ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 17, 2019

IT governance ensures that IT departments are prepared for what’s next, without losing focus on what matters. What is IT Governance? At its base level, IT governance is one or multiple processes that enable the IT staff to better manage risk and operate at its most efficient to the benefit of the organization on the whole.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

I bet you have plenty of project management processes, don’t you? The bottom line is this: having processes doesn’t guarantee that your project will be any better than if you didn’t have them. But I’m a big believer in making sure everything is fit for purpose and processes are included in that. Processes are too informal. “Oh,

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Initiation Phase The initiation phase might be the most important of all five phases as it maps out the approval process for the project and sets everything in place to build. The construction bidding process will also begin at this point. When the site is complete, the plans and findings are reviewed by local government officials.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

When you start the planning process for a project, one of the first things you need to think about is: what can go wrong? Project risk management is the process of identifying, analyzing and responding to any risk that arises over the life cycle of a project to help the project remain on track and meet its goal. It’s all about process.

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The IIL Blog

APRIL 2, 2024

By Monica Mendoza April 3, 2024 Artificial intelligence (AI) has been in the news a lot recently, thanks to the recent launch of several impressive generative AI tools such as GPT-4 and Synthesia. The process was already set in motion decades ago. Yet, the status quo is now bound to change.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 6, 2023

Without funding and the proper budgeting process, projects in any industry grind to a halt. By understanding the budgeting process for business and project management , it’s easier to understand how to make a budget for your company or project. Budgeting Methods Budgeting methods are how you implement a budgeting process.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 1, 2022

Through this process of detailed examination, the change control board decides on the viability of the change request or makes recommendations accordingly. The change manager is responsible for documenting the change management process and the necessary plans to implement the change. Developing a Process for the Change Control Board.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 14, 2019

The process of maintaining the integrity of your data, protecting it and making it available as needed, requires a plan of action. That plan is called data governance. What Is Data Governance? Data governance provides an organization with a plan to make sure that its data is available, usable, consistent and secure.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 19, 2021

All of them are part of the project governance framework. It’s helpful to have a decision-making process or framework to guide you, especially when faced with complex problems that require additional info from others. There are 5 steps the decision-making process in project management. Who doesn’t want that?

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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! As it turns out, plenty due to my ill-advised approach. My enthusiasm was about to be tested.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 19, 2022

Every tool that helps define the project and make it more manageable is valuable. A workflow diagram is a type of flowchart that displays every task in a project or business process, including dependent tasks. Workflow diagrams were introduced in the manufacturing industry in the late 1880s to help with production process improvement.

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Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 18, 2024

Is it challenging to navigate the complex landscape of project governance frameworks? In this article, we will dive deep into organizational and project governance and systems in project management. At the heart of this lies the robust framework of Organizational Governance Systems.

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PM Basics

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Stakeholder management is a set of processes and tools where you identify, understand, and engage with your stakeholders, to manage their expectations, needs and feelings. Stakeholder management refers to a series of ongoing processes where you organize, engage and improve the relationships with your project’s stakeholders.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

When governments or corporations make large investments, they don’t do so without serious planning. Let’s take a look at capital projects, explore the idea of a capital asset and delve into the process of capital planning. These capital projects can be infrastructure-based, such as roads and railways, when launched by the government.

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Scrum.org

MAY 14, 2024

Story points help teams discuss and understand the complexity of tasks, but if they do not add value, teams should abandon them in favour of more effective tools. Governance in Scrum is another misunderstood concept. While Scrum itself has minimal built-in governance, it doesn't mean governance is absent.

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nTask

APRIL 28, 2021

To generate a clear business case, organizations need to write business operations with sustainability in mind, which can be done by the following two steps: Document their business processes. Implement effective process improvement techniques for sustainability. At the core of every business are business processes.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 31, 2024

It’s a common management tool worldwide, used across industries, including government and nonprofit organizations. The balanced scorecard measures four aspects of a business or organization: finance, customers, business processes and learning and growth.

