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Unlocking the Power and Mastery of Development Approach and Life Cycle

Project Pulse Journal

The most popular application of a predictive approach is the management of construction projects, where the requirements are well-defined upfront. An adaptive approach, on the other hand, is often used in software development as it offers more flexibility to change. Newtown Square, PA: Project Management Institute.

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

Digite

hours, Published 2014 by Blue Hole Press). This is the original book where David Anderson first laid down the definition of and guidance to the Kanban Method for software and knowledge work. Principle of Product Development Flow. 290 pages, Published 8 May 2014 by Celeritas Publishing). Kanban from the Inside.

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The Functions of a Project Management Office

Project Pulse Journal

Here are three common types of PMOs from across various sectors: Supportive PMO Industry Application - A supportive PMO is common in industries where projects require flexibility and autonomy, such as IT and software development enterprises. Paper presented at PMI® Global Congress 2014—EMEA, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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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. Rubin is the principal of Beyond Execution, a project management/Agile training and consulting firm.

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Complete Collection of Project Management Statistics 2015

Wrike

Poor change management – 25%. Inexperienced project manager – 20%. Why a Majority of Business and IT Teams Anticipate Their Software Development Projects Will Fail. PricewaterhouseCoopers: Insights and Trends: Current Programme and Project Management Practices 2012. March, 2014. Task dependency – 11%.

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Earned Value Management (#EVM). Agile Software Development (#ASD). Integrating Agile and Earned Value Management (#AEVM). Agile and Earned Value Management Bibliography of papers, books, and thesis (#Biblio). Those lessons are directly transferable to the management of software development teams.