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How to Build and Implement a Project Strategy

ProjectManager.com

Every project is different. Project strategy is the plan that defines a project, which is why project management strategy is so important. To better manage projects, one must clearly understand project strategy, who’s responsible for it in the organization and the steps to create a project strategy.

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How to Fix 5 Project Management Skills Gaps

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I bet your project sponsor expects you to dive into the detail and understand why a line of code isn’t working, and strategically advise on business benefits as a result of your project… and everything in between. It involves resource levelling and ensuring that you track time.

Finance 319
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Business Resilience: An Overview

Rebel’s Guide to PM

To get the benefits of better business resilience, you need to commit at the most senior levels within the delivery and change organization, preferably at board level. I’m wearing Turtle Dove wrist warmers as it is so cold in my office! I mean, you wouldn’t put them in front of an exec and expect them to disagree.

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Capacity Planning: The Secret to Successful Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Not that long ago, a project manager – who, for the purposes of this article has asked to remain anonymous – was planning out Phase 2 of her project. There was a lot of work to do for the project management team, which was just her. Her manager offered her a resource. No problem, she thought.

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How To Make 2023 A Successful Year for Your Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Would you like to make 2023 a successful year for your projects? I’m sure you do. A while back, I asked project management experts w hat we should be aware of as we go into the new year to achieve their most successful year ever? Mark Phillips runs a consultancy focused on high performing projects.

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Project Estimating: The Only Guide You Need

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The weather is the talk of the office. I can’t tell you how far it is between here and Birmingham, or the dimensions of my front room. And as a project manager, I’ll take that. It does help with projects though. Making an educated guess about project tasks is a good skill to have. Why estimate?

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7 Key Considerations for Building the Perfect PMO

LiquidPlanner

Does your organization invest in a Project Management Office (PMO)? If you are reading this then you must be considering setting up a PMO or have concluded your approach to project management is not working and you are in the process of analyzing, dismantling and preparing to rebuild it.

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