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Kanban History: Origin & Expansion Across Industries

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Kanban history has informed everything from manufacturing to software development. For those unsure what kanban is, we’ll first explain the kanban system and then go into kanban history from its development to its uses in manufacturing, project management and software development. What Is Kanban Software?

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Software Review: ConceptDraw Office 4

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This article, Software Review: ConceptDraw Office 4 , first appeared on Girl's Guide to PM. Hosting options: It’s desktop software that you download, and there are versions for Mac and Windows. The software has cloud-based activation for the licences, genius! ConceptDraw Review. Name: ConceptDraw Office 4. I liked it.

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How to Manage Project Scope Without Scope Creep (with examples)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Scope creep is the more common term but you might hear both, especially if you are working in software development. Example of scope creep in software development. Scope creep in software development occurs when more features are added after the original feature set has been agreed. What causes scope creep? Larson, R. &

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Top PM 10 Articles of All Time

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I declared 2009 the year of the Office Goddess and I wrote a series of posts about how to excel at work. For more up-to-date software reviews, see my complete list here. And also the massive shopping center. This was one of my favorites: about Pareto and the 80/20 rule and how some stuff just needs to get done.

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

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We’ll go through some of the most popular project management methodologies, which are applied in many sectors such as software development, R&D and product development. When to Use It: The practice originated in software development and works well in that culture. Get work management software that fits with every methodology.

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Has Agile Stalled?

Scrum.org

My first was in Chicago in 2009. Empirical approaches must run through the whole enterprise, not just when building software. Sitting at lunch during Agile 2023, I felt deja vu. I have attended many Agile conferences. I have only missed two during those fourteen years. I have seen tool vendors come and go.

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Scrum Methodology: Roles, Events & Artifacts

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The scrum methodology was developed as a response to rigid project management approaches such as the waterfall method, which didn’t adapt to the needs of agile product and software development teams. Scrum is a simple project management framework that facilitates team collaboration on complex product and software development projects.

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