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Six Sigma: A Simple Guide for Project Managers

ProjectManager.com

Six Sigma isn’t the first technique developed to improve process, but it differs from others in three significant ways: It is focused on measurable and quantifiable financial returns. Leadership is critical. The core tool to the Six Sigma approach is the DMAIC roadmap, which is a more scientific method for project development.

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Where Did All the Project Managers Go?

Leading Answers

Software is becoming omnipresent, it is embedded and integral to all industries. Not just technology companies (like Google, Apple) but every sector is being disrupted by software including retail (Amazon), banking (PayPal, cryptocurrencies), transportation (Tesla, Uber), and travel (Airbnb).   Role Changes.

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Where Did All the Project Managers Go?

Leading Answers

Software is becoming omnipresent, it is embedded and integral to all industries. Not just technology companies (like Google, Apple) but every sector is being disrupted by software including retail (Amazon), banking (PayPal, cryptocurrencies), transportation (Tesla, Uber), and travel (Airbnb).   Role Changes.

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Exploring Lean Manufacturing: Principles and Benefits

Wrike

The TPS focused on eliminating seven types of waste: overproduction, waiting, transportation, overprocessing, excess inventory, unnecessary motion, and defects. Over time, Lean Manufacturing principles spread beyond the automotive sector and found application in industries such as healthcare, construction, and software development.

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How the 12 principles in the Agile Manifesto work in real life

Scrum.org

The agilists below them focus on the goal, which is transportation. To learn more about how to support agile teams, leaders should consider attending the Professional Agile Leadership - Essential class. The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation.

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What is Iterative, Incremental Delivery? The Hunt for the Perfect Example.

Scrum.org

A software development lifecycle perspective. Another way to discuss iterative, incremental delivery is to look at it from the software development life cycle (SDLC) perspective. The diagram below shows the SDLC for a typical waterfall approach compared to Agile product development. Professional Agile Leadership.

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What is interactive, incremental delivery? The hunt for the perfect example.

Scrum.org

A software development lifecycle perspective. Another way to discuss iterative, incremental delivery is to look at it from the software development life cycle (SDLC) perspective. The diagram below shows the SDLC for a typical waterfall approach compared to Agile product development. Professional Agile Leadership.