Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Reduce and Uncover Risk 3. You know the drill – map influence and interest , then work to try to move any negative stakeholders into the quadrant where they should be through interesting communication approaches and stressing the project benefits for them. Your stakeholders can also help you identify new risks. Free Resources 2.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 9, 2018

It’s an edited extract from his book Risk Happens ! Group Think Introduces Risk. Therefore, with dissent discouraged, groups tend to endorse higher risk decisions than individuals would. Risky shift is the difference between the average risk taken by individuals and the risk taken by the group.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 9, 2021

We define it like this: The systematic identification, analysis, planning and implementation of actions designed to influence stakeholders. Read next: my book Engaging Stakeholders on Projects: How to harness people power. You probably don’t need to be told of the risks of not engaging stakeholders. So why do we bother?

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 5, 2019

They are often active, and they can have a positive or negative influence depending on their actions. Stakeholders can influence everything and everyone in a project or organization, including senior management, project leaders, team members, customers, users and many others. Also, who will wield the most influence?

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

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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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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 22, 2020

You know the drill – map influence and interest , then work to try to move any negative stakeholders into the quadrant where they should be through interesting communication approaches and stressing the project benefits for them. Richard Newton, in his book, The Project Management Book, sets out another 4 benefits of stakeholder management.

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Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Perhaps these individuals are influencing you through a blog, online videos, online courses, or books. Grab a cup of coffee as I share seven influencers that I follow. In addition to her books, Susanne provides great articles on her website. His perspective on project and risk management is balanced and practical.

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Project Risk Coach

AUGUST 26, 2019

There may be inherent risks when we make project assumptions. In her book—Thinking in Bets—author Annie Duke shares an illustration: Suppose someone says, "I flipped a coin and it landed heads four times in a row. Is the flipper a magician who is capable of influencing how the coin lands? This can be costly.

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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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ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2018

Hence, it’s important to know all possible constraints, their influences on each other and the project management tools that address those constraints. Most project management books will tell you this: If you make sure that the triple constraint is covered, you won’t have any problems. Tool for Handling Risk.

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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. Learn how to help your team manage risk so you can split the work between you. Book a power hour with me.

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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.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 10, 2025

If your Scrum Master (or if you're a Scrum Master who) has limited experience, limited scope, limited authority, and limited influence regarding organizational designit will help you to consider the historical context of Scrum and the role of the Scrum Master.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Suitable decisions Not suitable decisions How do I affect change by influencing policy? What actions are we going to take to influence organizational change? It helps reduce risk. It can help to reduce project risk. I learned about this in the book Yes! Who is going to do this task? Shall I organize a meeting?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 9, 2019

I recently sat down and interviewed Carole Osterweil and now I am happy to announce that I have two copies of her book, Project Delivery, Uncertainty and Neuroscience: A Leader’s Guide to Walking in Fog, to giveaway! What is the book about? Part Two is primarily a toolkit.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In their book, Leading Successful Change: 8 Keys to Making Change Work , Gregory P. Where employees fit in the process of making decisions can influence their behavior. Shea and Cassie A. Solomon talk about the 8 things that you should be targeting if you want the change management effort on your project to stick. Decision allocation.

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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. The company culture has a lot of influence over what is done and what is ignored not followed up. At one end of the scale you’ve got models like Joanne Flinn’s in her book The Success Healthcheck for IT Projects.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Factors such as Risks, Resources (human and otherwise), Expectations or even R&D or Technology Issues for ground-breaking tech projects. Equally, once you introduce Risks, Resources and Quality to the mix then changing just the scope again impacts quality, potentially introduces more risk and can also impact on resources.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Or book a power hour with me and get started on your mentoring journey straight away! Do you have any book recommendations on X topic? Who are the key influencers for Y? Book a power hour with me. Book a power hour This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management Still looking for a mentor?

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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. What you can do. Be curious. What you can do.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 29, 2019

There are many women globally leading initiatives to shine a spotlight on women, including one of the largest initiatives launched on Twitter in 2017 by Dr Kirstin Ferguson called #CelebratingWomen , which resulted in a book in 2018 called Woman Kind. Related: Advice for Women in Project Management.

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LiquidPlanner

MAY 24, 2022

This notion of contingency analysis shows that when planning or budgeting, we must account for foreseeable risk and factor in the optimal route required with the minimum number of possible detours. Risk is not solved with a calculation. Project leaders need to ask: are some foreseen risks not occurring?

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Project Risk Coach

JULY 27, 2016

This is a guest post from Colin Gautrey, an author, trainer and executive coach who has specialized in the field of power and influence for over ten years. He combines solid research with deep personal experience in corporate life to offer his audiences critical yet simple insights into how to achieve results with greater influence.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 3, 2019

Knowing what people do and the influence they have is an important of part of how to manage a project. When you don’t document who is responsible for what, you risk: Decisions taking longer because no one is clear who will be having the final say. Here are some books that will help you take this further. Here’s an example.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

You should look at what happened on past projects because that helps mitigate risk on your current project. The relationships part of this principle’s title is all about the project ecosystem and how soft power and networks influence the way work gets done. PRINCE2® fits in with the Management of Risk® guidance, also from Axelos.

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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.

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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.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 22, 2023

In this article we’ll look at: 7 reasons why people don’t take responsibility for tasks How to deal with people who are lazy How you can influence the culture of the office so that taking responsibility becomes the norm. 6 Ways to influence your team to take more responsibility Make it easier to work together than work separately.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

In this article we’ll look at why people don’t take responsibility for tasks and also how you can influence the culture of the office so that taking responsibility becomes the norm. 6 Ways to influence your team to take more responsibility. You book a meeting for Wednesday afternoon. Get everyone on them using them correctly.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

So what factors influence the decision making There can be many factors that contribute to the ordering of the Product Backlog. Risk: The third factor is Risk. A risk may further be classified as technical, functional and even reputational. Start Your Day: This is another great idea from the book Innovation Games.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

The PMI website says: Ethical choices diminish risk, advance positive results, increase trust, determine long term success and build reputations. Yep, that’s correct: the PMBOK ® Guide isn’t the only reference book you need to look at. He is also the author of The Project Management Answer Book.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 25, 2022

They will also be involved in risk management. They will be able to identify new risks and make the team aware of what is happening elsewhere in the organization. There may be risk management activities that the team cannot authorize themselves. Without trust, influence is almost impossible.”. What is a project sponsor?

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MARCH 25, 2022

So engage with them positively so you can learn from them, keep them informed and, when necessary, influence them gently. Projects are inherently uncertain, and uncertainty creates risk. Risks won’t be intimidated by an awesome risk register. That way you constantly reduce the risk profile of your project.

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Planview

AUGUST 22, 2024

Transitioning to traditional project management was a steep learning curve, especially in stakeholder management and resource influencing, prompting me to pursue PMP certification and roles with formal practices. Where do you see risk? When considering risk, data security and validation are key.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 27, 2020

Leadership, motivational, negotiating and influencing skills in a matrix environment. Learn more in my book, Project Manager. Ability to communicate effectively, with tact and diplomacy, both orally and in writing, at all levels. Ability to work on own initiative, with a logical and analytical approach to problem solving.

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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!

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