Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Welcome to my PMI Wicked Problem Solving review! In this independent review, I’ll share: Whether the course is really worth it (I think so) Why it’s good for experienced project and change management practitioners Who shouldn’t do the course? I had not heard of Tom before, but he is a tech pioneer, facilitator, and TED speaker.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 19, 2025

The project board is a group of key stakeholders who provide overall direction and governance for the project in PRINCE2. While the project board is there to help and guide the project, first there has to be an approved project, plan, schedule and budget. Then well explain who makes up a project board and their key responsibilities.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 24, 2024

It also assists in planning and review and can be used when managing multiple projects. Formulation or Planning: The formulation phase determines if the project is feasible and if it will deliver on the benefits it proposes by completing the financing proposal, along with technical and administrative provisions.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

These are all functions of a project board (or steering group). Strong leadership in projects is important for success, so getting your project board and/or project steering group set up as soon as you can is a good start. In other words, this is the group that takes the tough decisions. What is a project steering group?

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Facilitates Workload Balancing and Non-Human Resource Allocation An impact effort matrix helps balance workloads for nonhuman resources such as budget, tools or technology by identifying priorities into high and low impact based on their effort requirements, which helps allocate resources where they’ll have the most significant effect.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Then, we’ll review the top products Oracle offers to help manage a portfolio of projects. Large enterprises typically use the software to manage complex, multi-project environments and portfolios to ensure that projects are aligned with strategic goals, executed efficiently and delivered on time and within budget.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 22, 2024

You can also set up review dates to monitor the progress of that fix or just check in occasionally to see if the risk has increased or decreased in its likelihood. During periodic reviews, a RAID log is used to assess the status of each factor and engage stakeholders in the review process. This helps to cover all project risks.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Summary review of Runn: If you find managing resources a headache because you never know who is free when, then check out what Runn can do. It sits in the middle of your tech stack, integrating projects information from your CRM and financial systems. Hosting model: Cloud only. Languages: The interface is available in English only.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 11, 2025

Well end by sharing some free templates to help estimate costs, budget and more. As the project progresses, see how the budget is distributed across different phases and activities to keep an eye on potential overruns. Try it free ProjectManagers Gantt charts turn project financing into actionable budgets.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 12, 2024

The risk log is a way of capturing the kinds of things that could affect your ability to complete the work on time, on budget and to the required specification. Budget for risk I don’t meet many project managers who have a dedicated budget for risk. This goes in the risk log. I would advise only showing a snapshot in time.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 27, 2023

Category: Training for students preparing for Project Management Professional ( PMP )® and Certified Associates in Project Management ( CAPM )®: BrainBOK review. I’ve reviewed the product in depth so I can confidently recommend it. He kindly gave me access to the product for a short while so that I could review it for you.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 7, 2019

This is often due to the various forces at play that impact decision-making, like those related to the project budget, schedule or resources. There’s a term to explain this idea: technical debt. What Is Technical Debt? Just like a monetary debt, if a technical debt is not paid back, then it can accumulate interest.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 11, 2024

I decided it was time to learn more about change management , and if you’ve come to that conclusion too, keep reading, as I have a detailed review of a very good (and not expensive) course that will help you: the BEE Methodology Practitioner course. I’ll be honest: PROSCI is out of my budget so I haven’t taken that course.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 25, 2020

A project manager may not hire a genius who interviewed in a hoodie, because she often sees a group of skateboarders in hoodies playing during working hours. The goal is not for you to question every action and decision, but one who makes critical decisions with the use of due diligence to avoid human shortcomings.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 10, 2025

They provide technical, financial or operational insights that help shape the projects viability. Feasibility Study: Assesses technical, financial and operational viability to determine whether the project should proceed. Comprehensive planning also helps prevent scope creep, manage budgets and ensure timely delivery.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Project management knowledge areas coincide with the process groups, which are project initiation, project planning , project execution, monitoring and controlling, and project closing. The knowledge areas take place during anyone of these process groups. Related: Free Project Budget Template for Excel. Project Time Management.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The term scrum was introduced in a “Harvard Business Review” article from 1986 by Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka. For example, the project management process groups describe the project life cycle while the 10 project management knowledge areas explain how to manage a project. Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM).

