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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

ProjectManager.com

The term scrum was introduced in a “Harvard Business Review” article from 1986 by Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka. Schwaber formed the Scrum Alliance in 2002, a certified scrum accreditation series. It does this by optimizing separate technologies, assets and verticals. Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM).

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A History of PMI & Its Role in Project Management

ProjectManager.com

In 1969, in Philadelphia, Jim Snyder, of Smith, Kline & French Laboratories, and Gordon Davis, of the Georgia Institute of Technology, were having dinner and decided there was a need for an organization that offered project managers a forum to share information and discuss their industry. Currently, Mark Langley is the president of PMI.

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Thinking By Sprinting: What Cognitive Science Tells Us About Why Scrum Works

Scrum.org

Developing a new product requires understanding of the users, of the technologies involved and what makes something valuable (or not). It is a mental process and a limited mental resource (Ashcraft, 2002). Instead, we should optimize our work for the rapid application of heuristics (Gigerenzer, 2002). This will not work.

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Project Boards and Project Steering Groups: An Introduction

Rebel’s Guide to PM

If you are expecting the project oversight committee to make a decision at the meeting, make sure that they have information in advance of your meeting so that they can review the different options. Action review and next steps. 2002) Current practice in project management – an empirical study. Key decisions. and Fortune, J.

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In-Depth: The Evidence-Based Business Case For Agile

Scrum.org

2001 ) and proactive behavior ( LePine, Erez & Johnson, 2002 ). “So So we went to Google Scholar and searched for review articles. 2010) reviewed 28 scientific studies that investigated how Scrum is associated with overall business outcomes. SCRUM and productivity in software projects: a systematic literature review.

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5 Ways AI and Automation Will Change Project Management

LiquidPlanner

Technology has made our lives easier. While technology and automation have lessened some of the strain, they’ve also stirred up a lot of fear. Since then, there have been numerous backlashes against technology and automation. Rather than run in fear, I suggest that we may find this technology is the friendly kind that can help.

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A Step-By-Step Guide to Improving Your Resource Management

The IIL Blog

Review which resources are available in your company, capability, and number, or if you need a supplier to hire or buy them: Pay special attention to the people or technical suppliers that have more demand in the company or the times that you need to accomplish the procurement or bidding process, in order to schedule and reserve them on time.