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How to facilitate a project meeting

Rebel’s Guide to PM

A strategy planning meeting is going to look quite different to a project requirements workshop or a kick off meeting. If it’s a regular meeting, there might be a terms of reference for it, so that will outline the core purpose of the discussion and tell you what the governance needs to be (number of people available to be quorate and so on).

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Exploring the differences: Projects vs operations examples

Rebel’s Guide to PM

From examples of project activities in a business versus operational activities to strategies for balancing projects and operations simultaneously — this article will help you understand the differences and consider the similarities. Projects help deliver strategy. The context for projects All organizations need to do projects.

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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.

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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. Microsoft’s Vision of Government’s Digital Transformation Journey . Authorizing Government Employees . Engaging People.

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How Product Owners Can Maximize Value with Stakeholder Input

Scrum.org

We can conduct customer interviews or surveys. They might include providers or government regulators. The Product Owner must consider all of this information—from the stakeholders’ power and interest to the quality of their feedback—when considering what input to use while crafting the product strategy or updating the Product Backlog.

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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.