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NimbleWork

OCTOBER 21, 2024

At the helm of this shift are a group of visionary leaders who are pushing the boundaries of how projects are managed. She has led projects at some of Canada’s largest technology companies and is the founder of CNS Project Consulting Inc. She is now a Miro expert and an advocate for the power of collaboration in project teams.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 12, 2018

This can make project collaboration between departments difficult, due to differences in process and methodology. That means that you can’t have everything if you want to get the project completed on time and within budget. This is the process to manage the technical and organizational parts of the project. Project Close.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 10, 2023

Project meetings for teams bring together the group to solve a problem or improve progress to meet certain goals and expectations. The project kickoff meeting begins with introductions, reviewing the client’s background and talking about the scope of the project. Project Review Meeting. Project Status Meeting.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 13, 2021

I use it mainly for two things: Putting down in writing what my Steering Group are actually supposed to do to set the ‘ground rules’ for that group and their meetings. This is helpful when there’s a technical stream of work being led by someone, and then other strands being picked up by other people.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 20, 2021

Of the 15% of business leaders who said they were not be interested in incorporating project management software, the main argument as to why (at 31%) was due to them not feeling familiar with what it is and what it could do for their business. The next most common reason was ‘budget reasons’ (haven’t we heard that before?),

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 2, 2020

Like the name implies, project controls are about controlling the project and keeping it from exceeding budgets and deadlines. Think of project controls as the mechanism that keeps a project on schedule when planning and executing, keeping costs within budget. In fact, it works throughout the entire life cycle of a project.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 31, 2020

As technology advanced, so did the workforce and how teams work. A team is just another way to say a group of people who are working together to solve a common goal. A remote team is a group of people who are working together to solve a common goal who are working in different offices, cities or countries. Stay Engaged.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 17, 2021

Project management is affecting how humans perform or adopt technology. If you are a project lead for an initiative, you are now leading a group that you don’t necessarily have experience of working with, or in a matrix structure. Typically, the challenge is infrastructure and tech. What tech can you create in parallel?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 18, 2022

By understanding and documenting the project requirements, you can ensure that the project is completed on time, within budget, and meets the expectations of the stakeholders. Second, they help to ensure that the project team can balance scope, timescale, budget, and resources to get them an output they will find acceptable.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Construction of a Huawei research and development center Aircraft R&D facilities The continued development and expansion of Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory LEGOLAND® Park & Resort in Jinshan District at the cost of US$550m, due to open in 2024. This project will deliver 31 stations with a view to increasing capacity by almost 100%.

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MPUG

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Flashbacks This made me think about a certification class I taught some years back to a group of engineers moving to project management. From experience, projects become late and over budget due to poor communication. Understanding what is being said requires effort, especially in the technical and business environments.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

How can I stay within the budget with the available resource mix? Enterprises fail to deliver projects on time and within budget without the right forecasting tools. Due to their dependencies, delays caused by a critical resource’s unavailability in completing their work can delay other tasks and meet milestone deliverables.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 12, 2023

Merging required some major organizational changes such as introducing new technology, creating a new management team and alternation in business processes and policies. They were unable to adapt to upgraded technology and modern methods which, eventually caused the company to throw in the towel. The same goes for human resources.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 8, 2025

It can also help organizations focus on the most critical needs to maximize impact and provide data-driven insights to guide planning, budgeting and resource allocation. Technology & System Implementation: To evaluate user needs before deploying new software, tools or infrastructure. Here’s a list of those advantages.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 16, 2021

One in five projects is unsuccessful due to ineffective communication, according to research by PMI (The Essential Role of Communications, 2013). A project manager’s primary responsibility is to complete the project’s objectives with the resources provided within the agreed budget and schedule. Technical competencies.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 13, 2019

A project charter, however, comes after the SOW and gives the project manager the authority to kick-off the project and spend the budget. Like any project, the research and due diligence you put in before the project pays off during the project. There are also the technology-specific technology objectives.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 19, 2022

Let’s review strategies and tools you can use, and learn how they can help you close that gap to promote successful project execution. We’ll hear from experts and review key takeaways that project leaders can immediately put into practice in their programs and projects. And you’re not alone in this challenge. Make Changes.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 12, 2018

In 1969, in Philadelphia, Jim Snyder, of Smith, Kline & French Laboratories, and Gordon Davis, of the Georgia Institute of Technology, were having dinner and decided there was a need for an organization that offered project managers a forum to share information and discuss their industry. Certification. PMI Events.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 17, 2025

For example, imagine a product owner for a meal-planning application using an AI tool to analyse thousands of customer reviews and support conversations. What was once considered a liability, extensive customisation leading to technical debt and version management complexity, is now becoming a strategic advantage.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 26, 2021

The number of people in the team The project budget The duration The outcome. Here’s an example from my real CV: Programme Manager : leading a business and technical team to implement digital radiology software across a network of 36 independent hospitals. I managed a capital budget of £8.6m Use examples. Your next steps.

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