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What is Agile Project Management?

The IIL Blog

The History of Agile Project Management Agile project management emerged in the software development industry in the late 1990s and early 2000s. In 1991 the book Rapid Application Development was published and an approach of the same name, RAD, was born. Agile projects are iterative and have regular feedback loops.

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Slack, Flow, and Continuous Improvement

Leading Agile

Similarly, a team should complete the work item or ticket or story (or whatever they call it) they’re working on before picking up the next one. Many software developers will tell you it takes between 10 and 20 minutes to get back into the zone, depending on the task. Of course, that will affect Lean-style flow, too.

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How to Become an IT Project Manager Without Experience

PM Basics

For sure, the easiest way to become a software project manager is by getting a promotion inside an IT company. So, if you are just starting your career, I strongly recommend getting a job on an IT project in any other capacity like QA, Developer, DevOps, Business Analyst, or a Scrum Master. 10 to 15 people on the project team.

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The Complete Glossary of 614 Project Management Terms

Workamajig

Activity: A distinct, identifiable portion of work done during the course of a project. A project team might also go through an audit to ensure that there are no lapses in project management. If you have an in-house design team, for instance, you can say that you have "design capability". A project sponsor can request an audit.

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How to Become a Software Project Manager (Full Guide)

PM Basics

Below you’ll find a full guide on how to become a software PM. TL;DR: The steps to becoming a software project manager. Develop technical proficiency. Develop your interview skills. That’s an overall approach that will make you a software project manager. No course will fill this gap. Where Should I Start?

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Webinar Recap: Project Performance Measurement – Part 1: Overview Of Project Performance Measurements

MPUG

Kyle: Hello, and welcome to part one of MPUGs Project Performance Measurement course. I actually got my degree in software engineering and moved up into project management like a lot of us did back in the day. Individual contributor team, lead section, lead project manager, program manager, director of engineering.

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Software Estimating Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to estimate software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Cost Modeling Agile Software Development,” Maarit Laanti and Petri Kettunen, International Transactions on Systems and Applications, Volume 1 Number 2, pp. Chakraborty and K.