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Product Manager vs Project Manager – What’s the Difference?

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Of course, these roles can also vary greatly depending on the types of products or projects being executed in the organization. For example, manufacturing product managers are responsible for tangible products, while software development product managers will have different teams and agile workflows to assist in the software product launch.

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Project Management Basics: Definitions, Methods and Tools

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A project budget outlines these expenditures. Now that we’ve determined what a project is, we can define project management as a discipline. What Is Project Management? Project Life Cycle The project life cycle describes the five phases all projects go through.

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How to Cash In on Project Opportunities

Project Risk Coach

Consequently, these project managers and team members fail to take advantage of these upside risks. Let's define opportunity. The PMBOK® Guide defines risk as "an uncertain event or condition that, if it occurs, has a positive or negative effect on one or more project objectives." Define specific questions.

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Back to Basics: What is the Difference between Process Groups and Phases?

MPUG

I got introduced to formal project management processes through Rational Unified Process (RUP) in the year 2000. RUP was developed by Rational Corporation which was later acquired by IBM. I had to learn about RUP because our company had adopted it to implement and manage projects. So, they define four phases instead of five.

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Software Development Life Cycle and Project Management

PM Basics

Software Development Life Cycle is on every job description for a Project Manager. Everyone wants you to know how to develop software applications. But there is a real problem here: With so many different frameworks and project management approaches, life cycles are so confusing.

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125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

Activity An activity is the actual, specific task that must be performed in a project, i.e., the tactical level of work. Agile A flexible and dynamic approach to project management that allows for iterative updates during defined time blocks, which allows for incremental value. identify items such as benefits and costs).

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How to Actually Develop a Project Management Plan

Project Risk Coach

The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) says the project management plan is “the document that describes how the project will be executed, monitored and controlled, and closed. It integrates and consolidates all of the subsidiary plans and baselines, and other information necessary to manage the project.”.