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How to Take Advantage of Adaptive Project Management

Project Pulse Journal

Lean Project Management Lean project management is derived from lean manufacturing principles and focuses on maximizing value by eliminating waste. Lean encourages continuous improvement through the iterative evaluation of practices and outcomes, promoting efficiency and effectiveness in project execution.

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Project Management: Agile and Waterfall Explained

International Institute for Learning

Throw in the rich taxonomy of terms such as Waterfall, Lean, Agile, Scrum, XP, Sprints, phases, increments, and releases, and it’s easy to get lost in the terminology. A phase usually ends before the next one starts, and the sequence is traditionally 5 Phases: Initiation, Planning, Implementation, Controlling, and Closing.

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The Disciplined Agile Mindset

International Institute for Learning

The eight principles are are based on both lean and flow concepts: Delight customers. To do this we need to be pragmatic and adopt agile, lean, or even traditional strategies when they make the most sense for our context. Figure 1: The Disciplined Agile Mindset. The Principles. Be pragmatic (reworded from Pragmatism). Choice is good.

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The Disciplined Agile Mindset

International Institute for Learning

The eight principles are are based on both lean and flow concepts: Delight customers. To do this we need to be pragmatic and adopt agile, lean, or even traditional strategies when they make the most sense for our context. Figure 1: The Disciplined Agile Mindset. The Principles. Be pragmatic (reworded from Pragmatism). Choice is good.

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The Disciplined Agile Mindset

International Institute for Learning

The eight principles are based on both lean and flow concepts: Delight customers. To do this we need to be pragmatic and adopt agile, lean, or even traditional strategies when they make the most sense for our context. We believe in principles, promise to do these things and follow these guidelines. The Principles. Choice is good.

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Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

Accuracy - how close is the estimate to the actual value? So in the end, if we are to make a decision in the presence of uncertainty, we MUST make estimates to develop a reliable shipping date while producing an accurate and precise estimate of the cost, schedule, and technical performance of the product shipped on that date.

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What is IT Service Management?

The IIL Blog

Most of these roles were based on aspects of IT operation, such as mainframe operation and maintenance, which later evolved into software development and commercialisation. It was way back in 1989 that the first version of the Information Technology Infrastructure Library, aka ITIL, emerged.

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