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How to facilitate a project meeting

Rebel’s Guide to PM

You can focus on the process of getting the outcome you want and supporting the attendees instead of trying to get your own personal point of view into the discussion. Here’s the meeting process I use. Ask for a thumbs up or run a quick survey. Set objectives First, set clear objectives for the session. Ready to go for it?

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What PRINCE2® certification should you get?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

PRINCE2 has its roots in the UK public sector and government but is now used and loved around the world. They all help you learn how to manage a project lifecycle through controllable stages and implement appropriate governance, including a project board. PRINCE2 is a process-based methodology. PRINCE2 Agile Foundation.

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How To Motivate Your Project Team

Rebel’s Guide to PM

We do it as children, we do it as teenagers (often terrifying our parents in the process) and we do it as adults. Strengths-based project management is an approach to project management that focuses on the people rather than the process. In fact, the approach that has the biggest impact is to model the behavior you are looking for.

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Exploring the differences: Projects vs operations examples

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Ops managers want (and seek) stability so they can manage process performance. For example, in the UK, the Infrastructure and Projects Authority manages projects and shares best practices for UK government projects. In the United States, the Government Accountability Office publishes regular reports into major projects.

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Digital Transformation in Government Organizations: Tips from Microsoft, IBM, McKinsey, and PwC

Epicflow Blog

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. So, let’s see the way top companies consider this process. Microsoft’s Vision of Government’s Digital Transformation Journey .

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The 2021 Project Management Report

Rebel’s Guide to PM

We surveyed 220 project managers to better understand what it’s like to work in project delivery. This probably speaks to the self-selecting nature of the survey respondents in both cases. Over 20% of survey respondents said that was their goal for the next 12 months. Read next: Why are people leaving project management ?

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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. What is a project board? Call your meetings anything you like.