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Streamlining Success: Lean Principles in Project Management

MPUG

First, our last article touched on waste in the context of lean. Second, I am the father of a recent engineering graduate who is now working as an engineer, and part of the onboarding was a class on lean. The need to complete projects on time, within budget, and to the highest standards is ever-present. The overarching goal?

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The Agile Manifesto from a Lean Perspective

Scrum.org

To what extent, for example, is the Manifesto a reflex of “lean thinking”? There’s a clear synergy between lean and agile practice, and attempts to tease them apart can often seem contrived and artificial. Interestingly, in the published history of the Agile Manifesto, the word “lean” does not appear even once.

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How to Develop Your Personal Project Management Philosophy

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It helps project managers to make decisions about how to best complete a project within the iron triangle constraints of time, budget, and scope – and all the other constraints that fall outside the somewhat outdated triangle model! Developing your own philosophy doesn’t have to be a complicated process. Agile projects?

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Dynamic Planning in the Face of Uncertainty

Planview

Meanwhile, managers are bracing themselves for the inevitability of budget cuts: If we had to keep going with 10% less budget, or 20% less, what would that look like? But failing to plan for that reality could come at the risk of jeopardizing the activities, people, and processes that are holding your business together.

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Boosting Efficiency: How to Streamline Your Strategic Operations Process

Wrike

One key aspect of this is streamlining your strategic operations process. By implementing lean principles, embracing automation and technology, and enhancing communication and collaboration, you can optimize your operations and maximize productivity. The process begins with planning, where you define your business objectives and goals.

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9 Steps to Managing Risk for Your Projects

LiquidPlanner

When studies tell us that easily half of all IT projects run over budget and past deadline , we see how easily risk turns into real trouble for projects and their organizations. When teams have a good project risk management process in place, then you can identify and deal with all the project’s risks in an appropriate and thorough manner.

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How to Write a Business Case

ProjectManager.com

In fact, in some lean or agile organizations, over-reliance on documentation is seen as a clear impediment to innovation and collaboration. Budget: This is an estimate of everything in your plan and what it will cost to complete the project over the scheduled time allotted. Before You Start Your Business Case.