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Stepping up in scale
I have been a Program Manager since I graduated just over two years ago, picking up most of my knowledge and skills on the job with no formal certification. Since then my portfolio has steadily grown ...
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1answer
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Developing Skills in Project/ Program Delivery
How do you become strong at program delivery? What should be the specific steps to take?
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1answer
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How are Teams guided during a Sprint? [closed]
By their collective knowledge and experience or project documentation and the Scrum process
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Should development team leaders be line managers?
In a development team with a leader, should this leader be a line manager or is it better to separate the two roles?
How much admin/HR should a hands-on leader actually do before it becomes the ...
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1answer
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How to structure a software development team
Given a 15x strong software development team working on individal projects, and small, medium, and large projects; what is the best way to structure this team and what is the best software development ...
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PHP Based Project Management Software [closed]
I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions for a PHP (self-hosted) project management solution. I do not care if it is Commercial or if it is Opensource.
The users will be 10x Home Automation ...
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Tool for yearly for overview - with filtering by task and person [closed]
I have ~10 projects containing ~10 categories of tasks.
I would like a tool that can give me a yearly overview of this - either based on the projects or based on the type of task.
For example: "view ...
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2answers
91 views
How to start my first project?
I'm going to manage my first project that is really a small stream of an even greater project, and my boss said that I could make my own schedule and plans etc.
I have a couple of questions, I need ...
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4answers
108 views
Catch-Up Scheduling
Say I have a project X that is due to be complete by Date Y
Right now we are 10% behind schedule (Should be say 50% and right now 40%), How can I estimate what level of "effort" is required to catch ...
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2answers
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PMP certification will it help MY career profile
I have work experience as a Analyst & Senior Analyst roles totalling 4 years and now in UK into IT recruitment and placements.. where we are going to deal with govt. projects shortly. Would it ...
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2answers
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Explanation on the order of Planning Processes in Rita's Process chart
I am preparing for PMP, currently in Chapter 3 of Rita Mulcahy 's book. I prefer understanding over memorization, the 'why' rather than the 'what'.
I searched on the web to understand why the ...
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2answers
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Is there are a resource handler or gantt chart creator tool for JIRA?
I'm hoping someone has some experience on tools and/or better keywords to describe this problem:
I have JIRA system for developers where they provide estimates and track time completed. The estimate ...
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Agile/Scrum Software Comparison [closed]
I've been looking for comparisons between various pieces of software for tracking a team of about twenty developers (including stakeholders, managers, and area leads).
I'm currently looking at either ...
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2answers
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How to involve the whole team in choosing the next project?
I work in a startup where there is a huge list of projects/epics to do. Of course, we have to choose which are the best ones (the most valuable) in order to launch a release for this project.
Even if ...
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0answers
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How to document a project which is already developed? [closed]
I would like to know what are the available options to document a project which is already developed, as the developers who worked on didn't documented even a single page.
The project has no other ...
2
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2answers
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Good source for synonyms for user stories in agile methodology
I find myself in an non-agile environment where "user story" actually means "use case, backed by an excel requirements specification, a testing specification doc, and a few required wireframes || mock ...
2
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2answers
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managing stakeholder expectations in executing and monitoring and controlling phase
When following PMBOK guideline, to manage stakeholder expectations, how does a project manager manage stakeholder expectations in in monitoring and controlling phase??? what kinds of techniques are ...
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2answers
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In MS Project, can I create a task whose duration depends on two milestones?
I want to show an ongoing "support" task in MS Project, where the start date is driven by one milestone (test environment available), and the end date is set by another milestone (testing complete). I ...
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1answer
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How to define the yellow zone from the Critical Chain method for a new project?
I am about to start using Critical Chain for a new project. I've been reading about everything that has to be done and have all required data.
Now I want to create my buffer penetration chart but I ...
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3answers
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How to handle a complex project without Tech Lead or Project Manager?
I am working on a complex project in Android alone. There is no tech lead or any project manager to guide me about the project development. I have to interact with the client and do the work according ...
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2answers
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Who should I hire? Mathematician or software engineer [closed]
The question may look a little odd. I will lead a software development project and i need some people(Junior Consultants).
Some mathematicians have applied to the development positions.
what i ...
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2answers
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What does over-alignment mean for business or IT alignment?
I am quite confused with the term 'over-alignment'. Do you have any clue what this might mean in the context of business or IT alignment? My speculation is that it is like putting too much focus on ...
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0answers
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How a free (no ads) site get maintain itself? [closed]
The past few years a trend has grown concerning a startup creating a webapp, paying a staff and priced hosting and yet offering a service for free and with no ads. Sites like droptask, Geeklist, ...
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4answers
225 views
Dynamic length of sprints in Scrum
I have been working several projects with Scrum method and, in some, we have taken the decision of execute Scrum sprints of dynamic length (every sprint).
For me it have some advantages:
Adapt the ...
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4answers
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Is a Project Coordinator a Step closer to becoming a Project Manager?
So I understand that the Project Coordinator's main duties are to schedules the project, manages contracts and vendors, manages the resources (especially in construction projects), creates most ...
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1answer
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What is an appropriate quality standard for requirements specifications?
In my role as a Business Analyst working for a offshore company (7 developers, 4 QA, 1 PM, 1 Architect) but being onsite, I go through the Business Requirement Document's, Epics and Stories briefed by ...
