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100+ Project Management Terms: PM Terminology Explained

ProjectManager.com

The process is designed to increase project efficiency and minimize scope creep by controlling every change and ensuring that changes are made according to set requirements for approving change. Change management The method for managing project change requests and application of the change control process as defined above.

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How to Fix 5 Project Management Skills Gaps

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Skill #2: Managing risks Risk management is a core skill for a project manager, and one that I would hesitate to ‘outsource’ to a team member. So much of risk management is tied up in being able to see the big picture, and as a project manager you are best placed to do that.

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Strategic PM and the Kurt Lewin Change Management Model

The Strategic Project Manager

Kurt Lewin’s Change Management Model is known for its simplicity. It breaks an organizational change process down into three basic steps. What Is the Kurt Lewin Change Management Model? Lewin was considered to be a pioneer in the field of change management.

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How to Take Advantage of Adaptive Project Management

Project Pulse Journal

As an experienced project manager, Kanban should be one of the go-to tools. Lean Project Management Lean project management is derived from lean manufacturing principles and focuses on maximizing value by eliminating waste. Lean may also combined with software development tools and techniques.

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How to Stay Lean While you Scale Your Product Team From Product/Market Fit to Growth

Planio

Add too many new team members too quickly and you’ll burn through resources, get stuck in a never-ending cycle of onboarding, burn out your project managers , and risk injecting a ton of complication into your process. A lean product team strikes the perfect balance. Finding and hiring the right project and product managers.

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125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

Change Control A formal process of documenting, reviewing, approving, and managing a change to a project’s scope, schedule, budget, or quality parameters. Change Management The approach to plan and implement strategies that guide individuals and organizations through a change (e.g., a project).

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Project Manager Job Description (with free copy+paste examples!)

ProjectManager.com

Risk Management. Then there are risks, which are potential problems, ones that have yet to occur or might not ever. Then there are risks, which are potential problems, ones that have yet to occur or might not ever. Time management. Team management. Risk management. Stakeholder management.