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Project Management Process Groups: A Quick Guide

ProjectManager.com

To keep to your schedule and manage costs, you need to gather and process project data throughout the five PMBOK project management groups. What Are the 5 PMBOK Project Management Process Groups? Project management software helps project managers stay on top of each of these process groups. Closing Phase. Learn More!

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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. In other words, this is the group that takes the tough decisions. What is a project steering group?

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Closing A Project with MS Project

MPUG

The role of a project manager (PM) is not only to plan, execute, and track a project, but that of closing a project properly. I see many PMs use the MS Project software tool to work on a project over its life cycle, but most don’t use MS Project to close the project. These should be inactivated as you close the project.

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Agile Leadership: How to Close the Knowing-Doing Gap

Scrum.org

Agile Leadership: How to Close the Knowing-Doing Gap. And then we are in the conversation when it happens, so that we can they offer advice and steer the group in real time. The majority of these firms have used classical approaches to delivery which we know don’t work well in a complex working environment.

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

MPUG

After that experience, I no longer had a difficulty in understanding the difference between project management process groups and project phases. In my two decades of experience, I have noticed that many PMs find it difficult to understand the concept of process groups. Five Process Groups of Project Management. In figure 1.5

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Closing a Sprint with MS Project Agile

MPUG

Like every project has to be closed, a Sprint, also has to be closed. In this article, we will take a scenario for Sprint in a Scrum project and follow the steps needed to close a Sprint Project. Then, I will demonstrate the closing steps. In the above figure, I’ve applied a custom grouping: Sprint and Features.

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A "How to" on Project Closing: Ensuring Project Success

Project Pulse Journal

Imagine steering your project to a successful close, with every stakeholder satisfied and every team member proud of the collective achievement. A thorough analysis of financial information also aids in developing a closing statement, which assists in mitigating future issues.

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