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Waterfall Should Have Never Existed: Part 1

MPUG

I’d like to begin by sharing a brilliant quote that puts the latest project management fashion, Agile, into humbling perspective: “ A Waterfall project is just an Agile (Scrum) project with one huge sprint! An Agile project is just a Waterfall project almost entirely implemented using Rolling Wave Planning! This is most viable.

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Definition Of Done (DOD) Explanation and Example

Scrum.org

I've seen Scrum Teams that don't have DODs and Scrum Teams that have such poor DODs that they are not actionable. During this article, we’ll look at some basics about the DOD. If the DOD for an increment is part of the standards of the organization, all Scrum Teams must follow it as a minimum. Don’t let this happen to you.

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Project Quality Plan: The Easiest Guide (With Template)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In this article, we’ll talk about how to write one and why you should. Plus I have a template to share with you. It is part of the project management plan. In my experience, I’ve never written a bumper project management plan. You have your quality requirements. The basics: What is a quality management plan?

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A Guide to Project Closure: 12 Essential Things To Do

Rebel’s Guide to PM

That’s the last step of the ‘traditional’ predictive (waterfall) project lifecycle, but even agile projects close. Here is a checklist of 12 things that you should do during project closure to make sure the work is wrapped up efficiently. Your project plans should include the work required to complete the handover to operations.

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What Is Lean Portfolio Management? A Quick Guide

ProjectManager.com

Having many projects to manage in a portfolio can be daunting. Lean project management is part of an agile methodology that aims to increase customer value by removing project waste. Of course, you have to find those inefficiencies first. Then you have to make sure that the steps flow smoothly. Mapping the Value Stream.

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How to manage projects from kickoff to launch

Planio

Not only are you expected to know about Agile, scrum, and waterfall, but PMBOK , PRINCE2, Gantt Charts, and Cumulative Flow Diagrams! However, at its core, project management should be simple. Phase 1: Initiation. What project management methodology should you use? Waterfall vs. Agile vs. Kanban. Phase 2: Planning.

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Sciforma Review [2021]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

While it does have project management capabilities and your project delivery teams will find it easy to use, the power is in the fact you can do a lot of portfolio level planning and reporting with just a few clicks. So if you have a handful of projects you are running from Microsoft Teams, you probably don’t need this.