Alan Zucker
Alan Zucker has over 25 years of experience leading projects and project management organizations in Fortune 100 companies. In 2016, Alan founded Project Management Essentials to share his passion for and experience in project management, leadership, and Agile.
Alan is a frequent keynote speaker and thought leader. He authors monthly articles, is regularly quoted in the industry press, and is a podcast guest. He is an adjunct faculty member at George Mason University and the University of Georgia; and is a senior instructor with several national, professional development organizations.
Alan has a master’s degree in economics from the University of Maryland and a master’s and a certificate in IT Project Management from the George Washington University. He is a Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified Agile Professional (PMI-ACP) through the Project Management Institute. He also holds multiple Agile certifications from Disciplined Agile, Scrum Alliance, and Scaled Agile.
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Website: https://pmessentials.us
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Authored Articles
Project Management and Artificial Intelligence: Bring It On!
By Alan Zucker
Artificial Intelligence (AI) will transform project management. It’s estimated that AI may replace 80% of project management activities by 2030.
Managing Project Assumptions and Risks
By Alan Zucker
Project assumptions and risks are not as casual. Thoughtlessly making assumptions or ignoring risks can lead to critical problems. Sound practices can help us avoid or be prepared for these undesirable outcomes.
Project Success: Implementation AND Adoption
By Alan Zucker
Software projects have two measures of success. First, building and implementing working software. Second, having people use and adopt it. Project managers tend to focus their attention on delivering the application. But the project’s real success rests on user adoption.
Everyday Agile Practices
By Alan Zucker
There is a fixed amount of time and many things to do. This is the classic project management challenge. Let’s explore how agile practices can be applied to this common predicament.
Milestone-Kanban: A Hybrid Project Scheduling Technique
By Alan Zucker
Milestone-Kanban is well-suited for simple and complicated projects where the required deliverables are clear, but the time and effort needed to create them are not.
Disciplined Agile & SAFe
By Alan Zucker
Disciplined Agile® (DA) and the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) are two popular, second-generation agile methodologies. They build on lean-agile thinking, and standard Scrum, Kanban, and DevOps practices.
