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What is Lean Portfolio Management? Primary Focus | Objectives

Agilemania

LPM also known as Lean Portfolio management, refers to how senior leadership uses lean principles and systems thinking approaches to align strategy with execution. Portfolio management teams apply these principles and approaches to strategy and investment funding, Agile portfolio operations, and governance.

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125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

Agile A flexible and dynamic approach to project management that allows for iterative updates during defined time blocks, which allows for incremental value. Business Analysis A process in which an individual identifies business needs, defines solutions and facilitates change to meet organizational goals. what is and is not included).

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What Is The Role Of A Product Manager In SAFe®?

Agilemania

Have you heard everyone else is going agile or embracing lean, and you’re not sure what it means? Product Manager is a role in Product Management that defines the role as a strategic to Product and is market driving. The SAFe® method allows huge enterprises to organize their product development in a lean, start-up-like manner.

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Scaling Agile Practices – Improve Business Outcomes: Customer Centricity and Design Thinking

Agilemania

Customer-centric governments and non-profits create resilience, sustainability, and the alignment needed to fulfill their mission. Define – The define phase focuses on the information gathered during the discover phase, using convergent techniques to generate insights into specific problems and/or unmet needs. PSM-II) Training.

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Accelerating Value Flow

Agilemania

defines the eight properties of flow and, with an updated SAFe Principle #6, introduces eight related ‘flow accelerators’ that can make value flow faster. Eight common flow properties describe how SAFe defines flow, as illustrated in Figure below. The third theme among the six primary themes of SAFe 6.0

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From Predictive to Agile – How to Choose the Right Project Management MethodologyBy Harold Kerzner and Cyndi Snyder Dionisio

International Institute for Learning

The traditional PMM, often referred to as the waterfall approach, follows a sequential process and is suitable for projects with well-defined requirements. The authors discuss the shortcomings of the waterfall approach in terms of project type, performance tracking, risk management, and governance. The authors, Harold Kerzner, Ph.D.,

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The Functions of a Project Management Office

Project Pulse Journal

A Project Management Office (PMO) is a centralized department within an organization that standardizes the governance of projects. It acts more as a consultant and mentor, offering services as needed while not mandating processes. Project Governance It oversees project governance, ensuring that each aligns with the strategic goals.

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