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. It’s the difference between doing a reasonable job and being seen as a strategic influencer at work. Yes, that’s right!

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PMI Technical Review Influencer Leadership 476

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. Her latest book What’s Your Catalyst?

Healthcare 62

Healthcare Influencer PMI Consulting 62

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. 7: Do The Work. Click to find out more.

Technical Review 459

Technical Review Influencer PMI Software Review 459

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 25, 2022

She’s even written the book on it. Modelling is the reason we don’t want our children to hang out with “the wrong sort of influence” and it is the reason we want them to hang out with “the right sort of people”. Your book covers all of this. Ruth Pearce knows everything there is to know about motivating your project team.

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Underperforming Technical Team 2020 2001 PMI 441

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The buck stops with me but there are very few ways I can influence the direction of travel. There are peaks and troughs — Peter Taylor, AKA The Lazy Project Manager , talks about this in his book of the same name. Book a call. Let’s look at those. The work is stressful. Project management is stressful.

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Underperforming Technical Team Influencer Risk Management Finance 470

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. Worsley in Stakeholder-led Project Management: Changing the Way We Manage Projects. “I

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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. Meet Regularly. Execution Gaps.

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Executing Project Life Cycle Software Review Technical Review 516

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

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The incremental decision making approach is often used in government settings, such as defining public policy. Suitable decisions Not suitable decisions How do I affect change by influencing policy? What actions are we going to take to influence organizational change? I learned about this in the book Yes!

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Government Governance Risk Management Influencer 374

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.

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Government Governance Technical Review Risk Management 403

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?

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PMO Government Governance Budget 340

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 27, 2020

To ensure that all project requirements and solutions comply with our organisation’s Information Governance processes and other policies. Leadership, motivational, negotiating and influencing skills in a matrix environment. To comply with all IT security and data governance requirements, as laid out in our IT strategy and policies.

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Construction Certification Government Governance 354

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.

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Prince2 Technical Review Government Governance 403

Leading Answers

DECEMBER 21, 2017

I was working for IBM at the time and was able to persuade my account manager to pitch the approach on one of our government projects. We were all set for a big client success and who better than the British Government for good publicity! Opportunities to influence the change initiative. My enthusiasm was about to be tested.

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Government Governance Process Underperforming Technical Team 121

Scrum.org

APRIL 10, 2023

Matrix of Influence Source: Book Product Mastery by Geoff Watts Image Created By Lavaneesh Gautam. Adapted from Book ‘Product Mastery’ By Geoff Watts Geoff has explained this simple yet very powerful technique in his book, Product Mastery. They don’t have influence in decision-making for the Product.

Influencer 214

Influencer Government Governance Consulting 214

ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The idea was codified by Masaaki Imai, an organizational theorist and management consultant, over 30 years ago with the publication of this book, Kaizen: the Key to Japan’s Competitive Success. It’s been around in Japan since after World War II, though influenced by quality management ideas from the United States. Kaizen Principles.

Manufacturing 385

Manufacturing Lean Healthcare Software Review 385

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 28, 2018

You might use the term Project Board or Governance Committee, or something else that means a similar thing. Here’s an introduction to project steering groups as part of the governance framework so you can get yours set up and working on your project. The Governance Framework. Your governance framework can be flexible.

Government 241

Government Governance Finance Risk Management 241

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

She’s even written the book on it. Modelling is the reason we don’t want our children to hang out with “the wrong sort of influence” and it is the reason we want them to hang out with “the right sort of people”. Your book covers all of this. Ruth Pearce knows everything there is to know about motivating your project team.

Underperforming Technical Team 306

Underperforming Technical Team 2020 2001 PMI 306

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 3, 2023

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. It’s the difference between doing a reasonable job and being seen as a strategic influencer at work. Yes, that’s right!

Technical Review 339

Technical Review Software Review PMI 2023 339

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 1, 2019

And Carole Osterweil has written a book about it. Amongst her other consulting commitments, she is one of a handful of Project Academy coaches working with Cranfield University and PA Consulting to support the UK Government’s drive to increase senior project and programme management capability across government.

Leadership 264

Leadership Consulting Government Governance 264

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 25, 2022

The role is predominantly assurance and governance, approving deliverables and making sure the work moves through any gate reviews and governance points as necessary. Without trust, influence is almost impossible.”. What is a project sponsor? They are accountable for the success (or failure) of the work.

Underperforming Technical Team 352

Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management Influencer Executing 352

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

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. This is an edited extract from my book, Project Manager (BCS Books). Data Analysis and Synthesis. Data analysis is going to be significant for the future of project management.

