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IPMA-be is a nonprofit organization that unites project-, program-, portfolio managers and PMO managers and officers.
Proudly, we invite you, your management and your project related employees (project-, program-, portfolio managers and PMO managers and officers) to witness the birth of the International Project Management Association, Belgium (IPMA-be) of [...]
Earned value management (EVM) is a project management technique for measuring project performance and progress in an objective manner. EVM has the ability to combine measurements of scope, schedule, and cost in a single integrated system. Earned Value Management is notable for its ability to provide accurate forecasts of project performance [...]
I’ve been reading again… this time it’s The Business Value of Agile Software Methods: Maximizing ROI with Just-in-Time Processes and Documentation by David F. Rico, Hasan H. Sayani and Saya -J. Ross Publishing © 2009 (Amazon)
What is the business value of agile methods? That is the question what the book I’ve been reading is [...]
It is always hard to find good talks on how an implementation was done of a new tool or methodologies.
In case of Scrum I found this one on Eve, a video game for which the developers changed to Scrum.
Eve Online is a video game by CCP Games. It is a player-driven persistent-world MMORPG [...]
I’ve done a training at IBM education and received a certificate for following this course.
Of course, the value of this certificate can be questioned, but I still think it is a good thing to have. If you have been sleeping in class, you would also have received this certificate, but in case your interest [...]
It might be hard sometimes to find good documentation on a topic like SCRUM. Therefor I have created a small overview of what I find to be good sources of information concerning SCRUM:
Guides/Introductions: The Scrum guide
The Scrum Guide, which represents the official Scrum Body Of Knowledge, was written by Ken [...]
If you’re starting out with studying SCRUM, the first things you should do is get to know the basics: the roles, flow, responsabilities, processes, artefacts etc. But people often have a need for extra information like:
What are the financial terms to be used How to obtain the buy-in of other people in your organisation [...]
Creating a product backlog isn’t an easy thing to do and alot of people have questions on how they should do it or what they should keep in mind.
One of the things you can do is keep these two words in mind: SMART and CUTFIT. They both stand for some interesting rules to keep [...]
I got the opportunity to study project management methodologies like Prince 2 and RUP. I was also given an introduction in Scrum and, as I was a developer for several years, see the potential of this great framework for software development teams.
I’m currently not working in a software development firm, but want to try [...]
For those who don’t know what Scrum is:
Scrum is an agile framework for completing complex projects. Scrum originally was formalized for software development projects, but works well for any complex, innovative scope of work. The possibilities are endless. The Scrum framework is deceptively simple. (click here for a [...]
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