Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

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. You can move into the area of portfolio management through a position in the PMO, or by taking a sideways move into a management role in the portfolio office.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 14, 2024

In this article, we’ll go through what they mean and what you can expect to do in one of those roles. However, in this article, we’re focusing on people who predominately manage projects. He learned a lot about project management in the process and eventually went on to become a PMO Manager.

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Project Risk Coach

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Unfortunately, many Project Management Offices (PMOs) become nothing more than a watchdog, one that ensures compliance to a strict set of rules. In this article, we will explore why this happens and what it takes for PMOs to become strategic enablers. PMOs Have Gone to the Dogs PMOs are started with the best of intentions.

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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. Action steps.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 10, 2023

It sounds simple – we all know we should do it, but it’s hard to know where to start for a new PMO. It’s everything a novice PMO Manager needs to know to support her project managers at work. Reading this was a pleasure; I’m sure I’ll refer to it again in the future – and if you work in a PMO, you should too.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 5, 2024

This article first appeared on Rebel's Guide to Project Management and can be read here: Creating and using a stakeholder register for project success So what’s keeping you? If you need any help pulling your stakeholder log together, you can connect with me on LinkedIn for quick questions or book a 1-to-1 call with me.

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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

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

If you have sat through any project management conference presentations or talked to someone evangelizing about the role of the PMO then you will have heard this stuff before. Isn’t this what a PMO is for? Perhaps that is where the PMO comes into play. PMOs do generally have a bit more resource and a bit of thinking time.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

In this article, we’ll go through what they mean and what you can expect to do in one of those roles. However, in this article, we’re focusing on people who predominately manage projects. Instead, people with PMO job titles are in a crucial support function. Here are some common job titles you’ll find within the PMO.

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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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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Project Management Offices Also called a project portfolio management office, a project management office (PMO) is a department or team within or external to an organization that standardizes and oversees project management processes and methodologies across the organization.

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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. Then communicate it.

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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. Benefits management I’ve probably hammered home the role of benefits management and realization enough already in other articles but benefits should always be top of mind. Want to make it as a program manager ? These are in no particular order!

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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. Information Technology) or in a Project Management Office (PMO). Project Management Office (PMO) The PMO oversees project management within an organization. Control is moderate.

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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

MARCH 6, 2023

Some other less obvious but equally important benefits are: Increasing productivity Adopting a ‘one team’ approach across the organization Delivering in a predictable fashion (every PMO leader wants this!) This book would be great for PMO practitioners. This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 24, 2022

It’s a way of automating repetitive tasks and it’s having a bit of an impact on the PMO community. I believe the PMO will have to focus on those more strategic areas and shift away from specifically defining the teams and resources that will do the work,” says Bill Raymond, host of the Agile in Action podcast. Why is it important?

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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. PMO Conference UK: London, UK, 13 June 2019. The Future PMO: London, UK, 17 October 2019. The Future PMO is a day devoted to PMO professionals. PMO Symposium: Denver, Colorado, USA, 3-6 November 2019.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Again, reuse documents that you have already produced to streamline the effort and ask around to see if your PMO or colleagues have templates that you can use. An older version of this article first appeared on the 2080 blog in 2016. An older version of this article first appeared on the 2080 blog in 2016. Further reading.

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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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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 1, 2023

In my experience, assurance is carried out by the PMO or another project manager whom I have invited to do a peer review. For big projects and programs, you might find it useful to have a risk and assurance committee, or some kind of separate PMO-led project assurance function. When does assurance happen?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 13, 2024

In this article we'll define what you really need and how to use it. If you look in the project management standards and methods, you'll find a ton of documentation mentioned (one article I found said you need 22 "essential" documents!! This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management Let's define.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2021

This article is for you! If that’s you, be on the look out for these kinds of job titles, as you can probably enter project management higher up the ranks: Project manager Senior project manager Program manager Business change manager Organizational change manager Delivery manager PMO manager. Is project management a good degree?

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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

OCTOBER 29, 2022

AI is already a feature in some project management tools and robotic processing will help automate routine PMO tasks. I don’t know yet what this would look like in a project setting beyond the innovations we are seeing in AI, particularly in the PMO. This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

There are useful tables and processes, which will save you having to work out a risk management process for yourself – handy if you are setting up a PMO and want to save some time. This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management. Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

The manual says you will seek approval from the project board for each of these documents, but in reality you’ll probably use PMO tried-and-tested standards and templates and the board members will care very little about how you intend to run the project as long as they trust you. So how do you actually make all this happen?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 5, 2022

If you are in a PMO , you might have this challenge. An older version of this article first appeared on the 2080 blog in 2017. This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management. OK, you need the document first, as a communication tool to explain the strategy to everyone, but you know what I mean.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2024

Project Management Office (PMO): A PMO is responsible for defining and maintaining the standards for an organization’s project management. Here are a handful of links that will take you to more articles, templates and guides on business strategy. They can be an internal department or an external group or an agency.

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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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Project Risk Coach

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

In this article, let’s see how the PMBOK® Guide, Seventh and Sixth Editions differ, explore the Risk Principle in the Seventh Edition, and look at how risk management methods relate to principles. Someone like the PMO told them they had to use a particular method but they did not understand why. Seek to understand the principles first.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 2, 2023

This article is for you! If that’s you, be on the lookout for these kinds of job titles, as you can probably enter project management higher up the ranks: Project manager Senior project manager Program manager Business change manager Organizational change manager Delivery manager PMO manager. Is project management a good degree?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 18, 2023

There are plenty of different ways to spread what you have learned from your project around the PMO, project managers and teams. This is a good way to reach a wider audience with your lessons learned as you can invite members of other project teams or the wider PMO community to come along and hear what worked on your project.

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The IIL Blog

JULY 24, 2024

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. The future context of PMOs is true empowerment-based. This means that it is no longer a luxury for the PMO to be fully authorized to operate strategically.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 30, 2022

Pin for later reading: This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management. Sometimes my stakeholders were totally different groups too. Wordery Amazon UK Booktopia Bookshop.org.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In this article, you’ll learn how to approach mentoring a project manager and some practical tips to help you be a fantastic mentor to your new mentee (yes, that’s a word!) Perhaps you’ve been asked to mentor an apprentice , or someone new to the PMO or team. Who are you mentoring? Why do they want a mentor? Need a mentor?

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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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