Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 21, 2024

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.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Prince2 Lean Software Review 52

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 19, 2017

Today I’m interviewing Karen Chovan, MASc, PEng, PMP, who has dedicated her career to helping others deliver clean, lean and green approaches to project and programme management. You'll also like: Inspiring Women in Project Management: Lorraine Chapman Construction project management has always been traditionally male-dominated.

Sustainability 168

Sustainability Lean Construction Engineering 168

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2019

Remember, the market is a man-made construct, and man is an infamously irrational creature. Next you want to establish a list of what the business needs to do, how will it do it and what is the appropriate organization and governance to structure and oversee that process. Then there is the human element.

Agile 281

Agile Innovation Lean Leadership 281

Henny Portman

MARCH 15, 2019

DAD is characterized by the following aspects: Hybrid: combines Scrum, Agile Modelling, XP, Unified Process, Kanban, Lean, Outside-In Development (OID) and other methods. Complete: DAD includes advice how development, modeling, documentation, and governance strategies fit together. Full delivery cycle.

Technical Review 53

Technical Review Agile Lean Cadence 53

ProProfs Project Management

JANUARY 9, 2020

Lean Six Sigma. One of the new, upcoming project management methodologies is lean six sigma. . This framework combines the efficiency of the lean methodology along with the statistics-based process improvement workflow of Six Sigma. . The implementation of the lean six sigma framework relies on team collaboration.

Prince2 122

Prince2 Lean SCRUM Governance 122

International Institute for Learning

JUNE 22, 2022

We can use many patterns that have been identified and verified as good practices across many industries, including construction, government, telecommunications, travel, finance software development, and so on. We must walk the path to lean agility. However, knowing the path is not enough.

Agile 59

Agile Lean PMI Innovation 59

nTask

APRIL 28, 2021

Construct your fishbone diagram: Begin by recording your main problem at the center of your diagram (the fish spine), e.g. to reduce plastic waste. JIT is pull-system meaning investments are governed by process demand. Process Improvement Tool #7: Lean Six Sigma (DMAIC). Fishbone Diagram. Brainstorm causal factors.

Sustainability 120

Sustainability Process Underperforming Technical Team Lean 120

LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Such tools provide a solution to establish a prioritization process for projects that helps organizations govern their existing and future efforts. Primavera focuses their platform on one niche industry – construction. But the software can accommodate projects of any size within the construction industry.

Software Review 88

Software Review 2022 Software Planning 88

LiquidPlanner

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

As a program manager for an $800 million infrastructure design and construction effort, I have commitments away from the office. Are there any governance meetings scheduled? When you’re operating with this mindset and an emergent issue arises, you provide constructive input to your team to resolve it as soon as possible.

Construction 120

Construction Infrastructure Risk Management Lean 120

International Institute for Learning

DECEMBER 21, 2021

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. For example, a new building is to be constructed, along with a new IT system or a large event that requires building structures before coordinating the event activities.

Agile 82

Agile Technical Review Construction 2001 82

International Institute for Learning

MARCH 20, 2019

The organization embraces a Lean culture. They apply Lean principles and embody the philosophy of continuous improvement. Before demanding something from other departments, each department first focuses inwards and comes up with constructive suggestions. They will gracefully exit products which no longer make business sense.

Agile 62

Agile Underperforming Technical Team Prince2 Lean 62

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Money as a measure of value moves further out of sight when we think of government agencies, NGOs, academic institutions and charities where the notion of value is completely different. Value in this sense depends on the context and the organisational mission. Value then really is in the eye of the beholder.

Lean 188

Lean 2017 Construction Governance 188

Velociteach

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

She’s the founder of Belle-Hampton Consulting , which works with family enterprises to optimize effective governance practices and long-term success mapping. You talk about being able to lean into discomfort. Fun Fact: The removed so much dirt during construction that they ended up building a whole new 500 acre town with it.

