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Book review: Risk Happens

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Mike Clayton defines risk as “uncertain events that can affect outcomes,” in his book, Risk Happens!: Managing Risk and Avoiding Failure in Business Projects. Risk management is the most important of your project controls. So what exactly is project risk management? Risk breakdown structures.

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How to Fix 5 Project Management Skills Gaps

Rebel’s Guide to PM

As a project manager, you are expected to have all-round skills encompassing the technical fields of project management like planning and scheduling, through to the interpersonal skills like communicating up and influencing others. Learn how to help your team manage risk so you can split the work between you.

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Implementing AI in your projects: how to start and improve

Rebel’s Guide to PM

For project professionals, we recommend exploring AI tools by first understanding what project tasks and deliverables can be automated easily and without risk. First look at the complexity of the task, including how many variables are involved, what data is involved, and if the task requires specific project management knowledge.

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How to Be a Project Risk Management Evangelist

Project Risk Coach

The Project Management Institute says, "high-performing companies manage risk in conjunction with projects and programs far more often than low performers do." How can you help your company manage risks and become a high performer? Let's look at ways to become a project risk management evangelist.

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Why you need to engage stakeholders (and how to do it well)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

We define it like this: The systematic identification, analysis, planning and implementation of actions designed to influence stakeholders. Read next: my book Engaging Stakeholders on Projects: How to harness people power. You probably don’t need to be told of the risks of not engaging stakeholders. So why do we bother?

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The Stakeholder Salience Model and How to Use It

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The strategic management layer in an organization is likely to have a say in how the project proceeds, as well as the key customer or client. This is a measure of how much influence they have over actions and outcomes. For example, how often are they likely to bring you urgent issues? Things that can’t wait?

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How to list project management skills on your resume

Rebel’s Guide to PM

How do you list the project management skills required without it turning into a giant list of buzzwords? Here’s how. How to include project management skills on your CV Let’s just go with the fact that CV and resume are interchangeable terms for the purposes of this article. On my CV, I have a section that covers skills.