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How to Recover A Troubled Program

Rebel’s Guide to PM

When a program is failing, you should define the problem and potential solutions, and alert stakeholders at the first sign of trouble, according to LeRoy Ward, Executive VP at ESI. Technical failure: this creates a program integration risk as what you are building might not sit in the organization’s architecture any longer.

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Navigating the Challenges of Cloud Transformation

Leading Agile

Cloud transformation is not simply a technological shift but a comprehensive, multi-dimensional journey that requires strategic planning, execution, and management. We will explore beyond the technical challenges to the other elements that often determine the success or failure of these initiatives.

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Escaping the Feature Factory

Scrum.org

Short-Term Focus : Driven by quarterly results or immediate performance metrics, these organizations push for quick deliveries, often at the expense of long-term value or sustainable development. Present a case to management on how these metrics correlate with business success.

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15 Non-Academic Project Management Books to Earn PDUs

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I’ve read, I’m guessing, over 150 management books in my career, and you can read my book reviews if you want to trawl through the archives. Books that cover ways of working, technical project management, leadership , power skills, soft skills for the workplace, business acumen and also strategic and business management topics count.

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

ProjectManager.com

A project management methodology is a set of principles, tools and techniques that are used to plan, execute and manage projects. The term scrum was introduced in a “Harvard Business Review” article from 1986 by Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka. What Is a Project Management Methodology? Kanban Methodology.

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HBR Project Management Handbook [Review]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The Harvard Business Review Project Management Handbook : How to Launch, Lead, and Sponsor Successful Projects is a masterclass in how to make project management work in modern businesses. There’s a new project management ‘bible’ in town and it could displace some of the weighty tomes you have on the shelf (Lock, I’m looking at you).

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SWOT analysis in project management: definition, instruction & example

Inloox

The word SWOT is made up of the following four words: S trengths W eaknesses O pportunities T hreats The application of the SWOT analysis covers a variety of fields such as marketing, general management or the development of human resources and executives. How can we benefit from new technological developments?