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Managing Multiple Projects: Statistics

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Respondents could select several) Communication was closely followed by: Planning/scheduling (84%) Stakeholder engagement (62%) Team management (53%) Resource management (50%) and more on that below Leadership (49%) Risk management (39%) Governance came in last at only 31%.

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2017 Project Management Trends To Watch

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This year I’m looking forward into 2017 to highlight some of the project management trends I think it is worth watching out for. Will 2017 be the year we get our first Chartered Project Professionals? Be brave, find your people and have a wonderful 2017. A Focus on Professionalism. That’s collaboration too.

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

ProjectManager.com

It was first published in 1996 and is about to publish its sixth edition in the fall of 2017. It was initially created by the UK government for IT projects. When the UK government adopted standards for IT systems in 1989, they called in PRINCE. PRINCE2 came about in 1996 as a more general project management method.

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PRINCE2: The Project Management Method Explained

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The History of PRINCE2® PRINCE2® is part of the best practice guidance that came out of the UK Office of Government Commerce. A British government agency, the Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency, licensed it for use in government IT projects back in 1979. It was renamed PRINCE. Directing gets a process of its own.

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5 Simple Reasons Why Processes Don’t Work

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Big complex projects need big, complex structures to support them with all the governance, oversight, and process that implies. An older version of this article first appeared on the 2080 blog in 2017. But they are only as good as the steps in them and the people using them. Apply some common sense to your project management processes.

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5 Considerations for Managing a Project Portfolio

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The resulting portfolio will shift resources away from the downscaled unit, include smaller internal governance projects with an enormous strategic priority and possibly divest funds and resources towards projects with higher ROI. The less governable aspect, however, is who judges, and not what is being judged or how to judge it.

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10 Strategies for Successful Project Execution

ProjectManager.com

Per the latest PMI Pulse of the Profession 2017, “C-suite continues to be largely focused on bridging strategy formulation and execution and tackling technology and business disruption.” Ineffective corporate governance. Williams’ research reveals the gaps we’ve been missing. Disengaged executive sponsors. Poor change management.

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