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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. References Aziz, E. The PMO: Your key to strategy execution and results delivery.

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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. References . [1]

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Start with Principles, Not Personal Anecdotes

Herding Cats

This model can be produced parametrically (Reference Class Forecasting) or through a simulation (Monte Carlo or Method of Moments is common). . An estimate is a statistic about a whole population of possible values from a previous reference period or a model that can generate possible values given the conditions of the model.

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4 Fallacious Reasons to Estimate and Why Those Are Fallacious

Herding Cats

Although I understand measuring productivity could work well for repeatable activities, it's hard to believe it works well for abstract and, ultimately, non-repeatable tasks like software development. Thus, the common approach to "measure productivity" is to compare the estimates against what, in fact, happened.

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The Complete Glossary of 614 Project Management Terms

Workamajig

Bookmark this project management glossary and refer to it whenever you come across any project management jargon. Base Date: A date that serves as the reference (or 'base') for the start of a project calendar. Calendars: Usually refers to the Project Calendar, which is a regular calendar showing the schedule of project activities.