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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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THE FIRST THING TO DO WHEN SETTING UP A PMO

The Squad Report

For example, if the focus of your PMO is limited to the IT department, then you should probably speak with the CTO/CIO and VPs/Directors of Application Development, Infrastructure, Business Development, Quality Assurance, Architecture and any other IT department heads that might be there in your organization.

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The Complete Glossary of 614 Project Management Terms

Workamajig

Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) : A certificate in project management basics offered by Project Management Institute (PMI). Professional Development Unit (PDU): One-hour blocks of time spent learning, teaching, or volunteering to ensure that project managers retain their PMI certification.