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Project Management

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Agile, Waterfall, Lean, Six Sigma, Scrum, Critical Path...

These are all methodologies of project management. A project is anything that has a deliverable. Some are complex, some are simple.

Companies generally want to deliver products and services to market. To do so, companies use project management methodologies. Some are more effective than others depending on the project size and scope.

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The Agile Approach

Practice that enables teams to produce high quality work and complete projects early and often.

The proven standard for software development

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By Maree Reveley (Own work) CC BY-SA 2.5

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The Basics:

Product Owner

Development Team

Scrum

Master

Defines what is built

Refines the project backlog

In charge of the project

Defines how work will be done

Self Organized

No Managers

Like a coach

In charge of daily scrum

(3 questions)

Keeps obstacles away from group

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Let’s try it!

The Air Force is planning on buying some new planes. They have contacted your factory to find out how fast you can produce them. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to design and fly as many paper airplanes as you can in two minutes.

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Kanban Boards

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Kanban

  • Work process management method
  • Developer friendly and simple
  • One project backlog (the “to do” list)
  • Daily meeting
  • No specific roles - everyone tackles what they are best at
  • Limits the amount of WIP (work in progress)

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