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Agile Governance Demystified

Leading Agile

What is Agile governance? Simply put, Agile governance is a way to maximize the flow of value within an organization in the fastest way possible. So, we’re going to take the guesswork out of Agile governance and pull back the curtain on our three-tiered governance model.

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IT Governance: Definitions, Frameworks and Planning

ProjectManager.com

Information technology is prevalent in nearly every industry and organization across the globe. IT governance ensures that IT departments are prepared for what’s next, without losing focus on what matters. What is IT Governance? Key Terms in IT Governance.

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The Importance of Data Governance for Business

ProjectManager.com

That plan is called data governance. What Is Data Governance? Data governance provides an organization with a plan to make sure that its data is available, usable, consistent and secure. Data governance is holistic in that it involves the people, processes and information technology department of an organization. To do this, data governance implements practices to make sure the data is managed as an asset and is made into meaningful information.

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2022 Aerospace and Defense Industry Trends

Epicflow Blog

Aerospace and defense industry is gradually recovering from the pandemic consequences, but still remains vulnerable as the world hasn’t fully overcome this crisis yet. So, what trends are expected to shape the industry this year? European Defense Industry 2021: Challenges and Trends.

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ERM Program Fundamentals for Success in the Banking Industry

Speaker: William Hord, Senior VP of Risk & Professional Services

This exclusive webinar with William Hord, Senior VP of Risk & Professional Services, will explore the foundational elements you need to start or validate your ERM program. He will also dive into topic definitions, governance structures, and framework components for success.

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The Road to Effective Project Management Governance

Project-Management.pm

What really is project management governance? With countless articles and books in the business spectrum conveying such practice, project management governance is in the sense, subjective. There’s no correct description of it and it’s safe to say that individuals or groups who employ and encounter project management governance have developed their own understanding of it. Governance and Decisions. To be more precise, project management governance.

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True Enterprise Governance – its more than just PPM!

MPUG

The governance processes which most IT organizations have developed and followed have to adopt to these conditions. I suspect that looking at this common situation presented as an Enterprise Governance process will produce success.

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2021 Automotive Industry Challenges and Trends 

Epicflow Blog

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed a lot in the development of all industries including the automotive sphere. Let’s see how the industry is recovering from tough times in 2021 and what trends are leading this year. . COVID-19 Challenges Automotive Industry is Facing in 2021.

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Post-Industrial Project Management

Leading Answers

We know old concepts that govern agriculture do not apply to industry. Yet many project managers who work in the knowledge worker domain still apply project management approaches developed for the industrial era. This article identifies the mismatch of applying industrial project management in today’s post-industrial marketplace. We first examine how to determine if your projects are: industrial, knowledge work, or hybrid. Introduction.

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Eliminating Barriers to Business Agility with Governance

Leading Agile

To figure out how to deal with this and find the answers, we need some sort of governance model. Governance speaks to how we coordinate and manage the flow of work, decompose requirements, and make prioritization decisions and economic tradeoffs—all in the face of uncertainty. .

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Post-Industrial Project Management

Leading Answers

Introduction We know old concepts that govern agriculture do not apply to industry. Engineers do not consult the weather or growing seasons before designing machinery. Yet many project managers who work in the knowledge worker domain still apply project management. Agile Project Management Leadership Teams

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Governance that Goes with the Flow

Leading Agile

Typical corporate management thinking would solve this problem by creating a Department of Dinner Planning and promulgating detailed procedures, based on Industry Best Practices, to ensure people arrived on time for each dinner. Structure, Governance, Metrics. One of the things that attracted me to LeadingAgile was the emphasis on structure, governance, and metrics. It’s the governance of all your work. Governance.

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Vendor Showcase Recap: Triskell Software for Enterprise Governance

MPUG

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Rich Murphy’s showcase session, Triskell Software for Enterprise Governance, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. We have a lot… We’ve got several European government agencies.

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Vendor Showcase Recap: Triskell Software for Enterprise Governance

MPUG

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Rich Murphy’s showcase session, Triskell Software for Enterprise Governance, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. We have a lot… We’ve got several European government agencies.

