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). They must believe in themselves, be willing to take risks, and rely on their expert judgement.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 31, 2018

Let’s start at the beginning and define our terms. It is during this phase of the project that a team is assembled, and a business case is created to define the project in detail. A business case will be adaptable, fitting the size and risk of the proposal, but it will structurally be the same from project to project.

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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. If you’re about to embark on a new project, take a moment to read about what technical debt is and why you’ll want to avoid it at all costs.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

If a business isn’t prepared for those responses, then they’re taking a great risk. It’s another arrow in the quiver to battle risk. Risk is always on the horizon and the better equipped businesses are to discern and prepare for them, the more likely they’ll be able to continue doing business in the future. Get Approval.

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Project Risk Coach

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Learn to Better Manage Enterprise Risks Through Project Risk Management Many organizations have adopted enterprise risk management (ERM) as a way to make better decisions, get stronger operating results, and meet regulatory requirements. What is Enterprise Risk Management? An organization’s risk champion (e.g.,

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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. Following processes.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 17, 2022

Here is what we learned from an invaluable brainstorming session with our Tech Lead. In the Planning phase, the project manager also defines internal and external communications. These can relate to technical debt, bugs, new requirements, etc. At White October we continuously reflect on our process to refine the way we work.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 7, 2023

OPAs and the PMP exam Let’s face it: I first came across the term OPA while reviewing PMP exam training material. They might be influenced by market conditions (risk appetite statements might change, for example, if the market suddenly gets a lot more competitive). Don’t get me started on Enterprise Environmental Factors either.)

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Project Risk Coach

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Learn to Better Manage Enterprise Risks Through Project Risk Management Many organizations have adopted enterprise risk management (ERM) as a way to make better decisions, get stronger operating results, and meet regulatory requirements. What is Enterprise Risk Management? An organization’s risk champion (e.g.,

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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. Scope defines the exact desired outcome. It can be defined by answering this question: “How closely does the outcome match the expectations?”. Managing risks is an important task for project managers.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 18, 2019

Here is what we learned from an invaluable brainstorming session with our Tech Lead. In the Planning phase, the project manager also defines internal and external communications. These can relate to technical debt, bugs, new requirements, etc. At White October we continuously reflect on our process to refine the way we work.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 30, 2024

We’ll explain that first and go into the various features this technology-driven business intelligence tool has and what they can be used for. Users can define columns in the data table, such as fiscal periods, week numbers or custom attributes specific to their business needs. Power BI is a tool that delivers that information.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 20, 2017

But before you jump into that project plan and begin to tackle the scope of your project, let’s review the basics. This way you begin to define the boundaries of your project and figure out what responsibilities you will task your team with, and the process by which that work will be verified and approved. Define the scope.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The knowledge areas are the core technical subject matter, which are necessary for effective project management. You’ll also need to define scope in a scope statement. This is anything from a sentence to a bulleted list that is comprehensive to reduce major project risks. Project Risk Management. Then prioritize them.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Technology, labor, distribution and consumer demographics have all massively changed just in the last few years. Let’s look at business process improvement (BPI), define it, explore strategies and then note the business and project management tools that can help implement and analyze progress in your company.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 2, 2023

When a program is failing, you should define the problem and potential solutions, and alert stakeholders at the first sign of trouble, according to LeRoy Ward, Executive VP at ESI. Technical failure: this creates a program integration risk as what you are building might not sit in the organization’s architecture any longer.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 10, 2023

Let’s take a look at 10 different types of project management meetings and define them, and we’ll start with the definition of what a project meeting is. The project kickoff meeting begins with introductions, reviewing the client’s background and talking about the scope of the project. Project Review Meeting.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Contingency can be defined as additional resources put aside to address potential risk and uncertainty in a project. So risk is critical to understanding contingency: that’s the first step. Read next: 14 Common Project Risks – perhaps some of these will contribute to your contingency position? Why risk matters.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

PMI defines a domain like this: The high-level knowledge area that is essential to the practice of project management. The Process domain covers the ‘technical’ skills of doing the work of being a project manager. What are the 3 performance domains in project management? Domain II: Process.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

To prove this point, let’s define what a business requirements document (BRD) is and what its components are. It includes both the business solution and the technical solution to the project. A business requirement isn’t about offering or proposing a solution, only defining the task at hand.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 6, 2024

Project Timeline Template A project timeline is used in planning to add project tasks, due dates and milestones. It can be a monthly work schedule for longer projects with clearly defined tasks and deliverables. It allows managers to identify the tasks essential to the project’s success as well as define the project’s length.

