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SWOT analysis in project management: definition, instruction & example

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How to perform a SWOT analysis Once the SWOT analysis is completed: 5 key approaches for strategy development Concrete example: SWOT analysis in a software development project Conclusion 1. Understanding these strengths allows the project team to target them in order to maximize the project's chances of success.

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Can you be agile if you release only once a year?

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( Japanese version・日本語版 ) When picturing an effective and truly agile product development team, one often imagines a software development team, pushing some software to production every day, maybe multiple times a day, ala Amazon. Here are two strategies and a handful of tactics to help you achieve that.

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How to Write a Business Case (Template Included)

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The need for a business case is that it collects the financial appraisal, proposal, strategy and marketing plan in one document and offers a full look at how the project will benefit the organization. The following is a detailed outline to follow when developing your business case. Project Definition. Project Governance.

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Risks in the project: an overview

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Although some risks can be eliminated with a suitable solution strategy, certain risks can never be completely avoided in the project context. This type of risk is easier to control, since the project team can exert a direct influence on the project environment. Risk management plays an enormously important role in project management.

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The Road to Effective Project Management Governance

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What really is project management governance? With countless articles and books in the business spectrum conveying such practice, project management governance is in the sense, subjective. In other words, a person left on his or her own device of his or her definitive understanding of governance as a whole.

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The PDCA Cycle: a Cornerstone of Effective Project Management

Inloox

Definition of the PDCA cycle The initial letters PDCA stand for the four steps in a continuous improvement process (CIP, Kaizen): Plan-Do-Check-Act (Plan-Do-Check-Act). Do: In this phase, the team implements the plan on a small scale, executes the tasks and collects data on the results. What is the PDCA cycle?

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How to Make a Contingency Plan

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Governments, for example, use them to prepare for disaster recovery or economic disruption. However, contingency plans in business aren’t, by definition, always negative. The contingency plan is a proactive strategy, different from a crisis management plan, which is more of a reaction to something that happened.

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