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Agile vs Waterfall: What’s the Difference?

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Commonly used in engineering and software development, it’s a more structured approach because progress falls in one direction, like a waterfall, from ideation to launch. The main values of agile include prioritizing individuals over tools, functioning software over documentation, collaboration over contracts and change over planning.

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Six Sigma: A Simple Guide for Project Managers

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A staff with Six Sigma expertise is also usually hired to monitor the process. From the top down, the entire organization must be committed to sustaining quality improvements for them to be achieved. Control: In order to make sure that these improvements are sustainable, monitor them by creating a control plan.

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The Agile Manifesto, Explained

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Either way, agile offers a fast and nimble way to work that first benefited software development before expanding its reach to almost every industry. The phrase agile software development was first used in 2001, but agile was in fact being applied to projects since the mid-1990s. The Role of Cross-Functional Teams.

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Top Project Management Conferences of 2020

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A software development conference with workshops on the theme of Our Digital Tomorrow. The event focuses on sustainability in projects, programs and portfolios, with a long-term and enterprise-level view. GOTO Chicago. April 27-29, Chicago, IL. Project Management in Practice (PMiP). June 25-26, Boston, MA.

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Top 7 Bug Tracking Tools Of 2023

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Software testers will have to nitpick every detail to ensure perfection. Bug tracking tools will assist the software testers in prioritizing and monitoring the status of each error. Better Tool, Better Product In a software development project, a bug tracking tool will help you to make better software.

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 Executive’s Guide To Large-Scale Agile Transformation & Sustaining An Adaptive Enterprise w/ Mike Cottmeyer

Leading Agile

The three systems include a System of Delivery, a System of Transformation, and a System of Sustainability. – [Announcer] This is Mike Cottmeyer’s talk from Agile Arizona, The Executive’s Guide to Large-Scale Agile Transformation and Sustaining an Adaptive Enterprise. And so sustainable business agility.

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Change Management Strategy in Projects

Project Pulse Journal

Every project inherently involves change, whether introducing new healthcare systems, new software development practices or processes, or altering existing operational methods. Change management contributes to the sustainability of project benefits. Monitor progress and provide additional support where needed.