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How to use the “Stage Gate” process on complex projects

Planio

Lack of consistency, frequent scope changes, and poor governance are three of the most common reasons that projects fail. The Stage Gate process is a project management methodology that breaks projects down into a series of defined stages and gates, each used to manage, validate, and control a project as it develops. Reduces risks.

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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. It became a part of agile when Ken Schwaber and Mike Beedle wrote the book “Agile Software Development with Scrum” in 2001. It was initially created by the UK government for IT projects.

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We are Not Alone: The Intersection of Project Management and Content Strategy

The IIL Blog

I like to do assessments from time to time, beyond the regular meetings and updates. One assessment tool offered in the PMBOK involves some emotional intelligence and a scorecard: the stakeholder engagement assessment matrix. It provides on listing content and its use or location, providing “just the facts.”

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Agile, Scrum, or Traditional? The Best Certifications for Your Industry

Accidental PM

Agile encourages continuous improvement through short development cycles, known as "iterations" or "sprints." Teams regularly review progress and adjust strategies based on stakeholder feedback. Industries where Agile thrives include software development, technology startups, marketing, and creative agencies.

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Top 15 Capacity Planning Tools for Your Business [2024]

Epicflow Blog

Reporting and analytics A robust capacity planning tool should generate reports and dashboards with insights into resource availability and capacity, allocation, and utilization, which will help managers track resource performance and assess the efficiency of project work. Top 15 Capacity Planning Tools 1.

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Government Lessons in People Over Process

Leading Answers

Having had good successes with small to medium sized agile teams I was keen to unleash the benefits on a bigger scale. I was working for IBM at the time and was able to persuade my account manager to pitch the approach on one of our government projects. As it turns out, plenty due to my ill-advised approach.

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The Project Manager (A Misunderstood Product Owner Stance)

Scrum.org

The Project Manager is typically concerned with day-to-day progress of the Development Team. They rarely (or never) miss a Daily Scrum, they’re involved during the Daily Scrum and it might just be that they’re asking individual team members what they’ve done, what they’re going to do and if there’s anything blocking them.