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Agile Finance: How Do You Make a Business Case for Transformation?

Leading Agile

In that discussion, I covered a range of topics – Building a Business Case and the Key Financial Metrics that should be provided in your Business Case, Understanding your Company’s Software Development Costs, the Importance of Benchmarking, Importance of keeping your Asset Management current, and Capitalizing and Amortizing Software Costs.

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Agile Project Management: Principles, Meetings, Values & Tools

ProjectManager.com

At that time, 17 software developers started what would become agile project management by recognizing that shortening the delay of benefits to users and getting feedback from users A year later a manifesto was drafted. Working software over comprehensive documentation. Since that time, agile has spread. User Stories.

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

ProjectManager.com

This will include an accurate estimate of decentralized IT spending and shadow IT spending, the former being the distribution of functions, control and information, while the latter is IT-related hardware and software use without the knowledge of the IT department. You can’t manage your IT finances without an IT budget.

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How to write an executive summary stakeholders will love

Planio

According to some estimates , PMs spend 90% of their time communicating with team members, sponsors, and stakeholders. How is an executive summary different from other project documents? Ensure your broader project document lays a strong foundation 3. Project managers are born communicators. The background and context 2.

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How to Create a Project Assumptions List: Examples and Template Included

Project Bliss

Budget – estimated cost of the project. Finances – funding to complete the project. Technology – this could cover software development, platforms, environments, and infrastructure. Budget – estimated cost of the project. Finances – funding to complete the project. Identify and Document.

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Why Johnny Can't Estimate? (Update)

Herding Cats

There is a discussion of the conjecture that estimates are a waste, estimates can't be done, estimates are evil, estimates must be stopped immediately. To be informed how to estimate in this broad range of domains, problems, and impacts — education, experience, and skill are needed. illities are a waste.

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Six Steps of Risk Management

Herding Cats

Identifying the Risks - determines with risk are likely to affect the project and documenting the characteristics of each. Performance quantitative risk analysis - numerically estimates the effects of risk on project objectives. Anyone suggesting that has failed to understand .