ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Before you’re able to analyze the risk in your project, you have to acknowledge that risk is going to happen in your project. By planning for risks, you begin the process of knowing how to identify, monitor and close out risks when they show up in your project. Part of that process is risk analysis.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

What is a method in project management? We have a ton of project management methods – some you probably don’t spend much time thinking about at all. Types of project management methods. Project management uses lots of methods. But there are some specific project management methods. Read my full disclosure.).

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Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Some project managers have a defensive mindset. 3 Is an Opportunity a Risk, Really? Project managers may use qualitative and quantitative risk analysis to evaluate opportunities. Consequently, these project managers and team members fail to take advantage of these upside risks. Table Of Contents.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 24, 2024

Projects help execute those strategic plans, and organizational project management is the framework that aligns that work to the organization’s objectives. Let’s start by digging deeper into the definition of organizational project management and the various components that make it up. What Is Organizational Project Management?

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 17, 2024

These people can be individuals, groups or institutions. Being able to identify them and their relationship to the project informs how to manage their expectations. There’s also a free stakeholder register template to download and use when managing stakeholders. Multiple project views also serve stakeholder management.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 10, 2023

If you’re not working from an agenda or you don’t manage those meetings, that can be true. 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. But meetings are critical for project planning and team collaboration.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 3, 2024

When managing projects, change management helps to avoid its negative effects, and a change readiness assessment is one of the ways how it does this. Being prepared for change helps to mitigate the risks associated with those changes. It might be a cliche, but those who ignore it are doomed to learn a lesson the hard way.

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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. Dominant stakeholders.

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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. As a project manager, part of your role is shepherding the work through the project lifecycle. Risk management. Expectation management. Stakeholder engagement.

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Project Risk Coach

AUGUST 10, 2020

And one of the most important things to communicate is your risks. How do you communicate risks? Communicating Project Risks 1. We can’t manage expectations if we haven't identified the individuals, groups, and organizations who may impact your project or be impacted by your project. What is the risk?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 13, 2021

This month’s free project management template is a Terms of Reference document. I use it mainly for two things: Putting down in writing what my Steering Group are actually supposed to do to set the ‘ground rules’ for that group and their meetings. It must be time for a new template! Explain what this involves.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Mike Clayton defines risk as “uncertain events that can affect outcomes,” in his book, Risk Happens!: Managing Risk and Avoiding Failure in Business Projects. Risk management is the most important of your project controls. So what exactly is project risk management? It won’t.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 10, 2022

They also are the main risk-taker and decision-maker on the project so it’s important to have them around. The project management plan is the responsibility of the project manager, although everyone in the team will end up having input to it. We recommend: Project Management Plan Template. You manage lessons learned.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

As 2020 comes to a close, I would like to take a moment and reflect on the year and thank everyone that has made a Girl’s Guide to Project Management a success this year. Charlie Davidson, Make an Impact as a T-shaped Project Manager Dr. Mike Clayton, 6 Easy Ways to Manage Group Think and Risk at Work.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 9, 2021

Early on in my career, I had a call from the post room manager. You probably don’t need to be told of the risks of not engaging stakeholders. For a long time, project management theory and practice focused on stakeholder management (when interpersonal relations were mentioned at all). She was confused – and angry.

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Project Risk Coach

MAY 3, 2021

So, let's look at three techniques to use with your teams: Brainstorming Delphi Technique Nominal Group Technique 3 Team Techniques to Improve Cost Estimates 1. Brainstorming A senior leader asked Jane to manage a project to implement a new insurance policy administration system. She facilitated an estimating workshop.

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Kiron Bondale

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Project management standards such as the PMBOK® Guide, Sixth Edition state that contingency reserves, which are established to offset the cost or schedule impacts of realized identified risks, are considered part of the project budget and cost baseline. This matches my own experience from the previous two companies I worked for.

