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What Is a Balanced Scorecard? (Example & Template Included)

ProjectManager.com

Relatively new, the balance scorecard was introduced in 1992 by David Norton and Robert Kaplan, by taking existing metric performance measures and adapting them to include nonfinancial information. The balanced scorecard measures four aspects of a business or organization: finance, customers, business processes and learning and growth.

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10 Top Process Improvement Tools You Need to Create a More Sustainable Business

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A study by BCG/MIT finds that 90% of executives deem sustainability to be important, yet only 60% of companies incorporate sustainability as part of their business strategy, and even less (25%) integrate sustainability into the core of their business model. Implement effective process improvement techniques for sustainability.

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Best PMI-ACP Exam Prep Books

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Below, I list the best agile books for your certification studies. Note that they aren’t exam study guides i.e. they are not designed to help you get through the syllabus. If you’re looking for those, check out my list of the best agile study guides. Pick one book to supplement your PMI-ACP studies. Short on time?

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Communications Management: PMP Study Guide (PMBOK 6th Edition)

ExamsPM

Project Communications Management is the process of planning, collecting, storing, and updating project information. This article is part of a PMP Study Guide that summarizes the Communications Management Knowledge Area. In this article, we will cover the key terms and three processes in the Communications Management Knowledge Area.

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125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

Business Analysis A process in which an individual identifies business needs, defines solutions and facilitates change to meet organizational goals. Change Control A formal process of documenting, reviewing, approving, and managing a change to a project’s scope, schedule, budget, or quality parameters.

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Different Project Management Terms Beginners Should Know

ProProfs Project Management

You winged the entire project execution process, and now the theory of it all is taking a toll on you. . An assumption in project management refers to assuming about possible factors or situations that may occur in the project planning process that it may actually happen. Performance Measurement Baseline. Closing Process.

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Closed Loop Control and Granularity of the Estimating Process

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For software, this can be value produced (assuming we have a unit of measure for that value in the for of effectiveness, performance, key performance parameters, or technical performance measures ). DP6Jw is an overview of this process. Stochastic process control is the field of study.

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