Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

This article, The Project Manager’s Little Book of Cheats [Book Review] , first appeared on Girl's Guide to PM. There’s no such thing as cheating in project management,” writes Beth Spriggs , “but if there were it would be this book.”. I love books that are practical and applicable, and this is both.

PMI 183

PMI Risk Management Leadership Risk 183

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

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 5, 2024

Material on the Knowledge Areas can still be found in the PMI web guidance which members have access to, called Standards Plus. This article reviews and explains the 10 project management Knowledge Areas from the PMBOK® Guide -- Sixth Edition. How many knowledge areas are there in project management?

PMI 211

PMI Risk Management Risk Technical Review 211

Kiron Bondale

APRIL 10, 2022

To understand why, let’s draw a parallel to project risk management. Teams might do a reasonable job at identifying risks, assessing them and coming up with risk response recommendations for the higher priority ones. Unfortunately, often times those risk responses never get implemented.

Risk Management 358

Risk Management PMI Risk Agile 358

MPUG

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The PMI-RMP® credential is an industry renowned certification, certifying that Risk Management Professionals have the necessary knowledge to apply project risk management knowledge, principles, tools, and techniques. This article will assist you in preparing for the PMI-RMP Exam. The PMI RMP Exam Blueprint.

PMI 64

PMI Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management 2022 64

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. This matches my own experience from the previous two companies I worked for.

Risk Management 328

Risk Management PMI Construction Budget 328

ProjectManager.com

JULY 20, 2023

Project management consultants don’t only add value to a project, but they can help introduce project management processes to any team. It’s a great career transition for current project managers to consider. What Is a Project Management Consultant? What Is a Project Management Consultant?

Consulting 394

Consulting Certification PMI Technical Review 394

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. Domain I: People.

PMI 473

PMI Technical Review Influencer Leadership 473

Management Yogi

AUGUST 29, 2023

Portfolio Risk Management differs significantly from project and/or program risk management. While there are similarities among the processes, procedures, actions in risk management, risk management in portfolio differs in many areas.

Risk Management 90

Risk Management Risk PMI Process 90

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 18, 2021

In this article we’ll look at the types of artifacts in project management, typical documents for each type. In project management, artifacts relate to documents: the project documentation you produce that defines and supports the work you are doing. For example: a project management artifact is the project closure document.

Logistics 511

Logistics Artificial Inteligence PMI Performance Measurement 511

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 22, 2022

The book includes a list of 50 secrets in Appendix D which is a summary of The Standish Group’s Chaos Manifesto 2012: The Year of the Executive Sponsor. Understand project management techniques. Yes, this is the job of the project manager, but you don’t want them to be able to bamboozle you with jargon. Those are the headlines.

2012 384

2012 2013 Risk Management PMI 384

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 19, 2024

We aren't managing projects now in the same way that people managed projects years ago. The approaches taken by many companies and professional bodies to managing projects are different now to when I first started out in the field in 2000ish. How long has project management been around?

Sustainability 318

Sustainability 2001 Critical Chain 2009 318

Kiron Bondale

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

While presenting the project risk management knowledge area from the PMBOK framework, when I indicated that while in our daily conversations risks are usually threats there can be positive risks as well, I was met with some disbelief and skepticism. A positive risk is not something recognized outside of the PM space.

Risk 334

Risk Risk Management PMI Construction 334

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 3, 2023

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge – ( PMBOK® Guide ) Seventh 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 performance domains.

Technical Review 307

Technical Review Software Review PMI 2023 307

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Do you need to earn PDUs to maintain your PMI certification? If you hold a PMP ® , PgMP ® , PfMP ® or PMI-PBA ® certification, you need to earn 60 PDUs every three years. If you hold a PMI-ACP ® , PMI-RMP ® , PMI-SP ® certification, you need to earn 30 PDUs in a three-year cycle. You’re in the right place!

2020 350

2020 PMI Certification Technical Review 350

LiquidPlanner

AUGUST 14, 2018

But what if you’re switching from a purely technical role to one that involves managing projects? Or, having managed IT projects for a while, what if you want to formalize your experience with a relevant project qualification? There’s a fair amount of choice when it comes to project management credentials.

Certification 910

Certification Estimate Infrastructure Manufacturing 910

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?

Underperforming Technical Team 435

Underperforming Technical Team PMI Risk Management Estimate 435

Project Risk Coach

JUNE 26, 2023

Becoming a PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP®) can be difficult. Project managers are busy people. How can these individuals earn the required PMI-RMP contact hours? One hour of project risk management instruction equals one contact hour. What is a Contact Hour? What is the Time Frame?

PMI 39

PMI Certification 2019 Risk Management 39

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 4, 2021

I have updated my responses in order to better reflect the PRINCE2 and A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge — PMBOK® Guide , as at October 2021 as the PMBOK® Guide has been updated since this interview first took place, and PRINCE2 US was launched in 2020. She first took her PRINCE2 Practitioner exam in 2004.

