Inloox

AUGUST 23, 2022

The waterfall as a classic approach for projects In the run-up to a project, a decision must always be made as to which method is most suitable for the specific case. Here, the project manager is spoiled for choice. One of the best known concepts in this context is the waterfall model. The top-down approach.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 25, 2022

What Is Agile Project Management? Agile project management is an iterative approach to delivering a project through short planning cycles called sprints. Agile project management allows teams to gather customer feedback as the project progresses. But things change when executing a project.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 18, 2023

Have you ever been asked to ‘just get the project done’? Research from nPlan of 500,000 project schedules points to nine out of every 10 projects are delivered late. It’s likely that the issue is reflected in non-major construction projects too. First up: crashing. What does it mean to crash your schedule?

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NimbleWork

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

When the Agile methodology was first introduced, it was embraced as a welcome replacement to the rigid Waterfall approach. The community largely accepted Agile and Waterfall as mutually exclusive project management paradigms. So, what is the Waterfall methodology for project management?

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The ability to measure progress is how project managers keep projects on track. Waterfall methodology rests heavily on Gantt charts. But if you’re working in an agile environment, the Gantt chart isn’t the right tool for your iterative approach to project management. What you need is a burn up chart.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Sometimes the whole picture isn’t clear when you’re planning a project. But with a traditional project management methodology, such as waterfall, you set everything up first and then you’re stuck with it. But the waterfall methodology is only one way to manage a project. What Is Rolling Wave Planning?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 23, 2023

Recently I audited the Fundamentals of Project Planning and Management course from University of Virginia Darden Business School. It’s one of the most popular project management courses on Coursera. Who is the Fundamentals of Project Planning and Management course for?

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Project management software has proven key in supporting people who work from home. Another definition is the use of different methodologies to achieve modern project goals. There are traditional methods such as waterfall methodology, and more flexible, agile approaches. Hybrid work is a flexible term, however.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

On Agile projects, business representatives work alongside developers so scope unfolds as the project progresses. The team is still working to reduce ambiguity on the project and define the requirements, but it’s being done in a different way to an approved scope document. How to create the perfect business requirements.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 1, 2020

Regular readers will know that I’m not at all experienced in formal Agile project management, but I know it is something that I need to know more about. Scrum is a way of managing the work within defined timescales called sprints. I think of the Kanban method as a way to visually manage To Do lists. Let’s dive in.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 7, 2020

Project management is an art of solutions. You have a project, and it has a means to complete it within the constraints of time, scope and cost. Teams learn through experience, reflective meetings and specific roles that add structure and manage work. Advantages of Scrumban. For example, take scrum. Time-Saving.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Are you looking for a creative way to motivate yourself to study for the Project Management Professional (PMP)® exam? I’ve been working as a project manager for over 20 years (gulp) and I’ve spent a lot of time researching and using PMP training courses. Plus, the main character is a female Samurai. Highly interactive.

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The IIL Blog

MARCH 12, 2024

By Nicholas Mendez March 13, 2024 Are you ready to take your project management career to the next level? In today’s rapidly evolving professional landscape, staying competitive and advancing your career in project management requires more than just experience and skills.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

ProjectManager’s latest release is here, and it’s designed to make managing your hybrid team’s workflow much faster and easier. Or maybe you’re a project manager overseeing a tight budget and want to be alerted of every cost that is over a certain dollar amount. Streamline Manual Processes & Reduce Repetitive Work.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 13, 2023

Planning is the bedrock of project management. Many use Microsoft products to organize and manage their work. It’s not that you can’t get things done without a Gantt chart, but a Microsoft Planner Gantt chart would be an essential tool for any large, complex project. But does Microsoft Planner have a Gantt chart?

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Henny Portman

APRIL 15, 2024

While the agile methodology has seen a slight decline in usage from 27% to 24.6%, and Waterfall has also decreased from 47% to 43.9%, the hybrid model has notably risen from 26% to 31.5%. In such cases, organizations often revert to more conventional Project Portfolio Management (PPM) methods to find solutions.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 31, 2019

More along the lines of project management, though, is the Agile Manifesto. Now, even project management traditionalists who use Gantt charts and waterfall projects , are heeding the relevance of agile. Therefore, managers are mostly in the background after they set the stage for the team.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 1, 2023

Scrum is a path to business agility Organizations adopt Scrum to achieve business agility so they can manage uncertainty and risk in complex environments to achieve their goals. using a traditional waterfall approach and trying to fit Sprints around it). This can happen when there are handoffs between Scrum Teams (i.e.

