MPUG

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

According to our recent MPUG survey, 53% of project managers rank stakeholder management as their biggest challenge and it’s often these invisible influencers who create the most significant impacts. ” This simple question often reveals critical hidden influencers. The ripples extend far beyond the initial point of impact.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2024

Influencing and negotiating While we may work in a variety of environments, most of the time we do not have 100% control over the budget and resources allocated to the project. As such, sometimes we need to use our influence to support project success. Read next: Business acumen for project managers 8.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 7, 2024

This requires first an understanding of demand management and how it benefits business. Next, we’ll outline the demand management process to learn how to implement this planning methodology and how software can facilitate that process. To do this, though, requires a process. What Is Demand Management?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 7, 2023

One key tool to success is understanding how to use organizational process assets effectively. But what is an organizational process asset (OPA)? You might have landed here for the same reason: studying for the PMP exam and wondering how to make sense of this nothing-y term. What are Organizational Process Assets?

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

This visual tool is handy when deciding how to allocate resources to maximize their effectiveness. We’ll also provide a free download for an impact effort matrix template and show how to make one from scratch to better understand how it works and its value. One is the impact effort matrix, which we’ll define shortly.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Data-Driven Decision Making While project managers have always applied data to their decision-making, the more accurate, real-time insights and tools that have become available are influencing them with increased objectivity, proactive risk identification and predictive analytics.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 3, 2021

The strategic management layer in an organization is likely to have a say in how the project proceeds, as well as the key customer or client. This is a measure of how much influence they have over actions and outcomes. For example, how often are they likely to bring you urgent issues? How to use the salience model.

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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. A change champion is a person who inspires, facilitates and leads the successful change management process from an organization’s current state to its future, desired state. What Is a Change Champion?

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 11, 2025

Whether in project management, business process improvement, product development or research, using a problem statement ensures a focused and strategic approach to finding solutions. Business Process Improvement In process improvement initiatives, a problem statement identifies inefficiencies or challenges within existing workflows.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 9, 2021

We define it like this: The systematic identification, analysis, planning and implementation of actions designed to influence stakeholders. Read next: my book Engaging Stakeholders on Projects: How to harness people power. Read next: How to Deal with Challenging Situations Involving Stakeholders. How to do engagement.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Some of these are called organizational process assets. These organizational process assets are critical to a project’s success and its operations. To make sure you understand what organizational process assets are, first, we’ll define the terms and explain their importance. What Is an Organizational Process Asset?

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 23, 2024

In short, a post-implementation review is a process to evaluate whether the objectives of the project were met. You can also use it to see how effectively the project was managed. This helps to avoid making similar mistakes with future projects and learn how to run the project better. What Is a Post-Implementation Review?

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 6, 2024

A control plan is a document describing everything from measurements, inspections, quality checks or monitoring process parameters required at each phase of a process to ensure that the process outputs conform to the requirements. It’s up to the production team to determine the proper level for the process being controlled.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 25, 2022

I caught up with Ruth to find out more about how to motivate teams and why it’s something you should be actively doing. We do it as children, we do it as teenagers (often terrifying our parents in the process) and we do it as adults. Ruth Pearce knows everything there is to know about motivating your project team. Tell us about that.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Scope management is the way to deal with that, so let’s talk about how we can use change control protocol to help with it all. Change control or change management is the process of managing unplanned but desired influences on the project. How to avoid scope creep. How do you do that? Basically, anything goes.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 14, 2021

You need to be aware of the project environment and prepare for its influence on your project throughout the project management life cycle. The project manager must understand the project environment and proactively plan to manage the factors that might influence the project. All of these things make up the project environment.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 15, 2023

How To Manage Stakeholder Expectations In 6 Steps It can be a challenge to manage stakeholder expectations, but it’s an important part of project management. Here are some steps you can take to get a handle on that process. You’ll place each stakeholder in the appropriate quadrant to better understand how to deal with them.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

You'll learn why it matters, see an overview of the communications process, and get some examples of where you might apply it on your own projects. However, having a plan for how to share information throughout a project’s lifecycle is critical to project success. How much communication should you do?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Learn more The AI spectrum for tools Using these two dimensions as guidance, project professionals can decide how to use AI tools on a spectrum that ranges from automation to assistance and, finally, augmentation. PMI also has a free foundational AI course , complete with information on how to strengthen inputs for GenAI tools.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

