Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The overall change is managed as a program, under a program manager who consolidates program-level risks, manages resource conflicts across all projects, controls the budget and works with business owners to realize the benefits across all the initiatives. In this role you’ll work under your own initiative most of the time.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 9, 2023

During a dinner conversation after the conference, you further discover that PMO (Project Management Office) can support you in leading an Agile transformation and successful Scrum adoption, by covering governance and ensuring alignment across the enterprise.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

The overall change is managed as a program, under a program manager who consolidates program-level risks, manages resource conflicts across all projects, controls the budget and works with business owners to realize the benefits across all the initiatives. In this role you’ll work under your own initiative most of the time.

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Project Risk Coach

AUGUST 5, 2019

They should also ensure that their projects align with the vision, mission, goals, and strategies of their organization. Wise sponsors invite key stakeholders to the initial meetings to discuss the project charter and to obtain their input. These same stakeholders will discover the project later and may adversely influence the project.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

So we’ll look at how to use those principles to support your team’s drive engagement throughout the PMO and encourage stakeholders to take action. Finally, I’m assuming that you work in a project or programme environment within the context of a PMO. Understanding plus action plus influence gives you engagement.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 25, 2022

Peter Taylor, co-author of Strategies for Project Sponsorship , says, “a good project sponsor will happily act as advisor to the project manager and will focus on removing obstacles in the path of project success.”. During the initiation phase, the project sponsor will present the business case, and lobby to get the project selected.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

AUGUST 8, 2019

Back in 2015, we took a look at the five advanced training options for people working in PMO. Four years on and a few things have changed in the PMO field. There is now another PMO certification option available alongside P3O from AXELOS and the PPSO ones from BCS, both of which feature in the last article. Business Analysis.

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MPUG

DECEMBER 5, 2022

In those days, most companies were taking new initiatives, as the dreaded Y2K problem had passed without creating any trouble. My organization started an initiative to upgrade our project management methodology. The following elements make up a project governance framework: Procedures to align projects with organizational strategies.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 24, 2020

For other areas of governance such as reporting and approval levels, talk to your PMO and get these in place. Action if there is no budget plan or information: Back to the PMO or your Finance team. Action if you can’t find out: Talk to the PMO again. Where does the project fit in the overall business strategy?

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Planview

JANUARY 19, 2023

However, many digital transformation initiatives struggle to deliver the expected financial value, with more than half lagging behind original estimates, according to a Gartner survey of CIOs. It’s critical to be asking the right questions: How does strategy become a plan? Are the right objectives being focused on?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 18, 2021

So we’ll look at how to use those principles to support your team’s drive engagement throughout the PMO and encourage stakeholders to take action. Finally, I’m assuming that you work in a project or programme environment within the context of a PMO. Understanding plus action plus influence gives you engagement.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Deloitte Global Cost Survey reveals, “ Cost reduction is the most significant initiative for any business. If there is an open position for niche resources, implement an out rotation and backfill strategy in advance. But such a resourcing strategy has its own set of challenges.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 26, 2024

This approach leverages technology and online tools to manage aspects of a project - from initiation through planning, execution, monitoring, and closure. Develop strategies to identify triggers and address them before they escalate. Digital Project Management orchestrates projects primarily conducted in a digital environment.

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The Strategic Project Manager

APRIL 7, 2022

This post provides an overview of the Key Resources block on the business model canvas, provides related considerations for organizational strategy, and outlines the impact on project management. Strategy – Ensure the Right Key Resources. I recommend these strategy resources (paid link): —————————————-.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 27, 2018

There are five phases of project management that see a project through from initiation to close. Project Initiation: How to Start Your Project Off Right. The first phase of any project is the initiation. That’s how you start the project, and how you start it is going to influence every phase that follows.

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Planview

MAY 26, 2023

With the five steps outlined below, you’ll dig into the company’s organizational change management strategy and actionable tactics. Apply Different Strategies and Tactics to Different Levels The biotech company created its change management strategy to match its project delivery organizational structure.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Change Management The approach to plan and implement strategies that guide individuals and organizations through a change (e.g., This is generally initiated by the customer/client or stakeholders. Project Initiation The formal process of defining a new project, including its objectives, scope, purpose, quality, and feasibility.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

It is made up of people who have an interest in the project: representatives from each of the key stakeholder communities, who meet on a regular basis to provide direction, authority to proceed and to decide on the strategy for the project. Have as many layers as fits within your PMO methodology. Call your meetings anything you like.

