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The Functions of a Project Management Office

Project Pulse Journal

Take control of your projects and programs today and start seeing the benefits of strategic project management. What is a Project Management Office? A Project Management Office (PMO) is a centralized department within an organization that standardizes the governance of projects.

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Lean Change Management – 4 Years Later

Agile Coach

Then I worked for the organization that the book is based on, wrote the first version in 2012 chapter by chapter on LeanPub and then re-wrote it for Happy Melly Express in 2014. That’s the reader’s digest of my life from 2008 to 2014. peaked at #6444 out of 8,000,000 books on Amazon, #198 in Leadership and Management.

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Agile: Past, Present, & Future. A Conversation with Agile Trainer, Rubin Jen.

International Institute for Learning

Rubin Jen has been in the project management field for over 23 years, spanning aerospace, engineering, telecom, software development, outsourcing, consulting, not-for-profit and government sectors. He has worked with companies such as Bombardier Aerospace, Celestica, Accenture and the Ontario Government.

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Top 10 Lean/ Kanban Books for IT, Software and Knowledge Work!

Digite

hours, Published 2014 by Blue Hole Press). This book describes why students, parents, business leaders, major corporations, and world governments all see immediate results with Personal Kanban. 290 pages, Published 8 May 2014 by Celeritas Publishing). Kanban from the Inside. By Mike Burrows. 270 pages, ET to Read: 4.2

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Complete Collection of Project Management Statistics 2015

Wrike

Government – Federal. Management Consulting. Government – City/State/Local. Poor change management – 25%. Inexperienced project manager – 20%. PricewaterhouseCoopers: Insights and Trends: Current Programme and Project Management Practices 2012. March, 2014. 116,100. . 113,000. . Information/.

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Cost, Schedule, and Technical Performance Management (#CSTPM). Governance (#Governance). Earned Value Management (#EVM). Integrating Agile and Earned Value Management (#AEVM). Project Governance - project management is a well-defined concept found in many guidebooks and Bodies of Knowledge.

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Simplifying Procurement in Project Management

Project Pulse Journal

They are helpful when the agency cannot predetermine, above a specified minimum, the precise quantities of supplies or services that the government will require during the contract period, necessitating adaptable risk allocation strategies. Project managers should aim to: Establish clear and measurable performance metrics.