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How to do Rolling Wave Planning

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The APM Planning, Scheduling, Monitoring and Control Guide (2015) defines rolling wave planning as ‘the planning density that is achieved at different moments in time. As the team undergoes the work, the project manager can constantly review the schedule and add more detail to the next waves as this is known. Then review the next wave.

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PRINCE2 and PMBOK: How They Compare

Rebel’s Guide to PM

First came PRINCE in 1989 as the UK government standard for IT project management. There are other differences: the PMBOK® Guide usefully covers procurement, whereas PRINCE2 assumes you are operating in an environment constrained by a contract, because of its roots in government IT projects. No, not that I’m aware of.

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2017 Project Management Trends To Watch

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This time last year I reviewed the trends in social and collaborative technology in the project management space: some of my predictions had come to nothing and it was interesting to look backward and hold myself accountable for what I said would happen. You'll also like: Project Management: Hot Trends for 2015 I had another baby this year.

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Simple Guide to Business Process Mapping – a Valuable Skill All Project Managers Need

Project Bliss

I created project process documents for my development team – even without knowing how to write code! And I created process maps for governance, and even for team process documentation. ISO 9001:2015 provides criteria for quality management and includes a focus on process and continual improvement. Get feedback.

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Top 10 Lean/ Kanban Books for IT, Software and Knowledge Work!

Digite

This is the original book where David Anderson first laid down the definition of and guidance to the Kanban Method for software and knowledge work. This is the original book where David Anderson first laid down the definition of and guidance to the Kanban Method for software and knowledge work. By David J Anderson. By Mike Burrows.

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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. – Interesting. – So it’s interesting.

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The Ultimate Quick Guide To Building a Risk Management Plan

ProProfs Project Management

According to a 2015 study , only 15% of projects are meeting their deadline, and only 30% are finishing within budget. Every person on the project will have a different perspective of where risks may occur due to their role and responsibility. Risk Management Template – Australian Government. Analyzing Risk.