Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 18, 2021

In this article we’ll look at the types of artifacts in project management, typical documents for each type. Artifacts are categorized in the PMBOK® Guide – 7 th edition into 9 different types and that’s what this article is going to look at. The article will be updated in due course. What is an artifact?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 6, 2022

Not you as an individual, not you as a PMO, not you as a group of dedicated project managers. In this article, I’ll share a step-by-step way to prioritizing your projects so all stakeholders understand what projects can move ahead and which ones aren’t going to start now (or ever). It’s not difficult to see the problem.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 12, 2022

For simplicity, and because the UK government uses the terminology of gate review, that’s what I’m going with in this article. The PMO will specify the route your project has to follow. If you are new to the idea or thinking about implementing one for your PMO, here is an example so you can see how it works.

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Project Risk Coach

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

This article will provide clear guidance on how to define and assign risk management roles and responsibilities for projects and programs. This often comes in the form of completing the project on time, within budget, and within scope. Information Technology) or in a Project Management Office (PMO). Control is moderate.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 24, 2020

For other areas of governance such as reporting and approval levels, talk to your PMO and get these in place. 6: Review the budget. Is the budget approved? Action if there is no budget plan or information: Back to the PMO or your Finance team. Action if you can’t find out: Talk to the PMO again.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2024

The importance of a project strategy is simple: it helps deliver projects on time, within budget and aligned with larger strategic goals. Project Management Office (PMO): A PMO is responsible for defining and maintaining the standards for an organization’s project management. This will inform your schedule and budget.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 13, 2024

That meant there were some key things missing from the project's paperwork and the most important thing missing was which budget was going to pay for it. In this article we'll define what you really need and how to use it. Your project budget is a different sort of document -- it includes less text, and a lot more numbers.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 23, 2023

In this article, you’ll learn when to use a risk audit, who should do it and why, how it is different from a risk review, and lots more. The project manager , another project manager, a PMO person, or a risk audit person could carry out the audit. Your next steps: Talk to the PMO about what provision they make.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 24, 2022

Look at your project schedule and consider whether you have truly incorporated enough change management activities (and time/budget for those activities) in the plan. It’s a way of automating repetitive tasks and it’s having a bit of an impact on the PMO community. Think about how your PMO teams are rewarded. What you can do?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 19, 2024

In this article, I’ll share the skills that have been the most useful for me in the role. For example, using your project management software , budgeting and forecasting (although you would involve Finance for that) and scheduling. You’ll make sure that project management processes are being followed, with the support of the PMO.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 10, 2022

You’ll probably end up with a number of different types of reports going to different audiences: project reports, budget reports, briefings to senior managers, and others that you do on an ad hoc basis. An older version of this article first appeared on the 2080 blog in 2016. We recommend: Project Status Report Template.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Fix by: Work with the PMO to review the processes. If there is a risk that the process doesn’t work as expected you should be monitoring that (it’s most likely a task for your PMO) and ensuring that any subsequent issues with the process are captured and dealt with. So you still do them, pointlessly and with bad grace.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

In this article I’ll share estimating techniques for schedules and budgets: the kind of things we need to know to get projects done. We create estimates mainly for project budgets and project schedules. The answers to these questions will allow you to pull together a project timeline and a budget. Why estimate?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 24, 2022

The PMO will want a copy and you should also send one to the project sponsor and any other senior stakeholders. Double-check that the PMO has the lessons too. Close out the budget and contracts. Your project budget and contracts are closed out at project completion. Make sure that everything that needs to be done is done.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 21, 2021

They run meetings inefficiently, which results in participant frustration and complaints to VPs of PMO. They understand the semantics of creating a win-win situation whether when securing a budget or a resource for a project. Action items should specify the owner of that item, with a description and the deadline. Communication.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Afterwards, articles of incorporation where filed in Pennsylvania, and signed by the five founders of PMI. They have many articles, papers and webinars on the subject. The PMO Symposium is a place to exchange best practices and new insights into the strategies and practices in project management. Certification. PMI Resources.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 28, 2023

B Blue Project closed R Red Project is likely to deliver late/over budget A Amber Project has missed some targets but overall end date/budget is not at risk G Green Project on track As you can see, this equates to the acronym BRAG. Check with your PMO. The budget is overspent by more than 10%/outside tolerance.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 2, 2023

Personally, I’d like to think that your PMO will purchase the templates that you need to use, or that your manager will let you buy templates on their corporate credit card. I’ve also included some low cost/high value resources that I find myself recommending frequently to people who are on tight budgets.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 24, 2023

Ideally, you’d be able to provide a definitive estimate, carefully created from loads of input from subject matter experts and plenty of research on past projects and their budgets. And we haven’t yet received the mandate to do a deep dive into requirements and scope that would enable more accurate results from the budget forecasting.

