Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 22, 2021

Resources are the largest contributor to successful project delivery , and project managers spend significant time planning and managing their activities. Both resource and project managers work in tandem to develop resourcing strategies for projects. Incorrect estimation of team’s capacity and availability.

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Project Risk Coach

AUGUST 30, 2021

Projects are unique, some more than others. Let's look at how to manage a different kind of project. Project managers may be asked to manage a project, unlike anything they've ever faced. Consider Sue, an event planner, who was asked to manage a project to implement a new accounting system for her organization.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 9, 2021

Are you looking for a robust, scalable PPM solution that can manage the whole project life cycle and show you what’s being worked on at any one time? In this review of Sciforma, I’ll share the pros and cons of this enterprise-centric project and portfolio management tool. Product: Sciforma. Pricing is on application.

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Planio

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Breaking deliveries down into bite size stages makes them easier to understand for project stakeholders across the business. Gates provide opportunities to bring everyone together and discuss key events in the project. What is a project stage? All projects start with an idea that grows into a new and exciting initiative.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Benchmarking Identifying a project performance indicator or practice, then assessing it against industry standards or best practices. Bottom-up Estimating A project estimation technique that leverages tactical-level team members/subject matter experts (SMEs) to break down tasks into smaller components to create a more accurate estimate.

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The IIL Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Take adequate time to make reasonable and realistic estimates: Perfection is nearly impossible to achieve in resource management, but you should still aim for it. Once project priorities have been clarified, take adequate time to estimate schedules and budget.

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LiquidPlanner

JANUARY 26, 2022

In some cases, the entire project might be following a process where design, scope, cost, and time scales were fixed at the very beginning. Or it could be a first-time project where estimating how long each phase will really take is hard work. Estimate work and share the schedule.

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ProProfs Project Management

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

There are many automated tools that could offer great help like ProProfs Project Management Software , which is simple but very effective to use. This software offers a lot of functionalities and helps managers during the project life cycle. As a result, you will complete the project in 12 months. Image Source.

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Epicflow Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Risk Management Complexity: How to Mitigate Them Effectively A risk is an event or condition that can have either a positive or negative impact on a project. Risks can arise in any aspect of project management, whether during planning and estimation, execution, or communication within teams, across groups, or with stakeholders.

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LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

So how do you set stakeholder expectations realistically from the very conception of the project? Estimate work and share the schedule. Start by providing a schedule that includes thoughtful estimates for everyone’s work— by the people doing the work. Encourage teams to estimate their projects as realistically as possible.

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Epicflow Blog

JUNE 30, 2020

Risk in Project Management . Risk is an unpredicted action or event that can lead to either positive or negative consequences. The first type is the one you couldn’t predict, and the known risk is the one you could reveal at the stage of identifying project risks. . Causes of Uncertainty in Projects. Definitely not.

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Binfire

APRIL 7, 2017

Expecting responding to requirements changes even late in the project life cycle instead of sticking to the plan and delivering a product nobody wants or needs. Base on above core values, the group published the twelve principles of agile project management methodology. Project Estimation.

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Epicflow Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Apart from it, a project manager has to identify their interests, needs, and expectations as well as the likelihood of their transformation. It’s a critical stage of a project life cycle because it is a contribution to further project risk management. Divide them into two groups: primary and secondary.

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Binfire

AUGUST 27, 2017

Expecting responding to requirements changes even late in the project life cycle instead of sticking to the plan and delivering a product nobody wants or needs. Base on above core values, the group published the twelve principles of agile project management methodology. Project Estimation.

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Epicflow Blog

JANUARY 14, 2021

And in the end, the project delivery date is what really matters, not the task completion time. . Use work estimates instead of assessing the time that is going to be spent on tasks. Use a project buffer instead of adding it to every task because you never know when Murphy’s law will strike you.

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Scoro

JULY 12, 2021

However, more than just markers, project milestones are an invaluable management and scheduling tool. Acting as signal posts which mark significant events or branching decision points, they’re used for events such as start and end dates, external reviews, budget checks, or submissions of major deliverables.

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Workamajig

JANUARY 11, 2021

Actual dates are different from planned or estimated dates. Actual Effort: The actual effort spent to complete the activity, as opposed to the planned or estimated effort. Actual Expenditure: The actual expenditure spent to complete the activity, as opposed to the planned or estimated expenditure.

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PM Basics

JUNE 5, 2018

Ideally, you can run a project with one of them alone. Agile Project Management is an approach that combines plan-driven phases with agile ones in one project life cycle. Sometimes you can run the whole project life cycle within Scrum Framework. Every project is unique.

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Planio

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Most people think of project milestones as just a great way to plan, monitor, and tick off key events in your project’s timeline — but they do so much more than that. According to a recent survey , 85% of project managers say they’re actively managing more than one project at a time. Sign-off of design documents.

