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Project Management and Leadership – can you have one without the other?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It’s now widely recognized that having employees with great project management skills leads to more efficient processes, better uses of time, and less wastage than without. Without this, there’s a risk of miscommunications with colleagues, sponsors and the rest of the Project Board. Leadership and Project Management together.

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IT Governance: Definitions, Frameworks and Planning

ProjectManager.com

At its base level, IT governance is one or multiple processes that enable the IT staff to better manage risk and operate at its most efficient to the benefit of the organization on the whole. Quality Management System” — a method that acts as a collection of organizational processes focused on increasing customer satisfaction.

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Why do projects fail? (Includes examples!)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The Scottish Parliament may well have been over budget and delayed, but it was a success in the eyes of the may when the innovative building, designed by Enric Miralles, won the Stirling prize for architecture in 2005. The Scottish Parliament building. Technology was one of the least likely reasons for project failure.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Risk issues that can be identified early in the program, which will potentially impact the program later, termed Known Unknowns and can be alleviated with good risk management. Effective Risk Management 2 nd Edition , Edmund Conrow, AIAA, 2003.

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A Quick Guide to User Story Mapping

ProjectManager.com

He literally wrote the book about it, It’s All in How You Slice It , which came out in 2005. Story mapping, like the larger agile framework, is an iterative process. It’s also a visual way of thinking , which is helpful for people on the team and stakeholders who process things better this way. So, it’s time to prioritize.

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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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Burnout in Project Management

The IIL Blog

There is risk that burnout can spread to the entire team if not identified and controlled. 2005) Work & Stress. The focus was on burnout in people who were working. Since that time, models have been created to measure levels of burnout [Maslach and Jackson (1981), and Kristensen et al. 2014), and Jugdev et al., Kristensen , Tage S.;