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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. 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.

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How to Write a Business Case

ProjectManager.com

In fact, in some lean or agile organizations, over-reliance on documentation is seen as a clear impediment to innovation and collaboration. Projects fail without having a solid business case to rest on. Budget: This is an estimate of everything in your plan and what it will cost to complete the project over the scheduled time allotted.

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Mastering the project life cycle: Your complete guide (+ examples)

Resource Guru

The project life cycle , just like a good story, has a beginning, a middle, and (hopefully) a happy end. The beginning involves the ever-so-important planning; then comes the middle, where teams complete various tasks to move the project closer to completion; and finally, an end to review what went well and what didn’t.

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Project Management Life Cycle-Iterative & Adaptive

iZenBridge

First of all we shall look at what is a Predictive Life Cycle according to the PMBOK® Guide Sixth Edition : “ Predictive Life Cycle: A form of project life cycle in which the project scope, time, and cost are determined in the early phases of the life cycle.”.

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Project monitoring and control: Complete guide (+ checklist)

Resource Guru

Project monitoring and control example What are some helpful project monitoring and control tools? Your project monitoring and control checklist Take full control of your project What is monitoring and controlling in project management? What is the importance of monitoring and controlling in project management?

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Agile project management- A tutorial

Binfire

The reason for this surge in popularity is quite understandable, the majority of projects benefit when managed using lean concepts promoted by Agile project management methodology. The idea was to find a better way to manage projects in the software industry and get a better handle on schedule and cost overruns.

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Agile project management- A tutorial

Binfire

The Agile project management methodology has been used in the software development and IT industry for the past sixteen years, but recently it has gained wide acceptance by many number of industries and organizations. Base on above core values, the group published the twelve principles of agile project management methodology.

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