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MPP File Extension: What Is It & How to Open It

ProjectManager.com

Managing a project is a team effort. Depending on the project management tools that you use, you could end up with files of various types—and this can cause compatibility issues. Depending on the project management tools that you use, you could end up with files of various types—and this can cause compatibility issues.

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How to Manage Fixed Date Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Weddings — in fact, event planners are excellent at managing fixed date projects because every event has a fixed date on which it will take place and the project to deliver the event has to be done on time. LeRoy Ward, PMP , PgMP, and PMI Eric Jenett Project Management Excellence Award winner, when I asked him for his view.

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4 Awesome Teamwork Examples for Agile Teams

nTask

In this blog, we try to shed light on sportsmanship and teamwork examples right off the sports ground. The Best Teamwork Examples. Example #1: Dee Dee Trotter – 2008 Summer Olympics. Situation: The first on our list of inspirational teamwork examples is that of Dee Dee Trotter. Example #3: Zlatko Dalic – World Cup 2018.

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How To Take A Sideways Step In The Job Market

Rebel’s Guide to PM

For a project manager, it often looks like this. Start on project support and small projects, manage bigger and bigger projects, then become a program manager — a role that, according to salary survey data from Arras People, pays more. A version of this article first appeared on this website in 2010.

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In-Depth: How To Create Better Work Agreements For Your Team

Scrum.org

It has been linked to higher performance and motivation (Mathieu et al, 2000), increased effectiveness (Kearny, Gebert & Voelpel, 2009), and generally explains a substantial amount of the variance (~19%) in the effectiveness of teams (De Church & Mesmer-Magnus, 2010). For example, teams could empower their Scrum Master to take action here.

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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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I may be a “Crazy Fool” but I consider the A-Team to be agile!

Kiron Bondale

When teaching agile classes, I’m occasionally asked if I could provide an example of an agile team from cinema or television. The example I most frequently provide is that quintessential 1980’s TV show, The A-Team. The example I most frequently provide is that quintessential 1980’s TV show, The A-Team.

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