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Business Analyst vs Project Manager: The Differences To Know

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In the PMI Business Analysis Practice Standard, business analysis is defined like this: The set of activities performed to identify the business need and recommend relevant solutions; and to elicit, document, and manage requirements. Similarities between business analysts and project managers. Change management.

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Top Project Management Conferences of 2020

ProjectManager.com

The Technical Project Management Conference . This project management conference covers topics such as the project management framework and its terminology, process groups and the nine knowledge areas of the PMBOK. The conference serves developers, team leads, architects and project managers. May 3-6, Anaheim, CA.

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Introduction to Program Management - How to Manage Related Projects

Project Pulse Journal

They help in the decision-making process relating to project and program prioritization, ensure resource allocation aligns with the business strategy and goals, and adjust strategies as market or organizational conditions change.

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43 Learning Resources for New and Experienced Project Managers

LiquidPlanner

While there are a lot of books out there about the proper ways to deliver bad news, this one is directed at project managers. Sigmon gives project managers a defined process to not only break bad news, but also improve communication over the long-term. Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager by Kory Kogen.

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Is Your Agile Project Healthy?

Project Management Essentials

In 2013, Mike Cohn coined the term scrum smells to describe the signs that a scrum team is in trouble. If the answer is convincingly Scrum or Kanban, they are probably following a process. How is change managed? There is an unclear or vague process for making decisions. What are the team dynamics?

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Part II: A Simplified Approach to Determine IT Project Complexity

PM Times

It will discuss why the Core IT Complexity model is a good approach for most IT organizations and why it is important to determine project complexity as an ongoing and integral part of the Change Management and Risk Management process. Their complexity modeling could be part of a larger overall Risk Management process.

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Success in Disruptive Times: PMI’s 2018 Pulse of the Profession

Online PM Courses

The 2018 Pulse of the Profession report has three headline findings: Greater project implementation success is linked to greater investment in proven project management practices. That’s way we need to place a high priority on both Project Definition from day 1, and excellent change control procedures subsequently. Though the 9.9%

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