Kiron Bondale

AUGUST 21, 2022

Thanks to the most recent issue of Tom Geraghty’s weekly Psychological Safety newsletter , I learned about a new model for how we consider safety and risk. People are viewed as a source of risk and liability and when problems occur, the focus is on identifying root causes and addressing those.

Governance 326

Governance Government Risk Management Risk 326

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 24, 2020

You won’t know if the risk log is sound and the resource planning sensible until you investigate. 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. By ‘health’ I mean what kind of a state the project is in.

PMO 508

PMO Governance Government Budget 508

MPUG

APRIL 26, 2021

Risks were identified, then qualified, and risk responses planned. For implementation of these risk responses, a number of actions were needed. Some were taken, but most ignored or overlooked because of other projects and lack of understanding of risk management at an organizational level.

Governance 122

Governance Government Risk Management Risk 122

Hot PMO

APRIL 7, 2025

The Teal Book: Governments New Guide to Project Delivery The UK Government has officially released The Teal Book – a new guide aimed at improving how projects are run across government. Below, we break down what the Teal Book contains, who its for, and why it matters to PMO teams.

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Prince2 PMO Governance Government 52

The IIL Blog

JULY 24, 2024

In addition, decisions in strategic projects entail a higher degree of business risk than with the traditional projects. The enterprise environmental factors in a project can have a serious impact on VUCA analysis and subsequent risk management. VUCA activities add significant risks to all of these relationships.

Sustainability 158

Sustainability Innovation Governance Government 158

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. The sponsor wanted to do it his way.

Retail 436

Retail Governance Government Consulting 436

Kiron Bondale

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Tracking and reporting risk information is a standard part of any project management approach. Minimal sufficiency should be the goal we strive to in terms of meeting the informational needs of your stakeholders but more important, helping risk and risk response owners to effectively address identified risks.

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Risk Risk Management PMI Governance 207

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.

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Agile ChatGPT Governance Government 127

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 Governance Government 417

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. You can do root cause analysis as part of risk management as well. Risk review. Earned value analysis. Forecasting. Backlog refinement.

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Underperforming Technical Team Estimate Software Review Risk Management 472

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. You should have developed a risk management plan during the planning phase.

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Executing Project Life Cycle Software Review Technical Review 516

ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Organizations have to explore the proposal and determine if its a good fit for them in terms of risk, reward, resources and so on. A feasibility report in project management is a detailed analysis that evaluates the practicality, risks and potential success of a proposed project before committing significant resources.

Technical Review 217

Technical Review Software Review Construction Infrastructure 217

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.

Governance 403

Governance Government Technical Review Risk Management 403

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. You’ll record your risks is a risk log.

Prince2 403

Prince2 Technical Review Governance Government 403

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 Governance Government 384

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 4, 2021

First came PRINCE in 1989 as the UK government standard for IT project management. This is all done in an environment of seven themes: business case, organization, quality, plans, risk, change and progress. It’s a joint venture company partly owned by the Cabinet Office of the UK government. There are also seven values.

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Prince2 Underperforming Technical Team Certification PMI 462

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 27, 2022

Who has paid library fines even though the books are just there ready to go back, because she can’t get out of the office for 20 minutes to return them. In his book Yes: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive , Robert B. Come to think of it, that soldier story might be in that book too. Book some more.

Risk Management 373

Risk Management Risk Initiating Governance 373

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

One for risk, one for escalations, one for changes, issues, new project kick-off, closure, logging dependencies… the list goes on and on. The risk there is that people make up their own processes to work around the edges of the formal policy, skipping steps because they are focused on keeping the momentum going on their project.

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Process PMO Risk Management 2017 422

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. The Process domain covers the ‘technical’ skills of doing the work of being a project manager.

PMI 476

PMI Technical Review Influencer Leadership 476

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 14, 2024

Project Quality Manager Project Scheduler (often found in the construction industry or engineering) Project Risk Manager If you love agile project management, then look for a Scrum Master role — even though this is not the same as project management it might be a good fit for you.

PMO 422

PMO Construction Engineering Logistics 422

Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The incremental decision making approach is often used in government settings, such as defining public policy. Having a clear process for decision making is a factor of good governance because it adds transparency. It helps reduce risk. It can help to reduce project risk. I learned about this in the book Yes!

