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The Evolution of Project Management

The IIL Blog

Public Sector Project Manager Selection In most government agencies, PMs were seen more so as project monitors rather than project managers. The assignment as a government project monitor was seen as an add-on to one’s normal job. Executive sponsorship was merely eyewash for government agencies.

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A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

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Nine Best Practices of Project Management , Software Program Managers Network (SPMN). Project Governance. Open Loop / Closed Loop Project Controls. Five Immutable Principles of Project Success , PMI Spring Seminar, 2021, Austin TX. Product & Process Development Kaizen , LPPDE, Denver, Colorado, April 21-23, 2008.

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Project Executing: A "How to" Guide

Project Pulse Journal

A project can't move to its closing stages if the deliverables don't meet the customer/client requirements and specifications. Closure Countdown : As the execution phase nears, transition to the closing phase. Closure Countdown As you approach the Closure Countdown, start preparing for the successful closing of the project.

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The Open Mindedness and Logical Fallacy

Herding Cats

A closed minded person would say sasquatch exists, no matter the lack of evidence. A Pseudo-Open Minded person would say Sasquatch exists because the Federal Government is suppressing the evidence. Or even I know of firms that don't estimate their software development. There are two forms of a logical fallacy.

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Risk Management Resources

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Project risk management: lessons learned from software development environment,” Young Hoon Kwak and Jim Stoddard,” Technovation , 24(11), pp. Wakshull, Proceedings of the Project Management Institute Annual Seminars & Symposium , November 1?10, Software Engineering Institute, January 1996. 255, April 2010.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. Software Engineering Institute, January 1996.

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FedEx Project Manager Profile: Leigh Espy

Project Management Hacks

This led me to a project coordinator position in local government early in my career. Through many discussions with my husband – who works in software development – I discovered an interest in the technology field. I recall a project where we were close to going live.

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