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Wrike

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Project estimation is the backbone of proper project planning and execution. Using the right project estimation techniques helps managers predict the time, cost, and resources needed to complete a project. What is parametric estimating? What is parametric estimating?

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Wrike

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

A rough order of magnitude estimate, also known as ROM, is an estimation of a project’s level of effort and cost to complete. ROM estimates take place early in a project life cycle and guide strategy and planning choices. Estimating a ROM is often thought of as an art.

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Binfire

JANUARY 9, 2017

All have different ways of managing projects and each fit certain projects based on size or complexity. They use different tools and methods to plan a project and track it during project life cycle. It shows critical path which is a great tool for understanding project’s estimated end date.

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Proofhub

JULY 7, 2020

Key Business Project Manager Responsibilities As mentioned earlier in the blog, the responsibilities of a business project manager are enormous, depending on their industry, organization, and the nature of projects they are tasked with monitoring. Napoleon Hill A clear plan is inevitable for the project’s successful completion.

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Epicflow Blog

MARCH 22, 2024

Risk Analysis: Essential Components A risk is an event or circumstance with either a positive or negative effect on a project. To understand the impact of a risk-bearing event, a project manager should carry out a proper risk analysis to mitigate potential threats and avoid roadblocks to successful delivery.

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Teamweek

MARCH 12, 2023

As a result, tasks get delayed, and sometimes, the entire project comes to a halt. This results in failure to complete the project within the estimated time and budget. Eventually, this results in project failure or at least a reduced return on investment. It allows you to monitor the time spent on projects and tasks.

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 5, 2017

Risk management is concerned with the outcome of future events, whose exact outcome is unknown, and with how to deal with these uncertainties. Outcomes are categorized as favorable or unfavorable, and risk management is the art and science of planning, assessing, handling, and monitoring future events to ensure favorable outcomes.

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Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Activity Duration Estimates Review . is a process of detecting risks related to the time allowances for activities in particular or a project in general, with the width of estimates range indicating a respective level of risk. is the description of all activities planned for completing a project. Analogous Estimating .

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Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Activity Duration Estimates Review . is a process of detecting risks related to the time allowances for activities in particular or a project in general, with the width of estimates range indicating a respective level of risk. is the description of all activities planned for completing a project. Analogous Estimating .

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MPUG

JUNE 1, 2022

As such, he oversees the production and maintenance of courses on project management, systems engineering, software development, business process improvement, and cyber security. I mentioned the five star because I saw this event is up on PMI. Jeff is also a trainer with over 20,000 hours of classroom experience spanning 20 years.

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Paymo App

OCTOBER 3, 2018

This method as a whole refers to: Task creation : Set your project goals, turn them into actionable tasks, and add relevant details such as task duration, time estimates, dependencies, status, etc. You can divide a larger project into a series of task lists according to the project’s stage or responsible team.

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ExamsPM

JUNE 28, 2017

Here are some key concepts for this Knowledge Area: Uncertainty – Uncertainty is a lack of knowledge about an event that reduces confidence in conclusions drawn from the data. Expected time (when) in the project life cycle. The anticipated frequency of risk events from the source (how often). Decision tree.

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MPUG

APRIL 2, 2024

The PMI also notes that a project is typically different from ongoing operations or business as usual and that it requires the coordination of various resources and activities in order to achieve its objectives. From start to finish, a project usually goes through 5 phases, called the Project Life Cycle.

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Project Pulse Journal

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Step 3: Prediction Precision - Assign Probability Values - For each identified risk, estimate its likelihood (i.e., Use a Likert-type scale from 1 to 5 (or a scale suitable for your project), where 1 is rare, and 5 is most likely that the risk will happen. This tool is a top-down approach, where a single undesired event is analyzed.

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Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 7, 2024

Here's an overview of the ten knowledge areas: Project Integration: Encompasses the coordination and amalgamation of diverse project management processes and activities to ensure the realization of project objectives. Negative risks or threats are events or circumstances that could potentially harm the project's objectives.

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Stepping Into Project Management

JANUARY 13, 2014

What has been the most challenging for you as a project manager? This is a tough question because every project has its own challenges. I was looking at the production effort as a project, a unique event with a specific start and end date while the publisher considered the effort an operational activity.

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Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

requires making estimates) ? Estimation of Long?Term Term Project Risk during Project Realization ? Risk Analysis & Estimating Uncertainty … and what this has to do with the price of milk in McLean,” Phil Beenhouwer, The Society of Cost Estimating & Analysis (SCEA), May 17, 2006. Emmons, Thomas A.

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Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

requires making estimates) ? Estimation of Long?Term Term Project Risk during Project Realization ? Risk Analysis & Estimating Uncertainty … and what this has to do with the price of milk in McLean,” Phil Beenhouwer, The Society of Cost Estimating & Analysis (SCEA), May 17, 2006. Emmons, Thomas A.

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