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How to Recover A Troubled Program

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Technical failure: this creates a program integration risk as what you are building might not sit in the organization’s architecture any longer. He warns that if you make large changes you push the project off course and it can take a while before you see what you have done. Bring in technical specialists as required.

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PRINCE2: The Project Management Method Explained

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I took my first Practitioner course in 2004. Because PRINCE2® is a broad-brush approach, it doesn’t cover technical processes or specific techniques, but it will fit alongside them. I was asked to be one of the reviewers of the PRINCE2 7 manual, so I am very familiar with the content and changes since the last edition.

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SWOT analysis in project management: definition, instruction & example

Inloox

How can we benefit from new technological developments? This can be done through training to expand skills, process optimization or the use of new technologies. In this way, a holistic strategy can be developed that enables sustainable success. Think about how you can use current trends or developments to your advantage.

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Bridging the PM Competency Gap [Book Review]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This article, Bridging the PM Competency Gap [Book Review] , first appeared on Girl's Guide to PM. There is no shortage of certification courses (and if you’re looking for support in that area here are some suggestions of reputable suppliers ). These courses are strong on the technical elements of project management.

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The 12 Agile Principles: Definitions & How to Use Them

ProjectManager.com

If you did the due diligence beforehand, then you can trust them to do the work. Of course you’ll monitor that work, and step in as needed, but stay out of their way. Agile Processes Promote Sustainable Development. Continuous Attention to Technical Excellence and Good Design Enhances Agility. Fix them now.

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Technical debt for Product Owners

Scrum.org

Technical debt seems like a topic that resides completely in the domain of a Development Team. you are a non-technical person. you are a non-technical person. What is technical debt? It will get harder and harder to work on valuable new features (green) over time because you have accumulated so much technical debt (red).

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

ProjectManager.com

The term scrum was introduced in a “Harvard Business Review” article from 1986 by Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka. It’s a less technical method of project management that doesn’t put as much emphasis on task order or scheduling, but rather on balancing resources and keeping them flexible. Kanban Methodology.