Agile and Scrum
The Nuts and Bolts of Agile and Scrum
By J. LeRoy Ward
You may be scratching your head wondering first, what is Agile and Scrum? And, second, what’s the difference between the two?
May 9, 2018
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Agile and Scrum
Effectively Using Product Roadmaps for Agile
By Betsy Kauffman
What is an Agile Product Roadmap? A product roadmap is essentially an action plan for how a product will evolve to completion. Product roadmaps can be incredibly useful to outline your product functionality and showcase a timeline for when new features will be implemented.
May 9, 2018
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Project Management
What is a Project Management Certification? And Why Do I Need It?
By Anselm Begley
Project Management certification demonstrates an individual’s experience, knowledge, and skill in project management – and in many companies, it’s a requirement for new and current project managers.
May 4, 2018
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Leadership
Managing Virtual Teams Successfully
By Dr. Willis H. Thomas, PMP, CPT
Virtual teams are becoming more of the norm for organizations as they strive to acquire the best talent from anywhere in the world, minimize overhead everywhere on the earth and stretch their global presence on a worldwide basis.
April 27, 2018
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Agile and Scrum
Dr. Harold Kerzner’s Keynote Q&A: How Changes in Project Management Are Supporting Agile and Scrum
This past November as part of IIL’s IPM Day online conference, Dr. Harold Kerzner delivered a keynote on “How Changes in Project Management Are Supporting Agile and Scrum.”
February 19, 2018
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Agile
Reflection and Takeaways on Agility from the SMC-IT 2018 Space Mission Design conference
By Tom Friend
Case studies on how agile methodologies have been applied to mission planning and how scrum has been used in spacecraft construction were discussed, as well as topics such as developing and delivering software, reliability and reuse of software, onboard processing, and communication.
February 12, 2018
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Project Management
A New Way to Recognize the Achievements of Project Managers
By Dr. Harold Kerzner
When projects do not necessarily go according to plan, we may end up with rigorous confrontations that can lead to skirmishes and even battles with stakeholders.
February 12, 2018
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Agile and Scrum
Why Project Managers Need to be Agile
As an agile and project management instructor and practitioner, I am asked quite often, “Should I worry about this agile thing?” or “Why do I need to be agile?”
July 24, 2017
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Project Management
Capturing Project Knowledge
By Greg Bailey
As the saying goes, “failure teaches us more than success”. But when we consider the number of projects that fail, and project managers’ struggles to capture learning as they implement projects, it seems project management may be an exception.
June 6, 2017
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Project Management
Project Management and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
By Dr. Harold Kerzner
Recently, I conducted a webinar on PM 2.0/3.0: The Future of Project Management. During the Q&A session that followed, I was asked if PM 4.0 would include a discussion of the role of artificial intelligence (AI) applied to project management.
May 24, 2017
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