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What is the Project Life Cycle and How to Use It Better?

Workamajig

The project life cycle describes the stages a project goes through as it progresses from start to finish. A well-defined life cycle brings order and structure to the project. This article will demystify the project management life cycle and help you run better projects.

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9 Types of Artifacts in Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In this article we’ll look at the types of artifacts in project management, typical documents for each type. There’s also a checklist of project artifacts by phase at the end, which you can use as an aide-memoire for creating your own documentation. The article will be updated in due course. What is an artifact?

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Project Artifacts and How to Use Them

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In this article we’ll look at the types of artifacts in project management, typical documents for each type. There’s also a checklist of project artifacts by phase at the end, which you can use as an aide-memoire for creating your own documentation. What is an artifact? An artifact is something you create.

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125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

Bottom-up Estimating A project estimation technique that leverages tactical-level team members/subject matter experts (SMEs) to break down tasks into smaller components to create a more accurate estimate. Burndown Chart A tool in Agile project management that tracks the work completed and the work remaining to help teams manage progress.

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

ProjectManager.com

This may be the most straightforward and linear of all the project management methods in this list, as well as the most traditional approach. The name is apt, as the waterfall methodology is a process in which the phases of the project flow downward. It’s fast and flexible, unlike waterfall project management.

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Benefits Realization Management for Projects

MPUG

It will be an important topic to know for the upcoming Project Management Professional (PMP) exam, next year. In this article, I hope to provide you with a deeper understanding of these concepts. However, in this article, our focus will be on projects. Finally, the project is closed in the “completing the project” stage.

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A Beginner’s Guide to Understanding Earned Value Management

MPUG

EVM concepts were initiated over fifty years ago by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) to support their control processes with large defense acquisition programs. Air Force defined the criteria for their acquisition projects which included the basic concepts of EVM. In 1965, the U.S.