We have observed that customers are experiencing slow and complicated checkout processes, which is causing a 10% drop in sales conversion rates and an annual revenue loss of approximately £1.2 Avoid high-level issues that are beyond the team’s influence or authority. Continuous Refinement : Treat problem statements as living documents.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 7, 2020

They need direction, but if you’re too hands on then you can often stifle their process. For a long time the agile framework influenced teams outside of the software development sector from which it originated. Agile is about flexibility, bringing together teams and processes in order to create a more effective way to work.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Few leave the cradle with organizational skills and an understanding of how to manage teams and monitor their performance with the appropriate tools. That’s because the process supports and incorporates the team members, giving them a sense of power in directing the work. Idealized Influence. How to Empower Teams.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 6, 2025

Well then explain how to execute a pilot project plan, what should be included, the benefits of doing so and much more. A pilot project is a small-scale, preliminary study or test run of a new concept, process, product or service before full-scale implementation. What Is a Pilot Project?

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Scrum.org

MARCH 31, 2025

The final group, Freeze, comprises individuals who remain passive in the initial stages, unsure how to cope with the perceived threat of change. These levers can be treated as practical guidance that will allow you to influence effectively pragmatically.

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Planio

AUGUST 5, 2024

5 lesser-known factors that cause analysis paralysis The productivity consequences of analysis paralysis How to avoid analysis paralysis and make hard decisions easier 1. The desire to please high-powered stakeholders often influences how we make decisions. Jump to a section: What is analysis paralysis? When does it happen?

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

They are typically involved in the approval process and can either make a project difficult or extremely easy—depending on how well they’re managed via a stakeholder management plan. Given their influence, it’d be unwise to neglect your stakeholder management plan. How to Make a Stakeholder Management Plan.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Plus, we’ll give you tips on how to write a better one before showing how project management software can make the process even more efficient. The project team is involved in this process to help determine how to implement the delivery of the project and fulfill what the business needs. They are as followed.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

This data-driven approach allows for informed decision-making about future backlog items and helps refine the ordering process to focus on what truly matters. This approach enhances product relevance and user satisfaction and encourages customer loyalty by showing that their input directly influences product development.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

He is the author of Reinventing Communication by Routledge, a book on how to design, lead and manage high performing projects. Whatever your level of commitment to this vital task, please review how you can do even better. Rather, as with most years, your ability to thrive has much more to do with your ability to lead and influence.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

ProjectManager is award-winning project and portfolio management software that helps you create timelines and budgets for your organization’s projects and processes. Your three value propositions would involve how you serve their needs. Through this Southwest Airlines is able to communicate its strategy and how it’s implemented.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 18, 2018

The product launch is one of the most crucial processes in any successful project. You can do all the research and have stacks of market studies in hand that state how in demand your product would be once available, but if you don’t have a path forward to exploit that market opportunity, then you’ve failed. How to Reach Your Audience.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 24, 2020

Let me guide you through how to assess the state of the project you’ve inherited. Get this free printable checklist about how to take over a project from someone else. The company culture has a lot of influence over what is done and what is ignored not followed up. First, don’t panic. We’ve got a lot to get through!

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

You need to know how to judge the results objectively without bias before you start. Isolate Variables It’s essential to control as many variables as possible, so the changes you make are the only factors influencing the results. Identify the key metrics that will help you determine if the experiment is successful.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2025

They help teams identify what worked, what didnt and how future projects can be improved. These lessons are documented and reviewed to enhance processes, prevent recurring mistakes and refine best practices. It helps teams improve processes and avoid repeating past mistakes. What Is a Lessons Learned Register?

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 23, 2022

It serves the task management plan, which is a process to monitor your team’s tasks from start to finish. Knowing how much the team has done at any given time in the project helps project managers see if the work is on schedule. Knowing if the team is behind or ahead of their deadline influences how you allocate your resources.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

As a project manager, you are expected to have all-round skills encompassing the technical fields of project management like planning and scheduling, through to the interpersonal skills like communicating up and influencing others. Learn how to help your team manage risk so you can split the work between you.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

How to Create an Event Budget. The latter is also a fixed cost, but the utility bill can be influenced by your event, which is why it lives in both categories. Our software gives you tools to facilitate that process while letting everyone use the tools they’re comfortable with. Create an Event Budget.

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