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Kiron Bondale

APRIL 10, 2022

To understand why, let’s draw a parallel to project risk management. Teams might do a reasonable job at identifying risks, assessing them and coming up with risk response recommendations for the higher priority ones. Unfortunately, often times those risk responses never get implemented.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 3, 2021

There are no shortcuts in project management really, but wouldn’t it be nice if we had a few ways to speed things up? This takes a little time but saves eons of time in the actual meeting, because you’ll be able to use the information you have gathered to head off conflict and bring the group to a decision far more quickly.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 30, 2024

A program is a group of related projects that are managed together to reap the maximum amount of benefits. A program roadmap is a tool that allows program managers to get a high-level overview of all those projects under their purvey. Planning and managing isn’t the only use of a program roadmap.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Organizations are continually looking for leadership team that’s experienced in business process management (BPM). 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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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 29, 2022

Consider this your civics lessons in project management. The term project governance refers to the set of activities and guidelines that determine how a project will be planned, executed and managed. It’s clear that project governance is a big job and one that needs a project management software to handle all its responsibilities.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 31, 2024

The most commonly used planning constraint method in project management was historically the “triple constraint” – time, cost and scope – sometimes known as the project management triangle or the “iron triangle” because it’s often shown as a triangle with the constraints at each vertex. What is the Triple Constraint?

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Project Risk Coach

MARCH 21, 2022

No requirements management plan. The project manager should define the approach to requirements development and management. How will you manage requirement changes? How will you manage requirement changes? Read my article: Why Project Managers Need Business Analysts. Poor requirements change process.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

A program is a collection of projects that relate to one another, and are therefore managed together in order to achieve maximum efficiencies. The advantages of managing these similar projects make them stand better together than by themselves. Program Management vs Project Management. What is a Program Management Plan?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 9, 2022

EMV is a risk analysis tool that helps establish the contingency reserves for your project activities. It’s a statistical technical for quantifying risk. You would use it to: Establish which new product option or solution is best Establish the contingency reserve required to offset project risk. That’s a negative risk, a threat.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Strategic project management understands this. If you haven’t heard the term before, we’ll begin with a definition of strategic project management and explain how strategic projects differ from operational projects. What Is Strategic Project Management? Allocate resources, track time and manage tasks all from one screen.

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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. What Is the Salience Model in Project Management? The salience model is a tool that can help.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 1, 2023

You’ve probably heard project managers talk about project assurance, but what exactly is it? Provide advice to the project manager The assurance function will advise on who should be part of the project team. They can also help the project manager tailor the approach, methods or controls used to make sure it is fit for purpose.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 15, 2021

Project managers are the point person in charge of a specific project or projects within an organization. We regularly feature project management resources to help train PMs to land jobs in the industry or develop better skills in their current role. What Does a Project Manager Do? How Much Does a Project Manager Make?

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Project Risk Coach

JUNE 28, 2021

Maybe you’ve seen a new team of baseball players, a music group, a civic group, or a business team. Use your interpersonal skills to influence the resource manager and others who select the team members. The post How to Improve the Performance of Your Project Teams appeared first on Project Risk Coach.

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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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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 22, 2023

What qualifications do you need to land a project management job? What Are Project Management Qualifications? Being qualified for a position as a project manager means you have the skills, experience and temperament for the job. Qualified project managers need the right tools for the job. Thanks for watching!

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 20, 2024

It’s a popular project management software that takes the familiarity of a spreadsheet and tries to super-size it. Most businesses use spreadsheets but complain about their complexity and limitations when it comes to work management. Smartsheet is cloud-based work and project management software designed for small and large teams.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 29, 2023

Everything you need to know about project management terms is here in one list! Check back often, as this list of project management terminology is ever-evolving, just like project management itself! Check back often, as this list of project management terminology is ever-evolving, just like project management itself!

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2024

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. If you feel the same, what should you be focusing on?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 2, 2022

The mission of a project portfolio manager is clear enough: maximize the business benefits of projects. In this article, you’ll learn the top 5 key considerations and knowledge areas under which the main criteria for managing a project portfolio can be grouped. Consideration #2: Managing complex risk is all about balance.

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