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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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

TL; DR: Estimates Are Useful, Just Ditch the Numbers. Many people dislike estimating work items as estimates supposedly open the path to the misuse of velocity by the managers, reintroducing Taylorism, micro-management, and excessive reporting through the backdoor. Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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Kiron Bondale

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Those of you who read my articles regularly will know that I took a hiatus from writing about leadership and delivery topics over the past couple of months to focus on my first time campaign running for one of the city councilor seats in Welland. The weather was sunny and warm on election day and polls were open till 8 PM.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 8, 2022

We have forecast and actual dates, timesheets, budgets, databases of lessons learned , risks, issues and changes. For example, imagine reviewing estimates from the project team. As you enter their estimated effort for tasks, the software prompts you: Claire’s estimates were 20% under on her last five projects.

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Kiron Bondale

MARCH 21, 2021

This article represents the confluence of three separate concepts I read about this week. The first came when I read Michael Küsters’s article Why WSJF is Nonsense which details the downside of blindly ranking work packages based on the Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF) formula. of making a poor decision. (If

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 11, 2021

AI has turned up in the project management trends articles over the past few years and it’s now most definitely here to stay. It’s about saying there might be a risk, so let’s examine whether there is a risk.”. They don’t just want to know where their risks lie but how they can fix them.”. Lloyd Skinner.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The four types of project management methods are: Data gathering and analysis methods Estimating methods Meetings and events Other (because it’s always worth having a bucket category for anything else, right?). You can do root cause analysis as part of risk management as well. Estimating methods. Analogous estimating.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

A project budget contains the financial details of your project, including the estimates of all the money you need to layout to lead a successful project, from resources to materials. That means your estimates have to be accurate, or as much so as you can make them. Monitor project expenses with this Excel budget template.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 16, 2024

Risk management tools also identify risks and track and mitigate issues. From planning to managing and executing projects, including features that manage risk, streamline payroll with online timesheets and automate workflows, ProjectManager is the number-one construction software for Mac. 5 Capterra review: 4.4/5

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Estimation is a complementary practice Scrum Teams use in Product D evelopment. The purpose of estimation is to provide a rough idea of how much effort, time, and budget are needed to complete specific features or PBI- Product Backlog Item of the product.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Using project planning templates can help you schedule tasks, estimate budgets and allocate resources. You can even use project planning templates to help you manage your project, track progress and risks. There’s also a section that addresses the project budget, risk and change management, which is essential to stay on track.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 15, 2020

They prefer to minimize risk to the best of their ability and act only when there is more certainty than uncertainty. An intelligent use of cost benefit analysis will help you minimize risks and maximize gains both for your project and your organization. The more accurate your estimates, the more accurate your results.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 25, 2020

In this article we’ll talk about the different types of bias in project management. Anchoring occurs when a project manager adjusts an estimate closer to a number she previously heard or saw. ” Even if the project manager disbelieves the two-week estimate, she would be unlikely to stick to her two-month plan.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

This article will explain project contingency, how to calculate contingency and how to manage it within the scope of your projects. Contingency can be defined as additional resources put aside to address potential risk and uncertainty in a project. So risk is critical to understanding contingency: that’s the first step.

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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. Risk management plan. Here’s where you set out how you are going to manage risk. Document how often you will review risks, what can be dealt with by the team and what should be escalated. For example, schedule risks, technical risk, scope risk.

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Kiron Bondale

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Estimates are guesses. The work was being done at the center, so the availability of technicians, spare parts, equipment and other dependencies should not be a source of significant risk. I had also received similar estimates from two different technicians and both seemed very experienced.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 1, 2019

This article reviews and explains the 10 project management Knowledge Areas from the PMBOK® Guide – Sixth Edition. All the things you need to know and do for successful risk management, for example, are bundled under the Risk Management Knowledge Area. Knowledge Areas: Definition. What exactly are ‘Knowledge Areas’?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 2, 2023

Technical failure: this creates a program integration risk as what you are building might not sit in the organization’s architecture any longer. Data about how far off the original estimates were is needed to make accurate forecasts. This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management

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LiquidPlanner

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

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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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. Baseline A baseline is an estimate of the project’s scope, schedule and costs that is created during the planning stage.