Technical Review 91

Technical Review Software Review Innovation Construction 91

Leading Agile

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Today, Mike Cottmeyer sits down with Andrew to discuss how LeadingAgile is talking about OKRs and KPIs, the impact governance and teaming strategies have on your ability to run them effectively, why your project mentality might be getting in the way, and how you can get started using them in your business. Okay, cool. That was awesome.

Underperforming Technical Team 69

Underperforming Technical Team Sustainability Governance Government 69

Leading Agile

MARCH 23, 2022

A lot of what those people have built upon are really sound foundational principles, like encapsulated teams at the work surface level, Kanban or flow based kind of governance models on top, right, at a lean agile metrics that enable us to measure improvement, things like that. Speaker: Miljan Bajic 35:16.

Agile 140

Agile Consulting Influencer Underperforming Technical Team 140

Appfluence

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

The ManuChem Strategies conference brings together over 150 production, SCM, & engineering leaders who are responsible for process optimization, lean manufacturing, and business strategy in their companies. Lean Manufacturing. The event will cover the entire spectrum of industrial subcontracting and lightweight construction.

Manufacturing 34

Manufacturing 2018 Lean Innovation 34

Hub Planner

JANUARY 10, 2019

Building a skills matrix is very successful in the likes of Recruitment, Engineering, Construction, Procurement, Finance and IT to name but a few. As mentioned, governance with consistent monitoring is key to the success of the resource scheduling process. This goes for any industry, not just digital. ” Executive Producer.

Finance 48

Finance Monitoring Lean Construction 48

Leading Agile

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

And so maybe we’re doing safe or we’re doing something like a leading agile where we have a lean agile program and portfolio governance on top of a bunch of teams. In other companies, you can see complete overhauls they need based off of the governance and systems that they have in place.

Finance 75

Finance Governance Government 2025 75

MPUG

MAY 6, 2021

We are a consulting company in the DC Baltimore area that specializes in project and portfolio management for about 80% of our customers in the government space, the other 20 in the commercial space. So, that’s done a lot more in the commercial space than it ever is in most government spaces. By education and training.

Performance Measurement 52

Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Governance 52

Planview

JULY 22, 2022

In order to successfully standardize and simplify their processes and toolset, RBS used Enterprise One to open up transparency across all teams, correctly identify and define dependencies across the company, and implement Lean-Agile practices and mindset. “We Post-rebrand, NatWest continues to transform and reap the benefits of Agile.

Lean 78

Lean Construction Innovation 2022 78

Leading Agile

OCTOBER 3, 2023

So we start with culture, maybe we go to practices and then all those teaming strategies and dependencies and governance and metrics and all that stuff that we struggle with all the time will just kind of work itself out. The Role of Governance Now, this is what I think about when I think about governance. So, with SAFe , right?

Governance 62

Governance Government SCRUM Agile 62

Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2017

Risk Management and Reliable Forecasting using Un-Reliable Date,” Troy Magennis, Lean Kanban , Central Europe, 2014. Federal Government, in support of OMB Circular A-123.”. Managing Project Risk and Uncertainty: A Constructively Simple Approach to Decision Making, Chris Chapman and Stephen Ward, John Wiley & Sons, 2002.

2003 46

2003 2014 2015 2011 46

Henny Portman

APRIL 11, 2019

To stress the ability of being disciplined there are additional principles: master your craft, technical excellence, collaborate, measure wisely, transparency, lean continuously, purposeful experiments, deliver continuously, visualize workflow, whole team, stable team and trust and respect. Lean/advanced lifecycle based on Kanban.

Technical Review 59

Technical Review Agile Lean Construction 59

Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

3 September 2004, Heiot Watt University, Association of Researchers in Construction Management , Vol. Tuohy, Construction Management and Economics , 7(2), pp. A study of ontology-based risk management framework of construction projects through project life cycle,” H. Chen, Automation in Construction , 19, 2009, pp.

Risk Management 38

Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 38

Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

3 September 2004, Heiot Watt University, Association of Researchers in Construction Management , Vol. Tuohy, Construction Management and Economics , 7(2), pp. A study of ontology-based risk management framework of construction projects through project life cycle,” H. Chen, Automation in Construction , 19, 2009, pp.

