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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

ProjectManager.com

We’ll go through some of the most popular project management methodologies, which are applied in many sectors such as software development, R&D and product development. When to Use It: The practice originated in software development and works well in that culture. Get work management software that fits with every methodology.

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Introduction to Jira

MPUG

I ventured from a military manufacturing background into the tech industry, initially in a support capacity. Jira’s inception traces back to April 2002, birthed by Atlassian, a company founded by two Australian friends, Mike Cannon-Brooks and Scott Farquhar. Within just three years of its launch, Jira already had 1,000 customers.

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A History of PMI & Its Role in Project Management

ProjectManager.com

In 1969, in Philadelphia, Jim Snyder, of Smith, Kline & French Laboratories, and Gordon Davis, of the Georgia Institute of Technology, were having dinner and decided there was a need for an organization that offered project managers a forum to share information and discuss their industry. Currently, Mark Langley is the president of PMI.

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In-Depth: The Evidence-Based Business Case For Agile

Scrum.org

2001 ) and proactive behavior ( LePine, Erez & Johnson, 2002 ). “So So we went to Google Scholar and searched for review articles. 2010) reviewed 28 scientific studies that investigated how Scrum is associated with overall business outcomes. SCRUM and productivity in software projects: a systematic literature review.

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Cognitive Blind Spots in Team Collaboration

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From the early 1970s, behavioral scientist and 2002 Nobel prize winner, Daniel Kahneman, has been working to help us better understand our cognitive blind spots, specifically when making judgments (or forecasting) under conditions of uncertainty.¹ So why do project teams often fall victim to these biases? 190, 2018. ³D. Hulett Ph.D.

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Project Boards and Project Steering Groups: An Introduction

Rebel’s Guide to PM

If you are expecting the project oversight committee to make a decision at the meeting, make sure that they have information in advance of your meeting so that they can review the different options. Action review and next steps. Key decisions. If you have put forward a recommendation, they’ll want to see that as well.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Information about key project cost, (technical) performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to assess risks, their impacts, and handling strategies for software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods.