LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Whether you’re making the move to Agile project management in your development group or creating an Agile process for your in-house project management methodology, chances are you’re going to have to sell this change to executives in your organization. Align Agile project management with your organization’s strategy.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

Who on your project will have the authority to make decisions at the most senior level? Who will unblock problems and sign off the extra money the project needs? These are all functions of a project board (or steering group). What is a project board? A project board provides oversight and governance for the project.

Governance 356

Governance Government Risk Management Technical Review 356

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 24, 2023

Projects and operations are both necessary for businesses to succeed, but they require different approaches. When it comes to managing them effectively, understanding the differences between projects and operations is key. Projects vs operations The short answer to the question: “What’s the difference between projects and operations?”

Retail 405

Retail Governance Government Healthcare 405

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Projects ideally sit within a governance framework that is bigger than the project team. But what does governance on projects actually look like? How many of these do you have on your project? A sponsor should be appointed during the very early days of the project. We recommend: Project Management Plan Template.

Governance 425

Governance Government PMO 2016 425

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Once upon a time I used to try to plan my projects around dates when I knew I was going to be in the office. My colleagues joked that I planned the birth date of my first child around a major transformation project go live date (I didn’t). In this article, we’ll look at how to plan and execute a handover to a colleague.

Planning 352

Planning Risk Management Process Closing 352

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 20, 2023

In this article we’ll look at the types of artifacts in project management, typical documents for each type. There’s also a checklist of project artifacts by phase at the end, which you can use as an aide-memoire for creating your own documentation. For example: a project management artifact is the project closure document.

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Logistics Artificial Inteligence PMI Performance Measurement 256

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 6, 2022

a project manager asked me recently. She had ruled out emails and wanted another option for communicating (preferably asynchronous) that wouldn’t involve sitting in project meetings. Make email status updates better. I am personally a big fan of email status updates. Create a minimum communication list.

Software Review 346

Software Review Controlling Planning Software 346

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 30, 2024

If you’re researching which project management software to use, you’ve probably already compared Asana vs. ClickUp. However, as project management tools, they both fall short. Asana’s timeline is no substitute for a Gantt chart and ClickUp is more focused on productivity than project management. What Is Asana?

Software Review 347

Software Review 2024 Underperforming Technical Team 2012 347

Planio

APRIL 22, 2024

Project managers are born communicators. An executive summary is your secret weapon when it comes to project communication. Whether it’s a business case, project plan, or market analysis, an executive summary is a great way to get the project’s most important information across quickly and clearly.

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Executing Fractional CTO Technical Review CTO Hire 88

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 22, 2021

Did you know that 56% of your project budget might be at risk due to poor communications? Perhaps that number (from research by PMI ) surprises you, but I’m sure you aren’t surprised by the fact that good communication management on projects leads to higher success rates. who support it. who support it.

Communications Management 345

Communications Management Underperforming Technical Team Cadence Monitoring 345

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 22, 2020

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. A Project Milestone Tracker. My Weekly Status Report. Bluetooth Keyboard.

Technical Review 362

Technical Review Software Review Budget Risk Management 362

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 24, 2022

There’s no denying that project management today looks different to how it did even 5 years ago. Project management trends shape our profession. So what are the emerging trends in project management that are going to shape how you do your job in the future? How project management is evolving. Ready to find out more?

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2022 PMO Risk Management Artificial Inteligence 483

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 3, 2021

There are no shortcuts in project management really, but wouldn’t it be nice if we had a few ways to speed things up? Common processes for project management include: Making decisions (yes, you can have a process for this!) I never write a project document from scratch. Call people before meetings. Use templates.

Energy 403

Energy Risk Management Risk Process 403

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 1, 2020

Project management is no different: we see trends come and go, or stay with us and develop over time. Recently I’ve been reflecting on what the shifts are and where that is taking us as project managers. It might happen at pace, and it might feel uncomfortable some of the time, but it’s not truly a sea change in how we run projects.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 11, 2019

When you’re leading a project, part of what you’re doing is working with stakeholders who hired you to get that work done they way they want it. We’ve all had to deal with difficult stakeholders, but no matter how difficult they might be there are ways to build better relationships and win over their support. Ask for Advice and Listen.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

You’ve delivered a great project – or at least made it to the end, exhausted! Now it’s time to handover the work because the project is closing. I had one memorable project where I couldn’t get rid of it. It was fine, but it did pull me away from other projects. And it’s not what project management is supposed to be.

Technical Review 268

Technical Review Closing Software Review Prince2 268

Project Risk Coach

JULY 5, 2022

In this article, we will explore this domain, why it's critical to projects, how to engage stakeholders, and some common stakeholder risks. This domain "addresses activities and functions associated with stakeholders" ( A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, PMBOK® Guide, Page 8). Status reports C.

Risk Management 221

Risk Management Executing Risk Monitoring 221

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 22, 2023

Let me tell you about a project decision that was awkward for me — then I’ll share some tips on how to do decision-making better. My project sponsor was on holiday in Canada. People were lined up to support the pilot. As a project manager, you will be used to making multiple decisions on a daily basis.

