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Project Management Trends: 2018 Topics to Watch

LiquidPlanner

Here are five trends that project managers should be watching out for in 2018. As I mentioned, the PMBOK® Guide – Sixth Edition includes information on how to make project management tools and techniques work in an Agile environment. If you work in an agency or on web and digital projects, 2018 could be a breakthrough year for you.

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Building blocks of the next generation of Organisations

Scrum.org

On the subject of coordination, there is a wealth of information available. Organisational silos in firms have the same result: They restrict communication between teams and departments by keeping people and information separate. He started his career as a Software Engineer and spent almost eight years as a hard-core Programmer.

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In-Depth: The Evidence-Based Business Case For Agile

Scrum.org

Many studies have identified high autonomy as an important prerequisite for Agile teams ( Moe, Dingsøyr & Dybå, 2010 ; Donmez & Gudela, 2013 ; Tripp & Armstrong, 2018 ; Melo et. SCRUM and productivity in software projects: a systematic literature review. A survey study of critical success factors in agile software projects.

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What Makes A Good Product Owner?

Scrum.org

Julian Bass and his colleagues (2018) investigated which core activities Product Owners spent their time on in ten multinationals. One of the reviewers of this article, Maarten Dalmijn , noted that he missed “product discovery” as a core activity in the work by Bass (2018). 2018, May). Insight #3: Product Discovery Is Missing?

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10 GDPR Questions to Ask Before Starting a New Project

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It’s highly likely that you have heard about GDPR – the General Data Protection Regulation that comes into force on 25 May 2018 across Europe. In the UK, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is running campaigns to raise awareness and to help businesses comply. Always take advice from your legal team. What is GDPR?

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Information about key project cost, (technical) performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. Taxonomy-Based Risk Identification,” Marvin Carr, Suresh Konda, Ira Monarch, Carlo Ulrich, and Clay Walker, Technical Report, CMU/SEI-93-TR-6, Software Engineering Institute, June 1993.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. Information about key project cost, (technical) performance and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. De Meyer, C.