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JULY 9, 2024

Change management communication is a key process to ensure that change is implemented properly by making sure everyone understands that change. Change management communication is a process used to get buy-in from stakeholders and have them support organizational change. What Is Change Management Communication?

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Scope creep is the more common term but you might hear both, especially if you are working in software development. Ultimately, it isn’t the project manager coming up with new requirements and asking the team to “just do it”. What’s so bad about scope creep anyway? It takes its toll on team morale.

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AUGUST 23, 2024

In short, a post-implementation review is a process to evaluate whether the objectives of the project were met. How do you lead a post-mortem on your project to learn how to repeat the good stuff and lose the bad stuff? The project might be over, but the post-implementation or post-project review process continues.

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MARCH 7, 2024

It’s not only communicative but helps management develop strategic plans so the company can accomplish its goals. Differentiation: Here the company focuses on developing and marketing products that provide greater value rather than cheaper costs for the customer. Here are some reasons why.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The CEO may not engage the PMO manager in the strategic planning process. PMOs are shifting from being project watchdogs to orchestrating conversations between senior leaders, business unit heads, product owners, and project teams. The PMO can define programs and projects to support the strategic initiatives.

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DECEMBER 19, 2019

SWOT: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats. The following is a basic outline to follow when starting to develop your business case. Allocate Resources: Decide who will work on what, and then assign team members to those tasks. Again, you’ll want to have this process also documented in your business case.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Either way, project managers have to prepare for risk, either good or bad—it can interfere with project objectives. Sometimes, project managers create a risk breakdown structure during project initiation to see if the work is even viable. The Four Categories of Risk in a Project. There are four categories of risk. Management.

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OCTOBER 14, 2020

Sometimes stakeholders want something different from what they had requested during initiation. Teams get sick. Change control is the process used to manage all these variables. If change happens (which it always does) then it’s crucial that you have a mechanism in place to control that process. Weather gets in the way.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 2, 2023

There’s only one thing worse than being told bad news, and that is being told about bad news late. Problems facing failing programs Ward identified several problems faced by failing programs: Completing an accurate assessment of program problems is difficult for the program management team because they lack objectivity.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In the last parts of our blog series on innovation management with the Stage-Gate® process, we looked at the basics such as the definition, strengths and weaknesses, and the basic principles. Procedure Stage-Gate® process. In this way, all pre-development activities (e.g. Example: Idea-to-Launch model.

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OCTOBER 4, 2021

PRINCE2 is process based, with processes covering starting a project, directing a project, initiating a project, managing stage boundaries (sign off and moving between stages), controlling a stage, managing product delivery (there is an emphasis on product based planning) and closing a project. And what are the weak points?

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MAY 7, 2019

Sometimes you have to deviate from your initial plan and take a shortcut. The concept of technical debt comes from software development where it refers to the costs of having to go back and resolve problems that arise because of an earlier decision to take the easy route, instead of the best one. What Is Technical Debt?

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Project Risk Coach

AUGUST 24, 2020

His response revealed his belief in risk management but a lack of actual application with his teams. I will first present a common reason for poor risk management and then present the positive actions you can take. The plan may require too much or too little process and fail to help the team achieve its objectives.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 5, 2020

The latter requires that leaders be globally fluent and defend against biases, strive to build more cohesive teams, be proactive, scout opportunities for the individuals they lead and help them grow. The evaluation of the new leaders should dictate the subject matter and process of the training.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 16, 2020

However, beyond the bad news we’ve had to deal with since the beginning of this year, these changing circumstances have ushered in a different kind of enthusiasm for making process improvements in how we work together as well. So far, a turbulent pandemic, uncertainty, crisis, and a volatile global situation.

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MAY 19, 2022

During the five process groups of the project life cycle, there are multiple objectives and outcomes for each phase. After the project initiation and the planning processes, the execution of the project begins. During this phase a project leader will focus on these key processes: Managing people. Following processes.

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Project Risk Coach

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Initiate a Project Steering Committee Sometimes, the person responsible for project management (e.g., The purpose of the committee is to improve process and results. The team should include representatives from different areas such as IT, project management, and business operations. Team Size and Tenure. Define the goals.

