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Do We Need Risk Management in Agile Projects?

MPUG

But an important thing to note is that, even in the most traditional of traditional, predictive projects risk management is and has always been an iterative process. What agile adds to this, therefore, is a distinct cadence of its own iterations or drawdowns of tasks into the Work in Progress part of the Kanban Board.

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The Complete Glossary of 614 Project Management Terms

Workamajig

Calendars: Usually refers to the Project Calendar, which is a regular calendar showing the schedule of project activities. Projects might additional calendars as well to show resource availability, communication cadence, etc. Go/No Go: Go/No Go are the formal terms for proceeding further with the project (i.e., "Go")

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Risk Management in Five Easy Pieces, with Apologies to Jack

Herding Cats

Outcomes are categorized as favorable or unfavorable, and risk management is the art and science of planning, assessing, handling, and monitoring future events to ensure favorable outcomes. Hoping that the project will proceed as planned is naïve at best and poor management at worse. Hope is Not a Strategy.

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Overview of the PMBOK® Guide Seventh Edition – Lesson 3 Transcription

MPUG

The planning, the executing, the monitoring, controlling, and hopefully you’re getting it right and refining and improving until bam, closing. Now you’re looking at this and you’re like, now you’re squinting and looking very close at your monitor. What’s deliverable, cadence, project phase?

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