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Do We Need Risk Management in Agile Projects?

MPUG

In this article, we’re addressing a common question in modern project management: Do we need risk management in agile projects? Do agile projects have risks associated with them? And do we want to let those risks run wild without any effort to contain them? Let’s expand that simple answer.

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Managing Risks and Controlling Projects: How Data-Driven Project Management Come in Useful for Multi-Project Environments

Epicflow Blog

This article is inspired by the webinar featuring Epicflow co-founder Jan Willem Tromp and professor Mario Vanhoucke based on his latest book “The Illusion of Control: Project Data, Computer Algorithms and Human Intuition for Project Management and Control”.

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Business Leadership for IT Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

“[M]inimize the degree of IT change, and hence the risk, if you ask the team to generate zero or low-cost options, focusing on project redesign,” he writes. The book is aimed at people who are in a project leadership position but who perhaps don’t have the hands on practical experience of a project manager.

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What You Need to Know About How to Execute a Project 

Planview

You’ve initiated your project, created an in-depth plan, and secured stakeholder buy-in. Except that, as every PMO knows, project execution is the most challenging stage of the project life cycle, and it’s only gotten more difficult in a world of hybrid and remote work. What Is Project Execution?

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Understanding Stakeholders’ Approach to Risk

MPUG

Thinking About Risk… Do you thrive in uncertainty? Projects can reflect very different attitudes toward risk management. By gauging the risk appetite of stakeholders, a Project Manager can understand the relative importance of achieving or missing specific project or work stream objectives.

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Business Leadership for IT Projects [Book Review]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

For example, in a book about IT projects one of the first assertions that he makes is that you simplify everything if you don’t do IT projects. “[M]inimise M]inimise the degree of IT change, and hence the risk, if you ask the team to generate zero or low-cost options, focusing on project redesign,” he writes.

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A Complete Guide to eCommerce Project Management

Proofhub

Ecommerce project management entails the systematic strategy of planning, organizing, coordinating, and regulating the numerous activities involved in building and running a store online. The article explains the key stages of eCommerce project management and provides tips on implementing it in the best possible way.