Governance 374

Governance Government Risk Management Influencer 374

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

There are peaks and troughs — Peter Taylor, AKA The Lazy Project Manager , talks about this in his book of the same name. However much you tailor and go light on governance, there is still some prioritizing, organizing and compromise with which projects are done and how they get done. Book a call. The work is stressful.

Underperforming Technical Team 470

Underperforming Technical Team Influencer Risk Management Finance 470

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

You won’t know if the risk log is sound and the resource planning sensible until you investigate. 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. By ‘health’ I mean what kind of a state the project is in.

PMO 340

PMO Governance Government Budget 340

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.

Governance 249

Governance Government PMO 2015 249

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 24, 2023

For example, in the UK, the Infrastructure and Projects Authority manages projects and shares best practices for UK government projects. In the United States, the Government Accountability Office publishes regular reports into major projects. These are all great sources of examples of projects.

Retail 448

Retail Governance Government Healthcare 448

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Project managers who aren’t based in the United Kingdom might not be intimate with the PRINCE2 method of managing a project, which is primarily used by the British government. PRINCE2 provides great control over project resources and excels at managing business and project risk more effectively. What Is PRINCE2? History of PRINCE2.

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Prince2 Software Review Certification 2017 340

Management Yogi

MARCH 31, 2022

Risks were identified, then qualified, and risk responses planned. For implementation of these risk responses, a number of actions were needed. Let’s consider the following scenario based true events which occurred within an organization I worked closely with recently. Some were taken, but most ignored or overlooked because.

Risk 104

Risk Risk Management Governance Government 104

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. To comply with all IT security and data governance requirements, as laid out in our IT strategy and policies. Learn more in my book, Project Manager. Accountabilities and activities.

Construction 354

Construction Certification Governance Government 354

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.

Governance 241

Governance Government Finance Risk Management 241

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 29, 2023

E – Project Management Terms Earned value management (EVM) A way to measure project performance, and is commonly used in government projects. Learn more about the PM lifecycle in this book by Jason Westland. Risk On projects, risk refers to the precise probability of specific issues and how they may impact the project.

Software Review 418

Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Lean Event Chain 418

NimbleWork

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Elizabeth is also a prolific author, having published seven books on project and change management. Her book, Shortcuts to Success: Project Management in the Real World , was shortlisted for the prestigious Management Book of the Year Award in 2014, further cementing her status as an influential voice in the field.

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Influencer 2025 Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team 111

Leading Answers

JUNE 9, 2019

Also, organizations that embrace the whole digital product view still need help governing the ongoing process. This is where product development books can help. They describe the factors at play and provide ideas for guidance around planning, funding, staffing and governance. Where did all the project managers go? October 2018.

Technical Review 113

Technical Review Software Review Lean 2018 113

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 18, 2023

If you are asking them to work more, are you at risk of burnout in the team? There are also risks associated with rushing through tasks, such as increased chances for errors or mistakes due to inadequate planning and execution. Just in a slightly uncomfortable-feeling order while increasing the risk profile of the project!

Software Review 389

Software Review Construction Risk Management Risk 389

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

The overall change is managed as a program, under a program manager who consolidates program-level risks, manages resource conflicts across all projects, controls the budget and works with business owners to realize the benefits across all the initiatives. There are multiple projects with interdependent resources, risks, and timelines.

PMO 339

PMO Technical Review Leadership Risk Management 339

Kiron Bondale

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Project management standards such as the PMBOK® Guide, Sixth Edition state that contingency reserves, which are established to offset the cost or schedule impacts of realized identified risks, are considered part of the project budget and cost baseline.

Risk Management 328

Risk Management PMI Construction Budget 328

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 4, 2022

Managing Multiple Projects: How Project Managers Can Balance Priorities, Manage Expectations and Increase Productivity is a book that offers a comprehensive framework for juggling your workload and still leaving the office on time. Here’s the definition from a different one of my books. Get Your Copy.

Software Review 273

Software Review Governance Government Technical Review 273

Kiron Bondale

JANUARY 23, 2022

If a team possesses a high level of psychological safety, does this increase the likelihood that one of its members might feel safe taking a risk which goes beyond the risk tolerance of the team, the line of business or the organization as a whole? Provide examples of what is and isn’t safe to do.

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Risk Risk Management PMI Leadership 194