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Project Boards and Project Steering Groups: An Introduction

Rebel’s Guide to PM

These are all functions of a project board (or steering group). Strong leadership in projects is important for success, so getting your project board and/or project steering group set up as soon as you can is a good start. A project board provides oversight and governance for the project. What is a project steering group?

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10 Strategies for Successful Project Execution

ProjectManager.com

Is your organization failing to close the gaps between strategy and project execution? you can use to help you close those gaps, yet it isn’t easy. Let’s review strategies and tools you can use, and learn how they can help you close that gap to promote successful project execution. Ineffective corporate governance.

Executing 499
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The Evolution of Project Management

The IIL Blog

When the Department of Defense (DoD) decided to expand the need for more technical projects following World War II, pressure was placed upon the aerospace and defense community to develop expertise in project management. First, the PM was expected to possess a command of technology rather than merely an understanding of technology.

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Can you be agile if you release only once a year?

Scrum.org

By doing so, these teams gain the ability to test their assumptions early and often about the solutions they are building from both a technical and business perspective. The technical perspective includes validating what happens when the product is fully integrated and deployed in production.

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PRINCE2 and PMBOK: How They Compare

Rebel’s Guide to PM

First came PRINCE in 1989 as the UK government standard for IT project management. In PRINCE2 you start with pre-project, then the initiation stage, then the subsequent delivery stages (you might want several if the project is long) then the final delivery stage which includes closing a project. There are also seven values.

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7 Ways to Sell Agile to Project Stakeholders

LiquidPlanner

Whether you’re making the move to Agile project management in your development group or creating an Agile process for your in-house project management methodology, chances are you’re going to have to sell this change to executives in your organization. Bring it all together to close the Agile project management deal.

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5 Considerations for Managing a Project Portfolio

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In this article, you’ll learn the top 5 key considerations and knowledge areas under which the main criteria for managing a project portfolio can be grouped. This will obviously enormously impact the IT department, while it will probably create the need for new procurement methods and technology policies.