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Top 5 Skype Alternatives for Video Conferencing & VoIP

TrustRadius Project Management

Since 2003, this software has been used for personal calls between family and friends and professional calls for businesses. Skype for Business will be phased out in July 2021 and ultimately replaced fully by Microsoft Teams , which is most similar to Skype for Business and already features all of the same capabilities. Click here.

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Start with Principles, Not Personal Anecdotes

Herding Cats

If, for example, a project manager believes a member of his or her team is a fast and effective worker, each time that team member works fast and effectively or is told by a colleague about the work that has been done fast and effectively, the project manager will consider his or her belief to be well-founded. What To Do Next?

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Effective Risk Management 2 nd Edition , Edmund Conrow, AIAA, 2003. 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.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. Risk Management is essential for development and production programs.

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The Definitive Guide to Project Sponsors

Rebel’s Guide to PM

You’ll learn tips and techniques for engaging senior leaders in the role so you can build effective working relationships and act as a team. to support the team at the request of the project manager. They will be able to identify new risks and make the team aware of what is happening elsewhere in the organization.

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Modeling the Future is the Basis of Project Success

Herding Cats

It's the Planning and Controls processes working together with the Technical Development processes that provide the ability to forecast what should happen in the future if we keep going like we are going now using a Model of the possible future outcomes. This is the desired outcomes model. So the open question is. Which comes first?

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Product Development (#ProdDev). Agile Software Development (#ASD). The following material comes from conferences, workshop, materials developed for clients. Chartering the Team , Chartering empowers team members, both individuals and collectively. Cost, Schedule, and Technical Performance Management (#CSTPM).