Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 21, 2022

It wasn’t until I worked in IT as a project manager that I had a lot of contact with the release management process. My software projects needed releasing, so we had to follow the formal process and engage with the release manager to make sure that the bug fixes and new features got pushed to the production environment in a controlled way.

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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

JULY 12, 2024

Plus, there are technical skills we have to consider -- employers definitely look for those too. One in five projects is unsuccessful due to ineffective communication, according to research by PMI (The Essential Role of Communications, 2013). A communication plan is typically developed to successfully achieve that.

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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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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The name is apt, as the waterfall methodology is a process in which the phases of the project flow downward. When implementing the agile methodology , project planning and work management are adaptive, evolutionary in development, seeking early delivery and are always open to change if that leads to process improvement.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

In Review: 7 Ways Project Manager Roles Are Changing As Jennifer said, project manager roles are changing. Post-project analysis also has improved continuous learning and process optimization. If you think of project management as an evolution, initially, project managers were required to have technical project management skills.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 1, 2022

It’s impossible to factor in everything — from weather to supply chains to change requests — something is going to conspire against your schedule and budget. A change control board is sometimes referred to as a change review board. A change control board looks at change requests which are then reviewed in detail.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 26, 2024

Building inspections vary, but they’re part of the construction process for commercial, residential and industrial projects. A building inspection is a review of the work done on a construction project by a building inspector, who is employed by the city, township or county in which the project is located.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

We review the best accounting project management software and highlight the key features, pros and cons, and, of course, the various plans and costs for a subscription. By automating many financial processes, the best project management software for accounting firms reduces administrative overhead and increases efficiency.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 31, 2024

It’s a tool that can be used for any methodology due to its multiple project views. We’ll get into why ProjectManager beats Trello vs. Jira, but to be fair let’s do our due diligence. It has also been used in companies that work in manufacturing, analytics, marketing technology, nonprofits and more. Who Uses Jira?

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 31, 2018

Get that part right, and you’re on your way to getting the whole project completed on time and on budget. It deals not in technical issues, but the business concerns of the project, and it needs to be comprehensive. It houses the communications infrastructure and whatever tech is needed for the project.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 14, 2020

If the change is accepted, that is it must be responded to—which opens a whole new set of procedures to make sure you stay on track and within budget. Change control is the process used to manage all these variables. If change happens (which it always does) then it’s crucial that you have a mechanism in place to control that process.

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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

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

You’ll never be able to anticipate every risk event that could occur in a project, but by doing the due diligence, you’re able to have a risk management plan in place to respond quickly before project risks become real problems and sidetrack the whole project. Risk Management Process. It’s a great risk register example.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The 3 performance domains in project management are: People Process Business Environment. You still need to engage people, create effective processes and operate within your business environment: it’s all project management at the end of the day. Domain II: Process. Let’s look at each of those domains next.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 12, 2018

This can make project collaboration between departments difficult, due to differences in process and methodology. Project integration management is a way of making various processes work together. Meaning, it takes the numerous processes that are being used in a project and makes sure that they’re coordinated.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2018

A project is often defined as successful if the project’s objectives are achieved by the deadline and stay within the budget. But apart from time, scope, and cost, there are six additional constraints that limit the process of properly accomplishing the project’s goals. Organizational Processes & Structures.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

You wouldn’t believe the number of project managers I speak to on mentoring calls who struggle to get their budget approved. If you’re wondering what budget contingency is, then you have come to the right place. Only 62% of projects complete within their original budget, according to PMI’s 2021 figures. Not least: is it enough?

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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. Following processes. What is Project Execution?

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 21, 2024

Project management software is encouraged, but for those not ready to upgrade, we’ll offer some templates to help with the processes involved in project management for professional services. Resources managed under project management include teams, finances, technology, raw materials, equipment, intellectual property and more.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Avoiding budget overrun is key to closing a successful project. Quality and keeping to a schedule can all go out the window if the project is delivered over-budget. Cost overrun is not cost escalation; that term is used to describe an anticipated increase in a budgeted cost, say due to inflation.

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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

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

It researches and develops tools, processes, machines and equipment with systems that are integrated into the manufacturing facility. At a high level, manufacturing engineering is the process of turning raw materials into finished products in the most effective and efficient manner possible.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

I've reviewed all of my past workshops and training sessions, and I've put them together as a bundle at substantial savings from buying them all individually. I'm the author of several project management books and I've been leading business and tech projects for over 20 years.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 18, 2024

Businesses need to plan and organize their resources to improve both the employees’ and customers’ experiences, a process called service design. A service blueprint is a mapping tool used in that process. It’s a flexible, focused look at an organization’s service processes that includes the customer’s perspective.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 11, 2022

If you work in legal project management , talk about your process improvement initiatives or projects relevant to the job you are going for today. Luckily, this is relatively easy as most job descriptions will include a list of technical and soft skills and competencies they expect candidates to have. You get the picture.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 20, 2017

Project scope is part of the planning process of any project. But before you jump into that project plan and begin to tackle the scope of your project, let’s review the basics. It’s that part of the project planning process that determines and documents what are the project goals, deliverables, tasks, costs and deadlines.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 24, 2024

Project Management Project management is the process of planning, organizing and managing resources to deliver a project on time, within budget and meeting quality expectations. A program manager oversees this process. A business plan, budget and responsibilities by the leadership team define them.

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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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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 23, 2024

When you’re a PMP, program manager or portfolio manager, you need to deliver all those multiple projects on time and within budget. This requires an organization with a well-developed project management process. Rather, it’s a team effort guided by standardized processes, well-defined roles and responsibilities and collaboration.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Every project is different, of course, but the differences when managing software development projects are especially so, due to its distinct life-cycle processes. Both of these overlapping processes must be managed for successful software development. Here the project scope is defined and a budget is created.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 5, 2022

The ones that hit the papers are often public sector projects because their audits and budgets are more open to scrutiny. This was largely due to the unforeseen increase in the cost of steel. It also cost ten times more than the original budget, finally coming in at £430 million. Instead, tax payers have footed the bill.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 17, 2021

Project management is affecting how humans perform or adopt technology. He looks at, amongst other things, using automation to streamline processes and looks at the adoption that we are trying to implement as part of a project, and what is the desired change, and takes a much wider and holistic view of human behaviour at work.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 22, 2024

They might even use the official scope management process, but more often than not they’ll expect that because they have mentioned it in an email or while you were both at the office coffee machine, that’s enough. Review different ways to engage stakeholders and how you can switch up what you’re doing to better support them.

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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.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 10, 2023

The project kickoff meeting begins with introductions, reviewing the client’s background and talking about the scope of the project. The project status report meeting is when team members provide data that the project manager uses to review where the project is over a specific period of time. Project Review Meeting.

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