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IT project management explained: How to run great IT projects

Planio

On average, IT projects come with more complexity and risk, and can quickly fall to pieces without proper due diligence, management, and leadership. Manages a defined project budget. ?️ Similar situation: IT project managers manage specific types of costs, including development hours, software licenses, and hardware items.

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7 Ways to Sell Agile to Project Stakeholders

LiquidPlanner

In certain cases, it’s possible to cling to legacy or home-rolled project management practices even when development teams have moved into some form of Agile development. I’m ecstatic about how our development teams are delivering to our customers. COO attention = budget. We don’t need to make any changes !,”

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125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

Agile team A cross-functional group of individuals (e.g., Product Owner, Scrum Master, Development team members) who work collaboratively to deliver value in an Agile project. Backlog A list of tasks, features, or requirements to be addressed by an agile project manager or team and is often associated with Agile methodologies.

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SWOT analysis in project management: definition, instruction & example

Inloox

Assessment of threats It draws attention to potential external risks and threats that could negatively impact the project. This knowledge enables the project team to develop and implement risk management strategies to avoid potential obstacles or mitigate their impact.

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

ProjectManager.com

The term scrum was introduced in a “Harvard Business Review” article from 1986 by Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka. It became a part of agile when Ken Schwaber and Mike Beedle wrote the book “Agile Software Development with Scrum” in 2001. It was initially created by the UK government for IT projects.

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Tailoring project management for a home move (part 2)

Kiron Bondale

As such, a number of constraints were set before this project got underway, including the moving day milestone, the ceiling budget on home renovations, and available floor space to accommodate our furniture and any renovations we were planning. In the final article in this trilogy I will cover the remaining three PMBOK knowledge areas.

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Why collaboration is key in project management—A story by Ordonna Sargeant

Resource Guru

Last week, Brett Harned shared his story about the importance of assessing project scope and involving the right people. The misalignment was this: my management team expected me to personally confirm both functional and non-functional requirements of a product build. But now, the whole team had the opportunity to grow—together.