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Planning Your Agile Transformation Journey

Leading Agile

On the other hand, some companies deal with more convergent things like tax software and government contracts. Lots of heavy planning, long funding cycles , and many constraints. Adaptive-Emergent: Innovative and experimental. This is the quadrant of R&D and Lean Start-Up. This is where Waterfall lives.

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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 waterfall method makes use of Gantt charts for planning and scheduling; an example is below. The PMBOK provides definitions and guidelines for project planning, scheduling, executing and controlling.

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New Broom, Sweeps Lean! Four ROI, Efficiency and Productivity Hacks for The New IT Project Decision Maker

Project Accelerator News

I always think of this proverb when a project leader tells me about their new, more senior role and the radical plans they have to “shake things up”. When new to a role (in many business environments, not just IT Project Management), new managers tend to lean into making sweeping changes, it’s human nature. Less broom, more polish!

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Lean portfolio management

Techno-PM

The lean portfolio management is a new way to look at the old problem of balancing cost vs. value in product development projects. The use of Lean portfolio management agile has exploded in the last decade as more and more companies have found that it is a powerful tool for structuring their product development processes.

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Lean Portfolio Management Operations: An Agile Approach

Planview

This blog is part of a series on Lean portfolio management for the enterprise. If you haven’t already, we recommend reading: Part 1: What is Lean Portfolio Management? Part 2: Lean Portfolio Management: Lean Budgets and Investment Funding.

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What Is a Business Model Innovation Capability?

The Strategic Project Manager

Every organization – whether for profit, government, or not-for-profit – needs a viable Business Model. Today, it is often imperative to be capable of innovating Business Models – to change and reconfigure value chains. What Is a Business Model Innovation Definition? What Is a Business Model?

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5 Governance Steps for Distributed Project Team Management

LiquidPlanner

Managing a distributed project team takes real skill and a definite commitment to putting a governance structure in place that enables success. Delivering Project Success via Good Governance. Governance is nothing more than how a project will be controlled to deliver intended outcomes.