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PMP Certification Exam Prep & Training – Velociteach https://www.velociteach.com/ by Alan Zucker We make hundreds of assumptions and take small risks daily.  Without them, we would spend innumerable hours worrying about everything.  We assume our car will start.  Our air conditioner will work.  The weather forecast is accurate….

PMP Certification Exam Prep & Training – Velociteach https://www.velociteach.com/ by Alan Zucker

We make hundreds of assumptions and take small risks daily.  Without them, we would spend innumerable hours worrying about everything.  We assume our car will start.  Our air conditioner will work.  The weather forecast is accurate. These daily assumptions are banal.  Recovering from these risks may be inconvenient but not horribly impactful.  Project assumptions and risks […]

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PMP Certification Exam Prep & Training – Velociteach https://www.velociteach.com/ 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 pro…

PMP Certification Exam Prep & Training – Velociteach https://www.velociteach.com/ by Alan Zucker Large enterprises and government agencies increasingly turn to Agile for their software projects.  This is a difficult shift, with many struggling to fit their new round agile pegs into their existing square waterfall holes.  Cultural, struct…

PMP Certification Exam Prep & Training – Velociteach https://www.velociteach.com/ by Alan Zucker

Large enterprises and government agencies increasingly turn to Agile for their software projects.  This is a difficult shift, with many struggling to fit their new round agile pegs into their existing square waterfall holes.  Cultural, structural, and procedural impediments make “being agile” a challenge. Agilists may be critical and call this “fragile-agile” or “agile-fall.”  We […]

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PMP Certification Exam Prep & Training – Velociteach https://www.velociteach.com/ by Alan Zucker Agile seems like a mystery to many. It has an unfamiliar vocabulary and practices.  To outsiders, it feels like an exclusive club.  However, when we step back and inspect agile, we see that it follows common, recognizable patterns from our daily lives….

PMP Certification Exam Prep & Training – Velociteach https://www.velociteach.com/ by Alan Zucker

Agile seems like a mystery to many. It has an unfamiliar vocabulary and practices.  To outsiders, it feels like an exclusive club.  However, when we step back and inspect agile, we see that it follows common, recognizable patterns from our daily lives.  Imagine it is Thursday evening.  Your family is planning the upcoming weekend.  There […]

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PMP Certification Exam Prep & Training – Velociteach https://www.velociteach.com/ by Alan Zucker Einstein spent the last 30 years of his life searching in vain for a unifying theory of physics. The project management profession has had a similar quest—defining a methodology, set of practices, or principles that could successfully guide any project…

PMP Certification Exam Prep & Training – Velociteach https://www.velociteach.com/ by Alan Zucker The project charter is a foundational deliverable created during the project’s initiation phase. The charter documents the project’s purpose, planned direction, and what is initially known.  It may be called a charter, proposal, grant, or request.&#160…

PMP Certification Exam Prep & Training – Velociteach https://www.velociteach.com/ by Alan Zucker

The project charter is a foundational deliverable created during the project’s initiation phase. The charter documents the project’s purpose, planned direction, and what is initially known.  It may be called a charter, proposal, grant, or request.  It may be a formal contract or a less formal document.  Regardless of the format, articulating the project’s intent […]

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PMP Certification Exam Prep & Training – Velociteach https://www.velociteach.com/ by Alan Zucker The project management plan (Plan) is a powerful tool.  It describes how the project will be executed. It should be tailored based on the project’s context and needs.  A good Plan reduces the likelihood of misunderstanding, conflict, and disa…

PMP Certification Exam Prep & Training – Velociteach https://www.velociteach.com/ by Alan Zucker

The project management plan (Plan) is a powerful tool.  It describes how the project will be executed. It should be tailored based on the project’s context and needs.  A good Plan reduces the likelihood of misunderstanding, conflict, and disappointment. Unfortunately, in the rush to start a project, insufficient time is often devoted to creating the […]

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PMP Certification Exam Prep & Training – Velociteach https://www.velociteach.com/ by Alan Zucker Frederick Winslow Taylor shaped the field of management science.  He believed systematic and scientific methods could be applied to managing operations and production.  His work inspired the formation of the Harvard Business School and the modern assem…

PMP Certification Exam Prep & Training – Velociteach https://www.velociteach.com by Alan Zucker

Frederick Winslow Taylor shaped the field of management science.  He believed systematic and scientific methods could be applied to managing operations and production.  His work inspired the formation of the Harvard Business School and the modern assembly line.  The Academy of Management named his Principles of Scientific Management as one of the 20th century’s most […]

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PMP Certification Exam Prep & Training – Velociteach https://www.velociteach.com/ 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.  They offer practitioners tools to ex…

PMP Certification Exam Prep & Training – Velociteach https://www.velociteach.com/ by Alan Zucker Servant leadership and self-organizing teams are foundational Agile characteristics. However, defining these principles is like explaining gravity to a child—clear, tangible descriptions are elusive.  The image of an English butler still comes to …

PMP Certification Exam Prep & Training – Velociteach https://www.velociteach.com/ by Alan Zucker To successfully transform our organizations and adopt new ways of working, we need to understand how we got here.  The study of management is a social science.  It influences our thoughts, management practices, and organizational behaviors.&#…

PMP Certification Exam Prep & Training – Velociteach https://www.velociteach.com/ by Alan Zucker Agile was initially conceived to deliver software projects more quickly.  We have now learned to apply these principles and practices well beyond technology.  Leading enterprises are now focusing on business agility—building the organizationa…