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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

ProjectManager.com

Scrum works within an agile project management framework, though there have been attempts to scale Scrum to fit larger organizations. The term scrum was introduced in a “Harvard Business Review” article from 1986 by Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka. Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM). Kanban Methodology.

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125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

hours, personnel needed, and/or tasks) to ensure that a project can be completed on time and within budget. Change Control A formal process of documenting, reviewing, approving, and managing a change to a project’s scope, schedule, budget, or quality parameters. Feasibility Study An analysis of a project’s viability.

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Free project management certifications

Moira Alexander

Financial Decision Rules for Project Evaluation - a self-paced course on how to use decision criteria and rules to evaluate projects based on their impact on business, including payback, Net Present Value (NPV), and Internal Rate of Return (IRR). The course also includes a project management case study.

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What Do Companies like Apple, Amazon and Google Look for in Project Managers?

Epicflow Blog

So what are the main aspects that make project managers competitive? Besides the specific requirements in the technical background, all employers bank on soft skills. It’s a great plus for a project manager to have a formal qualification and receive a certificate demonstrating their proficiency. Soft Skills. Hard Skills.

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How to Take Advantage of Adaptive Project Management

Project Pulse Journal

It ensures the project remains aligned with current goals and market conditions, facilitating timely and relevant deliverables. Adaptive project management is particularly effective in dynamic industries where innovation, customer needs, and technologies continuously evolve.

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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!”.

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31 agency challenges and how to tackle them

Resource Guru

Solution: Review and optimize workflows , automate repetitive tasks, and use project management software for better process management. Agency tech stack Whether you’re using your own tools, tools that are dictated by your client, or a mix of both—the agency tech stack is getting increasingly complex.