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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

ProjectManager.com

We’ll go through some of the most popular project management methodologies, which are applied in many sectors such as software development, R&D and product development. The waterfall method makes use of Gantt charts for planning and scheduling; an example is below. Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM).

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What is Visual Project Management?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

As teams master the basics of execution, they’ll be able to integrate a well-constructed plan with the understanding of variation to monitor the critical chain and manage a time buffer to know the probability of delivering on time throughout the life of the project. Do you have any examples you can share?

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6 Best Gantt Chart Examples For Project Managers

Proofhub

Say Hello To These Gantt Chart Examples Finishing a project on time and on budget is every manager’s goal. Gantt chart example for project management This is a typical example of how Gantt charts can be used to manage a wide variety of tasks in a project. Gantt charts are bliss for software development teams.

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A Super-Quick Guide to PERT, Critical Path, and All the Other Ways to Manage a Project

Redbooth

In this short guide, we’ll look at several established project management systems, including PERT, Critical Path, and Critical Chain, to help you find new ways to make your next project a success. In the 1950s, we saw the rise of PERT, Critical Path, and Work Breakdown Structures. Critical Chain: adding a buffer.

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Book of the Month

Herding Cats

His book The Executive Guide to Breakthrough Project Management is a fascinating read about managing Capital projects using Critical Chain. CCPM is mentioned many times in our agile software project world but rarely is it actually explained how to put those concepts to work. For example " Agile CCPM " speaks to this process.

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Top 12 Most Relevant Project Management Books You Need to Read

ActiveCollab

So we selected 4 books for each field project manager has to master: software development, people management, and classic management theory. Books on managing software development projects. Most software development projects are organized around bite-sized user stories, which sit in project management software’s backlog.

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Top 12 Most Relevant Project Management Books You Need to Read

ActiveCollab

Books on managing software development projects. Although the book was written as a student textbook, there are also interviews to back each chapter with real world examples. The author was the first person that implemented Kanban in software development, which means the book is full of real-world examples and best practices.