Never Hide Bad News: The PM's Role in Governance | PMP Exam Prep Ep 11

Governance is not just paperwork. In this PMP exam prep episode you'll learn the project manager's role in governance: aligning with the framework, helping decisions happen, staying auditable and transparent, and bringing stakeholders into governance. This is Episode 11 of our free PMP exam prep course based on the PMBOK® Guide 8th Edition. ✅ IN THIS VIDEO YOU'LL LEARN • Aligning your project with the governance framework • Helping decisions happen: data, escalation, decision log, follow-up • Staying auditable and visible: compliance, dashboards, honest reporting • Using governance checkpoints to realign, not just to report ❓ THIS VIDEO ANSWERS • What is the project manager's role in governance? • What is a decision log and why keep one? • How does a project stay auditable and compliant? • Why should a project manager never hide bad news? • How do dashboards support transparent reporting? • How do you use governance checkpoints to realign a project? ⏱️ CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 0:15 Recap of Episode 10 1:14 Align with the governance framework 2:41 Help decisions happen 4:11 Stay auditable and visible 5:39 Bring stakeholders into governance 7:13 Coming up next ▶️ SERIES NAVIGATION Previous: Episode 10 · Gates and phases Next: Episode 12 · Who are your stakeholders? 🔎 Topics covered: project manager role, decision log, project transparency, compliance and audit, project dashboard, PMP business environment, PMP exam prep, PMP certification training, PMBOK 8th edition, new PMP exam. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📚 ABOUT THIS SERIES A complete PMP exam prep course, step by step, built on the PMBOK® Guide 8th Edition and PMI's current Exam Content Outline (ECO). We cover predictive, agile and hybrid project management, with real project stories and the exam mindset PMI expects. Watch the full playlist in order on our channel. 👤 ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR Farhan Yousaf · PMP® | TOGAF® 10 EA Applied Practitioner | CPMAI® | SAFe® 6 Agilist | ITIL® 18+ years in project management: software delivery, PMO leadership and large programs across the GCC, Asia, the US and Canada. 🔔 Subscribe to The Roundtable Academy and turn on notifications so you don't miss the next episode of this free PMP course. 💬 Homework: answer this episode's question in the comments. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Giving back what I've learned in my career. Independent channel, not affiliated with PMI. PMP®, PMBOK® and PMI® are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc. #PMP #ProjectManager #Leadership #PMBOK #PMPCertification #TheRoundtableAcademy