can stay close to home. Looking to travel a bit further? Please fill out this form.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

When governments or corporations make large investments, they don’t do so without serious planning. These capital projects can be infrastructure-based, such as roads and railways, when launched by the government. It’s used to help governments and corporations understand their future operational costs.

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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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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 6, 2023

PMO stands for project management office and it’s responsible for the project management standards in an organization. The two others are the program management office and the portfolio management office. Either way, it’s run by a PMO director. There are different types of PMOs, all headed by a PMO director.

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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

OCTOBER 1, 2023

You’ve probably heard project managers talk about project assurance, but what exactly is it? Provide advice to the project manager The assurance function will advise on who should be part of the project team. They can also help the project manager tailor the approach, methods or controls used to make sure it is fit for purpose.

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Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Why are many project managers confused over risks? Why do some project managers include positive risks in risk management and others do not? Let's clarify what we mean by the term risk. Risk is a Choice Merriam-Webster defines risk as “the possibility of loss or injury: peril.”

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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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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. This was originally used for nonprofit organizations but later expanded to for-profit businesses and government agencies.

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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

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

It can also mean taking my expenses to the post room or zapping my holiday form to my manager. Look ahead at your diary and check you’ve got everything you need to get to the meetings you are attending. Check meeting room reservations (or links to Teams calls). The same goes for sharing a link to the Teams meeting or Zoom call.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 24, 2023

IT service management (ITSM) is the process of how those services meet the needs of the end users who employ them. Over the course of this blog, we’ll discuss how ITSM is implemented, managed and delivered to meet the needs of an organization and how project management software can help facilitate those processes.

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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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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Every governance meeting I go to needs to see the plan on a page. A project management timeline is a communication tool so if you want to communicate about the plans for training, just do a slide showing that. As a project manager, it’s also what I want to know from workstream leads.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

IT financial management (ITFM) covers the costs of keeping our network, servers and devices running. IT financial management is a bit more complicated than that and we’ll explain by more thoroughly defining the term. Then we’ll list the professionals who are tasked with IT financial management and their key objectives.

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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

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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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 27, 2022

In the last couple of weeks I’ve turned into a woman who runs down Regent Street in ridiculous heels to get to her next meeting on time. The old project manager is a great source of information about the office politics surrounding this project and can shortcut your learning curve drastically. Meet the team. A business case?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 22, 2023

We had the go/no go meeting and as I sat in the office, it just felt like we weren’t ready. The easier part is always implementing that decision – after all, isn’t that what project managers do? As a project manager, you will be used to making multiple decisions on a daily basis. My project sponsor was on holiday in Canada.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

All of these things and more make them a perfect candidate for business project management. Let’s first explore the definition of business project management. Then, we’ll look at the role of a business project manager and the types of projects that a business will manage. What Is Business Project Management?

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MPUG

APRIL 9, 2022

It’s easier to ignore the possibility of risks when the business is doing well — but not having a plan for potential unforeseen threats could be the most significant risk of all. The risk management process involves identifying, assessing, and controlling risk factors that threaten an organization’s earnings and assets.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 11, 2021

Where is artificial intelligence taking project management? AI has turned up in the project management trends articles over the past few years and it’s now most definitely here to stay. The impacts of artificial intelligence in project management. PWC predicts that 80% of project management work will be eliminated by 2030.

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Leading Agile

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

It is increasingly difficult to meet regulatory and compliance demands. 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.

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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. This is a cardinal rule that I learned firsthand nearly two decades ago managing project teams in Korea, and it stuck with me through my career in the military.

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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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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 9, 2022

Let’s take some time to define what a stakeholder is, examples of stakeholders and free stakeholder templates that can help with stakeholder management. A stakeholder is a person, like any other member of the project, and some will be easier to manage than others. They can easily be shared to manage your stakeholders expectations.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

I bet you have plenty of project management processes, don’t you? One for risk, one for escalations, one for changes, issues, new project kick-off, closure, logging dependencies… the list goes on and on. Let’s look at 5 common reasons why processes fail to serve you when managing projects and what you can do about them.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Having many projects to manage in a portfolio can be daunting. There are many ways to do this and one of which is lean portfolio management. Let’s first define lean portfolio management and then delve into how it works. This will give you an idea if it’s the right strategy to execute your portfolio management.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 14, 2022

It’s like agile project management for decision making: taking small steps towards a larger goal. The incremental decision making approach is often used in government settings, such as defining public policy. Next, break down the goal into smaller, more manageable pieces. How do we meet the upcoming regulation changes?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 20, 2022

I spoke to the authors of Strategies for Project Sponsorship , a book about how to sponsor projects, and reading it from a project manager’s perspective is a great way to improve how you interact and engage with your project sponsor. That does sound like a challenge for project managers, and for sponsorship in general.

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Ron Rosenhead

OCTOBER 24, 2016

It covers the very important topic of project governance. Project Governance is often seen as getting in the Way. Too many project managers see the role of Project Sponsor, or their Project Board as somehow getting in the way of progress. Good Governance Adds Value. But good governance is not about meddling.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 19, 2022

Project execution’s key purpose is to complete the work defined in the project management plan and to meet key project objectives. During this phase a project leader will focus on these key processes: Managing people. When you’re executing a project, you need to manage a lot of things: resources, costs, schedule and more.

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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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