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Project Management Basics: Definitions, Methods and Tools

ProjectManager.com

Now that we’ve determined what a project is, we can define project management as a discipline. What Is Project Management? Project management is a discipline that consists in using project management methodologies, tools and techniques to manage the project life cycle, which is a set of stages that are common to every project.

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125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

Benchmarking Identifying a project performance indicator or practice, then assessing it against industry standards or best practices. Bottom-up Estimating A project estimation technique that leverages tactical-level team members/subject matter experts (SMEs) to break down tasks into smaller components to create a more accurate estimate.

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How to Cash In on Project Opportunities

Project Risk Coach

New opportunities may surface at any point in the project life cycle. Think Outside the Box When identifying opportunities, look at changing dynamics outside of your project. Here are some examples: Your software development project is behind schedule.

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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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How to Actually Develop a Project Management Plan

Project Risk Coach

Work Breakdown Structure – create a hierarchical decomposition or outline of the scope of work to achieve the project objectives and to create the deliverables. Cost Baseline – approved version of the project budget. Subsidiary Project Plans The Project Management Institute (PMI) highlights ten Knowledge Areas.

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Do We Need Risk Management in Agile Projects?

MPUG

As we will see, agile methods are, to a degree, a response to the kind of risks that software development projects face. So, we might say that agile project management has a lot of risk management baked into the framework. But there is a reason why such expectations may be reasonable – at least in part.

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Project Charters: Guide to Writing (With Template)

Wrike

This article explains all you need to know about project charters: what they are and why you need them, essential elements every charter must contain, and different project charter templates to bring your project planning together. Try Wrike’s work plan template What is a project charter and why do you need one?