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...ling and monitoring step as it affects the rest of the project process and it is the most crucial step from a Lean perspective. For this reason more atte ...essfully. This means that more than one out to three projects fails. Also, it seems to be evident that the longer the project and the team size, the hard

... task if not managed properly. In the context of '''project management''', it refers to any significant alteration in an organisation that affects the wa ...e point of view of organisations. To understand what change management is, it is necessary to understand what a change is. This definition will be furthe

Agile can be traced back to 1991 where agile manufacturing was introduced. It was however not before ”''The Agile Manifesto''” was introduced, that t ...ering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. We value:

...anced/> <ref name=recall> [''Terry Hill and Roy Westbrook - SWOT Analysis: It's Time for a Product Recall''] ''Long Range Planning, Vol. 30, No.1, pp. 46

...sible to get an overview of where team members are assigned optimal roles. It sheds light on whether each team need specific roles to solve a given task ...m to achieve a high performance team (Tuckman 2000). When building a team, it is important that there is a framework for creating a high-performance team

... is also one of the major sub-processes of the pre-project planning, since it contributes to the project performances in terms of costs, schedule and qua Meeting the customer's expectations is key to any project success, since it means meeting performance, functional and technical requirements. Besides,

...ltaneously. The risk register is an efficient risk documentation tool when it is used correctly within project management. ...sk register is the tool that should be constantly updated and referred to; it is the centre of all processes and decisions.

...to end up a project successfully and deliver it on time and within budget, it is important to get an overview of the risks, which is associated to the pr ... we shall use the term, is so far different from an un-measurable one that it is not in effect an uncertainty at all" [Ariane Chapelle].

...if the business is in a situation where there's a new competitor emerging, it will often be a good idea for the company to perform a SWOT, to optimize th ...ork for future strategic initiatives and process improvement plans. Hence, it will as well be a good idea for a small business to involve as many stakeho

...QFD)] is a systems design method which focuses on the needs of the client. It assists the development team during the design stage of a system, a process ...on in the portfolio of an organization is an interesting approach, however it has not been used extensively yet. This results in a limited literature reg

...ed has become very popular. When embracing your failures the ideal is that it is possible to learn from your failures and have better justification for y ...al Model will serve as an example of implementing Embracing Failure, while it will be kept in mind that this is not definitive and cannot serve as the pr

...ports and provides the basis for customization to a specific need. Finally it is described how the different A3 reports can be used as tools for solving ... </ref> Even though the tool origins and is widely used in manufacturing, it has been applied successfully in a range of industries such as healthcare,

...ver, project risk management is only effective to a limited extent because it lacks a portfolio wide view. <ref name="Contingency">Teller, Kock & Gemünd ... and their management, they will eventually impact project portfolios too. It has been shown that market and technology turbulence, and external dynamics

...purpose or the process of the project. To create a motivational atmosphere it is also important to focus on communication and on involving the volunteers ...iesing and R. Dale Safrit, Research in Brief, volume 45, June 2007 </ref> It is therefore interesting to study volunteering organisations with growth to

...g paradigms, and gave the confidence that everybody could be creative, and it was not just a divine talent. This inspired creativity to be something not ...cognition by the industry, as the market became more complex and changing, it required a new way of thinking<ref> Amabile, Teresa M., Blackwell Encyclope

...ient enough to sustain unexpected drawbacks when exploring new paths. Thus it can be concluded that risk is incorporated in the DNA of any project, progr ]]It is basically inevitable not to associate risk and uncertainty to any human

... novelty with a fixed deadline'''. The important factors of Scrum are that it depends on three main roles the '''Product Owner''' that has the responsibi ...herland was the one to apply the concept and tweak it for then introducing it together with Ken Schwaber at the OOPSLA 1995 conference.

... to start with it is easy to cure but difficult to diagnose; after time… it becomes easy to diagnose but difficult to cure.” (Machiavelli, 1514) <ref ...nal factors. If an unexpected event turns out to be harmful to the project it is in general terms considered to be a risk.

