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Agile Finance: How Do You Make a Business Case for Transformation?

Leading Agile

In that discussion, I covered a range of topics – Building a Business Case and the Key Financial Metrics that should be provided in your Business Case, Understanding your Company’s Software Development Costs, the Importance of Benchmarking, Importance of keeping your Asset Management current, and Capitalizing and Amortizing Software Costs.

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The Functions of a Project Management Office

Project Pulse Journal

Here are three common types of PMOs from across various sectors: Supportive PMO Industry Application - A supportive PMO is common in industries where projects require flexibility and autonomy, such as IT and software development enterprises. Function - A supportive PMO provides guidance, best practices, templates, and tools.

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Decision Analysis - Ordinal and Cardinal Measures

Herding Cats

AHP was developed in the 1970s by Dr. Thomas Saaty. In our agile software development world, AHP is rarely found. Using this method, the performance, cost, time, and risks of alternatives can be articulated as ratios that can then be compared with one another. I came to AHP through a seminar by Dr. James T. References .

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Complete Collection of Project Management Statistics 2015

Wrike

89% of high-performing organizations value project management, 81% actively engage sponsors, 57% align projects with business strategy. [6]. 46% of organizations admit to not fully understanding the value of project management, even though that understanding boosts the success rate of strategic initiatives by 16%. [12]. Finance – 93%.

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Start with Principles, Not Personal Anecdotes

Herding Cats

In the project domain, an estimate is a calculated approximation of some desired measurement. This is usually a cost, a completion date, a performance measure used in a closed loop control system to keep the project GREEN while delivering the needed Capabilities to produce the Value for the customer at the needed time for the needed cost.

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The Complete Glossary of 614 Project Management Terms

Workamajig

Client Brief: Also called a 'Creative Brief', the Client Brief is an initial outline of the project's core requirements, background, and business case. Completion Date: The estimated date for the project's end, based on initial planning and current progress. The Client Brief is instrumental for kicking off the project.