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DECEMBER 7, 2023

It’s easy to get lost in the planning and execution as these are foundational processes that help deliver successful projects. Enterprise environmental factors can be defined as conditions that aren’t under the immediate control of the project team. Project management software can facilitate this process.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Producing the SWOT analysis for our 3-year plans for the IT team was one of the highlights of my year – my boss might be surprised to hear me say that! SWOT stands for: Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats. We used to do root cause analysis a lot in the IT team. Root cause analysis. Forecasting. Affinity grouping.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 12, 2023

During a company integration program, customer service levels dropped by 25-50% because the team management focused their efforts on reorganizing and changing employees’ roles and responsibilities, all with “the best of intentions”. Consequently, the difference in corporate culture led to numerous issues causing anxiety among team members.

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JANUARY 23, 2024

This requires an organization with a well-developed project management process. That’s because the project teams involved with these successful projects follow a defined and repeatable process, which mitigates risk and achieves objectives. It’s essential to keep projects successful for any organization to thrive.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 11, 2022

However, beyond the bad news we’ve had to deal with since the beginning of this year, these changing circumstances have ushered in a different kind of enthusiasm for making process improvements in how we work together as well. Does Agile project management for marketing really work?

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 1, 2019

Sometimes leading a team, project or organization goes well. Jennifer noted that whether you’re leading a team , project or organization, things are either going well or poorly. Jennifer noted that whether you’re leading a team , project or organization, things are either going well or poorly. These crises impact teams.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

In project management, a transition plan can help a project move successfully from one phase to the next, onboarding a new team member or transferring one team member to a new position and/or department. For IT, transition planning can help move services from development into production. What Is a Transition Plan?

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Risk mitigation describes a process by which a project reduces its exposure to risk and works towards minimizing the likelihood of any issues arising during the project. It involves a process that we’ll explore in a moment but basically addresses the top risks in order to fully protect the project. What Is Risk Mitigation? Learn more.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 29, 2019

This year, I’m going to spotlight an initiative called #CelebratingWomeninProjectManagement launched by Elise Stevens , CEO of FixMyProjectChaos. Stevens is a podcaster, author, speaker and works with women in project management to reinforce within themselves their true value to their team, company and industry.

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JULY 5, 2022

Business cases are prepared during the project initiation phase and their purpose is to include all the project’s objectives, costs and benefits to convince stakeholders of its value. Think of the business case as a document that is created during the project initiation phase but will be used as a reference throughout the project life cycle.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

When the leadership team defines an organization’s vision, they look toward the future and identify the goals and objectives they want to achieve. They cover everything involved in the strategic planning process, from defining the vision statement to creating a roadmap and more. This is the start of strategic planning.

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OCTOBER 25, 2018

And that’s what a transformational leader exploits; they lift themselves and their teams to higher levels of achievement. While most great leaders are naturally charismatic, you don’t have to have been born with transformational leadership qualities to develop them. All this increases team performance and project productivity.

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AUGUST 29, 2023

Agile A methodology for project and product management, typically used to deliver software projects in an iterative way with short bursts of work called “sprints” Though initially designed as a process for IT and engineering projects, it has since been successfully applied to other industries like marketing.

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MAY 26, 2021

Therefore, the project team is expected to complete more tasks, deliverables and milestones with the same resources and in the same time as the original scope. This document includes your work breakdown structure, scope statement and the process by which the scope will be approved by stakeholders as a baseline for your project.

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Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Let's look at how to develop a project summary. It provides the core components for developing your project charter. When you create your project charter , you can start with the content of your project summary and add elements such as deliverables, assumptions, constraints, high-level risks, stakeholders, and team members.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 30, 2020

Career-limiting because: No one wants to work with the project manager who emails the operational team a closure document and is never seen again. As I talk about in my course on how to write awesome project status reports , surprises are bad. If you don’t talk about problems then you risk hitting your manager with bad news.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 14, 2024

You can draw out the experience and expertise in the room and create a sense of ‘team’ as well. Facilitation is also a key skill for project managers, especially when you are working with your project team and stakeholders from various locations. You can use your facilitation skills to help the team do this together.

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MAY 17, 2021

Professor Tirado is a native New Yorker, and when he started out in this field he was one of 5 people in the world who married together managing initiatives through projects and industrial psychology. One thing you can do is to ask the project sponsor to make an introduction to you to the team. What is industrial psychology?

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DECEMBER 2, 2021

But all that work is pointless if they don’t communicate the purpose of the project to their team and clients. The team and client know the mission statement, the vision statement and the project plan. It’s all part of the meeting agenda and makes sure the project team starts off on the right foot. It sets up project success.

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JANUARY 11, 2023

We’ll also discuss the process and offers some free templates to help in your next construction project. This is accomplished by a combination of experience and education that directs the construction operations through the development of a detailed schedule and budget. Construction Bidding Process. Construction Contracts.

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