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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

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The PMBOK provides definitions and guidelines for project planning, scheduling, executing and controlling. For example, the project management process groups describe the project life cycle while the 10 project management knowledge areas explain how to manage a project. Try ProjectManager for free!

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The Complete Glossary of 614 Project Management Terms

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Crashing: A way to fast track the project by adding resources. Critical Chain Method: A method for scheduling projects with uncertain deadlines and limited resources. In the Critical Chain Method, project managers rely on placing buffers on project schedule paths to make room for unexpected contingencies.

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Overview of the PMBOK® Guide Seventh Edition – Lesson 3 Transcription

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When we talk about the project life cycle and within it, the development approach, we sought out to say, no, we have to design this in the different chapters and segments. Just open up Microsoft Word and there’s 700 pages and having 20 people writing in it all at one time. Sorry, Microsoft.