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The Strategic Project Manager

OCTOBER 12, 2022

This post reviews the basics of agile scrum roles, ceremonies, and their impact on developing strategy and managing projects. The scrum master is part project manager, part leader, part teacher. The process for managing products within the company must be aligned as optimally as possible with the pace of change.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 23, 2021

As projects grow in complexity and workforces expand globally, the need for online project management tools is no luxury. Microsoft has thrown its considerable weight into the ring with Microsoft Project. Why People Seek a Microsoft Project Alternative. Steep Learning Curve: Microsoft Project is not for beginners.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 23, 2021

As projects grow in complexity and workforces expand globally, the need for online project management tools is no luxury. Microsoft has thrown its considerable weight into the ring with Microsoft Project. Why People Seek a Microsoft Project Alternative. Steep Learning Curve: Microsoft Project is not for beginners.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 18, 2022

A production schedule template is an essential part of your supply chain management. It helps you manage your resources effectively and even supports the sales team as they know when products will be delivered and available for sale. Gantt charts have been essential project management tools for over a century.

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Project Pulse Journal

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Michael Shick, MSPM, PMP, CSM Are you navigating the complex waters of project management, feeling the push and pull of deadlines, budgets, and expectations? Every project manager, whether new or old, knows that steering a project to success is no small feat. Unlock the full potential of your project skills.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 15, 2024

Agile methodologies stand at the forefront of this quest, providing the blueprint for rapid, responsive, and customer-centric project execution. Are you navigating the challenges of complex project landscapes, aiming to enhance collaboration, or striving to meet ever-evolving customer demands with precision?

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The IIL Blog

JANUARY 24, 2024

By Monika Muddamshetty Today, organizations must strive for more than just successful project completion and customer satisfaction. Delivering projects based on what was agreed with customers in terms of requirements, time, cost, and quality is no longer enough. The ultimate goal of any project is to deliver value and outcomes.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 19, 2020

What I can often observe is that teams work in mini-waterfall mode. But it takes more than that to realize the advantages of agile software development. Do you see the connection to the waterfall approach? How to get from waterfall to 1 week sprints. Do you know what is effective in agile? It needs a different approach.

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MPUG

APRIL 2, 2024

Project Management is a systematic and organized approach to planning, coordinating, and overseeing the work of a team to achieve a specific goal. It involves defining the project scope and objectives, creating a detailed plan, and identifying the resources and schedule required to complete the project.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

One of my favorite exercises from my Professional Scrum Product Owner classes is how to best sabotage a Product Owner as a member of the middle management. You are a middle manager in the IT organization, and you believe this Scrum thingy is a fad and will go away—with a little help from your side.

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Binfire

APRIL 19, 2017

Waterfall project management method was published by Winston W. Waterfall is sometimes also referred to as traditional project management method, but in this paper we will use Waterfall exclusively. This creates a waterfall sequence which is extremely easy to understand, present to others and track.

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The Strategic Project Manager

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

But he had entrepreneurial vision – and brought others onto the team to manage and build it while he continued to build the brand with his music and performances. ” More about that in a moment – as that speaks to strategy and project management implications! Learning is a key objective of these projects.

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International Institute for Learning

MARCH 8, 2023

By Gabor Stramb Nowadays, in Project Management you can only hear the following: Be more Agile – Agility is key – Running projects based on Waterfall is “dead”, “you are not open minded”. Project complexity should drive which project delivery method we shall use.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 9, 2021

Are you looking for a robust, scalable PPM solution that can manage the whole project life cycle and show you what’s being worked on at any one time? In this review of Sciforma, I’ll share the pros and cons of this enterprise-centric project and portfolio management tool. Portfolio Management. Product: Sciforma.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 28, 2022

As regular readers will know, for a long time I balanced two jobs: I’m a copywriter, speaker and author here at RebelsGuideToPM.com and up until the autumn of 2019 I work as a salaried project manager as well. It also has Gantt charts and waterfall diagrams. The advantages of Vizzlo are: It’s fast. No problem!

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Inloox

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Critical chain The critical chain is a resource-oriented method and represents the longest chain of tasks, taking into account limited resources and is used with the aim of achieving the minimum project duration. The critical chain method brings these two new thoughts to project planning : No Multitasking is not allowed!

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Proofhub

MARCH 2, 2021

The Agile methodology helps you break down each component of your project and speed up the process without compromising the quality. According to stats, using an Agile project development approach has been adopted by over 70% of organizations, including startups, and it has shown a 28% higher success rate than the traditional system.

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Planview

JULY 29, 2021

Have you ever heard a project manager refer to “formal” project management and wondered what exactly makes it formal? Here’s a quick look at the differences between formal and informal project management, and the situations in which you might use one over the other.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 6, 2022

Many of those initial agile meetups were driven by the need to share a different way of working compared to the waterfall approach, an approach inspired by the industrial, mass-production mindset. The skills required to take advantage of new technology, to even think about its use are very siloed today. But how does that work?

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