Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 2, 2022

A rolling wave plan starts with knowing the major milestones or governance points. These could be anchored by project phases, major deliverables, key governance review points or simply that you have chosen to plan in three-month increments. How to create a rolling wave plan. Finally, include the long-range tasks. Get Your Copy.

Planning 444

Planning Government Governance 2015 444

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 24, 2020

5: Review the governance structure. Is there a governance structure ? Action if there is no formal governance: My first point of call would be your project sponsor. Action if there is no formal governance: My first point of call would be your project sponsor. Who is your project sponsor? What’s the reporting schedule?

PMO 508

PMO Government Governance Budget 508

ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

It became a part of agile when Ken Schwaber and Mike Beedle wrote the book “Agile Software Development with Scrum” in 2001. This organization produces a book called the “project management body of knowledge” or PMBOK. First introduced in 1997, in the book “Critical Path” by Eliyahu M.

Technical Review 505

Technical Review Prince2 Lean Manufacturing 505

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The most successful students also include reading a range of PMI-ACP books in their exam prep, as well as a training course, just as that little bit of extra comfort. It’s also useful to have books to carry around with you for reference when you can’t access your training materials. Alternatively, choose books that fill in your gaps.

PMI 195

PMI Certification Estimate Software Review 195

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 3, 2020

Sarah Coleman is co-author of Project Leadership, a book in its third edition exploring how leadership and project management intertwine. Managing upwards to the sponsor, governance committee and client, as well as looking at the performance of the project team. How is that reflected in your book? Great list! Thanks, Sarah!

Leadership 492

Leadership Government Governance Influencer 492

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Book travel tickets. If your office car park now has a booking system like mine, make sure you’ve got a spot reserved. I’ve lost count of the times I have booked a meeting during a busy work week and put in the invite ‘location TBC’. Apparently this happens a lot in our government buildings in Westminster.

Energy 417

Energy Transportation Government Governance 417

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 20, 2022

I spoke to the authors of Strategies for Project Sponsorship , a book about how to sponsor projects, and reading it from a project manager’s perspective is a great way to improve how you interact and engage with your project sponsor. Ron Rosenhead, co-author of Strategies for Project Sponsorship.

Retail 436

Retail Government Governance Consulting 436

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 9, 2018

There’s a hugely successful book that you’ve probably heard of and may have read called The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey. Some goes to your governance tiers, your boss, client or sponsor, and some goes to your team and colleagues. But what you can control is your art in some of the governance roles.

Government 416

Government Governance Technical Review 2010 416

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

PRINCE2 has its roots in the UK public sector and government but is now used and loved around the world. They all help you learn how to manage a project lifecycle through controllable stages and implement appropriate governance, including a project board. 7 Best PRINCE2 Books for 2023 (Including PRINCE2 Agile Books). *23

Prince2 454

Prince2 Certification PMI Government 454

Kiron Bondale

APRIL 3, 2022

For every person who adamantly insists that estimates are needed to support proper governance, someone else will argue that the inherent wrongness of an estimate and how estimates are abused will wipe out any benefits of defining them. It’s available on Amazon.com and on Amazon.ca as well as a number of other online book stores).

Estimate 345

Estimate 2012 Government Governance 345

Kiron Bondale

AUGUST 21, 2022

It supports practices such as increased governance oversight and reduced autonomy and flexibility for staff. If we consider how project risk management is covered in many books and courses, it clearly aligns more with the Safety-I mindset than its progressive counterpart. On the other hand, a Safety-II perspective is optimistic.

Government 326

Government Governance Risk Management Risk 326

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 25, 2022

She’s even written the book on it. Your book covers all of this. Writing the book gave me a wonderful opportunity to look back on my many projects and savor the moments that were meaningful. I hope to write another book in 2020, but I am waiting to see what my audience wants to know more about before I start that.

Underperforming Technical Team 441

Underperforming Technical Team 2020 2001 PMI 441

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 17, 2024

Block out half a day a month Book a meeting with yourself for half a day a month and call it ‘process review’. Book time to write reports Book a recurring meeting to schedule the time in your diary for reporting. Book team meetings for the rest of the year Yep, get them in the diary now. Here are some tips.

Technical Review 384

Technical Review Energy Government Governance 384

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

I’m probably the ideal audience for this book: I don’t need convincing. I wrote a book about stakeholder engagement too. This book sets out a way to manage stakeholders that many project managers will recognize: Identify and document. This is personal preference and not particularly a disadvantage to the book.

Influencer 150

Influencer Government Governance Initiating 150

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

How organizations are structured, managed, and governed will be increasingly like that of digital natives. That challenge motivated the book “ Project to Product - How to survive and thrive in the age of digital disruption with the flow framework by Mik Kersten.” Governance is flexible but transparent.

Agile 127

Agile ChatGPT Government Governance 127

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 4, 2021

First came PRINCE in 1989 as the UK government standard for IT project management. There are other differences: the PMBOK® Guide usefully covers procurement, whereas PRINCE2 assumes you are operating in an environment constrained by a contract, because of its roots in government IT projects. Are there eligibility requirements?

Prince2 462

Prince2 Underperforming Technical Team Certification PMI 462

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 20, 2022

According to Teresa Amabile and Stephen Kramer in their book, The Progress Principle (2011) , there are three things that shape the positive feelings you have about work time: making meaningful progress, events that directly help project work moments of positive interpersonal activity. Get Your Copy.

