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Kanban History: Origin & Expansion Across Industries

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For those unsure what kanban is, we’ll first explain the kanban system and then go into kanban history from its development to its uses in manufacturing, project management and software development. Plus, we’ll get into scrumban, a combination of kanban with scrum. What Is Kanban?

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What Is Kanban? Meaning, Definitions & Best Practices

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Kanban is a methodology that helps teams of all sizes manage project tasks and workflows by applying tools, principles and practices. The kanban methodology was first developed as a lean manufacturing system to help with production planning , scheduling and control. Kanban vs. Scrum: What’s the Difference?

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Organizational Process Assets: Definitions, Examples & Templates

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From standardized guidelines, proposal evaluation criteria and work breakdown structure templates to project closure guidelines, change control procedures and other project files, organizational process assets need organization. This provides a standard direction and controls the processes.

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Top 10 Project Management Qualifications

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Project Planning Project planning is organizing tasks, the resources needed to complete them, costs and schedules to deliver a product or service by the deadline. Project planning is the second stage in project management, after initiation and before execution, monitoring and controlling and closing.

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Who Approves Your Project Change Requests?

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On other projects, the sponsor makes the decisions. Your project may morph into a two-headed monster without an integrated change control process, resulting in adverse impacts to schedule, cost, and scope. So, who should approve project change requests? Three Options for Approving Change Requests Project Sponsor.

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10 Project Constraints That Endanger Your Project’s Success

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Of course, you can control risk to a certain extent. But this decision would affect your timeline and your related costs, since the client would review each of your designs , and a project manager needs to oversee this process. Applying FMEA will help you prioritize and control risks while involving your team in the process.

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What is Project Management

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The PMI also notes that a project is typically different from ongoing operations or business as usual and that it requires the coordination of various resources and activities in order to achieve its objectives. From start to finish, a project usually goes through 5 phases, called the Project Life Cycle.