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The 18 Most Influential People in Project Management

ProjectManager.com

Susanne Madsen is the author of several books on project management and leadership, including The Project Management Coaching Workbook and The Power of Project Leadership. She’s also the director of the London-based Project Leadership Institute, which works to build well-rounded and dynamic project management leaders.

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Project Manager Job Description (with free copy+paste examples!)

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Anything that has a start and a finish, resulting in a product, is a project and its life cycle requires the oversight and leadership of a project manager. A project manager either takes a leadership role with an existing project team or creates one. Leadership skills. Proficiency in project management software tools.

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

Scrum.org

So yes, Developers CAN deliver a Done increment in less than a month. . . Many software development teams are under pressure to deliver work quickly because other teams have deadlines they need to meet. Provide training to the leadership team on what Agile means and how they can best engage with an Agile team.

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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.

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Business Agility: What Is It & Why Is It Important?

ProjectManager.com

There are trends and systems that can calculate and estimate the likelihood of what is to come, but the reality is there are too many variables to make any such equation infallible. The history of business agility as a concept begins with software development. Then there is the human element. Origins of Business Agility.

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Busy, But Not Productive

International Institute for Learning

Despite our rudimentary technology, we were (in my estimate) at least as productive and less stressed out than most people are today. We simply need to start judiciously applying the principles of lean-agile management. Kanban is a flow-based management practice initially developed to reduce inventory and manufacturing costs.

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Top Solutions to Project Failure – Epicflow Research Part 2

Epicflow Blog

Victorine Ghobeira , a Senior Business Analyst and Project Manager at Dataquest, says that “preventing a lack of resource starts when defining and estimating activities and leads to creating a realistic schedule. Develop Your Leadership Skills. Discussion in PMI Project, Program and Portfolio Management.