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

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

DECEMBER 17, 2019

IT governance ensures that IT departments are prepared for what’s next, without losing focus on what matters. What is IT Governance? At its base level, IT governance is one or multiple processes that enable the IT staff to better manage risk and operate at its most efficient to the benefit of the organization on the whole.

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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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ProjectManager.com

JULY 24, 2024

Organizations have strategies to achieve their long-term goals, whether that’s to increase sales, launch a new product or build new facilities. 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.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Where the leader announces a change in direction, the manager works to ensure that the new direction is the one that people follow Where the leader outlines a strategy, the manager endeavors to ensure the successful delivery of that strategy. Failure to execute strategy is seen as a project management issue.

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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

AUGUST 9, 2018

By now, I am sure many readers will be familiar with Tim Lister’s wise comment that: “ Risk management is how adults manage projects.”. So, get into the habit of thinking in terms of risk. It’s too easy to study a plan – especially one you have created – and see the risks as variances to the plan. Always be Listening.

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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

JANUARY 31, 2024

It’s a common management tool worldwide, used across industries, including government and nonprofit organizations. This was originally used for nonprofit organizations but later expanded to for-profit businesses and government agencies. Let’s define the four balanced scorecard perspectives.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 7, 2023

They might be influenced by market conditions (risk appetite statements might change, for example, if the market suddenly gets a lot more competitive). But they are not the regulatory environment, government standards, or external environmental policies or regulations.

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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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Kiron Bondale

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Tracking and reporting risk information is a standard part of any project management approach. Minimal sufficiency should be the goal we strive to in terms of meeting the informational needs of your stakeholders but more important, helping risk and risk response owners to effectively address identified 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

JULY 17, 2020

These situations include: governance related issues (e.g. Firstly, the structural environment, i.e. the organization, participants, objectives and governance can create challenging situations. Problem-focused strategies. Problem-focused strategies are efforts to do something active to alleviate stressful circumstances.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 24, 2020

You won’t know if the risk log is sound and the resource planning sensible until you investigate. 5: Review the governance structure. Is there a governance structure ? Action if there is no formal governance: My first point of call would be your project sponsor. Where does the project fit in the overall business strategy?

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 6, 2023

We’ll also outline the roles of those involved in strategic project management as well as best practices to help you align projects with business strategy. Therefore, the project has a goal, but that goal should also fit into the company’s strategy for success, growth and so forth. What Is Strategic Project Management?

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 6, 2023

A PMO director is a senior-level position that takes ownership and is accountable for creating, organizing and implementing the strategies and business programs in an organization. They standardize best practices and oversee related business administration, risk management and change management.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 2, 2022

Strategies and tactics. Strategies and tactics must be articulated: they are the practical translation of the company’s goals and strategic objectives. Consideration #2: Managing complex risk is all about balance. Portfolio management has a strong relationship with risk.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 27, 2019

The greater the flexibility of the funding strategy, the greater the chance the team will produce a quality product and the greater the chance that they will delight their stakeholders. But greater flexibility generally requires a more skillful approach to governance and project management. The Secure Funding Process Goal.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 14, 2024

It can seem like a tall order to disrupt the status quo at your company, but with the implementation of smart business process improvement strategies, you’ll be able to make these changes as fluidly as possible. Management: This includes such processes as corporate governance , budget and employee oversight.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 9, 2022

These people can be suppliers, customers, creditors, clients, intermediaries, competitors, society, government and more. Government: These stakeholders get taxes and gross domestic product from a project. For example, if there are environmental factors dictated by the government, then the government is a stakeholder.

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Kiron Bondale

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

While the strategies provided apply to board members who are looking after the health of their companies, after reading the article I felt they could be adapted to apply to projects as well. Boards play a key governance role in the successful running of companies. Steering committees play a similar role when it comes to projects.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Rather than evidence value early and often, they will continue to stage-gate decisions, and to lob the hot potato of accumulated risk onwards in a crashing arc described by that same organizational gravity. If there is to be a game-changer, it will have to come from the market, or from government, or both.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 13, 2022

This will give you an idea if it’s the right strategy to execute your portfolio management. Lean portfolio management is a process by which strategy is aligned with execution using a lean approach and agile portfolio operations and governance. Execute Lean Governance. What Is Lean Portfolio Management?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 20, 2022

Ron Rosenhead, co-author of Strategies for Project Sponsorship. I spoke to the authors of Strategies for Project Sponsorship , a book about how to sponsor projects, and reading it from a project manager’s perspective is a great way to improve how you interact and engage with your project sponsor. Thanks, Ron!

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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. Projects help deliver strategy. The context for projects All organizations need to do projects.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The main objective of PPM is to optimize the selection, prioritization, and execution of projects to maximize organizational benefits, minimize risk and improve resource utilization. This reduces the risk of inefficiencies or wasted resources. There’s a timeline, a cost-benefit analysis and a risk management overview.

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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. There’s also a risk attached to labeling everyone else as non-stakeholders. Perhaps you simply haven’t identified them yet.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

(Respondents could select several) Communication was closely followed by: Planning/scheduling (84%) Stakeholder engagement (62%) Team management (53%) Resource management (50%) and more on that below Leadership (49%) Risk management (39%) Governance came in last at only 31%. Here are my key takeaways.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2022

The need for a business case is that it collects the financial appraisal, proposal, strategy and marketing plan in one document and offers a full look at how the project will benefit the organization. Discern the risks and issues associated with each solution. Project Governance. Marketing Strategy. Risk Assessment.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 30, 2024

In project management, RAID is an acronym for: Risks Assumptions Issues Dependencies These are key things to track as a project manager. Risks Risks are things that might affect your project if they happen. We generally think of risks as things that could cause the project to go wrong, but risk could also be something positive.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 2, 2023

As companies continue to carve out bigger and bigger digital footprints, IT management becomes increasingly central to their strategies. There are five essential areas of IT management: governance, operations management, project management, IT infrastructure security and service desk.

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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). This model helps identify the most critical stakeholders to engage and tailor communication strategies based on their specific needs and priorities.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 10, 2023

You’ll also want to review the budget, assess risk and schedule upcoming meetings to make sure everything discussed has been resolved. The meeting starts by repeating the project objectives and opening up the discussion to the team, who should be allowed to honestly critique the work, roadblocks and risks. Project Review Meeting.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 7, 2023

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 27, 2019

For example, a government project is going to have a state official as project sponsor who will work with the construction company’s project manager. According to the Project Management Institute (PMI), the project sponsor role can be broken into three parts: vision, governance and value or benefits realization. Governance.

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