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What is the Project Life Cycle and How to Use It Better?

Workamajig

The project life cycle describes the stages a project goes through as it progresses from start to finish. A well-defined life cycle brings order and structure to the project. This article will demystify the project management life cycle and help you run better projects.

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125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

Bottom-up Estimating A project estimation technique that leverages tactical-level team members/subject matter experts (SMEs) to break down tasks into smaller components to create a more accurate estimate. Burndown Chart A tool in Agile project management that tracks the work completed and the work remaining to help teams manage progress.

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9 Types of Artifacts in Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In this article we’ll look at the types of artifacts in project management, typical documents for each type. There’s also a checklist of project artifacts by phase at the end, which you can use as an aide-memoire for creating your own documentation. The article will be updated in due course. What is an artifact?

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Business Leadership for IT Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Don’t get me wrong – I have no issue with the Standish research and the CHAOS report itself, but it is often used for a quick headline without any analysis of how the numbers were arrived at. Gary doesn’t do that, and he’s thorough in his analysis and critical in his thinking. Finding What Matters.

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In-Depth Overview Of 5 Phases of Project Management Life Cycle

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Attentiveness to the different stages of the project management life cycle will help you make sure that all the processes are running smoothly and you are on track. In this article, we explain the five phases of the project management life cycle. What Is Project Life Cycle?

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Time is Money: The Importance of Earned Value Management

MPUG

In my previous article , I discussed the importance of a baseline, and how, without one, a PM doesn’t have a yardstick, per se, to measure with. Project Management presents many tools and techniques for the management of a successful project. To understand truly that ‘time is money,’ you need to use EVM in your projects.

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The Growth in Importance of Project Value

The IIL Blog

On the other hand, the term “project value” has had multiple interpretations based upon the type of project, when in the project life cycle the term is used, and who is using the term. The importance of understanding value appeared several decades ago in articles discussing systems engineering activities.

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