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Ace the PMP Exam [Book Review]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Everything you need to cover for the exam is in here including the extra stuff that the exam covers like the Code of Ethics. Jack Risos obtained his PMP certificate in 2009. He has delivered software and business transition projects in the banking, insurance, software, and manufacturing industries. Jack Risos.

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Kanban History: Origin & Expansion Across Industries

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Kanban history has informed everything from manufacturing to software development. For those unsure what kanban is, we’ll first explain the kanban system and then go into kanban history from its development to its uses in manufacturing, project management and software development.

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Software Review: ConceptDraw Office 4

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This article, Software Review: ConceptDraw Office 4 , first appeared on Girl's Guide to PM. ConceptDraw Review. Hosting options: It’s desktop software that you download, and there are versions for Mac and Windows. The software has cloud-based activation for the licences, genius! Name: ConceptDraw Office 4.

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Scrum Methodology: Roles, Events & Artifacts

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The scrum methodology was developed as a response to rigid project management approaches such as the waterfall method, which didn’t adapt to the needs of agile product and software development teams. Scrum is a simple project management framework that facilitates team collaboration on complex product and software development projects.

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

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We’ll go through some of the most popular project management methodologies, which are applied in many sectors such as software development, R&D and product development. When to Use It: The practice originated in software development and works well in that culture. Get work management software that fits with every methodology.

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How to Manage Project Scope Without Scope Creep (with examples)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Scope creep is the more common term but you might hear both, especially if you are working in software development. Changes could be approved, rejected or put on hold to review later. Example of scope creep in software development. Paper presented at PMI® Global Congress 2009—North America, Orlando, FL. Larson, R. &

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Test First approach sounds simply enough, right?

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As the name "Test First" suggests, you write a test first before the actual code and keep them running all the time. validate the code). Then we have all these practices you hear about residing under this Test First banner - TDD, BDD, and ATDD. Test Driven Development (TDD). Write the code. Refactor Code.