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The project customer role

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This is an edited extract from my book Customer-Centric Project Management , co-authored with Phil Peplow (Routledge, 2012). For example, the Sales Director would sponsor a project to install new customer management software, providing the sales team with more opportunities to cross-sell to the existing customer base.

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Project Boards and Project Steering Groups: An Introduction

Rebel’s Guide to PM

That’s the minimum (and the approach advocated by PRINCE2). If you are expecting the project oversight committee to make a decision at the meeting, make sure that they have information in advance of your meeting so that they can review the different options. Action review and next steps. Key decisions. Then address the ‘what’.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to assess risks, their impacts, and handling strategies for software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. A Critical Review Of Risk Management Support Tools,” Irem Dikmen, M. 5, September/October 2011.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol.

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Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

The naturally occurring work effort in the development of a software feature - even if we've built the feature before - is an irreducible uncertainty. Hybrid–Agile Software Development Anti–Patterns, Risks, and Recommendations,” Paul E. McMahon, Cross Talk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering , July/August 2015, pp.

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Complete Collection of Project Management Statistics 2015

Wrike

Project Management Software & Tools. 3% use PRINCE2. [4]. Lean & Test Driven Development (TDD) – 11%. Project Management Software & Tools. 77% of companies use project management software, and 87% of high-performing companies use project management software. [5]. Agile Project Management.

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