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The Complete Guide to Six Sigma Methodology

Wrike

In this article, we’ll explain what the Six Sigma methodology is, how lean Six Sigma principles differ, and how Six Sigma project management can help boost your organization’s process efficiency and quality. GE has estimated that the adoption of Six Sigma concepts produced a $10 billion benefit in the first five years alone. .

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The Project Management Starter Guide: for Non-Project Managers

Workzone

Create plans for a project, oversee the completion of the project, and then find yourself looking back on the project and exploring what went right and what went wrong? But maybe you’ve never created a mockup from this photoshoot, with this kind of copy, and for this month’s magazine of, say, Women’s Health. More on PM tools later.)

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Why do most projects fail?

Binfire

Forbes magazine also opined about the high rate of project failures recently. . is it due to lack of planning? 1-Lack of proper planning. If the project planning is insufficient, the project does not have a chance of success from the get-go. The agile method is not the advocate for lack of planning.

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The Relationship Between Culture and Performance

Leading Agile

And so we ended up with a lot of folks doing standups and sprint planning and story cards and sticky notes and burndown charts and reviews and retrospectives. We want a culture that values responding to change over, following a plan that want to manifest the lines. We want a culture where people take ownership.

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Software Estimating Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to estimate software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. COSMIC Software Estimation Approach,” Alain Abran, ICEAA Workshop, Portland Oregon, June 6?9, Estimating Probable System Cost,” Stephen A. Performance Evaluation of non?Markovian

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80+ Awesome Online Resources for Project Managers

Wrike

Learn how to prepare for, plan, and complete a project successfully, from holding an effective project kickoff meeting to risk management and quality assurance. This two -day course covers the role of a project manager and takes attendees through every stage of the project lifecycle, from initiation and planning to the project closeout.

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Estimating is a Learned Skill

Herding Cats

Estimating is a learned skill, used for any purpose from every-day life to management of projects. When I left for the airport this morning to catch my flight to a customer site I estimated, given the conditions, how much time I need to get to my favorite parking spot at DIA. So when you hear we can't estimate you'll know better.