Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 11, 2021

I think they mean 80% of what the textbooks say is the discipline of project management, not what project managers actually do. And I’m personally not worried about that – that will give us much more time to focus on project leadership and stakeholder engagement; the things that computers can’t (yet) do for us.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 21, 2021

Iterations are perfect for developing solutions like a website, and the structure of an over-arching program framework provided the governance and schedule expectations that executives wanted to see. We blend a bit of business analysis, leadership theory, change management and project delivery to get the outcome stakeholders deserve.

Telecoms 479

Telecoms 2021 Prince2 PMI 479

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2021

If that’s you, be on the look out for these kinds of job titles, as you can probably enter project management higher up the ranks: Project manager Senior project manager Program manager Business change manager Organizational change manager Delivery manager PMO manager.

Technical Review 414

Technical Review PMO Retail Healthcare 414

ProjectManager.com

MAY 19, 2022

You might be tempted to identify and respond quickly to change, which is important. But without documenting these changes to the project plan you’re setting yourself up for problems. These change management documents offer historic data for future projects, but also explain actions in the current one. Try it free!

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Underneath, I list skills grouped together by: Interpersonal skills Leadership Each of those headings has a list of bullet points underneath that give examples of how I have demonstrated those skills. And you don’t have to work as a project manager for very long before you realize they are truly not easy.

Leadership 373

Leadership PMI Risk Management Governance 373

NimbleWork

OCTOBER 21, 2024

These individuals do more than simply adapt to change; they anticipate and shape it, offering insights that resonate across industries and methodologies. What distinguishes these influencers in the landscape of project management thought leadership?

Influencer 111

Influencer 2025 Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team 111

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

The History of PRINCE2® PRINCE2® is part of the best practice guidance that came out of the UK Office of Government Commerce. A British government agency, the Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency, licensed it for use in government IT projects back in 1979. It was renamed PRINCE. Directing gets a process of its own.

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Prince2 Technical Review Governance Government 380

Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 15, 2022

You can also build competence across the business as a whole by hiring new personnel with the necessary skills or by making changes in leadership. Leadership. Most firms will want their leaders to be good at leadership because it underpins business performance. Change management. Customer service.

Underperforming Technical Team 379

Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Innovation Leadership 379

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Let’s look at what a program manager does all day. You’ll receive broad direction from your leadership team. These could be project managers or PMO colleagues. You’ll see these skills on a program manager job description – and if you don’t you should be asking why! Change Management. Stakeholder Engagement.

PMO 335

PMO Technical Review Leadership Risk Management 335

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 14, 2024

He managed all the logistics for the project including booking rooms for testing and training, making sure the right delegates showed up to the training, supporting them with claiming expenses, organizing project boards, steering groups and other governance milestones, and generally making everyone’s lives easier.

PMO 405

PMO Construction Engineering Logistics 405

Leading Agile

JANUARY 17, 2023

The core of change management is helping an organization prepare, support, and apply changes to an organization. In execution during an Agile Transformation, it looks different depending on how the organization is going about this change. Yes, deciding on the new structure, governance, and metrics is crucial.

Change Management 126

Change Management Governance Government Agile 126

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 8, 2018

These courses tend to be no longer than half-a-year in duration and teach how to define, measure and sustain a planned program, while covering topics like program governance, stakeholder engagement and strategies related to managing a program of projects. Program Manager Responsibilities. Experience as a program manager.

Certification 316

Certification Finance Software Review Monitoring 316

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 2, 2023

These degrees may offer work experience and general business knowledge as well as project management theory such as the knowledge areas and technical skills that are required to be a good project leader. For example, let’s say you have a job as an IT team leader or marketing manager. That varies depending on the industry.

Technical Review 358

Technical Review Prince2 PMI Certification 358

NimbleWork

JANUARY 2, 2025

Lyssa Adkins A leading expert in leadership and organizational transformation, this coach specializes in enhancing leaders’ capacities to tackle current challenges and prepare for future demands. Partnering with Greaterthan, they guide organizations in adopting self-organization, distributed leadership, and participatory governance.

Lean 105

Lean Influencer Technical Review 2025 105

Leading Agile

MARCH 21, 2022

The new culture needs something tangible to connect with, or momentum is lost, and the existing organizational structures eventually crush the change effort into submission. Change is challenging, and try as we may, it seems, we’re never fully prepared for every inevitability. THE PSTIR FRAMEWORK. THE IMPORTANCE OF METRICS.

Change Management 118

Change Management Agile Leadership Initiating 118

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 14, 2018

The first part of my book sets out the four essentials of team leadership, and a great project leader must constantly address each of these and keep them in balance: focus on individuals, build and share a clear plan, foster a true sense of team spirit, and communicate relentlessly – and well. How is management different from leadership?

Leadership 251

Leadership 2018 Risk Management Governance 251

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

However much you tailor and go light on governance, there is still some prioritizing, organizing and compromise with which projects are done and how they get done. If you are wondering what next after project management, there really are a lot of choices. Perhaps they are the first PM at their company. That’s a red flag for me.

Underperforming Technical Team 454

Underperforming Technical Team Influencer Risk Management Finance 454

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Let’s look at what a program manager does all day. You’ll receive broad direction from your leadership team. These could be project managers or PMO colleagues. You’ll see these skills on a program manager job description – and if you don’t you should be asking why! Change Management. Stakeholder Engagement.

PMO 284

PMO Technical Review Leadership Risk Management 284

The IIL Blog

JUNE 12, 2024

Emphasis on Sustainability and ESG Practices The year 2024 underscores an amplified emphasis on sustainability and the integration of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices into project management. This resilience-driven approach ensures project robustness and adaptability in the face of changing external factors.

