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What's the difference between quality assurance and quality control?
I'm having a hard time concisely explaining to some people what the difference between the two are. Also, I not totally sure what the scope and detail of quality assurance entails.
Quality control is ...
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What is a “battery”?
I was very surprised to read, in this question, the mention of “batteries” as a PM tool, seemingly linked to Scrum. The OP talks about an article about their use, but none of my desperate Googling ...
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What should we call sprints in agile development when not selling consulting to a client?
Obviously, calling sprints "sprints" would be one option, but even though that is well known and might convey an image of working really hard and getting a lot done, it also might imply "moving as ...
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What is the difference between Project and Product Management?
From a cursory survey, they appear extremely similar.
Is this the case? Other than Projects tending to be short-term and Products tending to be ongoing endeavours, is there a difference in the two?
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How is a group of deliverables called?
They are not projects, as one project contains more groups of deliverables. Is milestone a correct term?
I hope the chart below explains it a little.
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What is meant by the term, 'Task and Finish'?
Is it a new way of saying 'project'? If not, can you provide an example.
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What's a more generic, less-loaded name for “operations”?
I'm trying to help better organize the activities of our group. We're largely a service organization (working with faculty and students at an academic institution), but we're a tech group and we do ...
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Whats the difference between a project manager and an IT manager?
What is the difference between these roles and where is the crossover? Is it possible to be both in particular jobs?
