Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Use this quick link menu below (on the main full article page) to jump to the relevant portion of the year. ” The conference will look at how the profession is delivering value in a transforming world and transitioning from a position of facilitation to influence. PMO Conference UK: London, UK, 13 June 2019.

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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. 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. Go back to the PMO, they should be prioritizing initiatives.

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PMO Government Governance Budget 507

LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Does your organization invest in a Project Management Office (PMO)? If you are reading this then you must be considering setting up a PMO or have concluded your approach to project management is not working and you are in the process of analyzing, dismantling and preparing to rebuild it. Hire the right people. What do you need?

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PMO Underperforming Technical Team Infrastructure Leadership 183

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 24, 2022

That means your interpersonal skills are more important than ever – the shift is to project managers being awesome at stakeholder engagement , conflict resolution, change management (more on that later), negotiating, influencing and all the things that tools aren’t (yet) capable of doing for us. Think about how your PMO teams are rewarded.

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2022 PMO Risk Management Artificial Inteligence 490

NimbleWork

OCTOBER 21, 2024

These top 25 influencers for 2025 aren’t just keeping up with the trends—they’re setting them, reshaping how teams collaborate, innovate, and deliver in today’s fast-paced world. What distinguishes these influencers in the landscape of project management thought leadership?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

So we’ll look at how to use those principles to support your team’s drive engagement throughout the PMO and encourage stakeholders to take action. Finally, I’m assuming that you work in a project or programme environment within the context of a PMO. Understanding plus action plus influence gives you engagement.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 22, 2022

Being able to influence and get results, even when you aren’t in charge, is so important if you want to collaborate effectively with the team. It’s also very expensive for the amount of pages, so see if you can get your PMO to invest in it! Very useful and highly recommended. 42 Rules of Employee Engagement. Conflict 101.

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Prince2 Underperforming Technical Team Influencer PMO 422

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Given its vast influence, it’s important to have a basic understanding of PMI and its history. 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. Quick Facts About PMI. The PMI footprint is huge.

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PMI Technical Review Certification Software Review 374

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

In this article, I’m saving you some time by highlighting 15 of my recommended books for PDUs, but first, let’s cover off some details about using reading. It will teach you how to influence others, even when you are not directly managing them. It’s about influence and negotiation and how to get things done. PDU claim: 2 hours.

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PMI Certification Sustainability Technical Review 363

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 27, 2018

That’s why you need to read the whole article about processes and phases. That’s how you start the project, and how you start it is going to influence every phase that follows. The article is insightful in why projects fail, defining terms, goals and why project management is similar but different than change management.

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2018 Initiating PMO SCRUM 361

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

And this article is a summary of what they replied. This may be by adopting a new tool or approach, learning some new skills in listening, influence, or negotiation, or maybe simply allocating more time to it. Rather, as with most years, your ability to thrive has much more to do with your ability to lead and influence.

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2023 Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Underperforming Technical Team 418

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 5, 2024

Step 2: Assess interest and influence Consider how interested they are in the success of the project and the level of influence or power they have over the project. As projects progress over time, track any changes in interests or influence levels among stakeholders. This helps identify any conflicting requirements.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 2, 2023

This article is for you! I do think that having a degree (of any kind, in any subject) is beneficial for securing a job, especially as project managers are expected to influence and lead, and many employers want to see evidence of the ability to operate at that level and use a degree as a benchmark for it.

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Technical Review Prince2 PMI Certification 351

Project Risk Coach

AUGUST 5, 2019

In this article, let's explore what you need for a great project charter. These same stakeholders will discover the project later and may adversely influence the project. Ask your PMO or project management group if a project charter template is available. It's not like they have malicious intent.

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PMI Initiating PMO Risk Management 299

Scrum.org

APRIL 10, 2023

By Lavaneesh Gautam , Professional Scrum Trainer In the previous article (Stakeholder Exploration: Part 1 of 4 Steps of the Stakeholder Engagement) , we discussed: “Stakeholder”- who are they? Stakeholder Analysis The definition we discussed in the previous article. Stakeholder Engagement” What does it mean?

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Influencer Government Governance Consulting 214

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Positions at this level carry a significant amount of influence over strategic direction and policy. While you can incorporate some of these elements into your job if you manage a PMO or a large division, its going to be far more effective if you have the support of the exec. Is it sounding like something youd be interested in so far?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 27, 2020

grow the influence of individual practitioners! He started his career as a project manager in 1997 and worked his way up through program manager and PMO manager to eventually head up large project departments in the private sector and government in the UK, New Zealand and Australia. It is a collaborative community that will.

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Healthcare Influencer PMI Consulting 62

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 25, 2022

In this article, we’ll look at why that is and how you can work with a project sponsor as a project manager. They will articulate the project objectives and goals to the PMO and anyone else who will listen! Without trust, influence is almost impossible.”. Every project needs a sponsor. What is a project sponsor?

