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Agile: Past, Present, & Future. A Conversation with Agile Trainer, Rubin Jen.

International Institute for Learning

Rubin Jen has been in the project management field for over 23 years, spanning aerospace, engineering, telecom, software development, outsourcing, consulting, not-for-profit and government sectors. He has worked with companies such as Bombardier Aerospace, Celestica, Accenture and the Ontario Government. ABOUT THE AUTHOR.

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6 Top Project Management Books for Engineers and Manufacturers

LiquidPlanner

Epiphanized: A Novel on Unifying Theory of Constraints, Lean, and Six Sigma by Bob Sproull and Bruce Nelson. Management consultants Bob Sproull and Bruce Nelson borrow from Goldratt’s storytelling concept to explore the advantages of using Theory of Constraints, Lean, and Six Sigma together. Oberlender.

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Best Production Scheduling Software for Manufacturing Projects in 2023

ProjectManager.com

It mostly leans on its lists, but still requires a lot of time to understand how to use the production scheduling software. It tracks serial numbers and works well with lean manufacturing. However, Wrike has features, such as its Gantt chart, that aren’t intuitive. The software is fairly easy to use but expensive.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Mitigating Cognitive Biases in Risk Identification: Practitioner Checklist for the Aerospace Sector,” Debra L. Sensitivity analysis methods for uncertainty budgeting in system design,” Max M. Reliable Date,” Troy Magennis, Lean Kanban , Central Europe, 2014. Kevorkian, Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering, August 5, 2016.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Mitigating Cognitive Biases in Risk Identification: Practitioner Checklist for the Aerospace Sector,” Debra L. Sensitivity analysis methods for uncertainty budgeting in system design,” Max M. Reliable Date,” Troy Magennis, Lean Kanban , Central Europe, 2014. Kevorkian, Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering, August 5, 2016.

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Complete Collection of Project Management Statistics 2015

Wrike

Organizations that use a methodology: 38% meet budget. VS. Organizations that don’t use a methodology: 31% meet budget. 18% — Delivered within budget. 75% of highly agile organizations met their goals/business intent, 65% finished on time, and 67% finished within budget. Lean & Test Driven Development (TDD) – 11%.

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DDSTOP The Saga Continues

Herding Cats

In our software-intensive system of systems domain, we develop proposals with 80% confidence of completing on time and on budget at the time of submission. Work performed using the budget for the Reducible uncertainties that create the risk. Here's how: Build a model of the needed Capabilities . So how do we get ±10% accuracy?