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Kanban History: Origin & Expansion Across Industries

ProjectManager.com

ProjectManager is award-winning project and portfolio management software that has powerful kanban features that can estimate project costs and track resource allocation. Learn more History of Kanban Kanban was first introduced in Japan as a lean manufacturing approach pioneered by Taiichi Ohno in the late 1940s.

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Kanban vs. Scrum: What’s the Difference?

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Kanban is from Japan, originating in the factories of the Toyota car company in the 60s as a lean manufacturing tool for workflow and inventory management. Assign work to your team members, manage resources, estimate costs, automate workflows and much more. What Is Kanban? Get started for free today.

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Troubleshooting in Lean-Agile Development

MPUG

Many project managers utilize a Lean-Agile approach when there is high change or churn in project requirements, significant lack of clarity in scope, high complexity to their projects, and/or a larger number of risks associated with such. Two Lean-Agile Types. Iteration-based Lean-Agile. Flow-based Lean-Agile. Flow-based.

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Top 5 objections to Scrum (and why those objections are wrong)

Scrum.org

Scrum events actually SAVE time.). When I present the Scrum framework to a new team, I almost always hear someone cry out, “How can we get anything done with so many meetings?! ” The Scrum framework consists of five events (what the uninitiated refer to as meetings), three artifacts, and three roles.

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5 Project Management Techniques Every PM Should Know

ProjectManager.com

It’s a project management technique to help with time estimates. But estimating time for a project isn’t easy. PERT has been used by project managers to make time estimates that are more accurate. Pessimistic time estimate (P) is the maximum time required to complete an activity. The longer you work, the more you pay.

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9 Steps to Managing Risk for Your Projects

LiquidPlanner

For example, include all events that in some ways could affect your project in a positive manner. an estimate of three or more on the scale mentioned in No. Estimation. Once you’ve determined what you’ll do to address each risk, estimate how much it will cost you to do so. Identify opportunities. Assign owners.

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125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

Bottom-up Estimating A project estimation technique that leverages tactical-level team members/subject matter experts (SMEs) to break down tasks into smaller components to create a more accurate estimate. Lean A project management philosophy that aims to maximize value while minimizing waste.