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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! As it turns out, plenty due to my ill-advised approach. My enthusiasm was about to be tested.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

IT financial management is made up of the processes and tools that are needed to manage and analyze IT costs. There’s also the communication of the value of these processes and tools to IT leaders in order to prove their value to the business. What Is IT Financial Management (ITFM)? Here are a few of them.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 19, 2024

Kanban is from Japan, originating in the factories of the Toyota car company in the 60s as a lean manufacturing tool for workflow and inventory management. The name kanban means billboard in Japanese, and you can see why, as the process involves placing tasks represented by cards on physical or digital kanban boards. What Is Kanban?

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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’ll lead the analysis and rollout of the PMO tools that will plan, manage and track the projects under their purview. They should have a track record of success.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

But there are tools that can help you keep all of those balls in the air, and land them where you want them, when you want them. You may still need an aspirin, but with the right program management tools you’ll be dipping into the bottle less and less. Governance: the health and progress of the program. The Dashboard.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 26, 2024

For heads of delivery, engineering or product aiming to enhance their teams' performance and efficiency through Scrum or other agile frameworks, integrating behavioural insights into the adoption process can be transformative. Impact: These efforts build credibility and trust in the Scrum process. What is MINDSPACE?

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 23, 2024

This requires an organization with a well-developed project management process. That’s because the project teams involved with these successful projects follow a defined and repeatable process, which mitigates risk and achieves objectives. It’s essential to keep projects successful for any organization to thrive.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

A project management methodology is a set of principles, tools and techniques that are used to plan, execute and manage projects. The name is apt, as the waterfall methodology is a process in which the phases of the project flow downward. What Is a Project Management Methodology? Try ProjectManager for free!

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Scrum.org

APRIL 26, 2024

For heads of delivery, engineering or product aiming to enhance their teams' performance and efficiency through Scrum or other agile frameworks, integrating behavioural insights into the adoption process can be transformative. Impact: These efforts build credibility and trust in the Scrum process. What is MINDSPACE?

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

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Project-Management.pm

JULY 15, 2017

The process won’t even work unless there is manpower involved, as well as methodologies and standards implemented for projects to be delivered successfully. IT project governance framework has since been the answer to this equation, but people seemed not to fully grasp its function. This is one of the purposes of project governance.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 29, 2022

It’s certainly something I’ve used: ongoing iterations for development with significant customer involvement in the deliverables at all stages, but managed within a waterfall governance structure and life cycle. Take Otter , for example, the online transcription tool I use for managing meeting output. Frankly, hybrid isn’t new.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 7, 2022

Worsley also excludes steering group members from ‘engagement’ saying that the governance process is enough for them. I will often not specifically ‘engage’ senior steering group members because they have already heard the information from me through our governance processes. So they did.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 23, 2023

Risk audits are an effective tool that can help project managers and program managers identify potential issues before they become problems. A risk audit is a process used to determine whether the actions to manage the risk are actually happening and if they are happening effectively. And it’s not just me saying that.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 9, 2022

These people can be suppliers, customers, creditors, clients, intermediaries, competitors, society, government and more. Government: These stakeholders get taxes and gross domestic product from a project. So, you want to start this process as soon as the project charter has been created. Enforce Process.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 11, 2021

I caught up with Lloyd Skinner, CEO at Greyfly , a consultancy specializing in improving project outcomes through the application of AI tools and experienced professionals, to talk about how AI is changing the way we lead projects. And that means convincing management that it’s worth starting to use the tools.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Lean portfolio management is a process by which strategy is aligned with execution using a lean approach and agile portfolio operations and governance. We have lean portfolio management tools such as a live portfolio dashboard that captures six metrics across the portfolio to get a high-level view of performance and progress.

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LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Courses, coaches, blogs, and websites try to give us a rounded view of what project managers need, and some skills and tools do still have value in some situations. So what processes and techniques will catapult your career and what are the areas that you can… overlook? Verdict: Essential. Technical Literacy. Well, it should be.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 18, 2023

A project portfolio manager is a professional who develops and implements portfolio management processes. They should be decisive, work independently and understand project portfolio management methodologies and processes. There’s no time-consuming configuration necessary as with lightweight tools.

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Henny Portman

JULY 26, 2020

Levine wrote with People Over Process – Leadership for Agility a very pragmatic and down to earth book about leadership and agile projects. Furthermore, neither agile or scrum contemplates how the agile team should be connected to a larger organization and to external partners who will likely have differing development processes and cadences.

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