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Why is it a project manager’s job to fix companies?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

At the roundtable discussion about project management in the collaborative age way back in 2012, the talk turned to how project managers could shape strategy. If I’m in software development, it’s how quickly I can deliver the next release and what new functionality I can put in it.

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Asana vs. ClickUp: In-Depth Comparison

ProjectManager.com

Certainly, Asana is simple to use and pleasing to the eyes, while ClickUp is similar to Asana, but with software development tools. Founded by Dustin Moskovitz and Justin Rosenstein when they met as employees at Facebook, they started with a productivity tool called Tasks and left Facebook to launch Asana in 2012.

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Thinking By Sprinting: What Cognitive Science Tells Us About Why Scrum Works

Scrum.org

A while ago, I received an interesting scientific article from Gunther Verheyen titled “Getting Things Done: The Science Behind Stress-Free Productivity” (Heylighen & Vidal, 2007). The article discusses possible scientific explanations for the success of a personal productivity approach called “ Getting Things Done ” (GTD; Allen, 2001).

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Free project management certifications

Moira Alexander

Founded by Harvard University and MIT in 2012, edX is one of the biggest MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) platforms available and offers many project management (PM) courses. Agile Software Development - goes over fundamental agile concepts to enhance your software development skills. Related Video.

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T-shirt sizing in Agile and Waterfall Projects

Project Pulse Journal

Whether managing a software development project in an Agile framework or overseeing a service delivery project in a Waterfall context , T-shirt sizing offers a versatile and efficient approach to estimating work, setting the stage for successful project execution and delivery. References Martins, J. 2024, January 16). link] Sliger, M.

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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 ? Schedule Estimation and Uncertainty Surrounding the Cone of Uncertainty," Todd Little, IEEE Software , May/June 2006. 37–48, 2007.

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A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Here are my collected works, presentations, briefings, journal papers, articles, white papers, and essays, used to increase the Probability of Project Success (PoPS) I've developed and applied over my career in the software-intensive system of systems domain. Performance-Based Project Management in a Nutshell.

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