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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 mergers and acquisitions can cement IT as a strategic business partner

Project Accelerator News

I’d say IT integration planning needs to start at the same time as all other pre-merger or acquisition processes. There are plenty of case studies to read online and, as with every capability challenge, a trusted IT advisory partner will be in a position to help, usually from a perspective of “been there, done that.”

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The Complete Glossary of 614 Project Management Terms

Workamajig

Acceptance Test: A process through which a project's end users run through the project to identify any potential issues before it can be formally accepted. Allocation describes the process for assigning resources for different project activities in the most efficient way possible. Allocation: Another term for Resource Allocation.

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Questioning Agile Dogma

Leading Agile

The combination of high WIP (work in process), multiple and uncoordinated project assignments per individual, lack of coordination of scarce resources, and inattention to cross-team dependencies during planning led to unpredictability in software delivery. The first step has to be to bring the delivery process under control and measurement.

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Software Estimating Resources

Herding Cats

So start here to build your academic foundation, that can be put to work to build a foundation of validated experience of making estimates in the presence of uncertainty and protect yourself from fallacious claims that estimates are a waste, not needed, and produce bad resulting in the decision making process for those paying you to produce value.

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100+ Tech Conferences and Events to Attend in Europe 2020

Teamweek

Attracting 25,000 visitors and in excess of 600 exhibitors, MACH is the platform to connect UK manufacturing engineers, decision makers, buyers and specifiers with suppliers of new technology, equipment, services and processes. They matter in society and governance. This programme consists of keynote presentations, case studies.