The IIL Blog

MAY 17, 2023

We have read books and journal articles on various project management topics. Public Sector Project Manager Selection In most government agencies, PMs were seen more so as project monitors rather than project managers. The assignment as a government project monitor was seen as an add-on to one’s normal job.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 25, 2024

A Project Management Office (PMO) is a centralized department within an organization that standardizes the governance of projects. This article focuses on the concept of a Project Management Office. Project Governance It oversees project governance, ensuring that each aligns with the strategic goals.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 17, 2024

From individual coding tasks to large-scale releases, the DoD sets the bar for quality and completeness, ensuring everyone - from developers to stakeholders - is on the same page. This article will help you craft a robust DoD that suits your project needs and team dynamics. Ready to transform your project delivery process?

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Leading Agile

DECEMBER 1, 2023

We thought it would be cool to round up all those Field Notes into one article and share the best of the best with you. Four Common Misconceptions About Agile Transformation In this article, our CEO, Mike Cottmeyer, explores why focusing on practices and culture isn’t the right place to start an Agile Transformation.

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

This article will discuss how Disney can use the Scaled Agile Framework® to address the challenges a large organization will face when implementing it in its software development process. As Scrum Master, the Director coordinated the work between the animation Teams and ensured the continuity of characters and storylines.

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Binfire

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

The other day I was reading an article in which the author argues , in order for the government agencies to become more efficient, they need to transition to the Agile method! For the government agencies to get efficient, they need to embrace Agile methodology. . 1- Scrum (by far the most widely used. Do you get this?

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International Institute for Learning

APRIL 12, 2023

It’s easy enough to just pick up the Scrum Guide, obtain a certification and just try doing it. Rubin Jen has been in the project management field for over 25 years; Spanning aerospace, engineering, telecom, software development, outsourcing, consulting, and government sectors. And you’d have some success.

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MPUG

APRIL 2, 2024

government began using it to manage complex defense projects. Agile is used in a wide range of industries, including software development, IT, construction, engineering, and many others Hybrid Hybrid combines elements of traditional and agile pm to create a customized approach that meets the specific needs of the project.

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ProProfs Project Management

JANUARY 9, 2020

This article focuses on introducing the most common project management methodologies that exist and eventually helping you choose the winning approach every time. Originally developed by Motorola, Six Sigma is a project management methodology that is primarily driven by data. Reducing the number of bugs (in software development), or.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Agile and Scrum are the two most popular names in the industry. According to Zippia Research , the US government has lost a whopping $32 billion because of failed IT projects. So, stick to the end of the article to find out which coaching type should fit your organizational requirements. And the consequence? Agile or Enterprise?

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International Institute for Learning

APRIL 18, 2022

This blog is part of an article that was originally published at www.bain.com/insights/agile-innovation. Agile software development is often inhibited by a company’s legacy architecture, because the new software can’t easily plug into the rest of the system. Rigby, Steve Berez, Greg Caimi and Andrew Noble.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Product Owner, Scrum Master, Development team members) who work collaboratively to deliver value in an Agile project. Product Backlog A prioritized list of features, enhancements, and fixes for a product that needs to be accomplished and is often used in Agile product development. Six Sigma A disciplined, data-driven (i.e.,

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 26, 2024

Whether you are to enhance your project outcomes, streamline operations, or drive technological change, this article will provide you with the blueprint for success. For example, knowing the basics of software development can help in planning timelines and managing expectations, even if the project manager cannot code themselves.

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Resource Guru

JUNE 7, 2023

Examples of project management methodologies (some of which we’ll take a closer look at later in this article) include Waterfall, Agile (Scrum, Kanban), Lean, PRINCE2 (PRojects IN Controlled Environments), and PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge). Using Scrum, you’ll work in short sprints that produce incremental results.

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Leading Agile

DECEMBER 1, 2023

We thought it would be cool to round up all those Field Notes into one article and share the best of the best with you. Four Common Misconceptions About Agile Transformation In this article, our CEO, Mike Cottmeyer, explores why focusing on practices and culture isn’t the right place to start an Agile Transformation.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 9, 2023

TL; DR: Can We Or Should We Change Scrum? Can we or should we change Scrum, or is it a sacrilege to tweak the ‘immutable’ framework to accommodate our teams’ and organizations’ needs? Not so fast; don’t just dismiss augmenting Scrum as leaving the path, contributing to the numerous Scrumbut mutations, giving Scrum a bad name.

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MPUG

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Federal and state governments. Software development. In 2001, new methodology pioneers met in Snowbird, Utah to share their experiences and to suggest ideas for improving the world of software development. They came up with the Agile Manifesto to streamline the development process. Energy and utilities.

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Online PM Courses

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

And in this guide, I will share everything I have found out, in my longest article ever. This article is a companion to our earlier guide: ‘Project Management Qualification: Should I or Shouldn’t I?’ Scrum Alliance. Its Certified Scrum Master (CSM) qualification is still the most widely known agile certification.

