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Busy, But Not Productive

International Institute for Learning

Despite our rudimentary technology, we were (in my estimate) at least as productive and less stressed out than most people are today. Kanban is a flow-based management practice initially developed to reduce inventory and manufacturing costs. Stakeholders are regularly invited to review accomplishments and provide feedback.

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Without a Root Cause Analysis, No Corrective or Preventive Action is Credible - Part 1

Herding Cats

But before going further, let's establish the definitions we need to understand and apply Root Cause Analysis needed to discover the corrective and preventive actions to increase the probability of project success - especially Software Project Success. Why Do Information Technology Projects Fail?” All for the want of a nail.

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43 Learning Resources for New and Experienced Project Managers

LiquidPlanner

Drawing from his years leading technology projects at Microsoft, Berkun offers readers field-tested philosophies and strategies for defining, leading, and managing projects. If you’re leading technology projects, this is a must-read. While Abeid hasn’t released a new podcast since 2016, the archives are still worth exploring.

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The 23 Best Project Management Books For Upgrading Your Career in 2020

Planio

Swipe to Unlock: The Primer on Technology and Business Strategy. The best books for crafting your leadership qualities. True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable. Technical documentation. Author: Harvard Business Review. Principles: Life and Work.

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Multinational Leadership: How to Successfully Lead Offshore Projects

PM Basics

What are the most relevant challenges of leadership in multinational leadership? Without forgetting the time difference, language barriers, different assumptions based on different cultures, I have experimented that using the right multinational leadership to manage resources is the most challenging one.

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management Briefings and Presentations. Technical Performance Measures (#TPM). Cost, Schedule, and Technical Performance Management (#CSTPM). Product Development (#ProdDev). Agile Software Development (#ASD). Table of Contents (Click the Name to go to Section).

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What makes a great project manager? The 10 most crucial project management skills for 2019 (and how to develop them)

Planio

Leadership. What we’ve just covered is, at best, only part of the technical side of project management. And just because you know the steps of the software development lifecycle or how to write a statement of work doesn’t mean you can successfully manage a project. Leadership. Let’s find out. Communication.