According to the PMI Guide to Business Analysis, “A stakeholder is an individual, group, or organization who may affect, be affected by or perceive itself to be affected by a decision, …
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Shifting From Stakeholder Management To Stakeholder Engagement
In the latest edition of the PMBOK, there was a small but significant change in the language around stakeholders. Instead of stakeholder management, the focus of a project manager is …
What-If Scenario Planning: Identify Events and Factors with the Fewest Negative Consequences
Change can’t be avoided; it’s an inevitable element in every aspect of work-life and life in general. But when it comes to work and projects, some steps can be taken …
How To Create And Unearth More Benefits With Program Management
The benefits of a program management office should be apparent. If this isn’t the case, you’ll want to read this. Philip Kotler, the guru of marketing, defined the purpose of …
Don’t get lost in metrics, it’s still all about the people
Performance metrics are incredibly useful to managers and business stakeholders by indicating progress, forecasting completion, identifying risks, and determining the effectiveness of a strategy. Truly intuitive metrics are a powerful …
Do you follow these five rules before your kick-off meeting?
Interested in finding out more about project kick-off meeting rules? Used in most organizations to usher the start of a new project, the kick-off meetings have become a key if …
How to measure business agility?
“Success today requires the agility and drive to constantly rethink, reinvigorate, react, and reinvent.” Bill Gates What is business agility? Agility involves adopting a new mindset and a new way …
How to effectively manage change using the change control process
Project change control process Interested in learning about the change control process? At some point in your project lifecycle, you most undoubtedly will receive a request that modifies your original …
How PPM can help companies achieve business results
Project Portfolio Management (PPM) is becoming the main tool for managing projects in a complex environment. Many companies are using this methodology to achieve a better strategic alignment, decrease project …
Part 3 – Basic business analyst skills and concepts: Planning
In Part three of this six-part series of articles, we will continue to explore the basic skills and concepts of business analysis (BA). In this section, we will review and …