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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 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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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. They are handing over responsibility to you, so they need to actually do a handover. Go through project initiation again (by yourself). It’s interesting.

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How to Plan Your Risk Management From Start to Finish

Project Risk Coach

Let’s talk about how to plan your risk management from start to finish. Some people think of risk management plans in the wrong way. Risk management plans are not a list of risks and what you plan to do (e.g. Rather the plan is your approach to risk management. How will you develop risk response plans? Methodology.

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How to Right-Size Your Risk Management Plan

Project Risk Coach

One reason a project manager may have a bad reputation is bloated project plans. While I’m a fan of planning, let’s use some common sense and right-size our risk management plans. Plans should vary in size, dependent on the size and scope of your projects. I always use my project charter as an input.