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How to Budget For Your Company’s Technical Debt

Zen Project Management

Guest post by Dr. Mik Kersten While “technical debt” is a term that’s frequently used by technologists, the implication and understanding of it tends to be opaque to the business until it’s too late - just look at how Nokia lost the mobile market that it helped create. What’s technical debt?

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IT project management explained: How to run great IT projects

Planio

On average, IT projects come with more complexity and risk, and can quickly fall to pieces without proper due diligence, management, and leadership. with examples of IT projects) IT project management is the process of planning, organizing, running, and managing information technology projects. And that’s no simple job.

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How to Include Projects on Your Resume/CV

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I clearly remember being asked who was the Governor of the Bank of England during an interview with a bank – obviously I was faking being interested in the finance sector as I had no clue. The point is to show you have the technical skills to lead a project. My first job applications were a mess. I managed a capital budget of £8.6m

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Agile Project Management: Principles, Meetings, Values & Tools

ProjectManager.com

Once only used in software development, now agile project management has found a foothold in marketing/advertising, construction, event planning, product development and finance-related companies. Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design enhances agility. Sprint Review. In Review: Agile Project Management.

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How to Become an IT Project Manager

ProjectManager.com

Here’s a screenshot of the whiteboard for your reference! In Review – How to Become an IT Project Manager: If you want to become an IT project manager, Jennifer said she’s happy to hear that because that means you are motivated and have a specific goal. Maybe like operations, marketing, or even finance.

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20 Things For Your Project Management Plan [With 3 Free Templates]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Reference the business case and any prior documentation. It’s always easier to reference other documents than try to reproduce them in here. In this part of the document include or at least make reference your product breakdown structure, and Work Breakdown Structure if you have them, major deliverables, or other products.

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14 Common Project Risks (+ more)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This could be due to staffing levels or other projects being staffed instead due to higher business priority. External risks can occur due to a variety of factors, often caused by influences more outside of our immediate control. This can cause some tasks to take more time than normal due to starting and stopping multiple times.

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