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Kanban vs. Scrum: What’s the Difference?

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The name kanban means billboard in Japanese, and you can see why, as the process involves placing tasks represented by cards on physical or digital kanban boards. The scrum master is the team expert on the process, and they are instrumental in guiding the team to optimize the use of scrum in the project.

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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. Recommend changes to keep projects on track.

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Best Planner Apps for Mac in 2021

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This gives managers visibility into the process to reallocate resources to match their team’s capacity and teams are able to build a backlog and plan their sprints. There are also calendar views and a task list. All the data is the same no matter what view you choose.

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Free project management certifications

Moira Alexander

Six Sigma: Define and Measure - an introduction to the Six Sigma methodology and DMAIC cycle for process improvement with a focus on the define and measure phases. Agile Software Development - goes over fundamental agile concepts to enhance your software development skills. Related Video.

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SAFe Simply Explained (Part 2): Basic Idea and Most Important Terms

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Business agility requires that everyone involved in producing output - business and engineering executives, development, IT, sales, marketing, finance, support, compliance, and others - adopt lean and agile practices to continuously deliver innovative, high-quality products and services faster than the competing companies.

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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. As noted, it’s a methodology used to improve the quality of an output in a process. Leadership is critical.

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SAFe Easy Explained (Part2): Basic Idea and Most Important Terms

Inloox

Business agility requires that everyone involved in producing output - business and engineering executives, development, IT, sales, marketing, finance, support, compliance, and others - adopt lean and agile practices to continuously deliver innovative, high-quality products and services faster than the competing companies.

Lean 156