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Coding as a Founder
Boost by Brightpod
SEPTEMBER 18, 2017
I started my career as a software developer in 2002 after graduating in B.S. Mathematical Sciences/ Computer Science from the University of North Carolina at
2002 Related Topics 
Burndown Chart: What Is It & How Do I Use It?
ProjectManager.com
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
By 2002, the burndown chart was gaining in popularity within the Scrum community. At times it feels like there’s never enough hours in the day to get everything done. Often, the powers that be want things done yesterday, even though it’s an impossibility.
A History of PMI & Its Role in Project Management
ProjectManager.com
DECEMBER 12, 2018
Following Carter, Gregory Balestrero directed PMI for a decade, starting in 2002. Every trade has its trade association, an organization that represents the industry and offers training or networking. Project management is no different.
Who is the Cassandra on YOUR project?
Kiron Bondale
NOVEMBER 12, 2017
I’m currently reading Richard A. Clarke and R. Eddy’s book Warnings which analyzes a number of cases where a credible subject matter expert raised concerns proactively about a looming catastrophe but was ignored until it was too late to take preventative action.
Risk Management: Known / Unknown Unknowns
Project Health Check
JULY 29, 2017
On February 12 2002, US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld made a now famous remark that has since went on to be commented on widely by critics and thinkers.
How Project and Portfolio Management Drives Better Executive Decisions on the Corporate Battlefield
Keyedin
MARCH 8, 2019
There is a gripping scene in director Randall Wallace’s 2002 We Were Soldiers, which dramatizes the 1965 Battle for Ia Drang during the Vietnam War.
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Six Sigma Methods and Project Management [Guest Post]
Brightwork
AUGUST 21, 2017
Application of Six Sigma In 2002, Adem Anbar pointed out that Six Sigma was more comprehensive than various prior quality initiatives such as Total Quality Management (TQM) & Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) in an organization. In the late 1980s, the Six Sigma method gained popularity amongst various project management systems across the globe.
Ten Trends in Project Management Recruitment in the UK
Arras People
APRIL 8, 2016
Since we started the business back in 2002, the UK marketplace for project management has increased quite dramatically. At last month’s Project Challenge , we got asked a lot of questions, the most popular by far is, “ What is the market like at the moment?
When projects go wrong and it's the worst possible moment
Susanne Madsen - Developing Project Leaders
MAY 23, 2018
When the bridge was reopened in 2002 it had cost an additional £5million ponds. A project is a unique undertaking that’s full of risk and uncertainty, because it has never been done before in that exact way.
APM Salary and Market Trends Survey 2017 – A Review
Arras People
AUGUST 2, 2017
We have proudly been agnostic to all professional bodies and associations since we established our business in 2002; we do not and will not fly their flags blindly as we enjoy our freedom to criticize and support their works, as is appropriate.
APM Salary and Market Trends Survey 2017 – A Review
Arras People
AUGUST 1, 2017
We have proudly been agnostic to all professional bodies and associations since we established our business in 2002; we do not and will not fly their flags blindly as we enjoy our freedom to criticize and support their works, as is appropriate.
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What I’m Reading: Banned Books
Girl's Guide to PM
SEPTEMBER 28, 2016
The UAE banned it from schools in 2002 because of the anthropomorphic pig. Normally my occasional column about the project management books I’m reading and the novels I’m carrying around reflects what I’ve spent time on in the last six weeks or so.
News: The Staple has been removed; New CEO to come
DigitalPM
JUNE 4, 2016
Sargent, who joined Staples in 1989, has been CEO since 2002. Staples Inc. is penciling in a new CEO. Longtime top officer Ron Sargent will vacate the position June 14, after the office supplies company’s annual shareholders’ meeting, Staples said Tuesday.
5 Ways AI and Automation Will Change Project Management
LiquidPlanner
JUNE 20, 2017
In the 2002 movie Minority Report , authorities were alerted to serious crimes before they even occurred. Technology has made our lives easier. If you don’t believe that, go watch a few episodes of the PBS series, The Frontier House.
A Step-By-Step Guide to Improving Your Resource Management
The IIL Blog
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
She was Financial Vice President of PMI® Mexico Chapter in 1999 and 2002, member of PMI® since 1996 – present. By Analuz Montejano | IIL Instructor and Sr. Consultant. Project Managers and their teams carry out planned projects on a daily basis, such as the development of new applications.
Questioning Agile Dogma
Leading Agile
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
When I first learned about Agile methods in 2002, the principles seemed to offer an ideal solution to many organizational issues common at the time. How can the same principle be a good idea in 2002 and a bad idea in 2019?