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Leading Answers

AUGUST 25, 2020

Project managers generally like plans and estimates so we can forecast when things should be done and how much they may cost. " So, when project managers hear about ideas such as "let's stop estimating," it can trigger a knee-jerk reaction. It sounds lazy and avoiding the hard work of having to estimate.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 24, 2022

In 2021, Cisco estimated that 82% of consumer internet traffic was video. I see a day in the not too distant future where you plug your task information into a tool and out pops an estimate, based on the last 12 projects using the same resource and qualitative data on past performance. Includes templates to get you started quickly.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 22, 2024

They need to know this, and what they are risking by being so vague. For example, they ask you to cut the time for testing, when your estimating over the last 6 projects like this one show that you really do need the full month. Help them understand where your estimates have come from. And why wouldn’t they?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 21, 2021

Instead, he or she provides recommendations and options as well as highlights potential risks to consider in order to estimate a given task. A Good Project Manager proactively anticipates a particular issue, a question, or a risk. A Good Project Manager does not demand dates from their resources. Documentation. Proactivity.

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Leading Answers

JANUARY 16, 2021

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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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 12, 2022

In this article, we’ll dive into the statistics and you’ll learn: The top challenges facing people managing several projects at once The key skills required for managing multiple projects The top tools for prioritizing work day-to-day. What was initially estimated to take one quarter, ended taking 4.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 20, 2024

To help you once you break ground on your construction project, we’ll throw in some free construction project management templates on estimating, scheduling and budgeting. In a preconstruction meeting, project exceptions are defined, roles are clarified and risk mitigation strategies are discussed. What Is a Preconstruction Meeting?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 17, 2024

Contingency plans form part of your overall project risk management. Be prepared for the sunk costs of doing work that might not be needed because it is part of risk mitigation. Therefore the effort should be commensurate with the level of uncertainty and potential risk. Get your estimates.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 23, 2023

In other words, if you are finding that the ‘guess how long a task takes’ school of estimating and project planning isn’t working out for you, then this course will quickly help you up your game. It covers cost control, work breakdown structures, schedule risk analysis, cost risk analysis: these are weighty topics.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

One of the reasons for that is scope creep – and that’s what this article is all about. If they have any supporting materials (like quotes or estimates for the work that needs to be done) that might help the analysis, ask for those too. Is scope creep a risk? What is scope creep? What is scope creep in agile? Larson, R. &

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 17, 2022

These can be broken down in smaller, more manageable sub-tasks and estimated by the team. However, at times, resource requirements, blocks, and other issues may put the team’s time on the project at risk. Pin for later reading: This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The dashboard offers views of cost, budget, time, health, workload, progress, risk, issues and changes, plus so much more, in the project. The budget is one of the most important parts of project planning, and when you’re in the midst of your project, it’s crucial to make sure those estimates you made are accurate. Related Content.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 22, 2024

Resource management is difficult because work is unpredictable and people aren’t very good at estimating! I suggest adding the relevant ones to your risk log so they are constantly under review. Resource risk is not considered People go off sick or are unavailable at short notice and this isn’t factored into the plans.

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Project Risk Coach

JUNE 1, 2021

This is a guest article by Elizabeth Harrin from GirlsGuideToPM.com. Use that conversation as a way to confirm the delivery date with them as well and to check that your estimate is realistic. The post 5 Pre-Vacation Stress-Busting Tips for Project Managers appeared first on Project Risk Coach.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Skill #2: Managing risks Risk management is a core skill for a project manager, and one that I would hesitate to ‘outsource’ to a team member. So much of risk management is tied up in being able to see the big picture, and as a project manager you are best placed to do that. Then schedule around people, not tasks. Need a mentor?

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LiquidPlanner

MAY 24, 2022

This notion of contingency analysis shows that when planning or budgeting, we must account for foreseeable risk and factor in the optimal route required with the minimum number of possible detours. Risk is not solved with a calculation. Project leaders need to ask: are some foreseen risks not occurring?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

We have forecast and actual dates, timesheets, budgets, databases of lessons learned , risks, issues and changes. For example, imagine reviewing estimates from the project team. enter their estimated effort for tasks, the software prompts you: Claire’s estimates were 20% under on her last five projects.

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