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Post-Industrial Project Management in the Era of Knowledge Work

LiquidPlanner

We know old concepts that govern agriculture do not apply to industry. Yet many project managers who work in the knowledge worker domain still apply project management approaches developed for the industrial era. This article identifies the mismatch of applying industrial project management in today’s post-industrial marketplace. We first examine how to determine if your projects are: industrial, knowledge work, or hybrid.

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What You Need to Know About Governance, Risk & Compliance

Wrike

Perhaps you’ve heard of governance, risk, and compliance, also known as GRC, before, but you aren’t sure how important it is to you or your business. What is governance risk and compliance (GRC)? What exactly is governance, risk, and compliance, or GRC for short?

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9 Steps to Write a Scope of Work (SOW) for Any Project and Industry

Planio

In this guide, we’ll run you through everything you need to know about how to write an effective statement of work for any project and any industry. Or is there an end date that coincides with some other event such as a change in government regulation (like GDPR ) that affects your business model? Whenever you’re collaborating with people outside your organization, it’s all too easy for miscommunication or presumptions to send a project off course.

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When standard is no longer “standard”

Kiron Bondale

” “I think it varies depending on the type of organization/industry. For example, in construction industry Project Managers have much more authority in general and a lot of funds are on their disposal.

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What Project Teams Need to Succeed in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

LiquidPlanner

There’s no doubt about it: We’re entering a new world of industry. The upcoming Fourth Industrial Revolution , also called Industry 4.0 This revolution begins when the cyber and physical realms converge in the form of data and analytics from the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) , automation, mobility, and the cloud. Project teams who can harness these technologies now will find themselves leading their industries in this coming digital transformation.

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2020 Challenges and Trends in Pharmaceutical Industry

Epicflow Blog

The pharmaceutical manufacturing industry is the one that is growing day by day due to the ever-increasing demand in its services. This evidence means that the pharma industry is going to have extra load as it is expected to produce more medicine for more people in the near future.

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Accountability on a Agile Software Development in the Presence of Governance

Herding Cats

So for projects that spend other people's money in the presence of uncertainty - Governance is a means to establish those shared principles. Governance is about Decision Rights. Specifying the decision rights and accoutability framework to encourage desirable behaviours in the developemnt and use of information technology and its supporting services. - IT Governance: How Top Performers Manage IT Decision Risght for Superier Results , Weill and Ross, Harvard Business School Proess.

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Context counts but whose?

Kiron Bondale

The industry we are in will influence and constrain our approach. In the pharmaceutical industry, validation documentation for projects which are involved in the testing or production of products is required whereas in other industries, less formality might be needed.

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Driving Digital Transformation in Aerospace & Defense: Recent Technology Trends

Epicflow Blog

IBM and Raytheon Technologies have signed a partnership agreement for developing advanced AI, cryptography, and quantum solutions for the aerospace, defense, and intelligence industries. Let’s explore how 3D printing is applied in the industry. .

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Why Do PMO’s Fail?

Bridge the Gap Consulting

PMO’s that are heavy on governance and managing to strict practices make for grumpy project managers, who then turn stakeholders grumpy. Some industries require it, some don’t. PMO Project Management Uncategorized Governance Leadership project team Stakeholder Trust

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Transforming Project Delivery for the Commercial Solar Industry

Leankor

Transforming Project Delivery for the Commercial Solar Industry. Not only does this eliminate the need for constant status update meetings – a problem which plagues every industry – it also helps companies mitigate risk and respond to issues faster as the information is easier to access. Government permits), timelines, and tasks also need to be able to be logged into this real-time system so global teams are aligned around project statuses, goals, and activities.

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Successful Project Delivery in Aerospace and Defense: Success Criteria

Epicflow Blog

Finally, these criteria will be different depending on the industry, company, and project goals. . They are guided by government regulations and must strictly comply with them. . investors, competitors, industry analysts, etc.).

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A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Project Governance. Agile Software Development for Government Software Intensive System of Systems (SISoS) , Boulder Agile Meetup, 27 July 2016. Earned Value + Agile = Success , National Defense Industry Association (NDIA) Conference, 4-6 April 2011, Baltimore, MD. Cost and Schedule Integration: An Industry Update , 2nd Annual Acumen Summit, September 18-19, 2012. Governance. Program Governance Roadmap. Principles of Program Governance.

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Manufacturing in the Cloud—Why Now?

