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.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 2, 2023

I talk about those in detail in my book, Managing Multiple Projects , which sets out a 5-part framework for leading projects in parallel and still leaving the office on time. You can use your regular one-to-one time, or book a separate conversation, whatever you feel would work best. However, juggling will only get you so far.

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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. What Is the Teal Book and Who Is It For?

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 10, 2018

They also monitor that work and take corrective action when it is not progressing as planned. And they also monitor the work, and they take corrective action. Also, there are so many books out there today, and those books can come in a form of e-books or regular hardback or softback books.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 2, 2022

The APM Planning, Scheduling, Monitoring and Control Guide (2015) defines rolling wave planning as ‘the planning density that is achieved at different moments in time. As you will need input from the project team, you can book additional planning meetings or workshops now to use for creating the next iteration of the schedule.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2018

Throughout these project phases there is a need to constantly monitor and report, which is where project management tools come in. The five phases of a project constitute the project management life cycle , which coincidentally is the title of a book by ProjectManager.com CEO Jason Westland. Monitor and Control. Initiation.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

To begin, let’s look at the five project management process groups defined in the Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK), published by the Project Management Institute (PMI), the leading industry trade group. Planning, executing or monitoring process groups, ProjectManager’s task list keeps you informed.— Learn More!

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 27, 2023

You might have to order supplies or book equipment, but that is easier to manage than people’s time. Use a multi-project, consolidated schedule to plan forward, identifying what support or skills you might need in four or five months’ time if you don’t currently have resources booked.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

There are overarching methods and those that focus on specific aspects of a project, such as scheduling and monitoring. Goldratt, who literally wrote the book on Critical Chain , was on a mission to make projects finish quicker and cheaper than by traditional methods. Buffers are used to monitor the project schedule for this reason.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 26, 2020

Milestones are predominantly a tool for schedule control and monitoring. People go on holiday ( find out how to prepare for a vacation from your project ), they have training courses booked. But it can help for lessons learned sessions and general monitoring and control purposes. Others use them to mark the end of every week.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 10, 2021

John Ayers shared a tip from his upcoming book: if you want to be successful as a project manager you have to manage risk well, especially sub-contract risk. . What’s one quick tip for getting a project management job? What’s the thing project managers need to do to be successful? What’s your take on earned value?

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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.’ As you identify and monitor risks, review the definitions. Most people think of risk as pure risk, as a possibility of loss. accept, exploit, enhance, and share).

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 31, 2023

Check Monitor and test the results of the plan to prove that it is in fact improving whatever was targeted for improvement. As a method, it can be traced back to the book by Japanese organizational theorist and management consultant Masaaki Imai, Kaizen: The Key to Japan’s Competitive Success.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 28, 2018

A staff with Six Sigma expertise is also usually hired to monitor the process. Control: In order to make sure that these improvements are sustainable, monitor them by creating a control plan. This is achieved via a set of quality management methods, which feature both empirical and statistical approaches. Lean Six Sigma.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 9, 2022

This article was inspired by Ben Snyder’s book, Everything’s a Project: 70 Lessons from Successful Project-Driven Organizations. That’s not a negative attitude – at least, not in my book. Monitor action plan and provide support as required. How can I deal with a team member with a bad attitude? Coerce them (yikes!).

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 26, 2023

There are five factors that the brain is always monitoring that have a huge impact on how we behave. The table below is taken from Carole Osterweil’s book, Project Delivery, Uncertainty and Neuroscience and gives further examples for using SCARF in organizational and project settings. What is the SCARF model?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

I caught up with Mark so that he could explain that interesting title and talk more about the book. There are many examples in the book, but I think the best examples come from those that decide to transform their project delivery process, rather than rescue a specific project. But what is visual project management?