2024 158

2024 Artificial Inteligence Sustainability 2023 158

The IIL Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Emphasis on Sustainability and ESG Practices: The year 2024 underscores an amplified emphasis on sustainability and the integration of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices into project management. This resilience-driven approach ensures project robustness and adaptability in the face of changing external factors.

2024 167

2024 Artificial Inteligence Sustainability 2023 167

The IIL Blog

JANUARY 8, 2025

By Felix Ludosan January 8, 2025 Abstract This white paper explores the synergy between volunteering, project management, and change management in the context of high-profile sports events. Felix has worked in numerous industries including Automotive, Financial Services, Insurance, Government, and Manufacturing.

Change Management 78

Change Management 2025 Logistics 2024 78

ProjectManager.com

JULY 25, 2023

Any project manager that needs assistance to fulfill their job will hire a project officer, whether that’s in healthcare, technology, manufacturing or logistics. You’ll even find project officers working in not-for-profit organizations and government agencies.

Software Review 370

Software Review Technical Review Logistics Healthcare 370

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Domain I: People The People domain covers the soft(er) skills required to be a good project manager. It’s all the stuff you know to do anyway, because it’s part of what it means to operate in a leadership role in a modern organization, whether you are working on iterative, predictive or hybrid projects.

Technical Review 315

Technical Review Software Review PMI 2023 315

LiquidPlanner

JANUARY 25, 2018

social media marketing, product placement, SEO, sustainability, governance). Organizations have to be open to changing the way they do things, and on a regular basis. Which means: The single most challenging task most leaders will ever face is leading their cause or their organization in real change.

Change Management 150

Change Management Initiating Sustainability Governance 150

The IIL Blog

JULY 24, 2024

By Rick Lemieux – Co-Founder, DVMS Institute July 24, 2024 Cybersecurity project managers manage risk and threats in cybersecurity projects. They help organizations understand challenges like new vulnerabilities, attack vectors, and the complex world of technology and government regulations.

Risk Management 78

Risk Management Risk 2015 Governance 78

ProjectManager.com

APRIL 28, 2022

The kanban method is governed by a set of principles. This allows for better management of the process, which improves the flow of work. The kanban method is constantly changing, and you should always be looking to find ways to improve the process. This requires real-time communication and an understanding of kanban principles.

Lean 395

Lean Underperforming Technical Team Manufacturing Software Review 395

Scrum.org

APRIL 30, 2024

Managing this transition requires strong change management. Each organization possesses a unique blend of people, processes, culture, mindset, governance, management, and leadership. Their role is to Guide the change. Such transformations are inherently risky.

Agile 213

Agile Technical Review Leadership Finance 213

Planview

APRIL 27, 2023

You know the saying: The only constant is change. It’s true in business — it’s certainly true in life — and it’s why proactive change management matters. Integrating and Standardizing a PPM System Before this biotech company came to Planview, its leadership recognized the need for managing the people side of change.

Change Management 88

Change Management PMO Technical Review Governance 88

The Strategic Project Manager

OCTOBER 15, 2021

One of the ways that Blue Ocean Strategy incorporates execution is through its approach to leadership. Blue Ocean Leadership is pretty simple in concept, and requires commitment and effort with a few basic principles to succeed. The Blue Ocean Approach to Leadership. The Leadership Canvas (or Profile).

Executing 97

Executing Leadership Construction PMO 97

Kiron Bondale

MAY 16, 2021

In one of my earlier articles , I had proposed the use of behavioral nudges to help improve project governance. If you liked this article, why not pick up my book Easy in Theory, Difficult in Practice which contains 100 other lessons on project leadership?

Sustainability 229

Sustainability Governance Government Leadership 229

LiquidPlanner

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Project management is challenging regardless when you assume the leadership role. There’s a mountain of literature written about the skills effective project managers leverage when leading a project and it all seems to assume that you’re in the game from the start. 7 Knowledge Areas for Leadership on Projects Underway.

Governance 150

Governance Government Leadership Development Team Review 150

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 28, 2021

PRINCE2 is part of the best practice guidance that came out of the UK Office of Government Commerce. A British government agency, the Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency, licensed it for use in government IT projects back in 1979. Change management : another big thing in project management.

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Prince2 Governance Government Certification 198

The IIL Blog

JULY 24, 2024

Hybrid-agile projects often face external constraints, such as contractual, regulatory, or organizational requirements—for example, agile software development on a government project. Contractual constraints may require more documentation, out-of-sprint acceptance testing, or a more structured change management process.

2024 78

2024 Lean Software Review Sustainability 78

The IIL Blog

MAY 14, 2024

By Olivia LE JEUNE and Jean-Roch HOULLIER Change management can be defined as all the operations carried out within an organization to enable it to adapt to change and environmental evolution. Here’s an insight based on our experience of change management within our projects. So how do you go about it?

Change Management 88

Change Management Innovation Defining PMI 88

Henny Portman

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

.” These dimensions address the two fundamental purposes of portfolio management: doing the ‘right’ things and doing things ‘right’ which also includes doing them at the ‘right’ time. Three key roles drive portfolio management: the portfolio director, the portfolio manager, and portfolio analysts.

Software Review 52

Software Review Governance Government Sustainability 52

Leading Agile

MAY 3, 2021

This title probably attracted two types of people – people who are wondering what the role of the ancient practice of martial arts has in organizational change management. Consequently, this model of Dojos provides hope but does not create long-lasting change. Want to Change Culture? Have a Plan.

Software Review 138

Software Review Influencer Leadership Governance 138

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Change management. Effective governance. Leadership. Read more great articles about project management at Girl's Guide to Project Management - Get projects done with more confidence and less stress. The book looks at these problems: Creating a common understanding. Aligning projects with goals.

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