LiquidPlanner

For many manufacturers, the ‘kicks’ come from government agencies. It really required a push from the government side to get started, but once it did all sorts of companies started to see advantages in all their operations—think about Tesla remotely collecting data from in-service vehicles, and even updating their product remotely. Deliberate, even reluctant, cloud adoption was a logical path for manufacturers, given the government and societal forces at work.

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Governance (#Governance). Six Business System Rule - defines the assessment of the integrated business systems for Federal procurement and their integrity in providing information to the Government contracting office. . Managing Government Grant Projects at Arizona Public Service - APS management process for Department of Energy grant for algae CO2 capture project. Cost and Schedule Integration: An Industry Update , 2 nd Annual Acumen Summit , September 18-19, 2012.

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Digital Transformation and Setting-up Teams for Success

Leankor

They need a modern analytics platform that incorporates effective data governance and ensures that data is consistent and trustworthy. Digital Transformation for Global Enterprises, Setting-up Individuals and Teams for Success through a Cloud-Based Work and Project Management Solution.

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Digital Transformation, Business Continuity and Revenue Recognition

Leankor

But the question many are asking is, how can global enterprise industrial operations streamline their highly complex processes, workflows and teams to a remote model? Unify Industrial Processes Globally with A Solution That Works the Way You Do.

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Project Versus Product in Agile Development

Herding Cats

Ranging from embedded flight control systems for winged vehicles to orbiting spacecraft, to Software Intensive System of Systems from industrial, business, and financial systems. So before listening to any conjecture about how agile should be done or not done - establish a context, a domain, a business and technical process, the external and internal business, technical, and financial governance process. Agree, and focus more on discovery since in *delivery* you have 4 problems: 1.

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20 Questions for Project Governance Success (Infographic)

Wrike

You need not only good, but great project governance , which encompasses all of the processes, activities, and checks and balances necessary to ensure successful projects, programs, and portfolios. How to get to project governance success.

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How to Identify and Manage Emerging Risks

Project Risk Coach

The International Risk Governance Council (IRGC) defines emerging risks as "new risks or familiar risks that become apparent in new or unfamiliar conditions." Ask 10 different risk management experts to define emerging risks, and you will likely receive different points of view.

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Why Identifying as a Project Business is Critical For Success

The Lazy Project Manager

Project Business is an industry just like Retail and Manufacturing because projects are their primary business function. Unlike traditional industries: · Projects are Temporary and Unique to Each Customer.

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Selecting a Project Management Tool IS a Project

Bridge the Gap Consulting

Some things to consider in the requirements: Governance; are there any project approval processes that should be documented & captured by the tool (i.e. Project Toole Uncategorized Project Management project governance project toolsRecently, I have seen a more online posts asking questions about what project management tool(s) a company should buy: What tool does everyone recommend? My company would like a project management tool? What should we get?

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Increasing the Probability of Program Success

Herding Cats

We're working on a White Paper for the Joint Space Cost Council which is an organization composed of government (NRO, NASA, USAF, and others) and industry representatives with an interest in space. The origins of this paper came about at a recent JSCC meeting here in Boulder, with local Aerospace contractors, the DCMA (Defense Contract Management Agency) and several government agencies (NRO and NASA).

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Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

Federal Government, in support of OMB Circular A-123.”. Risk Management For Software Projects In An Agile Environment – Adopting Key Lessons From The Automotive Industry,” Oana Iamandi, Marius Dan, and Sorin Popescu, Conference: MakeLearn and TIIM Joint International Conference 2015: Managing Intellectual Capital and Innovation for Sustainable and Inclusive Society, Bari, Italy, 2015. There was a Tweet two days ago from one of the founders of eXtreme Programming, that said.

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Rise of the Agile PMO

PM Times

The PMI PMBOK defines Project Management Office (PMO) as “a management structure that standardizes the project-related governance processes and facilitates the sharing of resources, methodologies, tools, and techniques”.

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Artificial Intelligence And Transformation Team Implications

International Institute for Learning

Data cleansing and data governance becomes critical when AI mechanisms are being used in portfolio decision and monitoring processes. She has proven adaptative skills by successfully transferring her skills to different contexts and industries. By Dr. Elissa Farrow.

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