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What is a project management office (PMO)? The key to standardizing project success

CIO

Project management office (PMO) definition A project management office (PMO) is a group, or functional unit, that sets, maintains, and enforces the practices, policies, and standards for structuring and executing projects within an organization.

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Software project management challenges — and how to handle them

CIO

The intersection of agile software development practices and ‘traditional’ project management remains a challenge for many organizations,” Chowning says. “By Most technology projects fail because they lack concrete key performance indicators (KPIs) , Mahajan says. “I Agile Development, Project Management, Software Development

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The Value of Transparency in Project Management

Mentormate

At MentorMate, we practice Agile Project Management. In most engagements, our Project Manager is acting as the keeper of the budget, scope, and timeline—very traditional project management responsibilities—while also fulfilling the role of Scrum Master on our Scrum Development teams.

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Stakeholder management: Your guide to influencing project outcomes

CIO

When key individuals are informed and on task, projects run smoothly. But when those impacted by or have an impact on a project are left out, the project can fall apart. Many project managers struggle to implement effective stakeholder management, despite its importance.

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The 7 venial sins of IT management

CIO

So in an attempt to provide advice you haven’t already received, here are seven venial sins of IT management, presented in no particular order, that you aren’t likely to get advice about from anywhere else. Too much managing, not enough leading Okay, I lied — a venial sin in and of itself. Just repetitious. Probably not.

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Here’s The Crucial Metrics To Measure Your Software Development Team Effectiveness

Xicom

Here, I have pocketed some inescapable metrics to help you specify your software development team’s goals and track how each team is performing towards accomplishing those goals. And, to measure productivity, the software developers in Dubai uses two types of metrics: Function. Concise Project Planning.

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Sequoia India’s Surge backs engineering analytics startup Hatica in $3.7M funding

TechCrunch

Hatica integrates with Git repository hosting services such as GitHub, Gitlab and Bitbucket; communication tools including Slack, Google Meet and Zoom; project management solutions such as Asana, JIRA and Trello; incident management offerings including OpsGenie, PagerDuty and VictorOps and CI/CD platforms such as Circle CI, Jetkins and Phabricator.

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