Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 7, 2023

Project managers are often faced with the challenge of managing complex projects and ensuring that they stay on track. I’ll confess: when I started out as a project manager, this was a piece of jargon that honestly didn’t mean much at all? But what is an organizational process asset (OPA)? Think intranet or policy library.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 3, 2021

They define salience as: the degree to which managers give priority to competing stakeholder claims. Project stakeholder management and saliency. Project management relies on people: you need the project team to get things done, and that team might include members of different stakeholder groups. Things that can’t wait?

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

There are internal stakeholders, such as team members, executives, project or product managers, designers, researchers and salespeople. The salience model in project management is a way to manage stakeholders appropriately. Then, we’ll illustrate it with an example and link to a free salience model template.

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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. Their music is the soundtrack of an era and continues to influence musicians to this day. But don’t take our word for it.

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Project Risk Coach

AUGUST 13, 2018

Many project managers do a great job of identifying risks. Some even evaluate risks and develop response plans. However, project managers get busy as their projects progress and fail to monitor their risks, resulting in challenged or failed projects. Do Project Managers Really Control Risks?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 25, 2020

Are you biased as a project manager? In this article we’ll talk about the different types of bias in project management. A project manager is the linchpin of a successful project. Let’s look at what heuristics and biases exist in management and what we can do to reduce their impact on our projects.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

What is a Risk Register? A risk register is a tool in risk management and project management. It is used to identify potential risks in a project or an organization, sometimes to fulfill regulatory compliance but mostly to stay on top of potential issues that can derail intended outcomes.

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Project Risk Coach

JUNE 20, 2022

The Project Management Institute (PMI) released the PMBOK® Guide, Seventh Edition in July 2021. In this article, let's look at each principle and why each one matters with respect to managing risks. Optimize Risk Responses 11. For example, one of the PMBOK® principles is to optimize risk responses.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In our annual global survey , one in five (21 percent) respondents say they are using AI always or often in project management. For project professionals, we recommend exploring AI tools by first understanding what project tasks and deliverables can be automated easily and without risk.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2018

One of the biggest challenges of every project manager is project constraints. Hence, it’s important to know all possible constraints, their influences on each other and the project management tools that address those constraints. Classic Project Management Constraints. Of course, you can control risk to a certain extent.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

They define salience as: the degree to which managers give priority to competing stakeholder claims. Project stakeholder management and saliency Project management relies on people: you need the project team to get things done, and that team might include members of different stakeholder groups. Things that can’t wait?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge – ( PMBOK® Guide ) 7 th Edition represents a major shift in the way ‘how to do project management’ is presented by PMI. Instead of the Knowledge Areas , we have the whole body of project management split up into 3 performance domains. Let’s look at each of those domains next.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Managing a project is difficult. You need to be aware of the project environment and prepare for its influence on your project throughout the project management life cycle. A project environment is all the internal and external forces that exert on your project management. It’s sort of like managing risk in that way.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Nearly 1 in 5 project managers have considered leaving their job: 37% of professionals have thought about quitting project management in the past year. So why are people leaving project management? Let’s start with this story from one project manager. Anonymous project manager. Why do project managers quit?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 17, 2022

For example, in the United States, eye contact is often interpreted as a sign of interest or attentiveness. For example, if you’re working with an international project team, it’s likely you’ll have team members from a variety of cultures. The more nationalities on your project team, the greater the risk of challenges.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 19, 2021

When I brainstormed a list of project management skills to put on my resume (which over here in the UK we call a CV), it was a long list. How do you list the project management skills required without it turning into a giant list of buzzwords? How to include project management skills on your CV. Here’s how. Soft skills.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 22, 2021

More than just being able to identify who the stakeholders are in the project, you need to manage them. That is the beginning of stakeholder management, and it starts with stakeholder mapping. Map your stakeholders and keep them in the loop with ProjectManager.com’s project management features. It’s a big task.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Whether managing a project or working to understand, analyze and improve the steps involved in a business process to achieve a specific goal, decisions need to be made. Then well explain the symbols used in one, when to use it and provide some examples to help see it function in a real-life scenario. What Is a Decision Flowchart?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 16, 2021

