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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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WBS and Product Backlog: Siblings or Distant Cousins?

Leading Answers

However, they did not use the term “work breakdown structure” or WBS until 1962 when DoD, NASA and the aerospace industry published a document about PERT that described the WBS approach. E2: Do high-risk steps early – Prioritize the work based on risk.   Visualizing work is a major component of lean thinking.

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2022 Online and In-Person Events for Project/Resource Managers and Industry Professionals

Epicflow Blog

April 13, Chicago, the USA — Project Delivery Conference is the event for construction industry professionals, including project managers, where leading experts meet to explore innovative solutions that help builders operate more efficiently as well as manage risks associated with project safety, schedules, quality, and costs.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Risk issues that can be identified early in the program, which will potentially impact the program later, termed Known Unknowns and can be alleviated with good risk management. Effective Risk Management 2 nd Edition , Edmund Conrow, AIAA, 2003.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. Risk Management is essential for development and production programs.

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Complete Collection of Project Management Statistics 2015

Wrike

64% of organizations say they frequently conduct risk management. [6]. Most Popular Agile Tools and Processes: Scrum – 43%. Lean & Test Driven Development (TDD) – 11%. Managing small, low-risk projects. Managing medium-size, moderate-risk projects. Aerospace/. Undefined risks/opportunities – 30%.

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DDSTOP The Saga Continues

Herding Cats

We were one of the first users of eXtreme Programming, long before Scrum was around and presented that early work in 2003, " Making Agile Development Work in a Government Contracting Environment, Measuring velocity with Earned Value." . Define the risks - reducible and irreducible - to each Capability and their Features.