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RIP Critical Chain?  

Proggio

Critical chain is not dead, but after many years of it being the primary technique for analyzing schedules and prioritizing tasks, there’s a better alternative today. A typical Gantt chart could easily have hundreds of similar dependencies, and the critical chain analysis helped distinguish one from the other.

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A Super-Quick Guide to PERT, Critical Path, and All the Other Ways to Manage a Project

Redbooth

Most project managers are familiar with Agile and the Scrum Board. Agile works for fast-moving startup teams that need to deliver new products constantly. While Agile has many benefits, it is only one of several ways to manage a project. In the 1950s, we saw the rise of PERT, Critical Path, and Work Breakdown Structures.

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Project Management Tools and Techniques That Really Work

nTask

Agile Project Management. The project management technique that is the most famous and is quite outstanding in its application because it deals with projects in a way quite different from other traditional procedures is the Agile Project Management technique. Rational Unified Process (RUP).

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Top 20 Project Management Methodologies & their Scions: Which One You Should Choose & Why?

Taskque

Here are the 20 most popular project management methodologies and their scions: Agile. Critical Path Method. Critical Chain Project Management. Agile project management methodology follows an iterative model to bring continuous improvements and ensure consistent product delivery. Critical Chain Project Management.

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Top 20 Project Management Methodologies & their Scions: Which One You Should Choose & Why?

Taskque

Here are the 20 most popular project management methodologies and their scions: Agile. Critical Path Method. Critical Chain Project Management. Agile project management methodology follows an iterative model to bring continuous improvements and ensure consistent product delivery. Critical Chain Project Management.

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How to pick a project management methodology

Moira Alexander

Let’s start by taking a look at some of the key PM methodologies: Agile was developed for projects requiring significant flexibility and speed and is comprised of “sprints” – short delivery cycles. Agile may be best-suited for projects requiring less control and real-time communication within self-motivated team settings.

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5 Insane Project Management Techniques in Today’s Market

nTask

Researchers have also developed AUP; Agile Unified Process , which is a different form of RUP. Agile simply focuses on slacking clutter and replacing it with simpler steps. He will do an analysis of pending and already performed tasks. Agile Project Management: Agile has been discussed a lot at the nTask blog.