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Six Sigma: A Simple Guide for Project Managers

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It can mean different things within various organizations or circumstances, but there is a way to broadly outline this business process improvement methodology and define its beginnings, its, rise, its use and its implementation. As noted, it’s a methodology used to improve the quality of an output in a process. Leadership is critical.

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Is Software Development Art or Engineering

Herding Cats

I started my career as a Software Engineer , writing Fortran 77 signal processing algorithms to find and track missile launchers in the middle eastern desert. This skill was an extension of the signal processing work I did as a grad student looking for information in the data stream of a particle accelerator.

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The 5 Lean Principles: Definitions & How to Use Them

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This led to lean manufacturing, but today lean is used in more industries, such as project management, software development, construction and more. Transportation. Motion and extra-processing. ProjectManager is cloud-based work and project management software that lets you eliminate waste by streamlining processes.

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Picking a Project Management Methodology

MPUG

The following are examples of factors from the PMBOK Guide that lead to said project’s creation: Business process improvements. Software development. Transportation sector. Even if you do not have defined model in place, you probably have some processes that could be used as part of your selected methodology.

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The Role of Standard Work in Lean Methodology

Wrike

At the core of this methodology is the concept of standard work, which refers to the set of clearly defined processes and procedures that employees follow to ensure consistent and high-quality results. However, its principles and practices have since been applied to various sectors, including healthcare, finance, and software development.

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Where Did All the Project Managers Go?

Leading Answers

Software is becoming omnipresent, it is embedded and integral to all industries. Not just technology companies (like Google, Apple) but every sector is being disrupted by software including retail (Amazon), banking (PayPal, cryptocurrencies), transportation (Tesla, Uber), and travel (Airbnb).   New Tools and Approaches.

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A Short History of Project Management

MPUG

By default, these people were doing early project management by obtaining/transporting the heavy blocks of stones and related materials (procurement and quality management) and acquiring and scheduling the slave workers (resource and communications management) to do their work. Software Development Approaches.

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