Project Risk Coach

MARCH 5, 2023

I've looked at many risk registers through the years, and I've had difficulty understanding the risks many times. The risk statements were vague and lacked consistency. In this article, let's explore the benefits of clear risk statements. An accurate picture of one’s risk is important for making sound decisions.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 27, 2021

That’s where a process called demand planning comes in. What Is Demand Planning? Demand planning is a cross-functional process that businesses use to meet customer demand while avoiding supply chain or inventory management disruptions. Create demand plans and execute them with ease with ProjectManager.— Learn More!

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 6, 2024

Having a control plan helps production achieve these goals. To do this, manufacturers must understand what a control plan is, the different types of control plans and the steps to make a control plan for manufacturing. What Is a Control Plan? Get started with ProjectManager today for free. Let’s explain each below.

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Inloox

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The Stage-Gate® process is a process model for the targeted development of innovations - for example, in the form of products and services. In the second part, we now dive deeper into the strengths and weaknesses of the Stage-Gate® process as well as potential pitfalls and responsibilities. Weaknesses of the Stage-Gate® process.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 12, 2024

Risk management is a staple skill of project managers. As the project environments we work in get more and more complex, with greater levels of uncertainty and more transformative, disruptive projects, being able to deal with risk remains top of the list of desirable skills for managers in all areas of business.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

This is where a transition plan can help provide structure to the chaos. A transition plan is used in many industries. 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.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

You’ve heard the phrase, “Always have a Plan B.” ” Well, “Plan B” is just common vernacular for what’s known as a contingency plan. In other words, a contingency plan is put in place in case the primary plan that you’re executing doesn’t unfold as expected.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 16, 2024

This is called scenario planning. To better position a business to be prepared to respond to the unknown, learn what scenario planning is and what the different types of scenario planning are. What Is Scenario Planning? Scenario planning is different from forecasting. All have advantages and disadvantages.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 21, 2022

The software development life cycle (SDLC) is how it’s done in software development. What Is the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)? The software development life cycle (SDLC) is a process by which software is developed and deployed. Planning & Designing. SDLC Phases. Deployment. Waterfall Model.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Plan for project risks with this risk register template for Excel. Define risk priority and the potential impact for each. Risk is going to happen, but with this free risk tracking template handy, you can prepare for it and have a response already thought out and in place. Every project has risk.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 18, 2021

For any company to profit from a product, there must be a strategic plan in place to produce just enough to meet that need. Aggregate planning is a technique to create an equilibrium between demand and capacity. Let’s take a look at what aggregate production planning is and some aggregate planning strategies.

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Project Risk Coach

JUNE 21, 2021

From the beginning to the end of a project, the project manager and team must plan, execute, and deliver the required products and services while interacting with stakeholders. Keep your project management teams small. Think about this—there are fifteen communication channels for six team members.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

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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Project Risk Coach

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. While many organizations perform risk management informally, a more structured approach has its benefits.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

These new skills are reflected in the new Project Management Institute (PMI) guidelines for certification and professional development units (PDUs) needed to maintain certification, a new triad of skills they’re calling the “Talent Triangle.” So, you’re asked to wear more hats, but you’ve only one head. What do you do?

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 23, 2024

How do you lead a post-mortem on your project to learn how to repeat the good stuff and lose the bad stuff? It’s also a great way to identify project successes, deliverables and achievements and learn lessons from those parts of the project that didn’t work out as planned. Find out if the planned goal aligned with the results.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 10, 2019

That’s why smart businesses plan for the future as best they can through strategic planning. By planning strategically for the future, a business can anticipate potential unknowns and embark on a journey where they’re most likely to achieve their goals. What Is a Strategic Plan? Which Businesses Need Strategic Planning?

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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.”. We did some research about two years ago and found there were 300 planning tools on the market,” Lloyd says. People want to make their job easier.