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Binfire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

This could mean booking a tent, identifying an indoor venue as an alternative, or preparing additional items like blankets, heaters, or fans for guest comfort. Monitoring and Controlling Risks Throughout the Wedding Planning Process Risk management doesn’t end once you’ve developed mitigation strategies.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 17, 2022

You’ve got one pool of resources and you can drag-and-drop bookings to move them or assign them to someone else. Projects are normally busy at the start and towards the end of phases, but while the team is working well, your involvement for monitoring and controlling should be manageable. Key Takeaways. Get Your Copy.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

This is the person who is responsible for monitoring the risk and implementing action to mitigate it. Be thorough in outlining what you think it is, but you’re not writing a book. When it comes to working on project risk, there are a few templates listed below that will help you monitor and track the process. Related Content.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 27, 2020

To source and acquire the appropriate equipment, supplies and resources, and to monitor (or oversee the monitoring of) stock levels to avoid delays. Learn more in my book, Project Manager. To ensure all health and safety standards, and all other appropriate standards, regulations and laws are adhered to at all times.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 4, 2022

Our robust Gantt charts help you organize tasks, plan resources and costs, link dependencies, filter for the critical path and set a baseline to monitor project variance and keep your construction project on track. Each contract uses a unit price book to set the price for each job and this is done across a multi-year umbrella contract.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

These could be separate projects, but because the legal resources and budget are held centrally it’s easier to manage those projects as a program to monitor the overall position for the company’s compliance. Book Recommendations for Program Management. Here’s my review of Michel Thiry’s book.

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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. What ProjectManager.com provides is a way to monitor that improvement. But it’s not just applying to personnel, processes are also included.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Monitor Progress, Cost and More With Real-Time Dashboards and Reports To ensure that the project is meeting the expectations set by the feasibility report, project managers can first get a high-level view of the progress and performance with real-time project or portfolio dashboards. Now, teams can work at capacity without risking burnout.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 14, 2022

You can monitor this on a real-time workload chart that’s color-coded to make it easy to read at a glance. Each worker is assigned a task or a percentage of the project until they’re 100 percent booked. In order to reallocate resources wisely, you need to monitor your project in real time.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 20, 2021

Contractor License: To avoid liability issues, general contractors should have a state license board number to indicate they are licensed contractors and are doing things by the book. Monitor Your Costs on Dashboards. Worksite: This is the site address for when the construction will be taking place.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 25, 2023

The book Quality Control Handbook, published in 1951 and written by quality expert Joseph Juran, defined cost of quality as having both tangible and intangible costs. Once you set the schedule as your baseline, you’ll be able to monitor the planned effort against your actual effort to stay on track.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 17, 2022

It is the project manager’s responsibility to discuss priorities with the resource manager and management, and re-book, re-prioritize or re-assign the work accordingly (including updating the resource management system). Documentation also helps the team to remember goals, objectives, and any other details throughout the project.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 15, 2021

You’ve got one pool of resources and you can drag-and-drop bookings to move them or assign them to someone else. Projects are normally busy at the start and towards the end of phases, but while the team is working well, your involvement for monitoring and controlling should be manageable. Key Takeaways.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 29, 2020

Most how-to books will tell you that in order for a startup to succeed, it takes a combination of hard work, good employees and ample funding. But most of these books don’t discuss the project management tools that the world’s best entrepreneurs use to organize and manage their companies.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Then you can set a baseline to monitor project variance in real time to stay on track. According to the Project Management Institute’s Project Management Book of Knowledge, (PMBOK), there are six constraints in projects: scope, quality, schedule, budget, resources and risk. Monitor in Real Time With Live Dashboards. Learn more.

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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. Make them the focus of your monitoring and control. Read books. It identifies seven habits that can help people be more effective in personal and professional environments.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 29, 2023

Change control The term for a process to systemically monitor and approve or reject any change requests made to a product or project. Modern project management software applications can streamline finding your project’s critical path to help you manage scope and monitor the project.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 29, 2022

Project Monitoring and Control: Project status report, lessons learned template, timesheets. You should book a room in your office, if available, shut the door and make sure to indicate your calendar status as “Busy.” Monitor Your Project With Real-Time Dashboards.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 18, 2021

Note: This article was put together before the PMBOK® Guide – 7 th edition was published so the information in it is drawn from publicly available information about what is going to be in the book. The article will be updated in due course. But what if you don’t use PMI methods? Documents are documents.

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Inloox

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Rarely have I enjoyed reading a book that was recommended to me by a colleague from the IT department with the words: You can learn something from this. While the book primarily focuses on IT and operations, its lessons transcend technical teams and offer universal – and more importantly practical - insights into effective project management.

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