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Best PMI-ACP Exam Prep Books

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Instead, you would probably get more use out of investing your reading time in User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development (Mike Cohn). I would suggest it’s User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development by Mike Cohn. Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products by Jim Highsmith.

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Microeconomics and Risk Management in Decision Making for Software Development

Herding Cats

Take for example the deployment of an ERP system, the installation, and startup of a process control system, the release of a suite of embedded software controllers for a car, aircraft, petrochemical plant. A recent survey of 600 firms indicated that 35% of them had at least one "runaway' software project. Now To Risk Management.

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The Functions of a Project Management Office

Project Pulse Journal

Here are three common types of PMOs from across various sectors: Supportive PMO Industry Application - A supportive PMO is common in industries where projects require flexibility and autonomy, such as IT and software development enterprises. Function - A supportive PMO provides guidance, best practices, templates, and tools.

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Effectiveness vs Efficiency: Understanding Key Distinctions

Wrike

Furthermore, effectiveness is closely linked to innovation. This ability to innovate and offer new solutions enhances the overall effectiveness of a business, ensuring its long-term success. Using the previous example, efficiency would require finding ways to speed up the software development process without compromising quality.

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Are These DevOps Obstacles Getting in the Way of Your Agile Transformation?

Leading Agile

Dealing with Packaged Software The first one, it came up, right? The package is changing at one cadence and maybe you’re trying to innovate and change at another cadence, right? And then, you know, understanding the business capabilities and which ones need to move and be innovative and which ones you want to standardize.

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125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

Earned Value Management (EVM) A systematic approach to project performance measurement assessing schedule and cost performance. Projects are generally a mechanism for change and may leverage innovation. Dependency Mapping Identifying and documenting the relationships and dependencies between project tasks or activities.

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Next Generation Project Management Software

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It covered identifying requirements, interconnecting tasks, resources, planned values, actual values, baselines, performance measures, forecast techniques and timesheets. We are attracted to the latest cool application, with the potential to jeopardise the software environment.