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Introduction to Project Management

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  Introduction The purpose of this paper is to gain an understanding of project management and to give a brief overview of the methodology that underpins most formally run projects. Many organizations do not employ full-time Project Managers and it is common to pull together a project team to address a specific need. While most people are not formally skilled in project methodology, taking a role in a project team can be an excellent learning opportunity and can enhance a person's career profile. What is a Project? A project is a temporary and one-time exercise that   varies in duration. It is undertaken to address a specific need in an organization, which may be to create a product or service or to change a business process. This is in direct contrast to how an organization generally works on a permanent basis to produce its goods or services. For example, the work of an organization may be to manufacture trucks on a continual basis, therefore the work is considered functional as

Agile Strategy

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     How to improve the efficiency of an organization? Lean, Agile, and Six Sigma strategies are mostly used in IT organizations to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of work. Let’s read more about the Agile strategy. Many companies use Lean, Agile and Six Sigma to improve IT organizations' effectiveness and efficiency. Difference between Lean, Agile, and Six Sigma The Lean Method is a set of tools developed to reduce the waste associated with the flow of materials and information in a process from start to finish. The goal of Lean is to identify and eliminate non-essential and non-value-added steps in the business process in order to streamline production and improve overall quality. The Six Sigma methodology is based on the concept that issues or defects, due to process variation, can be reduced using statistical tools. The ideal goal is to fix a process so that it will be 99.9997% defect free or produce only 3.4 Defects per million opportunities. For example, this could m

Important Terms Used in Scrum Methodology

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Why get Scrum Master Certification? A Scrum Master is a facilitator who ensures that the Scrum methodology is aptly used as intended in a given project. Scrum masters understand aspects of scrum which is an iterative Agile framework. Their main role is to understand the flexibility of the development strategy and help the team and the project to reach a common goal using only the Scrum principles. The Scrum Master plays a pivotal role in removing any deterrents, facilitating the steps, and working towards the completion of the project in a good shape and being ready for the next iteration. Certified training in Scrum Master ensures a depth understanding of the principles and values of Scrum Methodology. Certifications: Scrum Alliance provides CSM ( Certified Scrum Master ) while Scum.org offers PSM (Professional Scrum Master) I and II. Both these courses are similar as they were created by Ken Schwaber (co-founder of Scrum). However, CSM is more widely recognized but can be expensive

Agile project management and implementation

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 Project management and implementation Managers in an organization face challenges when they try to implement the agile system of software development. Especially in an organization that has been following the waterfall approach. Although they may find small projects easier to handle with agile, they find it hard to scale up the agile technique for large projects. The major challenges that software project managers face in implementing agile can be categorized into three areas. These include areas concerning development related issues, business-related issues, and people/personnel-related issues. The challenge is further intensified if both traditional and agile approaches exist for different projects within the same organization. Both approaches have different project and client attributes and modifying the organization's own attributes from the project (agile) to the project (traditional) is difficult. In this situation, the issue areas include technology and processes too, apart

Benefits of Becoming a Certified Scrum Master

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Benefits of Becoming a Scrum Master Learning Scrum can be beneficial to any business. With the knowledge of Scrum, a company can take their business to new heights, ensuring the latest and greatest in software development is at their fingertips. It can be a challenge to learn Scrum, though with the help of a certified ScrumMaster the process is learned much easier. A certified ScrumMaster has already achieved the needed expertise in Scrum. They’ve attended training as well as completed exams to earn this certification. You can always trust the results that will come from using a Scum Master while also greatly benefiting from them as well. If you are running a company that needs software, learning Scrum is something that you should do without delay! The sooner the process is learned the sooner great things can begin within the company. You will be looked at as an expert, someone who cares about being at the top and providing only the best for those they are serving. The Next Step Once t