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7 Uncomfortable Truths for Project Managers

ProjectManager.com

Armed with our methods and tools , our boundless optimism and our can-do attitude, it sometimes feels like we can do anything. Famously, software engineer and author Tim Lister said that: “Risk management is how adults manage projects.” You’ll Get the Project Team You Deserve. So, how do you invest in your team?

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Project Management Guidelines (Part 1) - What We Can Learn From Project Failures

Inloox

A good project manager knows that some developments are out of their control. As a result, everyone develops an individual level of risk tolerance, which a good project manager must also consider within their team. Constantine's Law: "A fool with a tool is still a fool." " Norman R.

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Histogram as a Component of Seven Basic Quality Tool

iZenBridge

Having been in the project management, training and coaching for over last many years, I witnessed that- The histogram is one of the powerful Quality planning and control tool to understand preventive and corrective actions. An IT test team member is evaluating work products from specifications to detect problems. Pareto Chart.

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How to hire remote developers (with free remote job description template)

Planio

As Steve Jobs famously put it, a small team of A+ players can run circles around a giant team of B and C players. Jump to a section: How to hire remote developers (and other teammates) in 10 steps. Step 1: Decide if it’s the right time to hire remote developers. But getting them to join your team is a skill on its own.

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Product-Market Fit: What Is It & Why Is It Important?

ProjectManager.com

You can thank Marc Andreessen , the American entrepreneur, investor and software engineer, for the hyphenated phrase. That’s the first step of smart product development. Related: The Importance of Customer Development for Startups. He has developed a six-step framework, which he called the Lead Product Process.

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Restoring Application Agility: Building Applications That Get More Agile Over Time

Leading Agile

What if, instead of getting larger and more brittle over time, making changes more risky, your software could get more modular and simpler, increasing the safety of the developers working on the code? The key to soft software is focusing on creating that safety first. How many of you used to be a developer?

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How To Carry Out a Requirements Analysis

Wrike

You gather project requirements and put together a team of developers, product managers, and creatives. It turns out that your team had been so focused on satisfying every project requirement gathered from project sponsors that they ignored one crucial user requirement for software projects: keep it simple!