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100+ Project Management Terms: PM Terminology Explained

ProjectManager.com

Find a term you want defined that isn’t on this project management glossary? Business Case Either a written or verbal proposition used to educate and sway the decision-makers in an organization to take on a project because it is going to deliver a return on investment or provide some worthwhile benefit.

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The project customer role

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It could also include those who will be the customer of the end product, for example, the Senior User in PRINCE2® terminology. In many respects, it doesn’t really matter how you define customer, or how many customers your project has. The customer relationship could be defined in a number of different ways.

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Best Books for Women in Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This book covers a lot of case study materials and look at examples of women who have made career decisions to advance their careers. The overall concept of the books is to help you define what you want out of your career and then go out and get it. Other recommended project management books.

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Review Project, Programme and Portfolio Governance

Henny Portman

The final chapter gives four case studies to show the application of the principles. Case studies regarding a basic project, complex programme, standing programme boards and portfolio governance models. Conclusion. This is much more than a temporary project organization using an agile delivery method.

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Summary and review PMO Principles and PMO Services Principles Second Edition and Organizational, Portfolio, Program, and Project Principles

Henny Portman

Shared principles across a portfolio, program, and project Shared principles, which are applied across portfolio, program, and project management, come with an explanation, definitions, tips, and a case study for each. Case studies vary in relevance and integration, with some offering deep insight while others lack relevance.

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Review Agile Portfolio Management

Henny Portman

The book is divided into nine chapters, starting with project portfolio management, and ending with case studies on agile portfolio management. I don’t believe that you can use the Stacey matrix, Cynefin model or the PRINCE2 Agile Agilometer to choose between project portfolio management or agile portfolio management.

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How to Run Brexit Like a Project

Prince2

You’ve just earned your PRINCE2 Foundation certificate and your first job is to manage Brexit. So how do you define a scope for a project that’s, right now, just a name? But in most of those cases, they were only withdrawing from the European Economic Community. Not for a company, I mean for the whole country. Manage risk.

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