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Project Boards and Project Steering Groups: An Introduction

Rebel’s Guide to PM

And will make the decision to close the project down early if it can no longer meet its objectives. It’s fine to have a different cadence at different points in the project lifecycle. Make sure you have the latest info on project budgets and how close the project is to meeting its goals. When to hold the meetings.

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Questioning Agile Dogma

Leading Agile

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? It is as close to a “single piece pull” model as will work for a software development process.

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Open Loop / Closed Loop Project Controls - project management is a closed loop control system. A steering target is established, actions are taken, variances are assessed, corrective actions are taken to close the loop. Agile Universe , 2002. The things that are done well must operate within a close-knit system.

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What’s Worse Than Not Automating Your Software Delivery Pipeline?

Leading Agile

Two closely related conceptual errors appear to be quite common. 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).