Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 12, 2024

Risk management is a staple skill of project managers. As the project environments we work in get more and more complex, with greater levels of uncertainty and more transformative, disruptive projects, being able to deal with risk remains top of the list of desirable skills for managers in all areas of business.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 24, 2023

From examples of project activities in a business versus operational activities to strategies for balancing projects and operations simultaneously — this article will help you understand the differences and consider the similarities. These are all great sources of examples of projects. Next up, examples of operations management.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

We’ll then outline the top benefits and provide a few examples across industries to make process manufacturing clear. One example is food and beverages, but it can also be found in oil refining, the production of gasoline, pharmaceuticals, personal care products, cosmetics, specialty chemicals, plastics, metals, paints and even alcohol.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Then we’ll get into some examples to fully illustrate their meaning. Besides the examples above, an operational process asset can be any practice or knowledge from anything used to execute or govern the project, even lessons learned from previous projects and historical data. Here are some of the more common examples.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 29, 2021

Risks matter. That’s the point of risk management: thinking about what might go wrong before it does, so you can put a plan together to deal with it if it does. However, at the beginning of your project when your risk log is empty, it can be a bit of a challenge to think of all the stuff that might need to go on there.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 24, 2019

While making money is the overriding mandate of any for-profit enterprise, each individual organization is governed by its own set of standards and practices. Those standards and practices are called corporate governance, and they are going to influence your project. What Is Corporate Governance? Roles in Corporate Governance.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 12, 2022

Project governance is an important part of project management processes – even if it’s not the most exciting part of getting work done. Governance is a key part of that, and gate reviews are part of navigating through the project. Governance is a key part of that, and gate reviews are part of navigating through the project.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 7, 2023

When you start thinking about it, there are loads of examples, from financial databases to standardized guidelines for pretty much anything, product standards, quality standards, historical records, and even very specific things that you may only use in certain circumstances, like defect management processes.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 5, 2022

It’s easy to find examples of high-profile projects that fail. For example, the Millennium Dome attracted 5.5 These examples show that defining what we mean by success has a significant impact on whether we believe a project has ‘failed’. When you are working on a high-profile project that fails, expect to be in the public eye!

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MPUG

APRIL 26, 2021

Risks were identified, then qualified, and risk responses planned. For implementation of these risk responses, a number of actions were needed. Some were taken, but most ignored or overlooked because of other projects and lack of understanding of risk management at an organizational level.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 8, 2018

For example, as noted, a program manager is overseeing multiple projects, or programs. 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.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 2, 2019

There are many examples throughout history that illustrate the importance of teamwork. We cherry-picked 10 of our favorite inspirational examples of teamwork as it applies to a variety of circumstances. One of the most historic examples of teamwork is the Apollo 11 1969 mission. It is also a prime example of teamwork.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 24, 2024

From government agencies to academic institutions, there are many entities that can benefit from using project cycle management. Below are only some examples. Through data analysis and stakeholder consultations, government agencies are able to identify social needs to ensure their projects align with public priorities.

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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. The goal is to improve organizational performance.

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Inloox

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Know the risks in your project! Risk management plays an enormously important role in project management. The task here is to identify, analyze, control and ultimately minimize risks. Although some risks can be eliminated with a suitable solution strategy, certain risks can never be completely avoided in the project context.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Contingency plans are used by smart managers who are aware that there are always risks that can sideline any project or business. Governments, for example, use them to prepare for disaster recovery or economic disruption. Governments, for example, use them to prepare for disaster recovery or economic disruption.

