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Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood

TechEmpower - Project Management

Most innovators don’t have a technical background, so it’s hard to evaluate the truth of the situation. And unless they have a tech background, they can’t look under the hood themselves. The answer is to engage a trusted outside source for a Technical Review – a deep-dive assessment that provides a C-suite perspective.

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Organizational Process Assets: What does that even mean?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OPAs and the PMP exam Let’s face it: I first came across the term OPA while reviewing PMP exam training material. Organizational Process Assets do not include infrastructure or the software tools used to manage the data. Don’t get me started on Enterprise Environmental Factors either.) What is not an OPA?

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Spain, Trains, and Incremental Delivery

Scrum.org

Consequently, the delivery of the trains is delayed for a few years due to the fact that the designs that were delivered are for the wrong size of trains. It’s easy to pin the blame for this project going off the rails (so to speak) by pointing at the contract requirements document and ascribing blame.

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

ProjectManager.com

Information technology (IT) runs most businesses. This is a common budget cycle, though all budgets should be reviewed throughout the year. The importance of having an IT budget is to align technology requirements with an organization’s business strategy. It’s hard to imagine a company without an IT department.

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IT project management explained: How to run great IT projects

Planio

The best companies rely on a solid foundation of IT infrastructure to grow, adapt to market changes, and keep their users happy. On average, IT projects come with more complexity and risk, and can quickly fall to pieces without proper due diligence, management, and leadership. But this is a mistake. And that’s no simple job.

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Escaping the Feature Factory

Scrum.org

Overemphasis on Utilization : Prioritizing keeping teams busy with feature work over allowing time for creativity, exploration, and addressing technical debt also contributes to a feature factory environment. Present a case to management on how these metrics correlate with business success.

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The Importance of Operational Project Management for Businesses

ProjectManager.com

However, because they’re concerned with streamlining department workflows, implementing new technology or processes or even updating the company’s offerings, customers will eventually see the benefits of these improvements. Therefore, these are internal projects that aren’t designed to directly impact an audience or customer base.