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NimbleWork

OCTOBER 21, 2024

This article presents the top 25 project management influencers who have distinguished themselves through visionary thinking, practical expertise, and an unwavering commitment to advancing the profession. He has written more than 8,000 articles, eBooks, and white papers on project management.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

For other areas of governance such as reporting and approval levels, talk to your PMO and get these in place. 6: Review the budget Is the budget approved? Action if there is no budget plan or information: Back to the PMO or your Finance team. Action if you can’t find out: Talk to the PMO again.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Unfortunately I’m not able to say, “I’m struggling with Excel right now, I really don’t have these budgeting skills, so we won’t bother to have a budget tracker on this project.” Budget management is definitely a skill to develop because it is useful in future roles too – say, if you move into a role with a P&L responsibility.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

This is a huge advantage for a PMO (even a fledgling PMO in a team that is just getting on the ladder with project management). As well as a baseline, you can track SPI, EV, and progress against budget. You can manage a project budget in there. This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management.

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MPUG

MARCH 30, 2020

PMI describes the Project Management Office (PMO) as a strategic driver for organizational excellence. The PMO seeks to enhance the practices of execution management, organizational governance, and strategic change leadership. After two years, the PMO most likely dissolves. After two years, the PMO most likely dissolves.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In this article, you’ll learn how to develop a leadership philosophy for your projects and what skills are useful to underpin your chosen ways of working. If you have a PMO mission statement, vision statement, or set of goals, you might be able to draw inspiration from that. What is a project management philosophy? Define your goals.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

In this article we’ll look at what is a project board, and other names they are known by, who should be there, when to schedule meetings, what to talk about, how to report to this group and lots more so you can make sure it’s working effectively and efficiently. Have as many layers as fits within your PMO methodology.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2019

If you are looking for information on project budgeting, check out my blog over at ProjectManagement.com, The Money Files. edu project management template” and you’ll find quite a lot of universities have a PMO that makes templates available for general use. ProjectManager.com. PRINCE2 Templates from Axelos. Do a search for “.edu

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 3, 2019

In this article we’ll look at how you can make the best use of dashboards on your project to track metrics and project health, and help with status reporting. There’s no point in creating a dashboard that includes a box about forecasted budget if you don’t have any expenditure on your project because it’s all non-costed internal resource.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 29, 2023

Plus we’ve added handy links to help you dive deeper into different topics with videos, articles and even our round-up of all resources so you can put these important terms into practice with your projects. Read Peter Landau’s article How to Write a Business Case to learn more about its structure.

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The IIL Blog

JULY 24, 2024

We used to tell students to initiate planning, scheduling, and budgeting activities after you get a scope statement or detailed statement of work. Whether we talk about an Enterprise PMO, a Strategy Execution Office, or a Global Center of Excellence, these versions could all work if the context is properly understood. Dr. Harold D.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Monday is used by businesses to assign tasks, set budgets, monitor progress, track projects and collaborate. It is used for businesses that have a budget for this type of software, as it might be too expensive for freelancers or even small businesses. What Is Monday Used For? Here are some use cases to highlight Monday vs. ClickUp.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 22, 2024

Securing the right resource (and enough of it) is a huge headache for PMO leaders and project professionals. The PMO can lead on this but everyone will need to follow the process for it to work. This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management and define how leaders can secure resources.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 17, 2022

In this article we’ll look at strategies for managing several different projects that are running in parallel. I also have a notebook which has a list at the back for non-project work such as updating my objectives, tasks related to me helping on other projects, department budget work, and so on. Manage expectations.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2024

Also, if you have internal auditors or a Quality Assurance function, or someone in the PMO who can do an informal (or formal) project review, book that in as well. Add project management software or testing tools (or whatever else you need) to the project budget. But, projects rarely have dedicated budgets for training.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 3, 2022

In this article, you’ll learn about 20 things to include in a project plan. This section shows how the different teams fit together, who is on the Project Board, how the PMO fits in, who is leading the different workstreams and so on. You need to include an indication of the approved project budget. Be pragmatic though.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 14, 2024

25% of PMO directors say that AI has disrupted their PMO ( Capgemini ) – and I’m sure that number will only continue to rise. Interestingly, project management domains where there is low impact from AI are considered to be stakeholder management, project communication and project budgeting.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The overall change is managed as a program, under a program manager who consolidates program-level risks, manages resource conflicts across all projects, controls the budget and works with business owners to realize the benefits across all the initiatives. These could be project managers or PMO colleagues.

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