Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

I am reminded of the zombie movie each time I have a discussion about project management versus project leadership. Leadership is that branch of management concerning the development, nurturing and utilization of influence as way of motivating others to some end or objective.

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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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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

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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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Project leadership is in flux and a good manager knows never to become complacent. In Review: 7 Ways Project Manager Roles Are Changing As Jennifer said, project manager roles are changing. ” In short, you’re going to need strategic and business management skills to stay competitive. What do you do?

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Project Risk Coach

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Unfortunately, many Project Management Offices (PMOs) become nothing more than a watchdog, one that ensures compliance to a strict set of rules. Management sees it as a way to give oversight to all the programs and projects. Third, some PMO managers lack authority and relational influence in the organization.

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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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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

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

MARCH 9, 2022

Let’s take some time to define what a stakeholder is, examples of stakeholders and free stakeholder templates that can help with stakeholder management. Stakeholders are very important because they can have a positive or negative influence on the project with their decisions. There’s more than one answer to that question.

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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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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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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 11, 2021

Where is artificial intelligence taking project management? AI has turned up in the project management trends articles over the past few years and it’s now most definitely here to stay. The impacts of artificial intelligence in project management. PWC predicts that 80% of project management work will be eliminated by 2030.

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NimbleWork

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Project Management has come a long way from its traditional roots. With the rise of digital transformation , remote work , and the growing complexity of projects, the role of project managers has become more crucial than ever. What distinguishes these influencers in the landscape of project management thought leadership?

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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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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

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Table of Contents Why is stakeholder management important to project success? What is stakeholder management? Reduce and Uncover Risk 3. Easier Project Closure Why is stakeholder management important to project success? What is stakeholder management? Your stakeholders can also help you identify new risks.

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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

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

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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Project Risk Coach

APRIL 5, 2021

Have you left anything out of your project management plan? As I define a project management plan, I strive for clarity, brevity, and simplicity. schedule management plan) Ancillary plans (e.g., Project Scope Management Plan Define how you will plan, execute, and control scope. schedule baseline) Subsidiary plans (e.g.,

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 5, 2019

In project management terms, a stakeholder is an individual or group that will be impacted by the outcome of the project. They are often active, and they can have a positive or negative influence depending on their actions. He went on to publish his own book, Strategic Management: A Stakeholder Approach , shortly after the article.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 20, 2022

I asked five project managers to share what they do in that first conversation with their project sponsor. 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. Learn about them.

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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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Project Risk Coach

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Which stakeholders have the most power and influence? The stakeholder engagement plan is "a component of the project management plan that identifies the strategies and actions required to promote productive involvement of stakeholders in project or program decision making and execution ( PMBOK® Guide – Sixth Edition, Page 723 )."

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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.

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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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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 24, 2019

Those standards and practices are called corporate governance, and they are going to influence your project. While managing a project it is easy to become myopic and focus solely on success as measured by the project. The board of directors are not managers and are not directly involved in the day-to-day operations of an organization.

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Musings on Project Management

MARCH 7, 2023

NIST has issued, after long discussion and drafts reviewed, their risk management framework (RMF) for A.I. AI systems are designed

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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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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 6, 2025

Project managers understand that before embarking on large endeavors, its best to test the waters. The phrase for that in project management is a pilot project. These projects are conducted on a small scale to minimize risks and costs, and this test phase is used to evaluate the effectiveness of an idea before full deployment.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 5, 2024

Given that 33% of project managers say they don’t have time to do stakeholder engagement, it’s important to find some time back – and your register is the first step. By the end of this mini-lesson, you’ll be able to create a fab stakeholder register and use it to help you manage the project successfully.

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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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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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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

MARCH 29, 2021

Project Management Rebels is a teaching-led group mentoring programme. The Competencies You Need As A Project Manager Today. I’d say that the competencies you should be looking to develop as a project manager are definitely ‘soft skills’ in their widest form. There are dozens of training videos at your fingertips from Day 1.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Scope creep in project management is where additional requirements are added to the project, beyond what was originally agreed and these additions are not formally authorized. Scope creep is caused by lack of requirements management. The project manager is responsible for letting scope creep affect the project.

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