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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.

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Managing Multiple Projects: The Research

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This wasn’t a survey about project portfolio management at the PMO level. Nearly 70% of project professionals thought that team management was crucial, with 62% reporting they felt project control and governance was key. Survey respondents recognized over 60 different skills, from attention to detail to vendor management.

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Managing Multiple Projects: The Research

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This wasn’t a survey about project portfolio management at the PMO level. Nearly 70% of project professionals thought that team management was crucial, with 62% reporting they felt project control and governance was key. Survey respondents recognized over 60 different skills, from attention to detail to vendor management.

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Jira Anti-Patterns and How to Overcome Them

Scrum.org

Risk aversion : Organizations may be risk-averse and believe tighter controls will help minimize risks and prevent project failures. Compliance and governance : In some industries, organizations must adhere to strict regulatory and governance requirements. Or abandon it for a better choice?”

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Preventing Kickbacks to Those with the Power to Purchase

Project Risk Coach

He is the author of The Why and How of Auditing , Audit Risk Assessment Made Easy , and The Little Book of Local Government Fraud Prevention. Proverbs 17:8 Last week, Harry and I were running, and Harry was talking about project procurement risks. Given this risk, what can be done? He blogs at cpahalltalk.com.

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Why are people leaving project management?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Here are some of the things project managers reported in the survey as wanting to learn more about: How to speak with clients with less stress How to keep the team motivated and how to manage stress How a manager can reduce stresses. If you set it up right, the project should pretty much run itself. See the trend? I can support you with that.

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The Incremental Model of Decision Making: What You Need to Know

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The incremental decision making approach is often used in government settings, such as defining public policy. This information can be gathered from a variety of sources, including research, interviews, and surveys. Having a clear process for decision making is a factor of good governance because it adds transparency.