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Theory of Constraints: A Guide for Project Managers

ProjectManager.com

There is always at least one constraint, and the theory of constraints uses what is called a focusing process to identify that constraint, and then restructures to address it. Think of it like the old axiom, “A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.” A similar concept was developed in Germany in the early 1960s by Wolfgang Mewes.

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Agile Unplugged: EP 02 | Mike Cottmeyer and Dennis Stevens

Leading Agile

Again, it was kinda like, which process do you pick? So we’re doing capability modeling. – The thing that we were looking at was, how do you look at an organization by what it produces, by the outcomes that it does, instead of by completing projects, or by the processes. – Mm hmm. We had learned that. – Mm hmm.

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Top 20 Project Management Methodologies & their Scions: Which One You Should Choose & Why?

Taskque

Critical Path Method. Critical Chain Project Management. Rapid Application Development. Rational Unified Process. It overcame many shortcomings of waterfall model such as process rigidity and higher risk and delivered a much better solution. Critical Path Method. Critical Chain Project Management.

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Top 20 Project Management Methodologies & their Scions: Which One You Should Choose & Why?

Taskque

Critical Path Method. Critical Chain Project Management. Rapid Application Development. Rational Unified Process. It overcame many shortcomings of waterfall model such as process rigidity and higher risk and delivered a much better solution. Critical Path Method. Critical Chain Project Management.

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The Definitive Guide to Project Management Methodologies

Workamajig

A project management methodology is essentially a set of guiding principles and processes for managing a project. What methodology you choose will depend on your team, project-type, and project-scope. What methodology you pick will have a profound and ongoing impact on how you and your team works.

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Waterfall Should Have Never Existed: Part 1

MPUG

your project team). At the same time, I will recommend Critical Path (CPM): To manage-up (i.e. Banks have essentially been software developing organizations for a long time. This has led to a dramatic growth in software development projects and in the number of software project managers we’ve seen and will continue to see.

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The Complete Glossary of 614 Project Management Terms

Workamajig

Acceptance Test: A process through which a project's end users run through the project to identify any potential issues before it can be formally accepted. Allocation describes the process for assigning resources for different project activities in the most efficient way possible. Allocation: Another term for Resource Allocation.