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125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Key Performance Indicators are quantifiable metrics used to assess employee, project, and organizational performance. Lean A project management philosophy that aims to maximize value while minimizing waste. Lean Six Sigma Combining Lean and Six Sigma methodologies to eliminate defects and waste.

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How to Write a Business Case

ProjectManager.com

Compile the data and present your strategies, goals and options. In fact, in some lean or agile organizations, over-reliance on documentation is seen as a clear impediment to innovation and collaboration. Projects fail without having a solid business case to rest on. Compare and finalize your approaches. Document everything.

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Free project management certifications

Moira Alexander

Big Data Capstone Project - a self-paced course that applies the techniques and theory you have gained from the four courses in this Big Data MicroMasters program to a medium-scale data science project. It also includes insight into the project life cycle plus analysis, planning, design, and evaluation.

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Professional Development Day 2022 – IGNITE!

International Institute for Learning

Presenters: Keynote. In this presentation you will learn the following: How points can translate into complexity; Relative sizing; T-shirt estimating; Translating points into hours/dollars and When is it “Done” Kim Marcelliano. This ineffective disconnect is highlighted when innovation, change and risk are present.

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Project Management Artifacts: Essential Tools to Enhance Project Management

Project Pulse Journal

These outputs may consist of documents, documentation standards and templates, plans, reports, and reporting guidelines created to support the management and execution of a project. Artifacts serve as references for current and future projects by documenting the progress, decisions, and outcomes of a project's life cycle.

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Project Management Life Cycle-Iterative & Adaptive

iZenBridge

First of all we shall look at what is a Predictive Life Cycle according to the PMBOK® Guide Sixth Edition : “ Predictive Life Cycle: A form of project life cycle in which the project scope, time, and cost are determined in the early phases of the life cycle.”.

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What is project scope? (Plus 7 steps to help you define project scope)

Resource Guru

Project scope is the project manager’s best friend. It’s what we lean on throughout the project life cycle. It keeps us on the straight and narrow all the way to project success. We might think that “oh, I don’t need a project scope, I’ve done thousands of projects like this!”.