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Digite

JUNE 13, 2018

In this article, Andrea explains the Kanban method in detail starting from its origin to its principles and its application. Compared to Scrum, Kanban is a young work-management method. But, for teams that chafe under the strictures of the Scrum process, Kanban can be a freeing alternative. Origins of Kanban. Kanban vs. kanban.

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International Institute for Learning

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Throw in the rich taxonomy of terms such as Waterfall, Lean, Agile, Scrum, XP, Sprints, phases, increments, and releases, and it’s easy to get lost in the terminology. This article aims to provide clarity on the key attributes and applications of Agile and Traditional Project Management methods using simple examples.

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Wrike

APRIL 25, 2023

This article explains all you need to know about project charters: what they are and why you need them, essential elements every charter must contain, and different project charter templates to bring your project planning together. This is useful for projects of all types and sizes, whether simple or complex.

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 19, 2020

They did a great job of getting the message out Scrum and the Scrum certification did a great job of getting the message out. We’re starting to see HBR articles written more than one. Does it mean that we start Doing Scrum, right? And the guys that sign that thing, they changed the world. What is a team?

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MPUG

MAY 6, 2021

We are a consulting company in the DC Baltimore area that specializes in project and portfolio management for about 80% of our customers in the government space, the other 20 in the commercial space. I actually got my degree in software engineering and moved up into project management like a lot of us did back in the day.

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PM Basics

DECEMBER 23, 2022

This article explores how you can identify stakeholders within your project. For example, government organizations or bodies that set standards related to your project. . For example, the lead engineer in your software development project or the top salesperson bringing in clients and cash hand-over-fist. Supporters.

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Leading Agile

JANUARY 21, 2021

And what that means to us is not just teaching people how to do agile or how to do kind of methodologies in this space like say for Scrum or what have you but really like how to create the kinds of organizations that really can do agile really well and really effectively at scale. They’re not thinking often about like team level Scrum.

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MPUG

APRIL 15, 2022

Melanie: Jeff is currently the Lead Course Developer for Edwards Performance Solutions, as such he oversees the production and maintenance of courses on project management, systems engineering, software development, business process improvement, and cybersecurity. We have to go to something that allows for better adaptation.

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Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Scrum is) more defined rather than empirical process. scrum, not agile. not as it was prior to scrum. Scrum is prescriptive and defined rather than empirical. This took me back since Scrum is derived from an empirical closed loop control system developed in the USAF by Col. Related articles.

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Digite

MARCH 19, 2018

Designing a kanban system, you put together a set of policies and rules governing what work you want to visualize, in which way, and how you want to manage it. This article was originally published on Lean-Agile Software Development blog and can be found here– [link]. Signup here to join us- [link].

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Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2017

Hybrid–Agile Software Development Anti–Patterns, Risks, and Recommendations,” Paul E. McMahon, Cross Talk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering , July/August 2015, pp. Architecting Large Scale Agile Software Development: A Risk–Driven Approach,” Ipek Ozkaya, Michael Gagliardi, Robert L.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 15, 2017

Hofstadter is speaking about the development of a Chess playing program - and doing so from the perspective of 1978 style software development. Figure 4 shows the inability of the team and management to actually flow the principles of Scrum. This is a picture of a bad scrum team. Related articles.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 14, 2016

the continued paradigm of deadline-driven development is killing the benefits that Agile Software Development can bring. But the conjecture that Executives of software product and service companies always want stuff delivered faster, cheaper and better. Related articles. Agile Software Development in the DOD.

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Herding Cats

MAY 8, 2016

Uncertainty of course is present in all software development work both reducible and irreducible uncertainty. Before listening to any conjecture that estimates aren't needed to make decisions in the presence of Uncertainty for software development, please read these books. What are we looking for? Reading Materials.

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International Institute for Learning

JULY 28, 2022

I hear people often talk about Scrum projects, but what does Scrum have to do with project management? In this article, I am not looking at Scrum from a software development perspective but rather from an organization-wide and project management perspective. In Scrum , we have three roles.

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Herding Cats

MAY 7, 2017

This step is one of the steps needed for project success in SISoS when developing with the software with Scrum. Governance principles provide guidance to institutionalize a process, including its continued assessment and evolution over time in support of the tangible system benefits. Related articles.

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 27, 2017

Although I understand measuring productivity could work well for repeatable activities, it's hard to believe it works well for abstract and, ultimately, non-repeatable tasks like software development. We engineers should always keep in mind that software development is usually one part of many others inside the company.

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Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

I attended our Agile Meetup last night, where the speaker walked through the three current Agile at Scale development methods, all based on Scrum - SAFe, LeSS, and Nexus. Each of the authors have a different, sometimes slight, sometimes maor, approach to producing software using their methods. He had an interesting statement.

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The IIL Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The History of Agile Project Management Agile project management emerged in the software development industry in the late 1990s and early 2000s. In 2001, a group of software development thought leaders came together and devised the Agile Manifesto. The DSDM Framework is the backbone for several of APMG’s certifications.

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