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The Strategic Project Manager

JANUARY 19, 2022

It is a way of ensuring that the project and strategy are in sync – for successful execution. This two-way relationship was emphasized in the talk by Michael Porter on Strategy and Project Management at a PMI PMO Symposium. Strategy and the Engagement Triple Constraint.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Given its vast influence, it’s important to have a basic understanding of PMI and its history. The PMO Symposium is a place to exchange best practices and new insights into the strategies and practices in project management. The Project Management Institute also sets the standard for ethics in the field. PMI Awards.

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MPUG

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In this article, I’ll share a few tips from my book, Managing Multiple Projects , about how to streamline your reporting process if you’re leading more than one initiative. Add a way to show the overall project status for each initiative. Some teams may have a daily standup meeting to take the pulse of the project(s).

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Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 20, 2024

Incorporating tailoring into your project management strategy offers a comprehensive solution that meets the diverse needs of projects while ensuring organizational alignment. This tool helps ensure that the chosen strategy aligns with the project's specific demands and nuances.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

JANUARY 30, 2020

They grant you initial permission to explore the wide and wonderful world of agile. Strategy Execution offers several learning and development opportunities geared to all levels, from team members to agile coach to executives leading the transformation. This blog post is written by Strategy Execution Instructor Alan Zucker.

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Planview

JULY 9, 2019

In the first two installments of this series, we talked about the key elements of Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) and how funding practices must adapt to better support LPM initiatives. Didn’t we just say that a centralized PMO undermined LPM? The LACE may be part of the Agile PMO, or it may exist as a standalone unit.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

JANUARY 6, 2020

A message from Christoffer Ellehuus – Head of Strategy Execution . This is why we launched the Adaptive Strategic Execution Program together with Duke Corporate Education in 2018 – to create leaders who are prepared when objectives and market dynamics seem increasingly volatile and where work is mostly done through networks and influence.

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Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 18, 2024

Through established protocols and procedures, these systems offer a structured framework within which projects can unfold, guiding every step of the project lifecycle from initiation to closure. A project board can help deal with change while the governance model establishes the project's purpose closely aligned with strategic objectives.

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Resource Guru

MARCH 21, 2023

A project team is a group of individuals brought together to work on a specific project or initiative. In this case, the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) might decide the website needed an overhaul as part of a big rebranding initiative. The team will include roles needed for project planning, development, and implementation.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Review how your engagement activities are going so you can switch out your strategies if you need to. You'll also like: 4 Unusual Reasons Why Stakeholder Management Is Important All projects have stakeholders, even the very smallest initiatives. Look professional and prepared when working with stakeholders.

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Planio

APRIL 24, 2023

Making sure that projects align with the overall business strategy and goals. But over the years, project managers have learned to follow a strict project lifecycle, which helps them manage every step of the journey, from establishing initial goals to handover and closing. Ensuring that the work is done to the right quality standard.

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International Institute for Learning

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Benchmarking is an excellent method to capture external best practices, possibly by using the project management office (PMO) or other internal organizations as the lead for external benchmarking activities. Validation of your organization’s strategy and corporate objectives. The steps can range from four to ten steps.

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Wrike

JUNE 11, 2023

These principles provide a foundation for effective change management and help guarantee that change initiatives are successful. Effective change management strategies include proactive measures to address resistance, such as providing training and support, addressing concerns, and offering incentives for embracing change.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 8, 2016

For other areas of governance such as reporting and approval levels, talk to your PMO and get these in place. Action if the answer is No: Back to the PMO or your Finance team. Action: Talk to the PMO again. Where does the project fit in the overall business strategy? Check #6: Budget. Is the budget approved?

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

OCTOBER 17, 2019

In this VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) age for businesses, leaders need to be adaptive, as well as able to foster informal networks and influence those who are not necessarily direct reports. If there is still resistance, alternative ways of approaching the change initiative are needed. Resistance to Change.

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Wrike

APRIL 25, 2023

Identify project risks: A project charter helps to identify potential risks and challenges that could impact the project, outline strategies for mitigating those risks, and allocate a contingency budget to cater to them if needed. Mitigation strategies: The team develops mitigation strategies for each identified risk.

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Project-Management.pm

APRIL 6, 2017

These project portfolio management benefits are also accompanied by Project Management Office (PMO) initiative to further gain your project’s rate of success. An organization with the absence of PMO means that it will have a hard time to increase or utilize its resources effectively and efficiently.

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nTask

DECEMBER 3, 2020

When we talk about the large worldwide office transformations, we have two examples of people that made their companies into functional PMO, but even then, these individuals created a ton of decentralized lean PMOs and ultimately the structure mirrored the ways of a hummingbird flock. Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous).

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Project Bliss

MARCH 27, 2017

You’ll also need to know when and how to escalate project risks as needed ( 7 Strategies to Follow When Escalating Project Risk ). Be aware of interdependencies or impacts from other projects and initiatives. Understand how market changes could impact or influence the project. Managing change.

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