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Use artificial intelligence to upgrade your project management efficiency Project managers need to stay on top of the latest technologies and trends to stay current in their job skills. Adding artificial intelligence usage to your skillset now will help you future-proof your career and put you ahead of the competition on the job market.
Improve your project management skills and accomplish more in no time at all In these days when projects seem to be bigger and more challenging than ever before, you need to make sure tasks stay on track, meet the budget, and keep everyone in the loop. Enter Project Management For Dummies. This friendly guide starts with the basics of project management and walks you through the different aspects of leading a project to a successful finish.
Become a process improvement star with Lean Six Sigma! Thinking Lean? Not in terms of weight loss, but operational efficiency? Then you can get into the Lean mindset with Lean Six Sigma For Dummies. A popular process improvement strategy used in many corporations, Lean Six Sigma exemplifies eliminating waste and optimizing flow at an operational level.
Article / Updated 03-15-2021
Agile is a descriptor of a mindset approach to project management that focuses on early delivery of business value, continuous improvement of the product being created and the processes used to create the product, scope flexibility, team input, and delivering well-tested products that reflect customer needs. © Followtheflow / Shutterstock.
Article / Updated 03-15-2021
"Who is my customer?" is a fundamental question everyone must ask as they begin product development. Product development teams explore this question frequently, using product and customer usage data to see trends and watch industries and markets closely. Not clearly understanding who your customer is makes product development difficult and rudderless.
Article / Updated 03-15-2021
Traditional approaches to project management focus significantly on processes, tools, comprehensive documentation, contract negotiation, and following a plan. Although agile product development remains dedicated to addressing each of these, the focus shifts to individuals, interactions, working functionality, customer collaboration, and responding to change.
Article / Updated 03-15-2021
Agile processes are different from traditional project management. Moving an organization from waterfall to an agile mindset is a significant change. Through our experience guiding companies through this type of change, we’ve identified the following important steps to successfully become an agile organization.
Article / Updated 10-31-2020
Enterprise agility is agile for big products — typically one that requires many different teams throughout the organization that coordinate with many different departments and stakeholders. The best way to implement enterprise agility in your organization is to take the following three steps: Review the top enterprise agile frameworks.
Article / Updated 10-31-2020
Agile planning happens at a number of points. A great way to look at planning activities is with the Roadmap to Value. The figure shows the roadmap as a whole. Stages of agile planning and execution with the Roadmap to Value. The Roadmap to Value has seven stages: In stage 1, the product owner identifies the product vision.
Article / Updated 12-17-2020
Product development teams and project managers need to evaluate whether teams are following agile principles and whether their actions and behaviors are consistent with agile values. The Agile Manifesto was generated from experience, not from theory.As you review the values described in the following discussion, consider what they would mean if you put them into practice.