Prince2 430

Prince2 Underperforming Technical Team Certification PMI 430

Kiron Bondale

MARCH 13, 2022

In the projects I’ve managed or supported, I’ve rarely seen all of these conditions met, but would accept that they might be common in certain domains. I would hope that this implies that most project managers are aware of Brooks’ Law. However, it is unfortunate that scope reduction was not the favorite option.

Risk Management 333

Risk Management PMI Risk Leadership 333

Techno-PM

MARCH 16, 2022

Overview: The Project Management Institute's Registered Risk Manager Program (PMI-RMP®) is a risk management certification for project managers. The PMI-RMP Certification covers the tactical, strategic, and operational aspects of managing risks and opportunities for organizations.

PMI 36

PMI Certification Risk Management Prince2 36

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2024

I've seen project managers and other colleagues crash and burn. Lots of senior managers. There is a reason that project management has a code of ethics. I could write my book without his case study (and I did). It's a game-changing book! Today I want to talk about the opposite: what you should avoid doing at work.

Underperforming Technical Team 270

Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Technical Review Leadership 270

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. During this phase a project leader will focus on these key processes: Managing people.

Executing 514

Executing Project Life Cycle Software Review Technical Review 514

Management Yogi

DECEMBER 9, 2023

While preparing for Project Management Institute (PMI) related exams, it’s highly important to know how the scoring happens and what basis the scoring happens. PMI provides a number of certification exams. Some of them are:Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Risk Management Professional (

PMI 52

PMI Certification Risk Management Risk 52

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.

Risk 207

Risk Risk Management PMI Governance 207

Kiron Bondale

MAY 8, 2022

In a project-oriented structure where the project manager has people management responsibilities for their team members, it is expected that an individual’s performance on project work is the primary basis for their formal (HR) evaluation. But this is not something I’ve run across frequently.

Underperforming Technical Team 333

Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management PMI Leadership 333

Management Yogi

JANUARY 15, 2024

This is in continuation of the earlier series of questions for the mutlti-response or multi-answer questions for the PMI-RMP® examination. Do note that these are not verbatim questions from PMI-RMP exam, however, I'd strongly suggest that you take both the parts together when you try to attempt the questions.

PMI 93

PMI Risk Management Risk 93

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 26, 2024

I've closed out lots of projects in my 20+ years career as a project manager. Of all the project management processes, closeout is probably my favorite because it's the final box to tick and it's so satisfying to know that you've finished. Then you can learn from my mistakes and make sure you can move on from your projects.

Closing 369

Closing Software Review Prince2 Budget 369

Management Yogi

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Project and Program Risk Management when compared with Portfolio Risk Management will have many fundamental differences. Indeed, there are a large number of differences that you have to know, if you are coming from a project management or program management background.

Risk Management 59

Risk Management Risk PMI 59

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2024

Everyone wants their projects to be “quality” but I often get asked about how to manage project quality in real life. You probably already know that you need a quality management plan , and that management, assurance and control are the pillars of doing it right. What does it mean to “do” project quality?

Software Review 342

Software Review Technical Review Budget Defining 342

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).

2020 148

2020 Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Software Review 148

Online PM Courses

JULY 8, 2018

The PMI is currently the most widely used source of professional project management accreditation. To win your coveted CAPM, PMP, or PMI-ACP, to will need to chalk up enough education Contact Hours. Project Management. PMI Contact Hours and PDUs. But just what are contact hours and PDUs? Instructor-led.

PMI 93

PMI Certification Agile Technical Review 93

MPUG

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Satya Narayan Dash’s PMI PMBOK Guide 7th Edition Standard – What’s New? Kyle: Hello everyone, and welcome to today’s MPUG webinar, What’s New With PMI PMBOK Guide’s 7th Edition Standard. Now, coming to PMI specifically. Satya: Thank you, Kyle.

PMI 98

PMI 2020 Risk Management Risk 98

Kiron Bondale

JUNE 12, 2022

I’ve often referenced Dr. David Hillson’s definition of risk as “ uncertainty that matters ” in my articles about project risk management. If stakeholders don’t feel that the information presented to them about a risk matters to them, they will ignore it.

Risk 207

Risk Risk Management PMI Leadership 207

Management Yogi

DECEMBER 15, 2021

For example, in project management you have data such as planned start, planned cost, planned story points, total number of risks, etc. Working with projects, programs, and portfolios, generates a lot of data. That said, data on its own doesn’t give you or a stakeholder any real value.

Risk Management 105

Risk Management Risk Planning PMI 105

Management Yogi

JANUARY 9, 2024

The Risk Management Professional (RMP®) exam from PMI® has various types of questions, including the multi-response questions. Indeed, if you are appearing for the latest RMP exam in 2024 and beyond, then you will face both multi-choice and multi-response questions.

PMI 59

PMI 2024 Risk Management Risk 59

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 1, 2019

This article reviews and explains the 10 project management Knowledge Areas from the PMBOK® Guide – Sixth Edition. All the things you need to know and do for successful risk management, for example, are bundled under the Risk Management Knowledge Area. So how many knowledge areas are there in project management?

PMI 387

PMI Risk Management Risk Estimate 387