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Project Risk Coach

MARCH 21, 2022

Or perhaps your team said they had gathered the requirements, but in reality, the team had hastily rushed through the requirement process resulting in rework, missed deadlines, and another blown budget. No requirements management plan. The project manager should define the approach to requirements development and management.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 17, 2024

This then acts as a central repository for stakeholder information, which the project manager and project team use to understand the project stakeholders and their needs, expectations and any risks or opportunities associated with their involvement in the project. Then, they can share the plan with the project team and stakeholders.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 25, 2023

But we’ll also discuss the cost of good quality vs. the cost of poor quality and show you how to measure COQ. The cost of quality is a method by which an organization calculates how much it will cost to deliver a product or service that meets the quality expectation standard set in the project plan. What Is Cost of Quality (COQ)?

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 28, 2024

We often think of risk as a negative force, something to be avoided or mitigated. If you ask most middle managers what their main job is, a majority will reflect that they manage the flow of work to their people and manage the risks of the work. We might prioritize rigid processes over flexibility or discourage experimentation.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Now, those goals must be communicated to the team responsible for executing the individual tasks that will lead to achieving those goals. Project management software is more conducive to sharing strategic plans. More than that, we have resource management, time tracking and task management features that help teams reach those goals.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2024

Your thoughts turn to what you should be doing for your professional development in the months ahead… and there’s a lot of choice. 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. Self-awareness We all have limits.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2022

It’s not uncommon for organizations to have more plans than they have funds. A capital improvement plan can guide an organization when it’s trying to figure out which large projects or purchases in which they should invest. But what exactly is a capital improvement plan? What Is a Capital Improvement Plan?

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Inloox

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

risk analysis ), concepts are usually created as a starting point for important and large projects, as well as other endeavors. Concepts are the bridge to project planning because you can derive the most important tasks from them. You need the following competencies for successful concept development: 1.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

You’ve made the product or developed a great service, now you need to create a marketing plan. Your marketing plan defines the strategies that your organization will use to reach target customers, outperform competitors and position your brand. Basically, it’s taking a marketing plan and executing it.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Some methods you use might be industry-specific: a project manager in construction , for example, might use different methods for planning than an IT project manager because of the nature of the work being planned. SWOT stands for: Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats. Then you can plan more accurately. Forecasting.

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Project Risk Coach

AUGUST 9, 2021

Proper planning prevents poor performance. Project managers should work closely with their project sponsor to develop an agenda for the project kickoff meeting. Let's ensure that our meeting participants leave the kickoff meeting with a good understanding of the project and motivated for the hard work ahead.

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Project Risk Coach

MARCH 28, 2023

As the project management landscape becomes increasingly complex, effectively identifying, assessing, and managing risks has become critical for project managers. The PMI-RMP certification covers various domains, each with its set of tasks and enablers that project managers can leverage to manage risks effectively. Domains (e.g.,

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Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 23, 2021

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. Therefore, negative risks are considered to be threats and positive risks are opportunities.

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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. Technical failure: this creates a program integration risk as what you are building might not sit in the organization’s architecture any longer. Using an outside assessment team creates objectivity.

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Project Risk Coach

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Some project managers make a big fuss over risk management. Each year, our senior management team would meet with a credit rating agency to share our goals, strategies, and progress. Each year, our senior management team would meet with a credit rating agency to share our goals, strategies, and progress.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Maybe your estimates were poor or you forgot to add something into scope that you really should have worked out in advance. Should you have a plan to get back to Green by the point of doing the escalation? For example, bring in a contractor to speed up developing an IT system. Assess the level of risk. It happens.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 22, 2019

Famously, software engineer and author Tim Lister said that: “Risk management is how adults manage projects.” You’ll Get the Project Team You Deserve. Because the uncomfortable truth here is that you get the team that you deserve. This isn’t to say that, if you’re a good person, the universe will reward you with a good team.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 20, 2022

Managing international project teams requires cultural sensitivity and an awareness of what makes us different — and the same. In this article you’ll learn 7 helpful tips for working with international teams on global projects. Working with global teams is normal. Many of us do manage international teams now.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The need for a business case is that it collects the proposal, outline, strategy and marketing plan in one document and offers a full look at how the project will benefit the organization. SWOT: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats. Financial plan. Project Plan: It’s time to create the project plan.

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