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

Taskque

Rapid Application Development. Kanban is a Japanese word, which means “ Signal card ” Toyota developed this method way back in the 1940s. Kanban focuses on lean principles and applies strict processes to increase efficiency. Rapid Application Development. RUP is an iterative software development framework.

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

Taskque

Rapid Application Development. Kanban is a Japanese word, which means “ Signal card ” Toyota developed this method way back in the 1940s. This methodology focuses on lean principles and applies strict processes to increase efficiency. Rapid Application Development. Construction Phase. Inception Phase.

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Agile project management: A beginner's guide

Moira Alexander

Although designed originally for the software industry, many industries have now adopted the use of agile in their development of products and services because of the highly collaborative and more efficient nature of the methodology. Agile is also used in industries like marketing and advertising, construction, education and finance.

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Scrum vs Kanban vs Agile vs Waterfall – A side-by-side comparison

nTask

Rapid application development (RAD). Originating in construction and manufacturing, this model was used in physical environments that were significantly structured and were not adaptable to changes easily. Waterfall method itself. The Waterfall Model is also referred to as a linear-sequential life cycle model.

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Waterfall Should Have Never Existed: Part 1

MPUG

The latter, Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM) came from the Rapid Application Development movement. These associations and thought leaders, authors, and researchers developed several flavors of Agile: Scrum, Scrum XP (eXtreme Programming), ScrumBan, DSDM, DevOps, and Lean-Agile , and market them vigorously.

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Webinar Recap: Agile Series Part 1 – Understanding & Incorporating Agile Project Management

MPUG

And so this is where agile kind of fits in and isn’t just necessarily only for software development. In fact, back in the 1990s and even the 80s when I was working construction we did agile practices all the time, we just didn’t call it agile. And again, I mentioned some of my background is I used to be in construction.

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The Complete Glossary of 614 Project Management Terms

Workamajig

Lean : "Lean" is an approach towards project management that prioritizes minimizing waste and maximizing value. Lean Project Management emerged from Lean Manufacturing principles pioneered by Toyota. A "lean" approach focuses on optimizing resource utilization, improving productivity, and minimizing wasteful activities.