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Project Gates: The Janus-like Guardians of Product Development

MPUG

One might conclude that agile approaches to project management, such as Scrum, mean there is no need for gate reviews. We say the same thing if one adopts gate reviews for every product development project. Let’s explore a typical product development project’s phases, goals, and metrics reviewed at each gate.

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14 Common Project Risks (+ more)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This could be due to staffing levels or other projects being staffed instead due to higher business priority. External risks can occur due to a variety of factors, often caused by influences more outside of our immediate control. This can cause some tasks to take more time than normal due to starting and stopping multiple times.

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The Next Wave of Project Management: Planning Intelligence

LiquidPlanner

New technology has helped project portfolio managers incorporate uncertainty into their project plans. Enter Planning Intelligence aiming to help people do what they do best with predictive scheduling technology. What Is Planning Intelligence Technology? How to Plan to Succeed.

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Main Risks of Aerospace Engineering Projects: How to Implement Wise Risk Management into Your Organization

Epicflow Blog

missing important milestones, unavailability of a critical employee), Estimating (e.g., unrealistic or inaccurate estimates), Communicating (miscommunication between the project participants). [1]. Risk analysis involves estimating the probability of risk occurrence and the impact of the defined risks. Managing the supply chain.

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Product Discovery Anti-Patterns Leading to Failure

Scrum.org

This is the wrong mental model: the earlier developers participate in identifying a problem worth solving, the better the ROI on their engagement will become as they will bring the technical expertise on the feasibility to the table. Building the wrong thing due to isolating the engineers is, for several reasons, incredibly expensive.

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5 Steps to Planning and Running Fast, Efficient Meetings (Including Agendas and Templates for 4 Common Meetings)

Planio

While on average, 15% of your company’s time is spent in meetings —a number that has grown every single year since 2008. At least estimating the price puts you out of the mindset of just booking meetings “because it’s what you do” to really asking whether it’s necessary. It’s not time for technical discussions.

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The 23 Best Project Management Books For Upgrading Your Career in 2020

Planio

Swipe to Unlock: The Primer on Technology and Business Strategy. Technical documentation. These books range from technical guides to quick catch-ups on the core principles of project management, from how to gather requirements and plan your timeline to communicating and inspiring your team. Author: Harvard Business Review.

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