Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

You can earn PDUs (professional development units) for ongoing certification renewal, such as for the Project Management Professional (PMP)®, from reading. I’ve read, I’m guessing, over 150 management books in my career, and you can read my book reviews if you want to trawl through the archives.

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PMI Certification Sustainability Technical Review 394

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Project managers who want to move more into a strategic delivery role dont always have that many choices. Career paths tend to lean towards larger, more complex and more strategically important projects, or program management. Have you thought about moving into portfolio management? What does a portfolio manager do?

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Certification PMO Prince2 Leadership 275

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

AUGUST 26, 2024

TL;DR: The training provider I think is the best online PRINCE2® training is Management Plaza, led by expert trainer Frank Turley. For project management training, I like to have the option to watch videos so I can speed up the materials. They offer reasonably priced training including the exam voucher. And I like to have subtitles.

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Prince2 Certification Energy Risk Management 341

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Project managers would call the planning phase a different part of the project lifecycle, but sponsors don't see it that way in my experience. They don't much care about the specifics of how to manage a project as long as someone is doing the work in a noticeable way for them. What is most important: time, cost or quality management ?

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Initiating Risk Management Risk Agile 302

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

I asked 570 project managers these questions (and more) to find out what life is like in 2024 for project managers leading multiple projects, to follow on from my research on the same topic in 2022. This wasn’t a survey about project portfolio management at the PMO level. So no change there.

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2024 PMO Governance Government 318

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.

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Technical Review Leadership 301

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 29, 2022

I have been a bit lax with project management reading recently but one book that I have made time to review again is The Conscious Project Leader: How to Create a Culture of Success for Your Projects, Your Team and Yourself. It didn’t take much browsing on his website to realize that it was going to be my kind of book.

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Underperforming Technical Team Leadership Estimate Risk Management 273

Online PM Courses

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Project Risk Management is vital for project professionals. So, there are plenty of books you can buy to learn more. The post Project Risk Management: What are the Best Books to Advance You? What are best for you? appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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Risk Management Risk 94

The Lazy Project Manager

AUGUST 12, 2024

It’s time to upgrade your use of artificial intelligence (AI) to manage projects if you want to keep pace with your peers. A new Capterra study of project managers worldwide* found nearly half (46%) are already using AI-enabled project management tools and expect to increase those AI investments by an average of 36% by the end of the year.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Planning Software Review 195

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.

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Risk Risk Management PMI Construction 334

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 2, 2024

It turns your work from average to outstanding, fixes problems, anticipates risks , and delivers better products and services, supporting the creation of superior solutions for customers and businesses. As a manager, you're in a good place to support their goals, even if they don't directly report to you. And it makes work more fun.

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2014 Energy Innovation Construction 345

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Table of Contents Why is stakeholder management important to project success? What is stakeholder management? Reduce and Uncover Risk 3. Easier Project Closure Why is stakeholder management important to project success? What is stakeholder management? Your stakeholders can also help you identify new risks.

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Risk Management Finance Software Review Influencer 464

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 21, 2021

What makes a bad project manager? And how can you be a good project manager? In this extract from their new book, Jahn Karsybaev and Fred Obiero share the characteristics and behaviors of successful and unsuccessful project leaders. A Bad Project Manager is a bystander, not a leader. — Leadership. Fred Obiero.

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2021 PMO Executing Risk Management 488

Kiron Bondale

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Back in July, while planning for the campaign, I’d written a series of articles on the approach I’d taken to manage this project. In my final article, I’d covered the delivery and outcome risks I’d identified and addressed and will provide an update on these as well as to share what I learned through the experience.

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Risk Transportation Risk Management Leadership 243

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.

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Technical Review Software Review Construction Infrastructure 221

ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

However, in project management, project assumptions are essential for planning a project. Let’s take a look at how project assumptions are defined in project management and why they’re so important. Then we’ll learn about a project assumption log and how assumptions differ from constraints and risk.

