Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge – ( PMBOK® Guide ) 7 th Edition represents a major shift in the way ‘how to do project management’ is presented by PMI. Instead of the Knowledge Areas , we have the whole body of project management split up into 3 performance domains. Let’s look at each of those domains next.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 22, 2020

Why is stakeholder management important to project success? However, stakeholder management is a very narrow way of looking at how we work with people on projects to achieve a common goal. What is stakeholder management? However, there are other reasons for doing stakeholder management. Reduce and Uncover Risk.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Nearly 1 in 5 project managers have considered leaving their job: 37% of professionals have thought about quitting project management in the past year. So why are people leaving project management? Let’s start with this story from one project manager. Anonymous project manager. Why do project managers quit?

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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.

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NimbleWork

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Project Management has come a long way from its traditional roots. With the rise of digital transformation , remote work , and the growing complexity of projects, the role of project managers has become more crucial than ever. What distinguishes these influencers in the landscape of project management thought leadership?

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2018

One of the biggest challenges of every project manager is project constraints. Hence, it’s important to know all possible constraints, their influences on each other and the project management tools that address those constraints. Classic Project Management Constraints. Of course, you can control risk to a certain extent.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 5, 2024

Given that 33% of project managers say they don’t have time to do stakeholder engagement, it’s important to find some time back – and your register is the first step. By the end of this mini-lesson, you’ll be able to create a fab stakeholder register and use it to help you manage the project successfully.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 24, 2020

The previous project manager might have moved on to do something else and you’ve got the project as part of an internal reshuffle of resources. You won’t know if the risk log is sound and the resource planning sensible until you investigate. First, establish the authority that the project manager (that’s now you) has on this project.

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LiquidPlanner

MAY 24, 2022

If project management were an off-road 4×4 expedition, where teams had to plot a course through the unknown, cost and schedule contingency would be akin to the number of spare fuel cans you can carry successfully to complete the trip. Risk is not solved with a calculation. Are there unexpected risks now emerging?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 17, 2024

In this article, you'll learn 20 practical ways to stay organized at work, tested and approved by project managers! 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.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 24, 2022

There’s no denying that project management today looks different to how it did even 5 years ago. Project management trends shape our profession. So what are the emerging trends in project management that are going to shape how you do your job in the future? How project management is evolving. Managing a hybrid team.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 14, 2022

It’s like agile project management for decision making: taking small steps towards a larger goal. Next, break down the goal into smaller, more manageable pieces. The incremental model of decision making is a great way to make small, manageable decisions that lead to a larger goal. It helps reduce risk. Just get it done!

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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. Solomon talk about the 8 things that you should be targeting if you want the change management effort on your project to stick. What is managed centrally and what is decentralized? Shea and Cassie A. People will slip back into their old ways.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Have you got a project management mentor? Or book a power hour with me and get started on your mentoring journey straight away! Maybe you were asked to identify a project manager as a mentor as part of an apprenticeship scheme – that’s the reason I have a couple of mentees at work. How did you get into project management?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

This article, Is the Classic Triple Constraint in Project Management Still Relevant? You get a glimpse of Martin Barnes, inventor of the Iron Triangle, in this video on the history of project management. You get a glimpse of Martin Barnes, inventor of the Iron Triangle, in this video on the history of project management.

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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 One is a primer. Part Two is primarily a toolkit.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 11, 2024

Field service management is a process to deliver customer satisfaction and service provider efficiency. Before explaining that, let’s make sure we’re clear on field service and field service management. Then we’ll explore the key areas of field service management, its challenges and the team that executes field service.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

First we should start with a definition of program management. Each of these are projects with a project manager, but together they deliver a transformative change for the business. What is Program Management? Read next: Project Management versus Program Management. What is a Program Manager?

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Planio

JULY 22, 2020

The number one thing every project manager needs to level up their skills is experience. A good project management book. While there are tons of fantastic resources online for learning how to be a better project manager (such as this blog!) A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (6th edition).

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

That doesn’t mean that book smarts are a waste of time. We’re not talking about your favorite album or book, but life-or-death decision-making, which will illustrate people’s priorities and also show how willing they are to compromise and work together for the greater good. They are thrown into situations and must act.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 16, 2022

Sign up for the Facebook Project Management Cafe and join in the discussion. Colin: It’s one of those things, when I first started out as a project manager I was hired because I was good with people and I could create good teams. I recently did a Live Q&A with Colin Ellis in my Facebook group. Are you a member yet?

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 29, 2019

For the last four years, I’ve published my annual women in project management blog for ProjectManager.com. Even after all that time, women in project management are still a hidden key to our global and economic sustainability. Related: Advice for Women in Project Management. It’s Time to Change the Ratio.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

PRINCE2® is a project management method. It’s structured, and experience-based, created from the lived experience of thousands of project managers and successful projects. It’s a customizable way of managing and controlling the work. Manage by exception I love this principle. What is PRINCE2®? Who is PRINCE2® for?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 3, 2019

A RACI chart is a project management tool that helps you do exactly that. 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.

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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

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

A project manager approached me recently with a problem. That didn’t sit quite right with her (and she didn’t know she was a perfect example of a project management ethics case study when she was telling me the story!). What is Ethics in Project Management? What are ethical issues in management?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 25, 2022

I sat opposite the new project manager. I remember sitting down with a new project manager over coffee. Don’t get me wrong: she had lots of good experience, but was off to manage her first project for a client the next day…. Read next: How to manage y our first meeting with a project sponsor. It was about 17 years ago.

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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

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. Maybe the work is too hard or too complex for them to manage alone. 3: They don’t know how to manage their time or tasks. You can: Help.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 8, 2018

Project management is vast. Few professions involve so many management tools , terms and different skills. Project managers are great at taking up a challenge, but sometimes they can use some extra encouragement. Often, it’s the project manager who is the one who rallies the team and calms the concerns of the stakeholders.

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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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Kiron Bondale

MARCH 28, 2021

A project manager asked me a question which I’ve frequently been posed over my career. Anchoring and confirmation biases can partially explain why this happens, but this provides little assistance to a project manager who is asked to provide an estimate at the beginning of a project.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 25, 2022

In this article, we’ll look at why that is and how you can work with a project sponsor as a project manager. Peter Taylor, co-author of Strategies for Project Sponsorship , says, “a good project sponsor will happily act as advisor to the project manager and will focus on removing obstacles in the path of project success.”.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 27, 2020

The project management job descriptions you see in profiles on LinkedIn might not represent exactly what you would do in the role. That’s because project managers do so many different things! A general project management job description. Here’s an example job purpose for project managers. Job purpose. Environment.

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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. Maybe the work is too hard or too complex for them to manage alone. Let’s go. You can: Help.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The previous project manager might have moved on to do something else and you’ve got the project as part of an internal reshuffle of resources. If this is all new to you, check out PMI Kickoff , a free overview of all things project management that will help get you started. Action if not clear: Talk to your sponsor or line manager.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 19, 2024

Kanban and scrum are agile project management methodologies that can be used for similar purposes, but each has its unique pros and cons. As a project manager, it’s important to understand the difference between kanban and scrum so you can determine the best approach for your team. What Is Kanban?

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