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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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What is ROM and how to calculate it (with example)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

However, back in the real world, we don’t have to do exactly what the PMBOK® Guide says, although it’s useful to have those figures in the back of your mind for your PMI exam. When to revise the ROM estimate The rough cost estimate is not designed to last for the whole project life cycle.

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125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

Projects are generally a mechanism for change and may leverage innovation. Project Management A discipline that supports the effective management of projects through the project life cycle. Project Plan A formal document that outlines the scope, objectives, timelines, resources, approach to execution, etc.,

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

ProjectManager.com

Scrum works within an agile project management framework, though there have been attempts to scale Scrum to fit larger organizations. The term scrum was introduced in a “Harvard Business Review” article from 1986 by Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka. Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).

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Time is Money: The Importance of Earned Value Management

MPUG

In my previous article , I discussed the importance of a baseline, and how, without one, a PM doesn’t have a yardstick, per se, to measure with. Project Management presents many tools and techniques for the management of a successful project. It compares costs and schedules to a baseline to determine if the project is on track.