Risk Management 35

Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 35

Epicflow Blog

JANUARY 28, 2021

2021 is going to be full of both online and offline events for project managers engaged in different areas of business: construction and engineering, IT, healthcare, and many others. Since many 2020 conferences have been cancelled, probably you miss networking and would like to enrich and share your occupational knowledge.

2021 98

2021 Technical Review Construction Software Review 98

nTask

AUGUST 22, 2019

Some of its approaches, other than Scrum , include Extreme Programming (XP) for quality upfront building, Lean thinking for waste elimination and the Agile Unified Process (AUP) approach to developing business application software using agile techniques. Swiss Construction Company. The problem. The Journey.

SCRUM 132

SCRUM Technical Review Development Team Review Software Review 132

Leading Agile

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Anything in your team structure, delivery pipeline, or governance procedures that introduces a “speed bump” to software delivery may be reconsidered. This corresponds in a general way with the Lean notion of focusing on flow. Among other things, this requires a certain degree of smoothness in software delivery.

Software Developers 84

Software Developers Software Development Artificial Inteligence Construction 84

Teamweek

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Lean Six Sigma project management software. Traction is a leading cloud-based solution that facilitates all Lean Six Sigma capabilities and enables you to generate graphs and crunch data sets without using an external tool. Construction scheduling and management software. Example: Autodesk Construction Cloud.

Software Review 52

Software Review Software Technical Review Construction 52

Leankor

AUGUST 18, 2020

They need a modern analytics platform that incorporates effective data governance and ensures that data is consistent and trustworthy. A user in one department that uses a lean methodology shouldn’t need to change their process to fit a tool that only compliments a scrum master in another department. Start your transformation today.

Telecoms 36

Telecoms Technical Review Software Review Executing 36

Paymo App

JANUARY 19, 2018

The UK government developed PRINCE2, so if you’re planning on working in the UK, you might want to give this certificate a go. Creation (Construction). This is why it is commonly used for construction, architecture, or landscape projects that impact the environment. The PRINCE2 Certification. Integration. Validation (Testing).

2018 111

2018 Prince2 Certification Technical Review 111

Teamweek

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Jobs in the government and defense sectors may also require specialized security clearances. Average recruitment marketing costs were $225 for construction positions (the lowest) and $260 for engineering & science positions (the highest). The costs for obtaining respective clearances vary by country.

2024 98

2024 Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 98

Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Lean & Test Driven Development (TDD) – 11%. Government – Federal. Construction/. Government – City/State/Local. Construction – 34%. Agile organizations successfully complete more of their strategic initiatives than less agile organizations. ( 69% to 45% ). [12]. eXtreme Programming – 10%. Crystal – 3%.

2015 60

2015 Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 60

Workamajig

JANUARY 11, 2021

Audit: The process of analyzing a project to ensure that it is being governed as intended. Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO): A dedicated department within an organization that's responsible for the governance of projects, programs, and portfolios across the organization. A project sponsor can request an audit.

Underperforming Technical Team 78

Underperforming Technical Team Project Life Cycle Estimate Risk Management 78

Leading Agile

MARCH 11, 2020

And so, we were definitely in a position where we were having to put together constructs that allowed us to connect, legitimately connect, from, “here’s the strategic imperative” to, “here’s the hundreds of people “that are gonna be involved; how do we marry those up? There’s a changed management.

Agile 103

Agile Fractional CTO CTO Hire Influencer 103

MPUG

OCTOBER 15, 2020

So you have master in Scrum, or master in Kanban or like a professional in Lean. In my class, I see primarily from software industry, but I have seen people across industries, such as media, fashion industry, medical profession, construction business, of course, mechanical I just said, and you have software professionals.

PMI 52

PMI Certification Software Review Technical Review 52

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

We were one of the first users of eXtreme Programming, long before Scrum was around and presented that early work in 2003, " Making Agile Development Work in a Government Contracting Environment, Measuring velocity with Earned Value." . Satisfy the governance and oversight requirements of the firm providing the money.

Estimate 42

Estimate Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 42