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Kanban at Scale: Managing Multiple Teams and Boards with MS Project Agile

MPUG

But what inspired and stuck with me is not the destruction of Konark ( Kona meaning corner , Arka meaning sun ), but its construction. Destruction is easy, construction is not. The construction of 228-foot-tall Konark sun temple in 13th century was done by 12,000 craftsmen toiling for 12 years to build the monument.

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Disciplined Agile & SAFe

International Institute for Learning

Since I hold advanced certifications in both frameworks and regularly teach agile classes, I have a unique perspective and appreciate what they offer. To coordinate the teams, SAFe applies cadence and synchronization. Cadence means all teams are aligned to a standard, two-week delivery cycle.

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Project Management: Principles, Practices & Context

Velociteach

Its Project Management Body of Knowledge® ( PMBOK ®) Guide is an ANSI standard, and over a million people have earned their Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification. The list is organized around common project phases: inception, construction, transition, as well as ongoing work to mature the team.

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Comprehensive Guide to Becoming A SAFe Agilist

Agilemania

Agile Release Trains is a virtual organizational construct team for common technical and business goals. In SAFe, the principle of systems thinking is applied to the system under construction as well as the organization. Apply cadence, synchronize with cross-domain planning. Planning and execution through Agile Release Trains.

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Managing A Hybrid-ScrumBan Project with MS Project Agile

MPUG

In our scenario, a construction organization is building a “Smart” home. Towards the later part of this construction project, we have phases such as Test, Deploy, and Close , which are again following a Predictive mode. 1] NEW Certification Course: Certified Hybrid-Agile Master with MS Project, by Satya Narayan Dash. [2]

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Unlock the Power of the Project Management Plan

Velociteach

Acceptable variances, reporting cadence, and status meetings are addressed in the plan. For example, construction projects must follow safety requirements, and software projects may follow process maturity models. Changes in the critical path and planned versus actual schedule and cost variances are used to measure performance.

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Transformation, Business Architecture, and Scaling

Leading Agile

What do you do with planning cadences? But the certification is around the implementation details and you know, like most people, even with Scrum, it’s like, you go to a certification class and it isn’t good practices that most people can do most of the time, it’s like, this is safe, right?

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