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T-shirt sizing in Agile and Waterfall Projects

Project Pulse Journal

By: Hajime Estanislao, PMP, CSM Embarking on project estimations can often feel complex - where the path forward is unclear, and the potential for missteps is high. This is where the concept of T-shirt sizing shines as a simple estimation technique. What is T-shirt Sizing?

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9 Steps to Managing Risk for Your Projects

LiquidPlanner

Which is why so many projects—especially large technology projects—run into trouble. Identify risks that relate to project requirements , technology, materials, budget, people, quality, suppliers, legislation, and any other types of project risk you can think of. an estimate of three or more on the scale mentioned in No.

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What Is Cost Overrun? How to Prevent It

Wrike

With about 28% of projects failing due to imprecise cost estimates, it’s clear that your project plan deserves time and attention. Inaccurate forecasts about costs, resources, benefits, and estimated durations can bring project risks that could impact your organization’s profitability and growth opportunities.

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How To Base Your Beliefs About Agile On Evidence

Scrum.org

Perhaps you’ve read many blog posts about how horrible SAFe is, or how useless estimation is, or what the optimal size of a team is. What if you recommend teams to stop estimation altogether and cause financial damage compared to when you wouldn’t have recommended this? The experience of other practitioners is helpful too.

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What Do Companies like Apple, Amazon and Google Look for in Project Managers?

Epicflow Blog

Besides the specific requirements in the technical background, all employers bank on soft skills. Therefore, you should be able to communicate effectively and build trust with multiple technical and non-technical business units, as well as across other cultures and geographies while managing multiple projects. . Soft Skills.

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The True Cost of Hiring an Employee in 2024

Teamweek

We’ve crunched some numbers and sourced statistics to help you estimate the true cost of hiring an employee for your company in 2024. To estimate the true cost of a new employee, you should also factor in the employee’s wages, payroll taxes, benefits, bonuses, and other corporate perks.

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The Road to Responsible Collaboration: Strive for Alignment

The IIL Blog

Project team alignment is a classic starting point because dealing with unmotivated team members who believe the project is either ill-conceived or technically misdirected present an immediate problem. Insist on a set of assumptions to accompany every estimate you review or prepare. The skilled PM can do much to create this.