ProjectManager.com

APRIL 25, 2024

Kanban history has informed everything from manufacturing to software development. The kanban tool has become commonplace in project management and its uses continue to expand. While kanban systems were once analog, they have since moved into the digital space and are often found in project management software.

Manufacturing 323

Manufacturing 2004 Software Review 2009 323

ProjectManager.com

APRIL 19, 2024

The scrum methodology has been around since the mid-1980s and has been a core sub-methodology of agile since 2001 when Ken Schwaber and Mike Beedle wrote the book on it: Agile Software Development with Scrum. That hasn’t stopped practitioners from using scrum in varying industries, from retail logistics to event planning.

SCRUM 411

SCRUM Manufacturing 2001 Agile 411

MPUG

APRIL 2, 2024

This would have required Noah to plan and coordinate the construction of the ark, as well as gather the necessary resources and manage the logistics of boarding the animals onto the ark. In this way, Noah’s Ark could be seen as a large-scale project that required careful management in order to be successful.

Certification 52

Certification PMI Logistics Construction 52

MPUG

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Another major project related happening was the growing popularity of value engineering (VE), which was widely used at General Electric. This functioned to help measure the value of alternatives (for example, using cheaper resources and/or materials to reduce project costs or design-to-cost) especially when there was a scarcity of resources.

PMI 81

PMI Certification 2003 Engineering 81

Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Information about key project cost, (technical) performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. Use of Benefits of Tools for Project Risk Management,” T. 255, April 2010. 920, November 2004. Raz and E. “The

Risk Management 38

Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 38

Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Information about key project cost, (technical) performance and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program.

Risk Management 35

Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 35

Herding Cats

MAY 7, 2019

Effort Distribution to Estimate Cost in Small to Medium Software Development Project with Use Case Points,” Putu Linda Primandari and Sholiq, The Third Information Systems International Conference, Procedia Computer Science, 72, pp. 229 “How Should We Estimate Agile Software Development Projects and What Data Do We Need?”

Estimate 40

Estimate Software Review Software 2012 40