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Sylvie Edwards, PMP, MCPM, STDC has 25 years of project management experience spanning various industries and is the owner of SRE Solutions, catering to clients in need of project management course development, education, project risk management, PMO setup/evaluation or recovery services. She has worked with one of the top five consulting firm, where she led projects in the information technology, banking, government, and securities sectors as well as being a manager in the risk management practice. Sylvie writes about risk management and communication.
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How to effectively interact with different types of project sponsors
Projects differ from one another in a great number of ways but, the one thing they all have in common is a sponsor. In the course of one’s life, working …
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Why is it so important to properly assign risk ownership
The topic of risk ownership always prompts lively conversation when discussed with any individual from my classroom to a client’s site. Who should be the actual risk owner? Should it …
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How Project Status Reports Add Value
Say the words project status report, and it conjures all kinds of images in the minds of project managers across the globe. These status reports have been developed and used …
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How to be a good mentor
In recent years PMI has published statistics indicating that at the current rate, the number of seasoned project managers will dwindle drastically in coming years; leaving the profession looking for …
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Project assumptions: You Must Be a Project Manager if You Like Swiss Cheese
A few weeks ago, a stakeholder at work was complaining about how we, the general, all-encompassing WE, the project manager could never be happy with simply doing anything and that …
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Can branding a stakeholder resistant create a self-fulfilling prophecy
When I think of stakeholder resistance, I am always reminded of when a new version of the PMBOK Guide is issued of what used to be and how our profession …
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Having a solid project charter can help ensure project success
If you were to do an examination of some of your past projects and their overall performance, you would more than likely discover what I did when I decided to …
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5 Steps to Mastering the Decision Tree
Many of the project tools available to project managers are simple, yet often, people stop themselves from using them because they might look intimidating or difficult to master. In my …
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Learning to identify risks as an opportunity
Time and time again, I mention the word “risk” in conversations, and what comes to everyone’s mind is, first and foremost, something negative. You can see it on people’s faces, …