2011 420

2011 2022 Government Governance 420

The Lazy Project Manager

MARCH 2, 2020

Her latest book What’s Your Catalyst? Ellis – Colin 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. Stop Playing Games!,

Healthcare 68

Healthcare PMO PMI Influencer 68

Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 5, 2020

In his book Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk , author Peter Bernstein says, “The word ‘risk’ derives from the early Italian risicare , which means ‘to dare.’ If so, adopt the definition to align with the governing organization. Most people think of risk as pure risk, as a possibility of loss.

Risk 418

Risk Prince2 Risk Management Government 418

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

Here’s an introduction to these important groups as part of the governance framework so you can get yours set up and working on your project. A project board provides oversight and governance for the project. What you need is adequate governance for the project. What is a project board? Call your meetings anything you like.

Government 403

Government Governance Technical Review Risk Management 403

Kiron Bondale

MAY 30, 2021

While I’m in favor of the first two suggestions, there is always a risk with the third of micro-management or overly heavy governance. If you liked this article, why not pick up my book Easy in Theory, Difficult in Practice which contains 100 other lessons on project leadership?

Sustainability 358

Sustainability Government Governance Leadership 358

ProjectManager.com

MAY 19, 2022

Successful CEOs Ram Charan and Larry Bossidy define execution in their book Executive: The Discipline of Getting Things Done : “Execution is a specific set of behaviors and techniques that companies need to master in order to have a competitive advantage. Ineffective corporate governance. Execution Gaps. Disengaged executive sponsors.

Executing 516

Executing Project Life Cycle Software Review Technical Review 516

The IIL Blog

JULY 24, 2024

In the past, business risk management related to projects was considered a responsibility of the project sponsor, the project governance committee, and even senior management. His latest book, Project Management Next Generation: The Pillars for Organizational Excellence , co-authored with Dr. This is no longer the case.

Sustainability 158

Sustainability Innovation Government Governance 158

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 27, 2020

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. Rick has written 4 best selling books (Project Management That Works!, Morris, PMP. Peter Taylor.

Healthcare 62

Healthcare Influencer PMI Government 62

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 15, 2017

Amy’s spoken at a TEDTalk, served in the US Army, and is writing a book. I currently perform IT Project Management for the US Government in Stuttgart, Germany. In my career I have served as an Army Officer on Active Duty, as a contractor in the IT field for the US Government and for the past ten years as a Government Civilian.

2007 320

2007 Government Governance Construction 320

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 22, 2019

There are different ways to approach the legal issues of a new business depending on whether you’re a large corporation or a small business, a non-profit or working with the government. You also wanna look at, are you doing work for maybe a government or any kind of nonprofit organizations? They each have different legal requirements.

Government 350

Government Governance Software Review Planning 350

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 27, 2022

How to Create Leadership at Every Level is a leadership book by David Marquet. The book explains how Marquet got his sub to this level. One of the things I took from this book that is particularly appropriate to project environments is delegating down. I found this a very enlightening book. Turn the Ship Around!:

2012 195

2012 Leadership Controlling Government 195

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 24, 2020

How do you balance the need to collaborate with the governance and control that’s required in a project environment? That’s the question answered by Peter Taylor’s new book, The Social Project Manager. Peter, we last spoke about your books a while back when ‘Get Fit With The Lazy Project Manager’ came out.

Government 249

Government Governance PMO 2015 249

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

A complete book in itself! Not something you’ll use on every project but your business might routinely need to use EVA if, for example, you do government contract work in the US. And if you don’t trust your own judgment, then book a mentoring call and we’ll talk about it! Earned value analysis. Other methods. It’s your project.

Underperforming Technical Team 472

Underperforming Technical Team Estimate Software Review Risk Management 472

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

It’s worth noting that the APM Body of Knowledge also covers interpersonal and softer skills, and people like me have been writing books about how important the people stuff is to project management for years. If you were familiar with the PMBOK 6th Edition , a lot of the themes and sections here will seem at home.

PMI 476

PMI Technical Review Influencer Leadership 476

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

5: Review the governance structure Is there a governance structure ? Action if there is no formal governance: My first point of call would be your project sponsor. Action if there is no formal governance: My first point of call would be your project sponsor. Who is your project sponsor? What’s the reporting schedule?

PMO 340

PMO Government Governance Budget 340

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 14, 2024

He managed all the logistics for the project including booking rooms for testing and training, making sure the right delegates showed up to the training, supporting them with claiming expenses, organizing project boards, steering groups and other governance milestones, and generally making everyone’s lives easier.

PMO 422

PMO Construction Engineering Logistics 422

MPUG

APRIL 26, 2021

I came to know that there were no consistencies within risk governance parameters, such as risk appetite , or risk threshold , for example. In this article, we will explore how to manage such massive gap at an organizational level considering Enterprise Risk Management and Risk Governance. Governance and Its Elements.

Government 122

Government Governance Risk Management Risk 122

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

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.

Prince2 403

Prince2 Technical Review Government Governance 403

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 20, 2021

I’ve been booking meetings for the next couple of months because I know my team get very busy, and if we don’t schedule the time we won’t meet to talk about the big stuff. If it’s not booked, it won’t happen. If it’s not booked, it won’t happen. Recommended CAPM and PMP Prep Books. Click to find out more.

Technical Review 459

Technical Review Influencer PMI Software Review 459

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 3, 2020

At least, the 1950’s were when project management emerged as a discipline to help manufacturing, construction and government initiatives deliver more reliably and with greater repeatability. I talk about how to choose, get started and collaborate with technology in my PMI best-selling book, Collaboration Tools for Project Managers.

2008 382

2008 Leadership Manufacturing PMI 382

ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Feasibility Report Sample Reviewing a feasibility report sample can be very helpful as you become more familiar with the process of creating feasibility reports.

Technical Review 219

Technical Review Software Review Construction Infrastructure 219