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Book review: Risk Happens

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Managing Risk and Avoiding Failure in Business Projects. Risk management is the most important of your project controls. It enables you to manage the project more effectively and work towards a smooth outcome. So what exactly is project risk management? Using risk logs to manage risk.

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The Curse of Project Management Knowledge

Project Risk Coach

Are you guilty of using project management jargon and acronyms? If not, perhaps you have fallen under the curse of project management knowledge. You know how you've been struggling with your projects? It's not because you don't follow the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). So here it is.

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The Confusion Over Risk

Project Risk Coach

Why are many project managers confused over risks? Why do some project managers include positive risks in risk management and others do not? However, risk management has evolved to include a more holistic view that includes the potential for positive outcomes. Review the definitions with your project team.

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How to Write a Scope of Work (Example Included)

ProjectManager.com

In this video, Jennifer Bridges, PMP, shows you how to write a scope of work for project management. Follow her steps to get started or use our project plan and scope document template! The document includes: Deliverables: This is what your project delivers, of course.

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15 Awesome Tools I Use To Manage My Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Project management software tools are essential to manage projects efficiently. In this article I’ll share my top 15 project management tools that I use for managing multiple projects. A Project Action Log. This is the number one tool I use and I really couldn’t manage without it.

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Organizational Process Assets: What does that even mean?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Project managers are often faced with the challenge of managing complex projects and ensuring that they stay on track. I’ll confess: when I started out as a project manager, this was a piece of jargon that honestly didn’t mean much at all? But what is an organizational process asset (OPA)?

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How To Pick Up A Project From Someone Else: 7 Proven Tips

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The reason for all this is that I’ve taken on a new project. So, here are my 7 best tips for beginning work on a project that someone else is handing over. The old project manager is a great source of information about the office politics surrounding this project and can shortcut your learning curve drastically.