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Strategic Project Portfolio Management [Book Review]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It took me a while to get my hands on Simon Moore’s book, Strategic Project Portfolio Management , but I’m rather glad I did. I read a lot, and I notice fonts, layout, box copy, but in this book, most of all the lovely tables. Praising a book because it is pretty is probably shallow, but it does matter for the reader experience.

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Which estimation methods are favored for adaptive delivery?

Kiron Bondale

If you ever find yourself wanting to inject some energy into a cross-functional gathering of delivery staff and stakeholders, ask for their opinion on estimates. Relative sizing – this covered such techniques as story pointing, T-shirt sizing, affinity estimating and others.

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Best PMI-ACP Exam Prep Books

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The most successful students also include reading a range of PMI-ACP books in their exam prep, as well as a training course, just as that little bit of extra comfort. It’s also useful to have books to carry around with you for reference when you can’t access your training materials. Alternatively, choose books that fill in your gaps.

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Exploring Estimation Approaches: What is the Right Fit for Scrum Teams!

Scrum.org

Estimation is a complementary practice Scrum Teams use in Product D evelopment. The purpose of estimation is to provide a rough idea of how much effort, time, and budget are needed to complete specific features or PBI- Product Backlog Item of the product.

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Estimates and expectations

Kiron Bondale

Estimates are guesses. The service center is an hour’s drive from my house and I had booked the first appointment time slot of the day. I had also received similar estimates from two different technicians and both seemed very experienced. End to end, the process had taken just over three hours.

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Project Management Processes & Phases

ProjectManager.com

If so, it might be time to start implementing proven project management processes and phases at your organization in order to bring your company’s workflow under control. The five phases of a project constitute the project management life cycle , which coincidentally is the title of a book by ProjectManager.com CEO Jason Westland.

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Estimating Agile Projects.Or Not

Leading Answers

Project managers generally like plans and estimates so we can forecast when things should be done and how much they may cost. " So, when project managers hear about ideas such as "let's stop estimating," it can trigger a knee-jerk reaction. It sounds lazy and avoiding the hard work of having to estimate.

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