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Software Review: ProjectManager.com [2016]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I last reviewed ProjectManager.com in 2013. Time to revisit the software and see what has changed. The company have also made huge improvements with software integration and as well as being compatible with the Microsoft suite and Google Apps they have also introduced integrations via Zapier. General information.

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10 Secrets To Being a Good Sponsor

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Get the right project resources Make quick decisions Understand project management techniques Know when to pull the plug Celebrate accomplishments Manage financial changes Overcome ignorance Set goals Communicate the facts Understand risk and reward. Software is mysterious. Understand risk and reward. Those are the headlines.

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Risk-aware Product Development (a.k.a. Scrum)

Scrum.org

Dealing with Technology Uncertainty - The Waterfall Passive/Buffered Risk Management Style. Dealing with Technology Uncertainty - The Agile/Scrum Active Risk Management Style. See Chaos Report 2013 ). . The Risk Burndown Exercise. The risk is there. When uncertainty starts to mount, it is a different ballgame.

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Business Analyst vs Project Manager: The Differences To Know

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Case study: On a radiology software project I managed, the business analyst helped each department understand their current as is and to be process flows. During software testing, they worked with the testing team to create test cases for enhancements as they were added. They mapped the business processes. Administrative tasks.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Risk issues that can be identified early in the program, which will potentially impact the program later, termed Known Unknowns and can be alleviated with good risk management. Effective Risk Management 2 nd Edition , Edmund Conrow, AIAA, 2003.

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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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Microsoft Project Viewer – View & Edit MPP Files (Updated Nov. 2019)

ProjectManager.com

A Microsoft Project viewer is a piece of software that gives users the ability to open, export and print MS Project files without a Microsoft Project license. Microsoft Project is expensive, and it doesn’t share well with others who don’t have a copy of the software, which is generally clunky. Risks, Issues & Changes.

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