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125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

Benchmarking Identifying a project performance indicator or practice, then assessing it against industry standards or best practices. Burndown Chart A tool in Agile project management that tracks the work completed and the work remaining to help teams manage progress. Feasibility Study An analysis of a project’s viability.

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What is A System for Value Delivery in Project Management

Project Pulse Journal

You will confidently align projects with organizational objectives, optimize resource utilization, and foster stakeholder engagement to deliver tangible value at every stage of the project lifecycle. Organizations can optimize project performance and outcomes by integrating these functions into a cohesive framework.

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The Problems with Schedules

Herding Cats

Unrealistic performance expectations missing Measures of Effectiveness and Measures of Performance. Unrealistic Cost and Schedule estimates based on inadequate risk adjusted growth models. All that line says is this was the baseline estimate at Completion for the project work.

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Agile Project Management (#APM). Technical Performance Measures (#TPM). Cost, Schedule, and Technical Performance Management (#CSTPM). Governance (#Governance). Flawless Execution - Following the Afterburner them, here's how to flawlessly execute a project through the plan of the week.

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The Complete Glossary of 614 Project Management Terms

Workamajig

Actual dates are different from planned or estimated dates. Actual Effort: The actual effort spent to complete the activity, as opposed to the planned or estimated effort. Actual Expenditure: The actual expenditure spent to complete the activity, as opposed to the planned or estimated expenditure.

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Microeconomics and Risk Management in Decision Making for Software Development

Herding Cats

When we hear about software development disasters and then hear that estimates are to blame, and NOT Estimating will somehow reduce or prevent these disasters, think again. A recent survey of 600 firms indicated that 35% of them had at least one "runaway' software project. The management of risk means good project management.

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Risk Management in Five Easy Pieces, with Apologies to Jack

Herding Cats

Managing Cost, Schedule, & Technical Performance Risk Is The Basis Of Good Project Management. Risk management is essential to the success of any significant project. Certain information about key project cost, performance, and schedule attributes are often unknown until the project is underway.