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Government Lessons in People Over Process

Leading Answers

I was working for IBM at the time and was able to persuade my account manager to pitch the approach on one of our government projects. A clean-sheet development opportunity with a smart team and engaged business group – what could go wrong? As it turns out, plenty due to my ill-advised approach. My enthusiasm was about to be tested.

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Government Lessons in People Over Process

Leading Answers

I was working for IBM at the time and was able to persuade my account manager to pitch the approach on one of our government projects. A clean-sheet development opportunity with a smart team and engaged business group – what could go wrong? As it turns out, plenty due to my ill-advised approach. My enthusiasm was about to be tested.

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How To Make 2018 A Successful Year for Your Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Leadership – ethical, authentic leadership is what helps get work done and set you apart from your peers. Successful project managers are those that embrace the mantle of leadership. John is the co-author of Agile Project Management for Mobile Application Development. Let’s jump in. Mark Phillips. Mark Phillips.

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How mergers and acquisitions can cement IT as a strategic business partner

Project Accelerator News

If the CIO had been engaged sooner, he could have created reliable integration cost estimates, scoped out issues that may be faced and secured the resources, skills and leadership ready for implementation, he could have accessed extra resources from the Project Management as a Service (PMaaS) sector. This stands to reason.

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What is Agile Project Management?

The IIL Blog

In 1991 the book Rapid Application Development was published and an approach of the same name, RAD, was born. In 1994 the Dynamic System Development Method (DSDM) was created as project managers using RAD strived for increased governance and discipline when using an iterative style of managing projects.

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How Project Management Can Help Fight the “IT and the Business” Paradox

Bridge the Gap Consulting

Fast forward about a month after that meeting. Governance; the 4-Letter 10-Letter Word. Let me run it past governance to see if they approve and get it prioritized”, you’ll probably get a 4-letter colorful metaphor in response. Governance can get some bad press! What do I mean by that?

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Questioning Agile Dogma

Leading Agile

As the deadline for a given project loomed, the teams went into “death march” mode, in which they attempted to compensate for all the wasted time up to that point (as well as to try and meet unrealistic expectations) by working themselves to exhaustion. An application development/support team could focus on one project at a time.

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