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3answers
156 views
Definition and distinctions between Project x Program x Portfolio x Product Managers
What are the definitions, distinctions and relationship between the following roles?
Project lead
Project Coordinator
Project Manager
Program Manager
Portfolio Manager
Product Manager (optional)
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1answer
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Ways to measure effectiveness of online educational materials? [closed]
I'm not a manager, but I have been asked by one manager to produce an online resource to provide information on a certain topic. A link will be sent to number of specific organizations, but it will be ...
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4answers
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Can 'relationship building' be a cop out?
Everyone is always telling me that to be successful as a project manager you have to build good relationships with your project teams. I see it all over this forum and am told this by other PMs in my ...
2
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1answer
78 views
PMP certification 35 contact hours- neccessary to be from training institute?
In the eligibility of the PMP certification it mentions "35 contact hours",
I have searched on this for my local region and it seems to be that some training centers listed on the PMP site would ...
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1answer
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iPad for Scrum to Skype or Google Hangout [closed]
I am thinking of using iPad as a Scrum tool to Skype/Google Hangout to coordinate better with our offshore team in a different country.
I am planning to hang the iPad onto the scrum board ...
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How to allow developers to get enough quality development time while keeping to support & maintenance obligations
I work for a small company of 6 multi skilled developers where we have developed our own product which requires constant improvement but also maintenance and support to the current release from end ...
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1answer
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Best Option Over MS Project [closed]
Can someone provide a good alternative to MS Project 2013.
How to sequence tasks given time estimates?
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Project Server and TFS integration [closed]
We have setup project server 2013 and team foundation server 2012 with integration but the mapping is not working.
This is what I see on the tfs site.
Regards
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1answer
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Giving requirements to front end developers
Is there an industry standard in communicating requirements to front end developers?
I have a project coming up where I will have annotated wireframes that will have front end dev input and complete ...
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2answers
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Project, Time, and Task Management software 1 person [closed]
I have spend countless hours trying demos of the 100's of types of project and task management software out there, and none seem to fit the bill of exactly what I am looking to accomplish.
I decided ...
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4answers
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A One Man Project Methodology?
I'm currently doing a my final year project and have used the methods employed by the Scrum project methodology to break down my requirements into manageable parts.
I have a question as to whether ...
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5answers
285 views
How to sequence tasks given time estimates?
What are the recommended techniques to get the fastest completion time? Just an example, a project has 6 tasks:
task1 takes 1 day
task2 takes 2 days
task3 takes 3 days, requires both task1 and ...
2
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1answer
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Should the Kanban CFD be weighted with estimates?
I am working in a Kanban process with a team the tries to estimate Cycle time, Lead time as well as completion time based on applying FIFO wherever possible on our queues.
Using the Cumulative Flow ...
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3answers
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Should project management and business analysis be seperate roles and teams?
We are doing a review or several teams and in certain cases the PM and BA roles are combined into one and in other cases they are seperated out into completely independent teams. I am looking at this ...
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1answer
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How to Estimate Scope, Cost and Budget for Developing a Phone App
I have some questions regarding how to handle bidding for a project, and how to structure the contract for the project.
How can I find the answers to the following questions:
How many people ...
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2answers
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How can project management process influence the product management process?
I experience projects in which Product Managers delivered the
requirements with a great delay. In other cases, the requirements were delivered only for 1 or 2 sprints, then the PM left the company. ...
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4answers
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Is Kanban a part of Scrum, and is it simply the task board?
I am new to Scrum and Kanban. So far, I understand that the Task Board is something that is originally from Kanban, but I am using an online Scrum tool that also also offers that board.
Is the Task ...
2
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1answer
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Using MS Project for recurring monthly, retainer based project work
We started using MS Projects recently in our small consulting firm, and one of the types of projects we have are retainer(SLA) based, where the client has a contract for a certain amount of hours per ...
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5answers
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Proof that badly scheduled meetings hurt productivity
I have a friend who is a developer. He is very stressed out by his manager, who seems addicted to meetings. The volume of meetings is a problem, but what is more of a problem is that they are spaced ...
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1answer
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Using a Project resource pool, must that pool file be open, to make changes in sharer plans?
Using MS Project 2010 & new to resource pools and sharer plans. If I have a sharer plan open, and make changes to tasks/assigments -- is the resource pool file updated somehow, even if it's not ...
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4answers
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Is it your priority to use job evaluating criteria?
Do you use grid and scientific ways to objectively conclude, based on facts, that your employees meet the goals of your organization?
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2answers
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What lightweight software to use for recording functional and non-functional specifications? [closed]
I am planning a software product, and I'm in the very earliest stages of the process. I need to start capturing functional and non-functional specifications, use cases etc.
I move between several ...
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2answers
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How to Evaluate an Implementation Plan by 3rd Party Vendors
Question:
I'm not sure how to handle this.
Background:
We have a software requirement and we've asked two vendors for their implementaion proposal. The first vendor haven't submitted their proposal. ...
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Should I wait for PMBOK5 based PMP Exam
Which is more advisable.
To go for PMP with PMBOK4 right now or
To Wait for PMBOK5 [in our region, exam starts only after august 2013]
From the certification point of view, does it make any ...
