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When are Gantt diagrams useful?
Since managing projects, I've never figured out the utility of this tool.
We must do it before working, but for me, it's impossible to fill it (even a little) before the end of the project.
When I ...
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What are the first steps to take as a new PMO?
When starting a new PMO role in a small organization, what would be the 5 most important steps to take so that people understand the merit of having a PMO, in addition to bringing real and short term ...
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What is the difference between Scrum and XP?
Everything is in the title: What is the difference between Scrum and eXtreme Programming? Is it possible to have a simple but explicit explanation?
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What software can I use to complememt our useless company task planning and time tracker tool? [closed]
We have Remedy-based software that is used for task planning and time tracking. No real project management features are supported, but we need to use it because our budgets are calculated using the ...
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Information to keep in a risk register
In the PMI process, they include a document called a Risk Register. It contains a list of all the risks -- realized and unrealized -- including some fields like probability and impact.
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Strict or pragmatic Scrum?
Do you practice Scrum strictly after its rules or are you going a more pragmatic way, picking out the bits that suit you/your environment best, maybe mixing it up with other methodologies ? In other ...
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What is the difference between Vision and Scope Document and a Project Charter?
What is the difference between Vision and Scope Document and a Project Charter? I think it is pretty much the same. Isn't it?
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What's the best definition and explanation of project risk?
I've had trouble in the past explaining project risk to non-PMs.
For me the key element I struggle to get people to accept is that a risk is something outside the control of those on the project (...
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Planning of work with taking into account resource availability (MS Project)
I have the following situation in my organization:
Some developers are assigned to Project A. Since this project is currently in the final stage of maintenance (bug corrections, etc.) their ...
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Can someone please explain when Capability Maturity Model is used when analyzing data structures?
From reading the entry on Wikipedia, Capability Maturity Model is an abstraction of an existing system. I'm not sure when this abstraction is employed when analyzing an organization's data structure. ...
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What information should be stored on Kanban Cards?
I am curious to the information and level of detail that people are storing on Kanban cards?
Or beter yet some templates of how they are put together.
For reference here is a description of a Kanban ...
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