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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

ProjectManager.com

A project management methodology is a set of principles, tools and techniques that are used to plan, execute and manage projects. 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.

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What is Visual Project Management?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

VPM treats project execution as a process, with principles and practices to create repeatable, scalable results. Very little of the body of knowledge is devoted to execution. In a software development organization they increased productivity by more than 500% and achieved 100% release date achievement.

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How to pick a project management methodology

Moira Alexander

Waterfall methodology is sequential in nature; it’s used across many industries, most commonly in software development. It’s comprised of static phases (requirements analysis, design, testing, implementation and maintenance), executed in a specific order.

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Project Management Tools and Techniques That Really Work

nTask

Basically, what these software tools do is that they allow you to envision your project being performed by the Agile method and visualize the structure so that you can achieve good results. This procedure is generally used in areas like construction, software development, defense, and others. Critical Chain Technique.

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5 Insane Project Management Techniques in Today’s Market

nTask

As far as RUP is concerned, it is a framework for software development projects. Researchers have also developed AUP; Agile Unified Process , which is a different form of RUP. They may seem a lot for software developers to go through, but this method is easier than conventional RUP tactics. AUP has 7 categories.

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6 Best Gantt Chart Examples For Project Managers

Proofhub

Gantt chart example for software development There is no better way to say this?—?Gantt Gantt charts are bliss for software development teams. A key highlight in a Gantt chart for the software development process is the seamless execution of the agile project management approach.

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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.