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How to Create a Performance Measurement Baseline for Your Projects

ProjectManager.com

Ideally, project managers know better than to execute their project plans without a performance measurement baseline. A performance measurement baseline provides a window into the project that allows project managers to see roadblocks and resolve them before the project hits a dead end. Learn more.

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9 Types of Artifacts in Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

You might also here artifacts referred to as templates, documents, outputs or deliverables, but in all cases they relate to the work of managing the project, not the thing you are creating as the output of the project. Here are some examples: Budget Milestone schedule Scope baseline Performance measurement baseline.

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Project Artifacts and How to Use Them

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Mostly, the term refers to the project documentation you produce that defines and supports the work you are doing. For example, an estimate is the obvious output of the estimating process, so estimates aren’t mentioned again as a separate project artifact. You create them when they are needed and refer to and update them as necessary.

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RAG Status in Project Management: Importance & Benefits

ProjectManager.com

We’ve been referring to project managers and stakeholders as the main users of RAG statuses, but there are many people involved in the project who will want to use this technique. How ProjectManager Helps Implement the RAG Status In Your Organization RAG status is part of the reporting process in project management.

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Lost in Communication and Collaboration — Scrum Anti-Patterns Taxonomy (2)

Scrum.org

The third article will address failures and breakdowns in planning, process, collaboration, and alignment within the Scrum framework. ? Related Articles The Peril of Adhering to Legacy Systems, Processes, and Practices — Scrum Anti-Patterns Taxonomy (1). Get notified when the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book is available ! ?

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What is Middle Office Outsourcing?

Productivity Land

Coupled with high competition and regulatory changes, most of them must re-examine their business processes and include middle office outsourcing, especially for non-core activities. These functions may include trade settlement support, client reporting, data aggregation, investment accounting (IBOR), and performance measurement among others.

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Best PMI-ACP Exam Prep Books

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It’s also useful to have books to carry around with you for reference when you can’t access your training materials. They all feature on PMI’s exam reference materials list. Below, I list the best agile books for your certification studies. These are guides that support your learning but also help you go deeper into the world of agile.

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