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Agile Project Management: What is it and Why is it so Important?

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And many project managers still think it is something that only applies to software development. Iterative and incremental software development methods go back as early as 1957 – and maybe earlier. Evolutionary project management and adaptive software development started in earnest in the early 1970s.

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What is Visual Project Management?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In a software development organization they increased productivity by more than 500% and achieved 100% release date achievement. In a new product development process, FMC Technologies tripled engineering productivity and reduced lead time by 70%. A version of this interview first appeared on this site in 2015.

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How to do Rolling Wave Planning

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The APM Planning, Scheduling, Monitoring and Control Guide (2015) defines rolling wave planning as ‘the planning density that is achieved at different moments in time. Rolling wave planning, also known as progressive elaboration, is an iterative planning technique to use when it’s difficult (or pointless) to schedule too far ahead.

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Top Global Lean/ Agile Thought Leaders and Influencers 2025

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From Software development to enterprise-level transformations, Agile has become the cornerstone of modern work, empowering teams to be flexible, iterative, and customer-focused. A pioneer in Extreme Programming, Lean Software Development, and Lean Startup, Joshua introduced Modern Agile, a principle-driven approach to agility.

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Taking the first step towards Scrum

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Once firmly in the domain of software development, practitioners find that Scrum is equally applicable to many other kinds of complex work. While working at the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) she won the Government of Canada 2015 GTEC Leadership Award for the CRA Agile Transformation. . .

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Taking the First Step toward Scrum

Scrum.org

Once firmly in the domain of software development, practitioners find that Scrum is equally applicable to many other kinds of complex work. While working at the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) she won the Government of Canada 2015 GTEC Leadership Award for the CRA Agile Transformation. . .

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Basis of Estimating Software Development

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The estimating of software development is both straightforward and complex. Here are some resources that will provide guidance to produce credible software development estimates, in both traditional and agile domains. Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art , Steve McConnell, Microsoft Press, 2015.