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7 Hidden dangers of project management (Or why even well-planned projects sometimes fail)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

After $170m spent on a project to upgrade its computer system, the FBI project crumbled because the requirements were ill-defined from the beginning and the software didn’t function the way the agency had hoped. For example, in June 2010 Chrysler merged with Fiat. The merger was not a successful one.

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Have you tried Gantter?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

A Gantt chart-based online PM software with a first-of-its-kind AI Recommendation Engine and complete Google integration. It is easily compared to software like MS Project, along with all the advantages of being cloud-based. Gantter was launched in 2010 and now has 3+ million users across the globe.

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Scrum Methodology: Roles, Events & Artifacts

ProjectManager.com

The scrum methodology was developed as a response to rigid project management approaches such as the waterfall method, which didn’t adapt to the needs of agile product and software development teams. Scrum is a simple project management framework that facilitates team collaboration on complex product and software development projects.

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In-Depth: Stable Or Fluid Teams? What Does The Science Say?

Scrum.org

Research has linked team cognition 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). A quick note on who initiates membership changes.

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How to Improve User Adoption of SharePoint for Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The BrightWork Free Template is a simple and intuitive tool that works on SharePoint 2010/2013/2016/2019. Initiate the Project. Initiating change in project management structures can be a daunting task and a project in itself. By bringing all project data into one place, you improve visibility of the overall effort.

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How We Made Our Customer The Product Owner

Scrum.org

From 2010–2015 I worked as a Scrum Master for a web agency. We developed software solutions for external clients. And of course, quickly delivering valuable, working software is the ultimate way to gain trust. When I started, Scrum wasn’t used at all. It was something we figured out along the way. Not every customer liked it.

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Software Estimating Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to estimate software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Cost Modeling Agile Software Development,” Maarit Laanti and Petri Kettunen, International Transactions on Systems and Applications, Volume 1 Number 2, pp. Performance Evaluation of non?Markovian