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10 Secrets To Being a Good Sponsor

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The book includes a list of 50 secrets in Appendix D which is a summary of The Standish Group’s Chaos Manifesto 2012: The Year of the Executive Sponsor. Understand risk and reward. Risks are things that could happen. Sometimes taking a risk means a bigger reward. Those are the headlines. Get the right project resources.

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Using Multi-Product/Portfolio Level Product/Agility Practices To Support Your Project To Product Operating Model Journey

Scrum.org

Back in 2012 or so, I met an SVP responsible for a 1000-person delivery organization that was working in a traditional waterfall. Your phased gate process is intended to bring order, discipline, and reduce risk but it doesnt prevent building the wrong thing, just slows the process down. Critical Chain optimized waterfall.

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Project Management and Leadership – can you have one without the other?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Without this, there’s a risk of miscommunications with colleagues, sponsors and the rest of the Project Board. A version of this article first appeared on this site in 2012. So, no matter how strong someone’s leadership skills are, a project manager needs knowledge of the tools and techniques of the specific framework being used.

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5 Reasons to Get Your PMI-RMP® Certification

Project Risk Coach

Certainly, the Project Management Professional (PMP) ® and the Project Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP) ® certifications supercharged my project management career. And in 2012, I became in PMI-RMP. Project risk management gives you the ability to identify and assess risks, mitigate threats, and capitalize on opportunities.

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Asana vs. Microsoft Project: In-Depth Comparison

ProjectManager.com

It was founded in San Francisco in 2008 and launched commercially in 2012. Manage Project Resources and Risks If you’re looking for risk management features on Asana, good luck. Learn more What Is Asana? Asana is a web-based work management software that organizes, tracks and manages a team’s work.

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9 Steps to Managing Risk for Your Projects

LiquidPlanner

Risk and uncertainty are inherent parts of all project work, making project risk management an important topic for teams to address. When studies tell us that easily half of all IT projects run over budget and past deadline , we see how easily risk turns into real trouble for projects and their organizations.

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Creating a Risk-Adjusted Backlog

Leading Answers

This article explains what a risk-adjusted backlog is, why they are useful, how to create one and how teams work with them. What is a Risk-Adjusted Backlog? A risk-adjusted backlog is a backlog that contains activities relating to managing risk in addition to the usual features associated with delivering value.

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