Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 14, 2021

For example, simple software implementations or an installation for clients where it’s basically the same effort and resources required every time. Your PMO might have definitions for each of those to help you define and refine your estimating at the early stages of the project. Break the project work into chunks.

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Estimate PMO PMI Budget 473

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2021

PMI reports an expected global need for 25 million new project professionals by 2030. That’s due to: an increase in the number of jobs requiring project management-oriented skills (i.e. most knowledge work jobs as well as industries where PM has traditionally been important) higher demand due to economic growth retirement rates.

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Technical Review PMO Retail Healthcare 414

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Let’s look ahead and see what the next 10 years will bring for project management software, jobs, and the role itself. PMI says that by 2027 employers will need nearly 88 million people in project-related roles. Project Management Software: The Next Generation. The future of project management software is interesting.

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Artificial Inteligence 2023 Technical Review 2027 490

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 15, 2021

According to PMI, 11.4% of investment is wasted due to poor project performance. These colors make up the traffic light colors coding scheme for categorizing project status. Check with your PMO. Your PMO should define exactly what ‘Red’ means and then you can check your project performance against those measures.

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Software Review PMO Closing Risk Management 392

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 7, 2023

OPAs and the PMP exam Let’s face it: I first came across the term OPA while reviewing PMP exam training material. Outside of the world of PMI, I’m not sure that the term is widely used at all, but let’s put that aside for a moment and consider what they are and how to use them. What is not an OPA?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 2, 2023

Personally, I’d like to think that your PMO will purchase the templates that you need to use, or that your manager will let you buy templates on their corporate credit card. They also have premium templates which you can get free if you are a PMI member. And training to choose from. However, some of them are fiendishly expensive.

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Prince2 PMI Certification Software Review 408

ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 27, 2021

That’s why multi-project management is a challenge that requires a project management office (PMO) or experienced project manager to manage resources and team members. Project management software gives you resource management tools to manage programs and project portfolios more effectively. Capacity planning. Project scheduling.

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Software Review Certification Budget Controlling 457

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Do you need to earn PDUs to maintain your PMI certification? If you hold a PMP ® , PgMP ® , PfMP ® or PMI-PBA ® certification, you need to earn 60 PDUs every three years. If you hold a PMI-ACP ® , PMI-RMP ® , PMI-SP ® certification, you need to earn 30 PDUs in a three-year cycle. You’re in the right place!

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2020 PMI Certification Technical Review 351

Project Risk Coach

MAY 13, 2019

According to PMI, "47% of unsuccessful projects fail to meet goals due to poor requirements management." Ensure the requested software features will be used. Check with the Project Management Office (PMO) or other authority on how to handle these requirements. Requirements are a pretty big deal.

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Software Review PMO PMI Risk Management 305

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 2, 2023

She wrote: I have been advised that you have to do a degree in a particular subject e.g. engineering, do project management training e.g. PMI®, PRINCE2® etc and work your way up in order to become a project manager. PMI reports an expected global need for 25 million new project professionals by 2030. Is this true? That’s about 2.3

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Technical Review Prince2 PMI Certification 358

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 23, 2024

These responsibilities usually fall under the purview of a project management office (PMO) and can be facilitated by using project management software. ProjectManager is award-winning project management software that gives you the project management tools you need to improve processes.

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Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management Budget Software Review 458

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 28, 2023

According to PMI, 11.4% of investment is wasted due to poor project performance. These colors make up the traffic light colors coding scheme for categorizing project status. Check with your PMO. Your PMO should define exactly what ‘Red’ means and then you can check your project performance against those measures.

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Software Review PMO Closing Risk Management 300

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2024

The ISO 9001 definition is very similar to APM’s, as is the definition in the PMI PMBOK ®. Also, if you have internal auditors or a Quality Assurance function, or someone in the PMO who can do an informal (or formal) project review, book that in as well. Pair up resources, make sure less experienced team members have mentors.

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Software Review Technical Review Budget Defining 350

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

These past few years have seen an incredible evolution in the way software is built. In these next years, we’re going to see a new wave of what software can do with the growing capabilities of machine learning, artificial intelligence and data pipelines across enterprises. Find out what a Knowledge Manager is.

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2023 Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Underperforming Technical Team 424

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2019

If you are a PMI member, you’ll get access to the resources marked Premium as well, so that’s an added bonus. ProjectManager.com is a software tool, but they have a massive set of resources that work without their software. They have a suite of guidance available on assurance and internal review , including some templates.

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Prince2 Infrastructure PMO Software Review 355

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 22, 2023

Get certified Getting a professional certification can help your career — studies like the PMI Project Management Salary Survey (2020) show that certification is directly linked to earning more money and it certainly can’t hurt your employment prospects. Receive 20% off when using the discount code 4Jul23 from 1 to 8 July 2023!

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Certification Software Review PMI Technical Review 324

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 24, 2023

For example, simple software implementations or an installation for clients where it’s basically the same effort and resources required every time. Your PMO might have definitions for each of those to help you define and refine your estimates at the early stages of the project. Break the project work into chunks.

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Estimate PMO PMI Budget 299

NimbleWork

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Jim Highsmith Jim Highsmith is a pioneer in the agile software development space, having co-authored the Agile Manifesto , the founding document of agile software development. Bill Dow With over 25 years in IT and 23 focused on project management, Bill has built six project management offices (PMOs) from scratch.

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2025 Influencer Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team 111

WorkOtter

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Implementing a strong governance framework involves setting up clear processes for project approval, oversight, and review. According to a 2024 report from PMI , 80% of high-performing organizations have a well-defined governance framework in place, which contributes significantly to their ability to meet business goals.

