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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. Agile Methodology.

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What is Visual Project Management?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The main emphasis of the project management body of knowledge is “control”, which typically means more or better planning. There are assumes that with a plan, the outcome will match. Making a detailed plan doesn’t give real control; it gives the illusion of control. Very little of the body of knowledge is devoted to execution.

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Thriving at the Edge of Chaos – a review

Kiron Bondale

In the first half of the book, Jonathan does a good job of covering the challenges we face when trying to apply traditional planning approaches to complex projects. The second half of the book covers Dr. Eli Goldratt’s Theory of Constraints (ToC) and focuses heavily on its application in Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM).

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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. Critical Chain Project Management. Critical chain project management put the resources required to complete the task into the limelight. Spiral development model consists of four different quadrants.

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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. Critical Chain Project Management. Critical chain project management put the resources required to complete the task into the limelight. Spiral development model consists of four different quadrants.

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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. A clear order to complete tasks.

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7 Questions to Ask Your Team for Better Project Engagement

LiquidPlanner

Investing in this dialogue up front and getting advice from project team members on the frontline will inform a better plan with new ideas, identified risks, more accurate resource assignments, clearer priorities, and better alignment. What solutions can we present to the customer as competing priorities or critical chain roadblocks emerge?