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Article Agile, Scheduling, Cost Management, Scope Management 1 September 2018

PM Network

Snap Precision

By Fewell, Jesse If you've worked on agile projects, you've likely heard an agile champion make bizarre statements about estimating a budget and schedule. When you press further for estimates, you might get an even…

Article Program Management, Scheduling, Agile, SCRUM June 2014

Project Management Journal

A hybrid approach to quantitative software project scheduling within agile frameworks

By Jahr, Michael In this article, the authors focus on the quantitative project scheduling problem in IT companies that apply the agile management philosophy and scrum, in particular. The authors combine…

Article Scheduling, Agile February 2014

PM Network

Migratory patterns

By Schupak, Amanda It's a familiar story: Several years ago you paid a premium your software and things have changed a lot since then. Now it's time to move to a new place but where do you begin? This article explains…

Article Agile, Scheduling, Scope Management January 2014

PM Network

Value proposition

By Fewell, Jesse Agile approaches are often considered only for slippery-scope projects in which the sponsor piles on work and the project manager gladly adds time to the schedule and spends more money. This article…

Article Agile, Quality Management, Scheduling November 2013

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Policing the agile expressway

By Burba, Donovan The advent of agile represented a revolution. A departure from the do-this-then-that process dictated by waterfall, agile approaches unshackled team members' innate creativity and self-organization.…

Conference Paper Risk Management, Scheduling, Agile, Information Technology, Government 29 October 2013

Success with agile in a federal environment

By Garrison, Richard Federal IT projects often run over budget and behind schedule, or fail to deliver promised functionality. Many projects use "grand design' approaches that aim to deliver functionality every few…

Conference Paper Scheduling, Agile, Lean 29 October 2013

How emerging tools can support traditional project management tools

By Barbero, Maria Cristina | Stira, Carmela Large projects typically present scheduling challenges for project managers. Citing a case study of involving a large Italian project, this paper explores the use of both traditional project…

Conference Paper Agile, Scheduling, Work Breakdown Structures 29 October 2013

Deliver better, faster and leaner projects

By Leduc, Guy-Bruno | De Grace, Benoit In 2011-2012, PMC used lean project management techniques to help Ultima Foods deliver a very ambitious project, winning the PMI Montreal Chapter's Project of the Year Award 2012 and numerous awards…

Article Agile, Scheduling, Information Technology June 2013

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A healthy hybrid

By Schupak, Amanda When the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced a mandatory update for the codes doctors and hospitals use to report and charge for patient services, it gave providers five years…

Article Agile, Risk Management, Scheduling March 2013

PM Network

Big delivery in small packages

By Alderton, Matt Enterprise resource planning (ERP) projects are notorious for running late and over budget. This article discusses how adopting agile processes can help ERP projects stay on budget and on schedule.…