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125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

Agile Manifesto The fundamental document that outlines the values and principles of Agile project management. 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. effectively and efficiently.

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Adopting Agile is an Exercise in Change Management

LiquidPlanner

The development team should know what needs to be done, so just call the customer when it’s ready. Everyone is already Agile, and they don’t need a formal process like stand-ups, backlog grooming, sprint reviews or retrospectives. Hours worked just fine for them so they didn’t see a need to change.

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7 Ways to Sell Agile to Project Stakeholders

LiquidPlanner

Align Agile project management with your organization’s strategy. 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.

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Effective Stakeholder Engagement – PMBOK 3.3

Bridge the Gap Consulting

This was also my first time utilizing an offshore development team. However, there was a New Product Development team of 4 people that had been missed. This small 4 person team had the power to terminate my project, which they did within 48 hours of finding out it was in progress. Damn, that happened fast!

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How to Turn a Project Around

MPUG

Before we start, it’s important to note that you don’t have the current project manager do this (he/she may be too close to the effort and won’t be objective anyway). It is a best practice to have a 3 rd party person do this assessment. Step 1 – Determine how the project was managed. Did people know it was coming?

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The Top 20 Symptoms of a Weak Development Team

TechEmpower - Project Management

When speaking with founders and CEOs, we often hear concerns like this: My project manager is losing confidence in the development team. The PMs are seeing late deliveries and bugs that suggest the devs just aren’t capable enough. This can be true even if those failures had nothing to do with the current team.

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Five Steps in Evaluating Project Management Technologies

Project Pulse Journal

Ready to take your project management skills to the next level? Discover how to assess the relevance of these tools and identify how you can help achieve project excellence with the help of traditional techniques and cutting-edge technology solutions. What is the Relevance of Project Management Tools and Technologies?