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LiquidPlanner

AUGUST 2, 2022

Why the partnership of technology and people bring more than one benefit. As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, “a team is a group of people who are interdependent with respect to information, resources, knowledge and skills and who seek to combine their efforts to achieve a common goal.”

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 12, 2018

This can make project collaboration between departments difficult, due to differences in process and methodology. To achieve this means identifying, defining, combining, unifying and coordinating the many processes and activities within the project management process groups. This is normal operational procedure for any project manager.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 23, 2024

That’s because the project teams involved with these successful projects follow a defined and repeatable process, which mitigates risk and achieves objectives. Rather, it’s a team effort guided by standardized processes, well-defined roles and responsibilities and collaboration.

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Project Risk Coach

JULY 12, 2021

In this article, we will look at what a risk owner is and why they are needed. Now imagine the risks listed above occurring under two different IT Directors. She provides oversight to the IT software development process and proactively identifies and manages the IT risks. Which Director would you prefer to own the IT risks?

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 24, 2024

For example, it helps with selecting, defining and delivering projects. This is done by a variety of skills and techniques, led by a project manager and includes defining project scope, identifying deliverables, managing risks and effective communication across teams. Who Oversees Organizational Project Management?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Because PRINCE2® is a broad-brush approach, it doesn’t cover technical processes or specific techniques, but it will fit alongside them. I was asked to be one of the reviewers of the PRINCE2 7 manual, so I am very familiar with the content and changes since the last edition. Products can be defined in work packages.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 13, 2021

To define what a particular workstream on a project is supposed to do. 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. This is likely to be either the remit of a single group i.e. your Steering Group or a workstream of work.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 11, 2021

It then goes about minimizing the risks involved in achieving those benefits and maximizes the opportunity to achieve more benefits. Defining the metric used to measure the benefit and what the baseline will be. Listing the assumptions and risks associated with achieving the benefit. Describing what the benefit is.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 1, 2018

I was not very tech savvy, but thanks to my mentors and coach in the company I learnt not only IT but also leadership skills that I continue to use and develop today. It’s not just spending the day in front of the computer sending emails with due dates! In IT project management, it’s not the technical side that’s most important.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Before getting to the transition plan, let’s define transition planning. Teams that use a transition plan will be able to proactively identify and address potential risks and uncertainties. The transition plan provides a framework that creates knowledge sharing, mitigates risks and sets and achieves expectations.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Factors such as Risks, Resources (human and otherwise), Expectations or even R&D or Technology Issues for ground-breaking tech projects. Equally, once you introduce Risks, Resources and Quality to the mix then changing just the scope again impacts quality, potentially introduces more risk and can also impact on resources.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 21, 2019

Projects bring risks, and risks bring unexpected costs. Put another way, the United States Government Accountability Office defines cost estimation as “the summation of individual cost elements, using established methods and valid data, to estimate the future costs of a program, based on what is known today.”. Excluded costs.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

First, we need to define capital budgeting, what a capital budget is and why it’s important. The time value of money is about the potential rate of return on the investment as well as the reduced purchasing power over time due to inflation. For example, not only investing in equipment, but new technology can be a capital investment.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Your marketing plan defines the strategies that your organization will use to reach target customers, outperform competitors and position your brand. Before we start learning about marketing implementation, let’s define what a marketing plan is. Every task has a due date and is part of a larger schedule.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

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. Analyzing assumptions is part of project risk management. Set date for next assumption review.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Perhaps some information or details are either only partially available or just not fully defined yet. You will also need to have certain team members and key stakeholders present at milestone meetings and project review meetings to make effective decisions. How assumptions link to constraints, dependencies, and risks.

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