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Project Risk Coach

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Most of your project problems can be avoided or greatly reduced through risk management. The simple act of identifying and discussing risks goes a long way towards reducing problems in your project. Let’s look at how to start the risk management process. How will you identify risks? Who will own the project risks.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

Here’s an introduction to these important groups as part of the governance framework so you can get yours set up and working on your project. A project board provides oversight and governance for the project. What you need is adequate governance for the project. What is a project board? Call your meetings anything you like.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

For example, project management doesn’t have a specific method that we all use for document filing, different to, say, the way marketing or finance do document filing. Not something you’ll use on every project but your business might routinely need to use EVA if, for example, you do government contract work in the US.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

When governments or corporations make large investments, they don’t do so without serious planning. We’ll end with a few examples of capital projects to make the concept more understandable. These capital projects can be infrastructure-based, such as roads and railways, when launched by the government. What Is Capital Planning?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 3, 2021

Larger projects are likely to have higher numbers of people with power involved because they tend to attract greater corporate governance and oversight – so the top management likes to know what is going on. For example, how often are they likely to bring you urgent issues? An example would be the board of a company.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

It’s certainly something I’ve used: ongoing iterations for development with significant customer involvement in the deliverables at all stages, but managed within a waterfall governance structure and life cycle. For example, resource management and capacity planning are not things that are easy to do. Frankly, hybrid isn’t new.

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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. You’ll record your risks is a risk log.

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Kiron Bondale

JUNE 14, 2020

The author asked what needs to be considered when planning risk responses. The majority of the answers offered focused on characteristics of the individual risks themselves such as their probability, impact, ability to be responded to and so on. mitigate, transfer, avoid, accept, escalate) should be utilized for each potential outcome.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 29, 2022

It’s certainly something I’ve used: ongoing iterations for development with significant customer involvement in the deliverables at all stages, but managed within a waterfall governance structure and life cycle. Take Otter , for example, the online transcription tool I use for managing meeting output. Frankly, hybrid isn’t new.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 19, 2021

Each of those headings has a list of bullet points underneath that give examples of how I have demonstrated those skills. Below, we’ll look at some examples of common project management skills for your resume. You also need to give an example of what that skill looks like. Mine is called ‘Skills Profile’. Soft skills.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 14, 2024

For example: A Digital Project Manager will oversee projects to do with online initiatives, digital marketing, software, apps and so on. Agile marketing , for example, is a specialist way to apply agile methods to marketing projects. Here are some example entry level project management positions to watch out for.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Then there are external stakeholders, who can be customers, suppliers, vendors, subcontractors, the government, the community, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Then, we’ll illustrate it with an example and link to a free salience model template. The salience model is a tool that can help.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 6, 2023

They lead the strategic planning and project governance for the organization and define the project management methodologies that are used to manage those projects. They standardize best practices and oversee related business administration, risk management and change management. The responsibilities of a PMO director are varied.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

He says that there will be people in your team who have worked on similar projects, for example, a target operating model or regulatory project, and their documents will fit the needs of your project. Have a risk budget. One thing that’s important to have is a risk budget. Asking for More Money.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

For example, maybe the testing phase has uncovered more bugs than you were expecting and that’s going to delay go live. Let them know that there are governance hoops to jump through and that you’ll be escalating the problem, with a view to securing support to keep the project moving forward. Assess the level of risk.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 19, 2024

For example, using your project management software , budgeting and forecasting (although you would involve Finance for that) and scheduling. Governance management Program governance happens at 3 levels: Project level The project manager/project sponsor keeps the individual projects on track and reports progress to you.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Larger projects are likely to have higher numbers of people with power involved because they tend to attract greater corporate governance and oversight – so the top management likes to know what is going on. Examples of stakeholders with high power are the sponsor, the CEO and the client. An example would be the board of a company.

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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. Below, we’ll look at some examples of common project management skills for your resume. Mine is called ‘Skills Profile’.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 2, 2022

The resulting portfolio will shift resources away from the downscaled unit, include smaller internal governance projects with an enormous strategic priority and possibly divest funds and resources towards projects with higher ROI. Consideration #2: Managing complex risk is all about balance.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

One for risk, one for escalations, one for changes, issues, new project kick-off, closure, logging dependencies… the list goes on and on. The risk there is that people make up their own processes to work around the edges of the formal policy, skipping steps because they are focused on keeping the momentum going on their project.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 1, 2023

They might also advise the project manager on how best to do particular project management techniques like communication management , risk management , quality management and change management. In summary… Project assurance is crucial to provide governance and credibility to your project. The assurance role can be quite hands-on.

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