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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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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. In particular, the Sprint Review, and optionally as an observer to the other Scrum events. And of course, quickly delivering valuable, working software is the ultimate way to gain trust.

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How Wrike’s Engineers Developed a Unique Quality Control System

Wrike

I joined the team as a QAA engineer in 2010, the first employee in this role. Together, we have developed a unique quality control system for Wrike, our lovely project management platform, allowing us to deploy product code to production more quickly and without bugs. I’m Alexander, and I’m a QAA manager at Wrike.

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Reading List for the Cone of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

The primary purpose of software estimation is not to predict a project’s outcome; it is to determine whether a project’s targets are realistic enough to allow the project to be controlled to meet them ? This problem is visually depicted in the “cone of uncertainty” diagram which was initially conceived by Boehm. Steve McConnell.

2012 48
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How to Make a Company Retreat Unforgettable (with Location Examples)

ProjectManager.com

It’s not something to initiate casually; it involves planning , having objectives—and most of all—fun for the entire team. The end of the retreat can close with a forum to review and reflect on the day’s events. ProjectManager.com is a cloud-based project management software that boost productivity and fosters collaboration.

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Agile Unplugged EP04 | Mike Cottmeyer and Matt Van Vleet

Leading Agile

And in that we grew the company where originally, we did a mixture, as you know, between transformation and building custom software solutions. Over time, we grew to focus more, mainly on customer soft, custom software solutions, and eventually Accenture purchased us. So— – We reconnected, yeah. – Interesting.

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GirlsGuideToPM: My Top 10 Articles of All Time

Rebel’s Guide to PM

My project alphabet was a popular post of 2010 and inspired Derek Huether to write a book about zombie project management*. For more up-to-date software reviews, see my complete list here. This was one of my favourites: about Pareto and the 80/20 rule and how some stuff just needs to get done. Don’t know what that is?

2007 150