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Software Review Risk Management Technical Review Risk 418

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.

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Logistics Artificial Inteligence PMI Performance Measurement 511

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.

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Governance Government Risk Management Risk 326

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Weddings — in fact, event planners are excellent at managing fixed date projects because every event has a fixed date on which it will take place and the project to deliver the event has to be done on time. LeRoy Ward, PMP , PgMP, and PMI Eric Jenett Project Management Excellence Award winner, when I asked him for his view.

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Telecoms 2010 Estimate Prince2 482

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.

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Executing Project Life Cycle Software Review Technical Review 516

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 4, 2022

That’s a long and complicated journey in construction project management, which is why knowing the best construction delivery method is so important. There are many different types, from design-bid-build, design-build and construction manager at risk to integrated project delivery, job order contracting and public-private partnerships.

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Construction Risk Management Risk Closing 417

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 8, 2022

Planning is an essential part of what project managers do, so you would expect there to be some mention of how to deal with fixed date projects in the PRINCE2® manuals. Project managers still need some guidance on how to manage projects that have a fixed date. There isn’t. So that’s good.

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Prince2 Software Review Risk Management Risk 442

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

What is a method in project management? We have a ton of project management methods – some you probably don’t spend much time thinking about at all. Types of project management methods. Project management uses lots of methods. But there are some specific project management methods. A complete book in itself!

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Underperforming Technical Team Estimate Software Review Risk Management 472

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. But what habits apply specifically to successful project managers? So, habits amplify how effective you can be and, therefore, how successful your project management practices are.

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Governance Government Technical Review 2010 416

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 10, 2022

They also are the main risk-taker and decision-maker on the project so it’s important to have them around. The project management plan is the responsibility of the project manager, although everyone in the team will end up having input to it. We recommend: Project Management Plan Template. You manage lessons learned.

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Government Governance PMO 2016 464

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

I bet you have plenty of project management processes, don’t you? One for risk, one for escalations, one for changes, issues, new project kick-off, closure, logging dependencies… the list goes on and on. Let’s look at 5 common reasons why processes fail to serve you when managing projects and what you can do about them.

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Process PMO Risk Management 2017 422

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 20, 2022

A lot of it is personal preferences but there are also plenty of good practices for managing daily tasks in your work environment. For me, a notebook is a quick way to be better at time management every single day. Managing Multiple Projects has a whole chapter on personal productivity. Let’s dive in. Or anything else.

Software Review 482

Software Review Risk Management Risk Planning 482

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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Finance Risk Management Budget Risk 364

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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Finance Risk Management Software Review Influencer 371

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.

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2012 2013 PMI Risk Management 413

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 10, 2021

I recently spoke with Anna of Women in PM Network on Clubhouse about project management career tips. Kat suggested reaching out to the manager of the HR agency and see if you can build a relationship with them. What’s one quick tip for getting a project management job? These are the notes from that conversation.

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Certification Risk Management Monitoring Risk 505

Kiron Bondale

JULY 18, 2024

I’m midway through reading Jeremy Kahn’s book “Mastering A.I. the author has done a good job of providing a balanced assessment of some near and longer term benefits and risks of A.I. based project management solutions. In the near term, we are unlikely to fall prey to such biases when it comes to A.I.-based

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Closing Risk Management Leadership Executing 156

Kiron Bondale

OCTOBER 10, 2021

To put you in the mood for October 31, here are a few project management lessons derived from Halloween. This will help to contain costs, reduce risks and deliver value sooner. A little risk management goes a long way. To be effective, risk management needs to be perceived as adding value and pragmatic.

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Risk Management Risk Leadership Planning 341

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. The old project manager is a great source of information about the office politics surrounding this project and can shortcut your learning curve drastically. Meet the team.

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Risk Management Risk Initiating Governance 373

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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2022 PMO Risk Management Artificial Inteligence 499

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.

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PMI Risk Management Risk Agile 358