PMO 339

PMO Technical Review Leadership Risk Management 339

ProjectManager.com

APRIL 19, 2024

The scrum methodology has been around since the mid-1980s and has been a core sub-methodology of agile since 2001 when Ken Schwaber and Mike Beedle wrote the book on it: Agile Software Development with Scrum. This means this methodology greatly influences how your team operates and might even require you to make hiring decisions based on it.

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SCRUM Manufacturing 2001 Agile 448

Ron Rosenhead

OCTOBER 24, 2016

It covers the very important topic of project governance. Project Governance is often seen as getting in the Way. Good Governance Adds Value. But good governance is not about meddling. Project governance is an essential discipline. Good Governance Sets Direction. This is a governance role.

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Government Governance Innovation Influencer 100

Kiron Bondale

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The industry we are in will influence and constrain our approach. The context of both the performing and receiving organizations will influence project approaches. For example, running a project in a long-standing, large organization usually involves heavier governance and oversight than that for a startup. Organizational.

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Government Governance Influencer Software Developers 194

Scrum.org

JANUARY 21, 2020

Matrix of influence. I’ve used this particular practice - by instinct or accident - quite a few times and only later ended up finding it in the excellent book “Product Mastery” by Geoff Watts. They usually don’t show a lot of interest in your product itself however they have to power to influence your development efforts.

Influencer 202

Influencer Government Governance Innovation 202

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 25, 2022

And this means three things to me: The Governance Hierarchy This is your sponsor, steering group, project board, project auditors and assessors, and anyone else who has a responsibility for the proper performance of your project. He has five books on project management with Pearson, Wiley and Macmillan, but his latest project is far bigger.

Risk Management 273

Risk Management Risk Energy Government 273

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 14, 2018

The first part of my book sets out the four essentials of team leadership, and a great project leader must constantly address each of these and keep them in balance: focus on individuals, build and share a clear plan, foster a true sense of team spirit, and communicate relentlessly – and well. The three things project leaders need are: 1.

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Leadership 2018 Risk Management Government 261

ProjectManager.com

JULY 2, 2019

Their music is the soundtrack of an era and continues to influence musicians to this day. But more interesting than the superheroes are the super-talented teams that worked to create the comic books that have gone on to movie stardom. But those are the flowers that grew from the dirt. It is also a prime example of teamwork.

Software Review 329

Software Review Aerospace Logistics Engineering 329

Scrum.org

APRIL 26, 2021

In their book Agile Retrospectives , Esther Derby and Diana Larsen popularized the idea that a Sprint Retrospect comprises five stages. What occurrences influenced the Scrum Team’s progress towards achieving the Sprint Goal? Faking Agile Metrics or Cooking the Agile Books. TL; DR: Data-Informed Retrospectives.

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Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM 2021 Agile 238

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 24, 2022

Peter Taylor, Ron Rosenhead and Vicki James have just written a book called Strategies for Project Sponsorship , about (surprise, surprise) project sponsors. Project managers must take an active role in influencing and educating project sponsors in these best practices to get the leadership support the project requires.

2012 195

2012 Influencer Government Governance 195

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

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. This is an edited extract from my book, Project Manager (BCS Books). Data Analysis and Synthesis. Data analysis is going to be significant for the future of project management.

PMO 284

PMO Technical Review Leadership Risk Management 284

The IIL Blog

JULY 31, 2024

Align with the Business Need A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge ( PMBOK ), the bible for project managers, states that “projects are initiated due to internal business needs or external influences”. Determining whether the business needs a fixed-scope project, or a continuous improvement program is an important first step.

Technical Review 88

Technical Review Development Team Review 2013 Underperforming Technical Team 88

Henny Portman

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

MP differentiates between portfolios managed under single-board governance (a portfolio committee) and those with dual-board governance (a portfolio investment committee and a portfolio delivery committee). The book The book consists of 11 chapters and begins with an overview of the definitions of a project, a program, and a portfolio.

Software Review 52

Software Review Government Governance Sustainability 52

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 3, 2018

He is the author of Reinventing Communication by Routledge, a book on how to design, lead and manage high performing projects. He is author of 13 best-selling books, including four about project management. He is co-author several comprehensive books, and runs regular webinars which you can find out about on his Facebook page.

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2018 Artificial Inteligence Consulting Underperforming Technical Team 331

The IIL Blog

JANUARY 15, 2025

The Fuzzy Front End The fuzzy front end (FFE) of a project is where executives, stakeholders, and governance personnel would meet to select and prioritize projects for execution. Complexity influences the way we perform project planning, scheduling, monitoring, and control practices. Directional complexity.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review 2003 2007 Risk Management 78

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 4, 2016

Think about who will be impacted by the outcome of your project and who can exert influence on it as well. Government agencies. Step 2: Determine a Stakeholder’s Influence. When looking over your list you may notice people with a high influence over the outcome of your project but with very little interest in it.

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Influencer Energy Government Governance 198