Projects: Methodologies & Frameworks
Explore various project management methodologies and frameworks. From Agile to Waterfall, discover insights, comparisons, and best practices to choose and implement the right approach with MPUG.
Troubleshooting in Lean-Agile Development
Many project managers utilize a Lean-Agile approach when there is high change or churn in project requirements, significant lack of clarity in scope, high complexity to their projects, and/or a larger...
A Deeper Look: Top Changes in the New 2020 Scrum Guide for Agile Practitioners
A new version of Scrum guide was released last month. There are quite a few changes in the guide, as well as new additions. While the outline and structure of the guide have remained almost the same, ...
Picking a Project Management Methodology
The Essence of an Approach Organizations that perform IT projects may select a project management methodology that follows the same system of practices, policies, procedures, techniques, and rules as ...
Becoming an Agile Certified Practitioner
Those who adapt, survive. Those who adapt and act, thrive. This is the essence of Agile. –from the book, I Want to Be An ACP. Project Management Institute’s (PMI®) Agile Certified Practitioner (...
Earned Value Management (EVM) in Agile Development
In this article, we are going to explore Earned Value Management (EVM), a widely used traditional management technique, but we are going to look at it within the context of an Agile domain. Let’s cons...
The Big Picture with Story Map in Agile Development
“I keep six honest serving-men,They taught me all I knew, Their names are What and Why and When,And How and Where and Who. I send them over land and sea,I send them east and west, But after they have ...
Sequencing Product Backlog
When modeling a project as a flow process, one objective is to deliver the maximum amount of value in the shortest amount of time. Most project managers likely start with an inventory of features in a...
Understanding Velocity in Agile Approaches with MS Project
There are certain questions that usually surface in almost every project regardless of the type, domain considered, technology used, complexities associated, or strategic significance. These questions...
July 1, 2020’s PMP® Exam Changes
The Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam has changed several times in the past twenty-five years, and it is making another – far more dramatic – change soon. Anyone who has been thinking of taki...