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Kanban History: Origin & Expansion Across Industries

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Kanban history has informed everything from manufacturing to software development. The kanban tool has become commonplace in project management and its uses continue to expand. While kanban systems were once analog, they have since moved into the digital space and are often found in project management software.

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Kanban vs. Scrum: What’s the Difference?

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Kanban and scrum are agile project management methodologies that can be used for similar purposes, but each has its unique pros and cons. As a project manager, it’s important to understand the difference between kanban and scrum so you can determine the best approach for your team. Get started for free today. What Is Scrum?

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Cost and Value Management for Software Development

Herding Cats

There's a popular notion going around the agile community that says. we focus on Value and don't need to worry about Cost. This, of course, is a violation of the principles of Managerial Finance and Microeconomics of software development in the presence of uncertainty and scarce resources. Overlooking key project risks.

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12 Ways to Manage Project Quality Without Drama

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Start with the project requirements What is your project actually doing, building, making, delivering? Make sure you have a list of project requirements. That’s just a guideline: use whatever your company software development lifecycle specifies or what works until you have working software you are happy to ship.

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125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

Activity An activity is the actual, specific task that must be performed in a project, i.e., the tactical level of work. Agile A flexible and dynamic approach to project management that allows for iterative updates during defined time blocks, which allows for incremental value. Also known as continuous process improvement.

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Project Management Basics: Definitions, Methods and Tools

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Project managers should be very knowledgeable in each of these 10 project management knowledge areas so they can guide teams through the project life cycle and make sure the triple constraint is well balanced. A different approach that is gaining popularity is called Agile , which comes from software development.

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Estimates, Forecasts, Projections

Herding Cats

An Estimate is a value inferred for a population of values based on data collected from a sample of data from that population. The estimate can also be produced parametrically or through a simulation (Monte Carlo is common, but Method of Moments is another we use). . Estimates can be about the past, present, or future.