Payne‚ Fred Sencindiver‚ and Susan Woodcock AGILE PROJECT M A N A G E M E N T: STEERING FROM THE EDGES Agile project management lets software project managers and employees alike adapt to changing circumstances‚ rather than try to impose rigid formal controls‚ as in traditional linear development methods. Dealing with an increasingly volatile organizational environment is a serious challenge for managers of any software development project [11]. Traditional formal software development methodologies
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Ivailo.peev@abv.bg PM 401 – Project management Aris Zogopoulos Final Exam March 5‚ 2012 1. Determine bread-and-butter‚ pearls‚ oysters and white elephants projects. (15%) Developing project portfolio matrix is the most important part of creating a project. Fours quadrants determine the matrix - Bread-and-butter‚ pearls‚ oysters and white elephants. Bread-and-butters project means evolutionary improvements to current products and service and it is low risk project with law reward. Pearls
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Mission and Vision Statements - strategy‚ organization‚ examples‚ advantages‚ definition‚ company‚ disadvantages‚ business 5/19/13 2:42 PM Reference for Business Encyclopedia of Business‚ 2nd ed. Powered by JRank Search Reference for Business » Encyclopedia of Business‚ 2nd ed. » Mar-No » Mission and Vision Statements MISSION AND VISION STATEMENTS Business Plan Template BusinessPlanTemplate.Growthink.com With My Fill-In-The-Blanks Template Personalize‚ Print and You’re Done!
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What aspects of strategy formulation do you think requires the most time? Why? "Strategy formulation includes developing a vision and mission‚ identifying an organization’s external opportunities and threats‚ determining internal strengths and weaknesses‚ establishing long-term objectives‚ generating alternative strategies‚ and choosing particular strategies to pursue. Strategy formulation issues include deciding what new businesses to enter‚ what businesses to abandon‚ how to allocate resources
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ch17-Project Management 1. Good project management is especially important with virtual teams. TRUE Virtual teams face challenges that make project management especially important. 2. One way that project management differs from management of more traditional activities is because of the limited lifetime of projects. TRUE Projects have lifetimes that are typically shorter than other business endeavors. 3. Once a project is approved and underway‚ project managers are only responsible for
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construction projects and I.T Projects INTRODUCTION Over the past few years‚ project managers and Project management has shown tremendous growth. Project management has evolved over the past several years from an activity in an organization to a discipline in its own right. Many professional bodies exist today to represent project management as a discipline‚ Some of which include‚ PMI‚ Prince2 Foundation‚ PM Bok. According to A Guide to the Project Management
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and rise in the concept of the importance of International Project Management has increased many folds. Project management is a discipline that applies various tools‚ concepts‚ principles‚ practices‚ activities that help in improving the profitability of organization and results in overall growth. It helps organizations working in various parts of the world in integrating there operations and achieving goals. The project management concepts are based on principles of rationality in human behavior
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The Project Management Process Groups The Project Management Process is the application of knowledge‚ skills‚ tools‚ and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements. It is a set of interrelated action and activities performed to achieve a pre-specified product‚ result‚ or service. The Project Management Process is grouped into five categories which are: The Initiating Process Group involves the processes‚ activities‚ and skills needed to effectively define the beginning
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PROJECT SCOPE DEFINITION & WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE 1.1 Project Scope: Project scope is defined as "The bounded set of verifiable end products‚ deliverables‚ or outputs that the project team undertakes to provide to the stakeholders of the project" Success of a project is highly dependant on achieving the right results i.e. scope objective. Meeting the scope objective is also the primary test of effective performance by project management. It may be noted that unless the project is completed as
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Project Termination 1 Project Termination Types of terminations How and why projects terminate Typical termination activities Need for a project history 2 All Things Come to an End ... Termination – impact on technical success – Impact on other areas – Plan and execute termination with care 3 When Do Projects Terminate? Upon successful completion‚ – or . . . When the organization is no longer willing to invest 4 Most Common Reasons Projects Terminate
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