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Kanban vs. Scrum: What’s the Difference?

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The scrum methodology has been around since the mid-1980s and has been a core sub-methodology of agile since 2001 when Ken Schwaber and Mike Beedle wrote the book on it: Agile Software Development with Scrum. Likewise, if the tasks are not well-defined, then you’re going to have inaccuracies.

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IT Financial Management (ITFM) Best Practices

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IT financial management is a bit more complicated than that and we’ll explain by more thoroughly defining the term. ProjectManager’s workflow automation saves time when managing IT finances. A CFO can be seen as the business’ controller or treasurer as they all manage finances and accounting to ensure accurate financial reporting.

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Agile Project Management: Principles, Meetings, Values & Tools

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Agile project management came about as development teams worked towards getting products to the market faster. The waterfall methodology, which identifies a problem and then plans a solution, forces teams to stick to the requirements and scope of work that was defined at the beginning of the project. Since that time, agile has spread.

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What Is a Project Director? Role, Responsibilities and Salary

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A project director is a person responsible for leading a team of project managers, which can also include contractors, sub-contractors, software developers, web developers, graphic designers, testers, network engineers and other staff that are essential to the project. Develop a timeline that captures milestones for projects.

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Change Control Board: Roles, Responsibilities & Processes

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These can, for example, be representatives from the sales or finance departments if these teams are impacted by the change. These teams can be software developers, testers, quality assurance offices, marketing teams, etc. It’s at this point that the change control board defines the outcome and aim of the change control process.

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What Is an IT Budget? IT Budgeting Basics (Template Included)

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You can’t manage your IT finances without an IT budget. Define the IT Goals for Your Organization The first step is to understand what the strategic goals are for the year. Create an IT Roadmap Whatever you define as your strategic goals in the prior step needs to be planned out on an IT roadmap.

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Six Sigma: A Simple Guide for Project Managers

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It can mean different things within various organizations or circumstances, but there is a way to broadly outline this business process improvement methodology and define its beginnings, its, rise, its use and its implementation. To start, let’s define the term Six Sigma. What Is Six Sigma? Six Sigma and Agile.

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