Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2024

They must believe in themselves, be willing to take risks, and rely on their expert judgement. For example, releasing some contingency reserves when project risk has been significantly reduced and it does not make sense to continue tying up funds. As such, sometimes we need to use our influence to support project success.

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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. Where stakeholders feel negatively about projects and changes, engagement helps understand their position and influence their perception. Beyond the interest and influence grid.

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Project Risk Coach

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Third, some PMO managers lack authority and relational influence in the organization. Engage in Strategic Risk Management Strategic risk management is a process for identifying, analyzing, and managing risks most critical to the achievement of your organization's goals. How will the PMO engage with the senior leaders?

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Power The ability of a stakeholder to influence the project’s outcome, resources or decisions. They have significant influence, so they must be properly engaged. This type of stakeholder might be a major corporate partner or supplier with significant influence over the project, but whose concerns are more long-term.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Leadership is that branch of management concerning the development, nurturing and utilization of influence as way of motivating others to some end or objective. If leadership is concerned with influencing and motivating people then project managers need to be skilled leaders, not just successful administrators.

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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. It’s sort of like managing risk in that way.

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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). They serve the same purpose – to influence the context and environment for the project – except they are external influences instead of internal influences.

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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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Project Risk Coach

JUNE 14, 2021

This is a guest post from Colin Gautrey , an author, trainer and executive coach who has specialized in the field of power and influence for over ten years. He combines solid research with deep personal experience in corporate life to offer his audiences critical yet simple insights into how to achieve results with greater influence.

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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 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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NimbleWork

OCTOBER 21, 2024

These top 25 influencers for 2025 aren’t just keeping up with the trends—they’re setting them, reshaping how teams collaborate, innovate, and deliver in today’s fast-paced world. What distinguishes these influencers in the landscape of project management thought leadership?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 3, 2021

This is a measure of how much influence they have over actions and outcomes. Together, an assessment of these three elements can tell you how engaged a stakeholder is or will be in the work and how they could influence the project. This group has high power and also high legitimacy to influence the project.

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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. Project documentation.

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Project Risk Coach

JUNE 20, 2022

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. Risk Management Implications What happens when the project environment is not conducive to collaboration?

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 22, 2021

A stakeholder map is a visual, four-quadrant influence-interest matrix used to identify stakeholders and categorize them in terms of their influence and interest in the project. It helps to mitigate risk and discover the stakeholder’s real goals for the project. How much influence and involvement in the project do they have?

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 9, 2022

Stakeholders are very important because they can have a positive or negative influence on the project with their decisions. While every project has stakeholders and those stakeholders can be anyone with influence or that can be influenced by the project. Types of Stakeholders. External Stakeholders. Stakeholder Prioritization.

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Project Risk Coach

APRIL 5, 2021

Project Risk Management Plan Define how you will identify, evaluate, manage, and control risks. Project Stakeholder Management Plan Define how you will identify and record stakeholders, interest, needs, power, and influence. appeared first on Project Risk Coach. Determine your project life cycle.

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Project Risk Coach

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Which stakeholders have the most power and influence? Let’s look at some practical ways that you can better engage and influence your project stakeholders at the right times in your project lifecycle. Are You Actually Influencing Your Project Stakeholders? Do you have a stakeholder engagement plan?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Reduce and Uncover Risk 3. You know the drill – map influence and interest , then work to try to move any negative stakeholders into the quadrant where they should be through interesting communication approaches and stressing the project benefits for them. Your stakeholders can also help you identify new risks. Free Resources 2.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2018

Hence, it’s important to know all possible constraints, their influences on each other and the project management tools that address those constraints. Managing risks is an important task for project managers. When you estimate probability, a risk will have a certain impact on your project. Tool for Handling Risk.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 11, 2021

It’s about saying there might be a risk, so let’s examine whether there is a risk.”. They don’t just want to know where their risks lie but how they can fix them.”. How is AI different to relying on project managers? “If If you have an experienced PM, you would expect them to forecast their outcomes very accurately,” says Lloyd.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

It’s the difference between doing a reasonable job and being seen as a strategic influencer at work. The Process domain covers the ‘technical’ skills of doing the work of being a project manager. I think this domain is my favorite because I know from first-hand experience how much of a career difference it can make. Yes, that’s right!

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

For project professionals, we recommend exploring AI tools by first understanding what project tasks and deliverables can be automated easily and without risk. You can also assess the projects you are working on to determine where you can begin implementing AI in risk-free ways.

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Project Risk Coach

AUGUST 26, 2019

There may be inherent risks when we make project assumptions. Is the flipper a magician who is capable of influencing how the coin lands? appeared first on Project Risk Coach. We assume certain things to be true when in fact, they may not be. This can be costly. An Example of Wrong Assumptions So, how does this happen?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 20, 2022

One of the best training courses I attended for Project Management was on influencing strategies with Learning Tree. The course model stated that without trust, influence is almost impossible. She likes detail and to be aware of all project issues and risks. In short, try to get to know them and establish trust.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 5, 2019

They are often active, and they can have a positive or negative influence depending on their actions. Stakeholders can influence everything and everyone in a project or organization, including senior management, project leaders, team members, customers, users and many others. Also, who will wield the most influence? Compromise.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 16, 2021

Soft skills include: Communication Leadership Self-awareness Confidence Resilience Teamwork Business acumen Influencing and negotiating Networking Stakeholder engagement. They must believe in themselves, be willing to take risks, and rely on their expert judgement. Influencing and negotiating. Networking.

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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. The post How to Improve the Performance of Your Project Teams appeared first on Project Risk Coach. Get the Right People If you are able to pick team members, consider competency, chemistry, preexisting relationships, and attitude.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Power Power is a measure of how much influence they have over actions and outcomes. Together, an assessment of these three elements can tell you how engaged a stakeholder is or will be in the work and how they could influence the project. Dominant stakeholders This group has high power and also high legitimacy to influence the project.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 24, 2019

Those standards and practices are called corporate governance, and they are going to influence your project. If corporate governance is a set of rules, controls, polices and resolutions to dictate corporate behavior, shareholders are going to have a great influence on those decisions. Roles in Corporate Governance.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 31, 2024

Factors such as risks , resources (human and otherwise), expectations or even R&D or technology issues for ground-breaking tech projects can be considered as constraints. The 6 project constraints are time, cost, scope (as per the triangle) and then quality, risk and resources. Going live with innovative new solutions?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 5, 2024

Step 2: Assess interest and influence Consider how interested they are in the success of the project and the level of influence or power they have over the project. As projects progress over time, track any changes in interests or influence levels among stakeholders. This helps identify any conflicting requirements.

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Project Risk Coach

MAY 24, 2022

Project managers shape and influence their project culture for good or bad. The post 10 Things Successful Project Managers Never Tolerate appeared first on Project Risk Coach. Project managers are not just managers. They’re leaders. Tolerance can be a great trait. Continue Reading.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 16, 2024

By using regular and consistent scenario planning, organizations can better allocate resources successfully, mitigate risk and decrease production costs. Operationa l scenario planning reviews all potential outcomes of a certain decision and how they can influence the business or project.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The buck stops with me but there are very few ways I can influence the direction of travel. Time management, risk management, influencing organizational culture and having a positive impact on the people around you — these are all qualities that hiring managers look for, regardless of job title.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 29, 2021

Soft skills include: Communication Leadership Self-awareness Confidence Resilience Teamwork Business acumen Influencing and negotiating Networking. I’d say that the competencies you should be looking to develop as a project manager are definitely ‘soft skills’ in their widest form. And complaints from customers; that can be very telling!

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