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Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management Influencer Executing 326

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. 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. Go back to the PMO, they should be prioritizing initiatives.

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PMO Government Governance Budget 310

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

What’s it like running big projects/a PMO/working in X field? Who are the key influencers for Y? Understanding the workplace culture and the dynamics of soft power within the organization can hugely increase your influence, so use your mentor for the insider information! Which of these do you think would be the best fit for me?

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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

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Later in this article is an example of an ethical scenario that Jeff Furman found himself in on a project. Tell your sponsor or your PMO manager that you feel there is a conflict of interest. Save This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management. So your brother’s company is pitching for work?

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Underperforming Technical Team PMI Risk Management Estimate 436

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

These could be project managers or PMO colleagues. You’ve got to use business acumen and deal with the bigger picture on a much larger scale and the influences that puts on your stakeholder community. However, you could move into program management from a senior operational role or another PMO role as well.

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PMO Technical Review Leadership Risk Management 284

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

As a project manager, you are expected to have all-round skills encompassing the technical fields of project management like planning and scheduling, through to the interpersonal skills like communicating up and influencing others. And I don’t have them all – I’m aware of that. Need a mentor? Book a power hour with me.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Fluid is award-winning PPM software that influences your whole business for the better. This functionality caters to all team members from PMO professionals needing consolidated reporting to the task management that we have to do as project managers and team members. Yes, that’s what happened to one of Fluid’s real customers.).

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 7, 2019

This may be by adopting a new tool or approach, learning some new skills in listening, influence, or negotiation, or maybe simply allocating more time to it. My PMO Lifecycle: Building, Running, and Shutting Down course is going strong and I will be launching updates in 2019 that will really help PMO Managers be successful.

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2019 Technical Review PMO Consulting 292

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 23, 2022

This is a guest article by Paul Pelletier, LL.B., The best short answer is to appreciate what is within your realm of control and influence in order to create an action plan. That may give you an opportunity of influence outside the unit. This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 9, 2023

During a dinner conversation after the conference, you further discover that PMO (Project Management Office) can support you in leading an Agile transformation and successful Scrum adoption, by covering governance and ensuring alignment across the enterprise. Partner with the PMO, they are your key stakeholder.

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SCRUM PMO Government Governance 172

Kiron Bondale

JANUARY 6, 2019

I finally completed reading Nassim Taleb ‘s book Skin in the Game which I had written about in a recent article. But as the size of the organization increases and stakes get higher, control partners emerge to influence not only what but how production occurs.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 18, 2024

Different industries will influence that and there is a minimum salary set by the government. I know PMO analysts and IT project managers who have also taken an apprenticeship while already in post, so their salaries probably stayed the same as what they were on before their training started. So that’s a ballpark.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

In this article, I am talking about a tool that use a lot to understand my stakeholders. For example: PMO or Finance department in a company can affect how the budget has been used, this can impact how much we can build. Understanding stakeholders is really important for product owners or managers to engage them in the right manner.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

AUGUST 8, 2019

Back in 2015, we took a look at the five advanced training options for people working in PMO. Four years on and a few things have changed in the PMO field. There is now another PMO certification option available alongside P3O from AXELOS and the PPSO ones from BCS, both of which feature in the last article.

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House of PMO

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Each year at the House of PMO, we bring you the top ten trends to watch out for in PMO over the coming year. We have been writing about trends and predictions in PMO since 2016 and this year we thought why not take a look at some of the earlier trends and see where we are right now and what to watch out for in 2025.

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House of PMO

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Joining a professional body like the House of PMO can offer a range of practical and career-enhancing benefits, especially if youre involved in project management offices (PMOs) or aspire to grow in that field. Membership connects you with a community of PMO professionals who get the unique challenges and wins of the role.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

In this article we’ll look at everything you need to know about project dependencies and constraints. Dependencies can occur inside and outside the project’s sphere of influence, and inside and outside the company. Set up a dependency/constraint log using an existing template from your PMO or by designing your own.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 4, 2016

This is a guest article by Isidora Roskic. Think about who will be impacted by the outcome of your project and who can exert influence on it as well. Step 2: Determine a Stakeholder’s Influence. This article contains affiliate links, meaning I make a small commission if you click and sign up. Click To Tweet. Shareholders.

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Influencer Energy Government Governance 182

International Institute for Learning

JANUARY 25, 2023

How do we know PMOs are in poor health?  Check out the latest stats from the 2022 Research Report from The PMO Squad: Only 43% of PMOs would rate themselves as successful,  78% don’t have a process in place to measure PMO Value, and  Only 59% measure executive leader satisfaction.  Don’t be a statistic.

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