Project Management: Beginner to Expert; Unlock the Secrets of Business Communication, Team Management, and Project Management, and Become a Respected Leader and Professional Manager

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Regardless of your current experience or understanding of project management, this guide will teach you what you need to know to take your leadership and management skills to the next level. You'll learn how to organize projects from beginning to end, estimate time and costs accurately, and schedule all of your projects effectively and efficiently. This guide goes well beyond the basics however, and shows you exactly how to manage deliverables, assess risks, issue changes, maintain open and timely communications, and live up to all of the expectations set out for you and your team by making the most cutting edge software and technology. You’ll also learn how to detect and avoid common problems that frequently trip up even the most skilled project managers.

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• UNDERSTANDING PROJECT MANAGEMENT


• VISUALIZATION AND PROGRESSION OF PRODUCTS


• INITIATING AN AGILE PROJECT


• THE STAGES OF CONSTRUCTING A TIME-BOXED AGILE PROJECT PLAN


• AGILE STRATEGIC PLANNING


• URGENCY VERSUS EXHAUSTION—BALANCING ITERATION LENGTH


• THE LAST RESPONSIBLE MOMENT


• THE SMALLEST PARTICLE: TASKS


• SPRINT PLANNING


• THE SELF-ORGANIZING TEAM


• AGILE PROJECT PHASES AND PHASE GATES


• PROOF OF CONCEPT: MINIMUM VIABLE PRODUCT


• STRUCTURING THE USER-STORY CARD


• ITERATION DATES AND PLANNED ITERATION


• DEPENDENCIES


• USING THE AGILE PROJECT DATA SHEET TO VISUALIZE THE PROJECT


• TRADE-OFF MATRIX


• EXPLORATION FACTOR


• CAPABILITY


• QUALITY OBJECTIVES


• GUIDELINES FOR PERFORMANCE


• MAJOR MILESTONES FOR THE PROJECT


• GUIDELINES FOR ARCHITECTURE


• RISK AND ISSUES


• TECHNICAL DEBT


• REFACTORING


• SLACK


• SPIKES, TASKS, AND BUGS


• METRICS, CONTROL, AND ORGANIZATION


• MEASURING PERFORMANCE OF TEAMS


• MAXIMIZING THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT IN THE PROJECT


• THE VALUE OF TEST-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT


• INTELLIGENT RISK MANAGEMENT


• PROCUREMENT IN AN AGILE ENVIRONMENT


• THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS OF AGILE HUMAN RESOURCES


• SUPPORT FROM SENIOR MANAGEMENT


• ENSURE A CONSISTENT REPORTING STANDARD


• GAME THEORY AND THE ENERGY OF AN AGILE TEAM


• COMPETING WITH YOUR TEAM


• REACTIVE AND GENERATIVE LEARNING STYLES


• WHEN TO CONSIDER A PROJECT FAILED


• WHY AGILE WORKS


• ACCOUNTING FOR ALTERATIONS


• THE FIVE CORE CONCEPTS OF AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT


• IS AGILE RIGHT FOR YOUR BUSINESS?


• WHAT TO REMEMBER WHEN INTRODUCING AGILE METHODS


• AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!