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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

ProjectManager.com

Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM). The Kanban methodology helps reduce inefficiencies, and is a great project management tool for many purposes such as lean manufacturing or agile projects. The car company applied it to their lean manufacturing model, known as the Toyota production system. Lean Methodology.

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6 Top Project Management Books for Engineers and Manufacturers

LiquidPlanner

Critical Chain by Dr. Eliyahu M. Epiphanized: A Novel on Unifying Theory of Constraints, Lean, and Six Sigma by Bob Sproull and Bruce Nelson. Management consultants Bob Sproull and Bruce Nelson borrow from Goldratt’s storytelling concept to explore the advantages of using Theory of Constraints, Lean, and Six Sigma together.

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Applicability of Agile/Lean/Kanban Methods for fixed scope/budget projects (with short duration)

Sudipta Lahiri

This session objective was to address challenges faced by Lean-Kanban practitioners in their projects. Problem Statement : Some projects are fixed scope, fixed budget and have relatively small duration – 3-4 months. The following Positives were identified when applying Agile/Lean methods to these projects: Positive Contributors.

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Embracing an Innovative Mindset

Tony Adams

of project investment through delivering outcomes over budget, behind schedule and without meeting business expectations (PMI, 2017). Globally, companies waste approximately 9.7% The “way we’ve always done things” doesn’t work anymore.

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Top 12 Most Relevant Project Management Books You Need to Read

ActiveCollab

The book compares agile to waterfall, breaks down various Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, XP, FDD, Lean, etc.), One-feature-at-a-time mentality yields a Frankenstein monster and the product ends up barely usable - which ultimately makes projects go over budget. The Goal / Critical Chain by Eliyahu M.

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Top 12 Most Relevant Project Management Books You Need to Read

ActiveCollab

The book compares agile to waterfall, breaks down various agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, XP, FDD, Lean, Crystal, etc.), It’s about an IT project that’s massively over budget and behind deadline. They are famous for introducing Kanban, continuous improvement, lean, visual control, pull system, quality management, JIT, 4P, 5S, etc.

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Agile Unplugged: EP 02 | Mike Cottmeyer and Dennis Stevens

Leading Agile

And then tying that together into a network and then applying Lean principles to designing an organization that can get stuff done. And then you start to measure some of the lean stuff that we’re doing at the time, from some of the con bonds. – Critical chain project management? – Yeah. – Right?

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