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How to Manage Project Scope Without Scope Creep (with examples)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Scope creep is the more common term but you might hear both, especially if you are working in software development. Ultimately, it isn’t the project manager coming up with new requirements and asking the team to “just do it”. What’s so bad about scope creep anyway? It takes its toll on team morale.

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PRINCE2 and PMBOK: How They Compare

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The most recent version was released in June 2009, which has split the manual into two, covering project managers and project sponsors. The Project Management Institute approach has been to bring more agile into the main guide, and to publish it alongside the Agile Practice Guide. And what are the weak points?

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Agile forecasting techniques for the next decade

Scrum.org

They advise us on our driving habits when the road conditions are bad on our commute to work. I believe Agile software development is more than ready to use new forecasting techniques to express uncertainy to narrow their decision-making process. I believe we can use this definition in Agile software development.

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The Evolution of Project Management

The IIL Blog

When the Department of Defense (DoD) decided to expand the need for more technical projects following World War II, pressure was placed upon the aerospace and defense community to develop expertise in project management. Unfortunately, the same PMs often were quite poor at writing reports. degree in a technical discipline.

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Understanding What is Quantitative Risk Analysis

Project Pulse Journal

It's the ability to see potential threats not simply as an abstract concept but as actionable metrics that gives project managers and teams the power to predict and prepare confidently. Meredith & Mantel, 2009). Converting these uncertainties into a measurable understanding is the art and science.

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How to prepare for the PMI-RMP Exam

MPUG

. ” For instance, under the domain of risk identification, we have task number three, “Document risk triggers,” and task number five, “Develop risk register.” They’ve changed the ECO, the exam pattern, and they’ve introduced new Agile concepts. The ECO provides some sample enablers.

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What is Agile Project Management? (and how to implement it)

EasyProjects

What is Agile Project Management? . That is precisely what agile project management is – taste testing the stew at various points to ensure that it’s tasting the way it should. Agile Project Management Defined. Agile project management is an iterative or incremental approach to completing projects. How to be Agile.

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