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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

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We’ll go through some of the most popular project management methodologies, which are applied in many sectors such as software development, R&D and product development. When to Use It: The practice originated in software development and works well in that culture. Top 10 Project Management Methodologies.

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Best PMI-ACP Exam Prep Books

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Below, I list the best agile books for your certification studies. Instead, you would probably get more use out of investing your reading time in User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development (Mike Cohn). Note that they aren’t exam study guides i.e. they are not designed to help you get through the syllabus.

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Project management degrees: Do you need one and what you can do with it

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Or what you can do with a project management degree for a job once you finish your bachelor’s or master’s studies? Many of these roles are predicted to be in software development and sub-sectors like app development, IT security, and healthcare tech. Government jobs typically pay better than working in education.

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What can I do with a degree in project management?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Or what you can do for a job once you finish your bachelor’s or master’s studies? Many of these roles are predicted to be in software development and sub-sectors like app development, IT security and healthcare tech. Government jobs typically pay better than working in education. This article is for you!

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The PDCA Cycle: a Cornerstone of Effective Project Management

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The PDCA cycle, also known as the PDCA method, PDSA cycle (Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle), Deming cycle, Deming wheel or Shewhart cycle, is a four-step framework designed to improve processes through iterative testing, learning and refinement. Act: Based on the findings from the study phase, the team decides on the next steps.

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IT Financial Management (ITFM) Best Practices

ProjectManager.com

To accomplish this requires financial governance, creating and controlling an IT budget, tracking expenses and doing cost-benefit analysis of IT investments. This position is also responsible for IT governance , ensuring that standards, rules and proper procedures are being followed. If not, then the project shouldn’t be initiated.

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Organizational Competencies: What They Are and How to Develop Them

Rebel’s Guide to PM

We did a fair amount of off-the-shelf software deployments, and we frequently made the point that we were a healthcare company, not a software development firm. We did have a team of developers who built some in-house apps, and web front ends to databases, but we were not, at heart, a company that built software.