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The Evolution of Project Management

The IIL Blog

Private Sector Project Manager Selection The birth of modern-day project management is most frequently attributed to the engineering community, mainly aerospace and defense. Public Sector Project Manager Selection In most government agencies, PMs were seen more so as project monitors rather than project managers.

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Quality Assurance and Testing: A Quick Guide

ProjectManager.com

Quality control is more concerned with quality earlier in the project process. This provides a systematic measurement and comparison with a standard, along with a monitory of processes and a feedback loop to make sure no errors pass through production. Quality control, however, is primarily just focused on process output.

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How to Make a CPM Schedule: CPM Scheduling Basics

ProjectManager.com

Learn how to make one, leverage some free templates to help and find out how CPM software facilitates the process. ProjectManager is online project management software that delivers real-time data that help you make more informed decisions as you manage your project’s schedule. What Is a CPM Schedule?

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. Project Risk Management: A Combined Analytic Hierarchy Process and Decision Tree Approach,” Prasanta Kumar Dey, Cost Engineering , Vol. Project risk management: lessons learned from software development environment,” Young Hoon Kwak and Jim Stoddard,” Technovation , 24(11), pp.

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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. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol.

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Project Management Mastery: Conquering Big, Hairy, Complex Projects (BHCP)

NimbleWork

The second required an understanding of government and public sector procurement process, benchmarking hardware and software systems and working with myriad vendors and computer system standards at a time, when no such systems or standards had ever existed.

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What are the Objectives of the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)?

NimbleWork

A Brief History The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) has its origins in the mid-20th century, evolving primarily in industries such as defense, aerospace, engineering, and construction. Today, the WBS remains a fundamental tool in project management, with applications across various industries and methodologies, including software development.