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Webinar Recap: Project Performance Measurement – Part 1: Overview Of Project Performance Measurements

MPUG

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Fletcher Hearn’s session, Project Performance Measurement – Part 1: Overview Of Project Performance Measurements, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. Kyle: Hello, and welcome to part one of MPUGs Project Performance Measurement course.

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Best PMI-ACP Exam Prep Books

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Instead, you would probably get more use out of investing your reading time in User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development (Mike Cohn). I would suggest it’s User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development by Mike Cohn. User Stories Applied for Agile Software Development by Mike Cohn.

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The 5 Phases of Project Management Process and Techniques

NimbleWork

Whether you’re overseeing a software development project or managing a construction project, understanding the key project management processes, techniques and strategies are essential for achieving success. “Projections indicate that the global project management software market is poised to reach $15.08

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125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

Activity An activity is the actual, specific task that must be performed in a project, i.e., the tactical level of work. Agile A flexible and dynamic approach to project management that allows for iterative updates during defined time blocks, which allows for incremental value. Agile team A cross-functional group of individuals (e.g.,

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4 Fallacious Reasons to Estimate and Why Those Are Fallacious

Herding Cats

There's a recent post titled Four Fallacious Reasons to Estimate. It lists the usual suspects for why those spending the money think they don't have to estimate how much they plan to spend when they'll be done producing the value they've been assigned to produce for that expenditure. Let's look at each one in more detail.

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Different Project Management Terms Beginners Should Know

ProProfs Project Management

A project activity can be defined as the smallest unit of work that needs to be done in order to complete a project. This refers to the various schedules and costs defined at the start of a project. It defines a set of activities that need to be done in order to complete the project in time and as per the pre-defined schedule. .

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Connecting "What" with "How" - and the Failure to Understand the Principles of Systems Engineering and Systems Management

Herding Cats

In most of the software development, this notion is missing - hence the quote that What is divided from How. In Earned Value Management paradigm, progress is always measured as physical percent complete. The MOE's belong to the End User - this is the what part of the development project.