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Project Requirements: The What, Why, and How

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Have you ever been a part of a project that just didn’t seem to be going anywhere? If so, then you know how frustrating and even maddening it can be to try to work on something without having a good understanding of what is required. First, let’s make sure we know what we are talking about. What are project requirements?

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Project Quality Plan: The Easiest Guide (With Template)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The big risk as a project manager is that you hit all the project management success criteria: being on time and on budget, but what you deliver doesn’t meet the customer’s requirements. A project quality management plan can help with that. A project quality management plan can help with that.

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The project customer role

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This is an edited extract from my book Customer-Centric Project Management , co-authored with Phil Peplow (Routledge, 2012). As any project manager will know, projects do not exist in a vacuum. Typically, the person who stands to gain the most value from a project becomes the project sponsor.

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What is a Program Manager?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

First we should start with a definition of program management. What is a program? Each of these are projects with a project manager , but together they deliver a transformative change for the business. What is Program Management? Read next: Project Management versus Program Management.

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RAG (and BRAG) status and how to use them on projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Have you seen project status reports with colored boxes in different shades of green, amber, and red? Or project names written in those colors where the rest of the text is black? That’s the RAG status of the project. of investment is wasted due to poor project performance. What is RAG is project management?

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Office Timeline Review: The Pro Timeline Maker [2020]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Do you need a timeline maker for project communications or to create executive briefings? It’s your answer to visually communicating key dates and project tasks in a format that feels familiar. A must-have app for managers wanting a fast way to make attractive timelines, Gantt charts, and swimlane diagrams. Website: [link].

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The ultimate guide to annual planning for product teams

Planio

Contrary to what most product teams have heard, annual planning isn’t just reserved for senior executives and finance teams. Instead, it’s a core part of the project and product management process. If you’re a project manager or team leader gearing up to build a long-term product roadmap, this article is for you.