most industry and countries can manage project irrespective of its size but not all of these project has come out as a success. The definition of the project can be seen from a different perspective‚ but basically‚ a project is a unique temporary process with known objectives or deliverables which has a definite start and finish date (duration). Different scholars have their own view of the term project. “An organized undertaking‚ limited in time to achieve specific objectives" Eskeland (1985). PMBOK
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Are ‘waterfall’ and ‘agile’ project management techniques mutually exclusive? by Eve Mitchell‚ PwC 22 MARCH 2012 | www.pmtoday.co.uk Change is a ubiquitous feature of modern life. Organisations across the globe are changing their working practices and business strategies to embrace the complexity and interconnected nature of a rapidly changing business environment and a shifting global economy. New delivery models often include suppliers‚ customers‚ vendors‚ partnerships and even
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communicating with a native speaker from a different part of the country. Prescriptive grammar Prescriptive grammar is a set of rules and examples dealing with the syntax and word structures of a language‚ usually intended as an aid to the learning of that language. It refers to the structure of a language as certain people think it should be used. It prescribe the rules of a language. Prescriptive grammarians‚ such as most editors and teachers‚ layout rules about what they
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The Agile Manifesto August 2001 Facilitating change is more effective than attempting to prevent it. Learn to trust in your ability to respond to unpredictable events; it’s more important than trusting in your ability to plan for disaster. by Martin Fowler and Jim Highsmith In the past 12–18 months‚ a wide range of publications—Software Development‚ IEEE Software‚ Cutter IT Journal‚ Software Testing and Quality Engineering‚ and even The Economist—has published articles on what Martin Fowler
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across Agile in India and sent its technical team to assess this potential supplier. The team was satisfied with the facility and approved it as its supplier of motors to Automek. As Agile’s quality and delivery performance was good. In 2002 Automek awarded a business for a new product which was not in Agile’s existing product portfolio. A team was deputed to work with Agile to setup the manufacturing line to produce the product as per Automeks requirement. The launch was successful and Agile continued
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Agile Ports Agile Ports Functional ports over the world handle different cargos of varied quantities and size to complete the international transport chain (Konings‚ Priemus & Nijkamp‚ 2008). The capacity of such ports needs enhancement to minimize operational interruption of their terminals as the containers move in and out the ports. Technological advancements and application of best business practices ensure the operations in the ports are efficient enough to handle the capacities
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Introduction to Agile Methodology What is Agile? Agile methodology is an approach to the project management which help to respond to the unpredictability of building software through incremental‚ iterative work cadences‚ known as sprints. This methodology was developed to deal with situation where the waterfall model fails. The biggest drawback of waterfall model is that it assumes that every requirement of the project can be identified before any design or coding occurs. This may always be applicable
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In 1992 Southwest Airlines was the only major airline in the US to post a profit. In 1993 the same airline outperformed its competitors. The CEO‚ Herb Kelleher stated the primary and most challenging SWA goal is to offer great service at low cost. SWA was able to meet and exceed this goal by competing using a new-game strategy. They sought to restructure the airline’s business to match company strengths. Instead of adapting to the way that other airlines operated‚ they created their own set
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supplier to Ford‚ the OEM in this case. Agile Electric‚ located in southern India‚ is a supplier to Automek. Automek has invested significant time and resources into the development of Agile due to its low cost of manufacturing capabilities. Agile has been asked to manufacture an actuator assembly for Automek. Agile is concerned about their ability to supply the assembly without assistance from Automek but their CEO is pushing them to step up to the challenge. Agile is also concerned about their downstream
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Grammar describes the native speaker’s competence in his/her language. Grammars can be descriptive or prescriptive. Is the former more useful than the latter? Explain your answer by discussing the merits of the two approaches in your capacity as a speaker or teacher of English. To me as a speaker of the English language‚ both descriptive and prescriptive grammars are useful. Descriptive grammar generally advises us not to be overly concerned with matters of correctness; language they say‚ is
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