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Agile Beyond IT: Lean Thinking

The IIL Blog

It traces its roots to Lean, which is also foundational to other modern management theories. Lean’s primary focus is delivering value quickly and eliminating waste. Toyota was a Lean pioneer. Lean is a set of principles. The “House of Lean” is often used as a metaphor. Value Value is the roof of our House of Lean.

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

ProjectManager.com

When to Use It: The Waterfall approach is great for manufacturing and construction projects , which are highly structured, and when it’s too expensive to pivot or change anything after the fact. The Project Management Institute (PMI) is a not-for-profit membership association, project management certification and standards organization.

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Project Management: Principles, Practices & Context

Velociteach

Lean manufacturing influenced the quality movement, Agile , and DevOps. PMI’s PMBOK® Guide The Project Management Institute (PMI) is a leading industry voice. PMI initially approached project management from a process-centric perspective. Lean organizations achieve these goals through empowerment and incremental change.

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The PMP® Certification By Jacqueline E. Dennis, PgMP, PMP

International Institute for Learning

Dennis, PgMP, PMP Abstract The Project Management Professional (PMP) ® Certification is one of many professional credentials that is awarded by the Project Management Institute (PMI) ®. million PMI PMPs awarded by PMI, the world’s leading authority on management. Currently, there are approximately 1.4

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Project Manager Job Description (with free copy+paste examples!)

ProjectManager.com

That means that project managers work in virtually all fields, from software development and IT to human resources, from advertising and marketing to construction, and everything in-between. There are two major certifying bodies, PRINCE2 and the Project Management Institute (PMI). How Much Does a Project Manager Make?

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies

Agilemania

The waterfall approach is good for manufacturing and construction projects, which are highly structured, where the requirements are clear upfront and many changes are not expected once the project is in progress. It also helps reduce inefficiencies, making it a great tool for many purposes such as lean manufacturing or agile projects.

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Webinar Recap: Want To Be A PMI-ACP? The Primary Steps to Take

MPUG

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Satya Narayan Dash’s session, Want To Be A PMI-ACP? If you want to be a PMI-ACP, here are the primary steps to take. Today’s session is eligible for one PMI-PDU and the technical category. The MPUG activity code for claiming that with PMI is on the screen now.

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