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Six Sigma: A Simple Guide for Project Managers

ProjectManager.com

But it was when Jack Welch made it central to his business strategy at General Motors, about 10 years later, that it became popular in the broader business world. From the top down, the entire organization must be committed to sustaining quality improvements for them to be achieved. Why Six Sigma? What Are the Features of Six Sigma?

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The Extreme Programming Life Cycle and Strategic PM

The Strategic Project Manager

XP is uniquely designed to streamline the software development process – but it can be leveraged and used in other pursuits! This post looks at the XP life cycle, core values, team roles, and core practices, then turns to application for strategy and project management. Extreme Programming and Strategy.

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2022 Online and In-Person Events for Project/Resource Managers and Industry Professionals

Epicflow Blog

is the largest regional conference in Central Europe that will cover two areas of focus – Agile Software Development and Product Design & Management. The first area will involve topics related to Agile, Lean, Scrum, Kanban, System Thinking, and other methods for improving the software development process.

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Harness Your Business Data: An In-depth Look at KPI Dashboards

Wrike

By spotting emerging market trends or changes in customer behavior, organizations can adapt their strategies and stay ahead of the competition. Analyzing customer data may reveal a shift in preferences towards eco-friendly products, prompting a company to develop a new line of sustainable offerings.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to assess risks, their impacts, and handling strategies for software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Project risk management: lessons learned from software development environment,” Young Hoon Kwak and Jim Stoddard,” Technovation , 24(11), pp.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. Software Engineering Institute, January 1996.

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What is Agile Project Management? (and how to implement it)

EasyProjects

Agile is most popular in the software industry, but it has found homes in the information technology, engineering, product development, and marketing industries to name a few. Everyone is talking about agile, but are they implementing agile strategies on a daily basis? Scrum is used by software development teams.

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