Black Swans
Herding Cats
JULY 8, 2018
Loch and Arnoud De Meyer, Management Science, INFORMS, Volume 48, Number 8, August 2002 pp. 1008–1023 and “Managing Project Uncertainty: From Variation to Chaos,” MIT Sloan Management Review, Winter 2002, in the category of “Chaos.”.
Taxing Times for Project Management Practitioners in the Public Sector
Arras People
APRIL 12, 2017
The recent introduction of the updated Off-Payroll Workers (IR35) legislation for the Public sector which became law on the 6 th April 2017 has caused much consternation for many project management practitioners involved in the supply of day rate labour.
People Versus Process
Herding Cats
OCTOBER 25, 2018
1] Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done , Larry Bossidy, Crown Business, 2002. [2] At the program level and above, the choice of a people focus or a process focus is not between two competing paradigms. They are two sides of the same coin.
Reading List for the Cone of Uncertainty
Herding Cats
OCTOBER 5, 2018
10 Deadly Sins of Software Estimation , Steve McConnell , Construx, 2002. "A The Cone of Uncertainty is a useful approach to defining the expected range of uncertainty at specific stages in a project.
Focusing on Results, Not Agile Approaches
Leading Answers
JANUARY 1, 2019
I received more training in Scrum by Ken Schwaber in 2002 and offered a training role (before they were called CSTs) but I have never offered Certified Scrum Master training. Quarter Century. 2019 marks the 25 year anniversary of Scrum and DSDM. I was involved in the creation of DSDM in 1994 and was an early adopter of Scrum and FDD shortly afterward. Now, having been at this for a quarter of a century I am reflecting on where my journey has taken me compared to others.
Black Swans
Herding Cats
JULY 8, 2018
Loch and Arnoud De Meyer, Management Science, INFORMS, Volume 48, Number 8, August 2002 pp. 1008–1023 and “Managing Project Uncertainty: From Variation to Chaos,” MIT Sloan Management Review, Winter 2002, in the category of “Chaos.”. One of the books used by a vocal No Estimates advocate is Black Swans by Nassim Taleb. This advocate continually confuses Macroeconomics of financial markets and sovereign finance with Microeconomics of software development.
Real Options and Decision Making for ICT Projects
Herding Cats
APRIL 13, 2018
Managing Requirements for Business Value," John Favaro, IEEE Software , March/April 2002. There was a classic #Noestimates post this week that said. Estimation locks down choices early through upfront t decision making, #NoEstimates preserves options. And attached the hashtag #RealOption. A real option is a choice made available with business investment opportunities, referred to as “real” because it typically references a tangible asset instead of a financial instrument.
A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success
Herding Cats
MARCH 17, 2019
Agile Project Management Methods for ERP: How to Apply Agile Processes to Complex COTS Projects and Live to Tell About It , XP/Agile Universe, 2002.
Project Manager or Project Leader? What’s the Difference?
Online PM Courses
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018
The New Leaders – 2002 with Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee (US|UK). Are you a Project Manager or a Project Leader? And how would you be able to tell the difference? This is an important question that can easily get bogged down in academic niceties and philosophic distinctions.
Defensive Programming Grows Up
Leading Agile
JUNE 18, 2018
In a 2002 piece entitled The Law of Leaky Abstractions , Joel Spolsky observed that abstractions over any implementation can leak details of that implementation.
Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty
Herding Cats
MARCH 11, 2017
Loch, and Arnoud De Meyer, Management Science © 2002 INFORMS, Vol. 8, August 2002 pp. Managing Project Risk and Uncertainty: A Constructively Simple Approach to Decision Making, Chris Chapman and Stephen Ward, John Wiley & Sons, 2002.
What’s Worse Than Not Automating Your Software Delivery Pipeline?
Leading Agile
AUGUST 20, 2018
Compliance became especially important to IT organizations after the passage of certain laws intended to provide improved security for investors, including Sarbanes-Oxley (US, 2002), and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley act (US, 1999). Sounds good. What are “all the things,” by the way?
Estimating is a Learned Skill
Herding Cats
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
Planning and Executing Time-Bound Projects,” Eduardo Miranda, IEEE Computer , March 2002, pp. Koren and Marek Vokác, International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering , 2002. Dobbs, Naval Postgraduate School, December 2002. “An Estimating is a learned skill, used for any purpose from every-day life to management of projects.
If the PMP exam is changing, why would an aspiring PMP not want to be certified on the latest edition of the PMBOK?
Brad Egeland
JANUARY 3, 2018
From the first change in 2002 to this exam change, there have been tremendous changes in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). You can most certainly certify with the newest exam. Cheetah Learning has been involved now in six exam changes over the course of the past 16 years.
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