I don’t have the time (or the requirement) to take a certification course, but I’m always prepared to develop the project management competencies I need to succeed. In this article we’ll talk about the top competencies for project managers and how you can develop your skills. 9 Competencies You Need as a Project Manager Today.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 20, 2017

The SOW is also a guideline for the project manager. Change is an inevitable part of any project, no matter how thorough your plan is, so you want to include the likelihood for change in your scope to better manage it later. Any change that is going to influence the project needs to be uncovered. Reduce ambiguities and risks.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 6, 2022

This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management. They all seem to be led by highly experienced project managers who have the confidence and skills to deal with the complex sociopolitical environments of their projects, international and virtual teams and other factors that make their work particularly challenging.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 7, 2023

These can influence the outcome of the project, program or portfolio so they must be managed. That’s why project managers and their teams need to take time to identify enterprise environmental factors that might influence their projects and figure out an action plan to mitigate or respond to them in a timely, effective manner.

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Kiron Bondale

MAY 26, 2019

A common example is comparing how many product backlog items they were able to successfully complete during an iteration with how many they had forecast that they would be able to complete at the beginning of the iteration. Poor risk management. Insufficient dependency identification.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 31, 2024

Projects always have certain constraints – there may be an urgency to complete a project because of external market factors, for example; or there may have to be tightly controlled costs because of a fixed or limited budget. You get a glimpse of Martin Barnes, inventor of the Iron Triangle, in this video on the history of project management.

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Project Risk Coach

JUNE 28, 2021

Use your interpersonal skills to influence the resource manager and others who select the team members. For example, assume you have been preassigned a team that lacks the skills to develop requirements. The post How to Improve the Performance of Your Project Teams appeared first on Project Risk Coach.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 16, 2024

Then we’ll explore scenario planning in business and project management before explaining the steps that must be taken to use this process. By using regular and consistent scenario planning, organizations can better allocate resources successfully, mitigate risk and decrease production costs. What Is Scenario Planning?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 1, 2023

When I brainstormed a list of project management skills to put on my resume (which over here in the UK we call a CV), it was a long list. How do you list the project management skills required without it turning into a giant list of buzzwords? Below, we’ll look at some examples of common project management skills for your resume.

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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

MARCH 2, 2020

Project managers are well aware of this and spend much of their time planning in order to avoid negative risk and its potential impact. There are many tools that can mitigate risk in a project, but it also takes skill in something called project controls. Risk management. Methodology. Cost estimates.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 18, 2022

For example, imagine you are considering two job offers. That affects how people make choices – and we can influence those choices by how we frame a statement. Framing occurs when people identify the key issues in a situation and then present them in a way that will influence the decision that is made. Which would you choose?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 30, 2024

Ever wondered what RAID is all about in project management? You'll hear project managers talking about their RAID logs as part of how to manage a project , or updating the RAID, but what does it all mean? In this article, we look at everything RAID -- and it's a key tool for project managers.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 11, 2024

Work isn’t only performed in an office, and field service is an example of this. For example, a contractor works on one’s home or a professional services firm installs a new system in a client’s office. Field service management is a process to deliver customer satisfaction and service provider efficiency.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 19, 2021

People with diverse viewpoints can spot risks and opportunities that others might overlook. According to one report , cognitive diversity can boost team creativity by up to 20% while also lowering risk-taking by up to 30%. Emotional engagement is based on the process of managing one’s emotions while at work.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Solomon talk about the 8 things that you should be targeting if you want the change management effort on your project to stick. What is managed centrally and what is decentralized? An example would be whether you have project managers spread across different departments or a central Project Management Office.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 10, 2024

Of course, a change champion isn’t the whole picture in a change management process, but they’re vital for change. For those unfamiliar with what a change champion is, first, we’ll define the terms and then explain their importance in organizational change management. They need a change champion to help them make that change.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

You can earn PDUs (professional development units) for ongoing certification renewal, such as for the Project Management Professional (PMP)®, from reading. I’ve read, I’m guessing, over 150 management books in my career, and you can read my book reviews if you want to trawl through the archives. What books qualify for PDUs?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 24, 2022

There’s no denying that project management today looks different to how it did even 5 years ago. Project management trends shape our profession. So what are the emerging trends in project management that are going to shape how you do your job in the future? How project management is evolving. Managing a hybrid team.

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