Software Review 301

Software Review Monitoring Risk Management Governance 301

The IIL Blog

APRIL 24, 2024

In this article, I explore these principles to demonstrate that any organization can apply them to improve its “way of working.” Creating alignment between the strategy and the work performed ensures that resources are optimized to support the common, shared objectives. The base is Leadership, Systems Thinking, and Process Integrity.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Projects are made up of tasks. Staying on top of your tasks as a team is so important if you want to hit your project deadlines. In this article you’ll learn how to manage tasks efficiently and how to improve your own task management skills and those of your team. For example, my project is to clean my office.

Software Review 288

Software Review Software Closing Planning 288

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 27, 2020

The project management job descriptions you see in profiles on LinkedIn might not represent exactly what you would do in the role. That’s because project managers do so many different things! A general project management job description. Here’s an example job purpose for project managers. Job purpose.

Construction 325

Construction Certification Governance Government 325

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 24, 2022

It’s project completion time. That’s the last step of the ‘traditional’ predictive (waterfall) project lifecycle, but even agile projects close. This is the time that project managers wrap up the work. You’re at the end of your project. Create and circulate the project closure document.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Whether you need to define communication objectives, or identify stakeholders and channels, you can use this communication plan template to schedule project communications and establish a feedback loop that keeps everyone up to date. Communication is the backbone of any project. Related: Project Planning Software.

Planning 314

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

A Scrum board, also known as a Kanban board, is a visual tool often used by Agile teams to track and manage work items, often represented as sticky notes or digital cards, as they progress through various stages of a project or sprint. Jira Jira is arguably one of the most popular project management tools for Agile teams.

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Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Agile Software 198

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 17, 2022

“The successful project communicator is a good networker and builds effective working relationships within the project, across the wider organization of which the project is a part and sometimes externally,” writes Ann Pilkington in her book, Communicating Projects. Here’s my take on her conclusions. Strategic skills.

Technical Review 264

Technical Review Construction Influencer Defining 264

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

The challenge we have as project leaders is that our work-based tools haven’t really kept up. We’re still constrained by tools that ask for fixed deadlines, that expect us to partition project work and other tasks. I know that a lot of project management is administrative, but I’m not paid for my ability to fill in a risk log.

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NimbleWork

APRIL 21, 2024

In this article, we’ll talk about the problems with project portfolio management and the common challenges leaders face. If there are enough challenges in portfolio management to write an article about them, why would you want to do it? Why is Project Portfolio Management worth doing? Trust us, it’s worth it!

Leadership 66

Leadership PMO Risk Management Governance 66

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 3, 2019

How do you get a quick overview of what is happening on your project? When deadlines seem to be zooming past at a frightening rate, and this is only one of several projects you are juggling at the same time, it can feel like you don’t have a grip on what’s happening on your project. What is a Project Dashboard?

Software Review 299

Software Review PMO Budget Software 299

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 17, 2020

This is a guest article by Christine Unterhitzenberger. Most project managers will have experienced a situation where they have found a stakeholder to be really difficult. This often causes stress and it’s challenging for project managers to find ways to deal with it. In this article, I’ll share some of our key findings.

Technical Review 402

Technical Review Governance Government 2016 402

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 19, 2023

In this article, we’ll cover what you need to know about the different categories of PDUs and how many you need to get, plus some simple and free ways to earn PDUs in 2023. Make your PDUs do double duty supporting you for all your credentials! Remember to report PDUs against all your relevant certificates in the CCR.

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2023 PMI Certification Software Review 427

Kiron Bondale

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Outside the performing and receiving organizations, the environment within which the project is being executed needs to be considered. In the pharmaceutical industry, validation documentation for projects which are involved in the testing or production of products is required whereas in other industries, less formality might be needed.

Influencer 194

Influencer Governance Government Software Developers 194

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 5, 2019

A stakeholder is anyone who has an interest in a project, business or organization. In project management terms, a stakeholder is an individual or group that will be impacted by the outcome of the project. They sponsor a project or organization and are invested in its successful completion. Origins of Stakeholder Theory.

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Influencer Defining Software Review Risk Management 380

ProjectManager.com

JUNE 21, 2023

Most project managers can’t imagine running a project without Gantt charts. This tool has been in the project management toolbox for so long that it predates computers. Gantt chart software is used in the project planning phase of project management to schedule tasks and is useful throughout the life cycle of a project.

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2023 Software Risk Management Planning 287

The IIL Blog

MAY 17, 2023

and Cynthia Snyder Dionisio, MBA, PMP We have all attended project management workshops, conferences, and symposiums. We have read books and journal articles on various project management topics. What we ended up learning was about the present state-of-the-art of project management and what the future might look like.

Aerospace 147

Aerospace Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Governance 147

The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

October 4, 2023 We take it for granted that, as time passes, the project management issues and challenges we had in the past have been resolved and the focus is on new project management problems. This is now happening because of the growth in project management applications. This is not always the case.

Technical Review 88

Technical Review Aerospace Engineering Manufacturing 88

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

This article, How To Communicate Effectively When You’ve Got No Time For Meetings , first appeared on Girl's Guide to PM. a project manager asked me recently. Most reasonable people will recognise that they can’t say they want to hear about the project, refuse to engage and then complain that they don’t know anything.

Software Review 223

Software Review Risk Management Risk Controlling 223

Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 9, 2020

What are the top cities for project management in the world? We looked at hotspots for megaprojects and compared them to the outlook for project management careers. Shanghai has some huge projects underway including: The Shanghai Urban Rail Transit Expansion: piling work on the new high-speed line began in November 2020.

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