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12 Ways to Manage Project Quality Without Drama

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The ISO 9001 definition is very similar to APM’s, as is the definition in the PMI PMBOK ®. That’s just a guideline: use whatever your company software development lifecycle specifies or what works until you have working software you are happy to ship. Work out the cost for the quality requirements.

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What is Project Management

MPUG

What is a Project The Project Management Institutes (PMI) PMBOK defines a project is “a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service or result.” Project Management as a Profession As a Profession , it has its roots in the 1950s and 1960s when the U.S.

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How to Actually Develop a Project Management Plan

Project Risk Coach

It integrates and consolidates all of the subsidiary plans and baselines, and other information necessary to manage the project.”. Subsidiary Project Plans The Project Management Institute (PMI) highlights ten Knowledge Areas. Each of these areas includes a subsidiary plan such as the project scope management plan.

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A Short History of Project Management

MPUG

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.

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Project Management Challenges with Artificial Intelligence

International Institute for Learning

As technology increases within the next two decades, AI is expected to replace humans in many of the simple and mundane tasks that are part of project and program management activities (Grace et al., Advances in software development. The tools are expected to be different for each life cycle stage of a project.

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125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

Continuous Improvement The ongoing effort to improve a project process, product, or service to achieve better results. Cost Estimation The process of estimating project costs is done by leveraging historical data, expert judgment, or quantitative models. Also known as continuous process improvement.

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Risk Management Process Explained (+resources, templates)

PM Basics

I’ve been managing software development projects for more than 11 years. Risk management is arguably the most crucial piece in my project management approach. That’s why in simple terms, Risk Management is your effort in identifying and tackling project risks.