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Governance Government Technical Review PMO 78

The IIL Blog

JULY 24, 2024

Project Management is a Strategic Competency: Interview with Dr. Harold Kerzner and Dr. Al Zeitoun; Project Management Review; republished in the PM World Journal, Vol. Whether we talk about an Enterprise PMO, a Strategy Execution Office, or a Global Center of Excellence, these versions could all work if the context is properly understood.

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Sustainability Innovation Governance Government 158

Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 15, 2021

A very special thank you goes to… Companies that let me review their software. These companies asked me to review their software this year: Fluid.work Saviom Twproject Office Timeline Pro+ Sciforma. Companies that let me review their training courses. Somehow the list seems to get longer every year.

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2021 Healthcare PMI Software Review 259

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

The project and portfolio management (PPM) software market is changing. This is an edited version of a white paper I wrote with some colleagues for the PMI EMEA Summit in Barcelona. The research assigned the software product a global rank based on the ability of the tool to support the chosen functionalities.

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Software Review Software Technical Review PMI 150

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 25, 2019

Getting a professional certification can help your career – studies like the PMI Project Management Salary Survey (2018) show that certification is directly linked to earning more money and it certainly can’t hurt your employment prospects. You don’t have to wait until the end of the year to review your progress with your manager.

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Certification PMO PMI 2018 342

The Lazy Project Manager

MAY 5, 2016

So what is my concern and why am I mentioning PMI? Well I’m not just focusing on PMI but the behaviour I am concerned about seems to be rather more prevalent within PMI and PMI Congresses than others. PMI’s global membership currently exceeds 500,000, impressive of course. Let me explain.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 7, 2019

These past few years have seen an incredible evolution in the way software is built. In these next years, we’re going to see a new wave of what software can do with the growing capabilities of machine learning, artificial intelligence and data pipelines across enterprises. So I’ll offer you an additional tip for 2019.

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2019 Technical Review PMO Consulting 294

Kiron Bondale

JULY 11, 2021

I was a member of Review Team 1 for content within the Seventh Edition of the PMBOK® Guide and had the opportunity to provide feedback on key chapters of both the Standard and the Guide sections of the document in late 2019. But enough about how we got here – how do I feel about the end result?

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Software Review 2019 PMO PMI 240

The IIL Blog

MARCH 26, 2024

By Ruchi Gupta, PMP ® , PgMP ® , PMI-ACP ® , PMI-RMP ® , SAFe, DASSM, SIP, Jira CBAP ® The accelerating rise of Generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, and others is rapidly reshaping the way project management operates. The Project Management Office (PMO) is no exception.

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PMO Generative AI Technical Review Software Review 88

Workamajig

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

What is the adoption rate of project management software across organizations? What kind of PMOs do organizations employ? 68% - more than 2/3rd - of organizations in PMI's annual survey said that they used outsourced or contract project managers in 2018. ( PM software adoption remains low. Wellingtone ). Wellingtone ).

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Underperforming Technical Team 2018 PMI PMO 127

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 4, 2022

But PMI had a conference in Orlando as well, one year. So I went over to the PMI global Congress, the North America Congress that they had in in Orlando. But I think it’s just, you know, the big conference towns where PMI has events. It makes me sound like I’m really well traveled. But practice is free.

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Software Review Governance Government Technical Review 273

MPUG

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

A Project Saga On 1/2/2007, I started my first day at BMC software as a Senior PM, reporting to the PMO. concerns about potential disruptions to business operations due to the extended period of DST) came up at these meetings and I was the only one that was frustrated during the weekends because nothing was being done about it.

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2007 Software Review PMO PMI 52

The IIL Blog

MAY 1, 2024

After reading the Portfolio Management Standard several times I still had some questions about processes’ logic and there were some gaps in techniques due to absence of detailed elaboration in the Standard. But you should be able to solve any Portfolio problems practically and based on the PMI view. I read the Code of Ethics.

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Software Review PMO Retail PMI 88

Online PM Courses

OCTOBER 14, 2018

And we mustn’t forget that there are other widely used hashtags in the #PMOT community, like #Agile, #PMO, and #PMP. Software Vendors. Enthusiastic PMO bod. PMO flashmobber: arraspeople.co.uk. Leadership #PMO #StrategicPlanning Join us: project-management.pm. PMI: @ PMInstitute. PM Bloggers.

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PMO Underperforming Technical Team PMI Technical Review 95

Ganttic

JANUARY 6, 2021

As well as giving access to those interested in PMI® Certification. Where new readers should start: Personally we like the review of Ganttic , which offers a fair and honest look at our resource scheduling software. Community leader Margaret Meloni has a background in IT Project Management and PMO Leadership.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

It replicates the portfolio level management hierarchy established by PMI, by defining roles and responsibilities at the portfolio, program and team level and by also introducing the solution level. But, finally, I would say that some agilists have no choice but to work in organisations that use SAFe due to lack of proper’ agile jobs.

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Lean Software Review 2022 Technical Review 213

The Lazy Project Manager

AUGUST 5, 2016

Its reputation is perhaps mostly due to the great British Christmas Day cooking technique: take sprouts, cut, trim, boil until at least twice dead and then for five minutes more. – a billion-dollar software organisation delivering Workforce Management Solutions.

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NimbleWork

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

This year, we participated in the Project Management Institute’s annual PMI Summit, held in Atlanta. These also include those industries where adoption of large scale agile was not feasible due to the nature of the project deliverables. What is the nature of the PMO and PM functions in your organization?

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PMI 2023 Technical Review PMO 52

Online PM Courses

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Should I Join the PMI/APM etc and Take their Qualifications? There's more to membership of PMI, APM, IAPM and other than the qualification, of course. The PMI is the Biggest Player, Globally. So, should you seek one of the PMI's qualifications? The PMI Talent Triangle: A Guide [for members and non-members].

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