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Sustainable Estimating

Green Project Management

The post Sustainable Estimating appeared first on Delivering a better world, one project at a time. We tend to focus instead on measures of central tendency, and as a result we make some terrible mistakes, often with considerable practical import. Stephen Jay Gould, naturalist, […].

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Episode 185 – Redefining Project Success through Sustainable Project Management

Velociteach

Projects are instrumental in defining an organization’s vision for a more sustainable future. Dr. Joel Carboni talks about Sustainable Project Management, and the goal to achieve a stated objective while considering the project outcome’s entire lifecycle to ensure a net positive environmental, social, and economic impact.

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Challenges with Using PERT for Estimating

Green Project Management

This post is not specifically about sustainable change […]. The post Challenges with Using PERT for Estimating appeared first on Delivering a better world, one project at a time.

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How to Recover A Troubled Program

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Data about how far off the original estimates were is needed to make accurate forecasts. You need to sustain progress while planning recovery. Sustained control is necessary to prove that something has been turned around. Measuring progress in small steps will help tremendously. It takes time to determine the work remaining.

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The Illusion of #Velocity ?

Scrum.org

Management, knowingly or unknowingly, fosters an environment where velocity becomes the altar at which everyone worships, sacrificing the tenets of meaningful work, sustainable pace, and, most importantly, customer value. It reveals a lack of trust in the team’s ability to self-organize and understand what value means in their work.

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Site Engineer Job Description (Free Copy & Paste Example)

ProjectManager.com

Another duty is making sure the job site follows health and safety legislation and sustainability policies. Prepare Reports They’re also responsible for preparing site reports and logging progress to ensure the project is moving forward as planned. They’re on the job site daily regardless of the weather.

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Raising Climate Awareness in Scrum Teams - a Scrum Master’s Journey

Scrum.org

Then last year, as I was looking for ways to become more sustainable, the idea started to grow that at the bank I work for, in my own Scrum Teams, we could also take the sustainability perspective. Taking the sustainability perspective was a new approach for the team, but everyone agreed on its importance.

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