...t aside our daily routines and use our time and energy to learn new tasks, it may affect all players’ adaptation process. This means that agents will e ...s difficulties to accomplish their business goals, benefits and strategy. It happens that due to globalization, many companies manage several projects i

“It is worth noting that neither the CCPM nor the FHWA approach mentions techni ...but if the issues of context and financing have an insignificant magnitude it would not be complex. An example of such a complicated but 'non-complex' pr

...eam Mapping (VSM) is a widespread tool in Lean manufacturing environments. It enables practitioners to distinguish between value adding and non-value add ...without waste. Value is basically interpreted as “what the customer says it is, considers important, and is willing to pay for”<ref name="Opp"/> whil

...hough it rarely may refer to a project implementing a virtual environment, it is noted that managing a virtual project is fundamentally different from ma ...ted. The lifespan of a ''networked virtual team'' depends on how much time it takes to resolve the issue. The ''networked teams'' dissolve after completi

During research, it is common to develop ways of presenting the data that has been collected. T ** ''Discretionary:'' It has legitimacy, but no power or urgency.

... is a simple and helpful approach for creation of a managing strategy, but it is also providing some distortion view of the reality. ...der to manage them optimal and in the right context. Based on the analysis it becomes possible to develop an appropriate strategy to build and maintain t

...nt_methodologies.htm Retrieved November 24, 2014.</ref> are available when it comes to project management, such as Traditional Project Management, Agile ...t management; especially in the big software industry, where the fact that it could reply to business needs and rapid variation in technology helped keep

...oned in the context of the overall topic of Project Management and thereby it can be confusing to understand the differences. The objective of this artic ...on seek to give the reader a understanding of what a standard is. Further it will explain the definition of a standard and how the numerous standard set

...suited to get a first impression and raise interest in learning more about it! Although Cynefin is at the heart of this excercise, the debriefing focuses When leading or managing agile transitions, it is important to know what type of system you are dealing with. Playing this

...dling human behavior while envisioning the project network and in managing it afterwards, in constrast to dealing solely with specific technical aspects ... duration, which is deemed to be highly probable. Another way to implement it is by assigning a fixed percentage to be removed and aggregated into the bu

... headquarter who defines the strategy of the company and the new policies. It is also important to emphasize that the Social security is highly monitored ...pletion of the objectives is important for their development and they give it a high priority.

... person has a certain way of behaviour and utilisation of their brain, and it is important to understand how to make use of these skills and how to inter Furthermore is it as a manager inevitable to know how groups are developing and how the membe

It will include an overview of the following topics: ... goal, perhaps even trying to juggle multiple projects within a portfolio, it can quickly prove more difficult to maintain the overview of the combined w

...ly popular. The Agile Manifesto originated in the software industry, where it quickly became widespread due to Man’s entrance into the computer age. ... to be able to adapt and work efficiently in an ever-changing environment. It can be summarized in the Agile Manifesto below: <ref> Fowler, Highsmith et.

...y fray. This keeps individuals from wandering off or joining other groups. It also leads to bullying when a tribal member is unwilling to conform to the

...Event is different from other kinds of “collaborative workshops” since it is centered on a Lean thinking approach and uses general lean tools. ...rovement and for problem solving beyond the context of lean manufacturing. It also stresses that a core benefit from carrying out Kaizen Events is creati

...ate-of-the-art research and studies on meetings from leading universities. It also relies on standards on project management from Project Management Inst ...key benefit for a project manager planning an approach to meetings is that it helps to identify how to communicate most effectively and efficiently, both

...tcome and prepare the team if the unexpected happens. As a project manager it is therefore crucial to manage scheduling closely. A project schedule inclu The US Navy developed the management tool PERT in the 1950’s. It was developed with the purpose of assisting the Polaris Project and the ide

It is important to notice that the risk matrix is only used to rank risks, and The residual risk is the identified risk as it is today, with the controls in place.

...method which easy and ready to understand by portfolio managers which make it easier to compare projects with other opportunities for capital investment< ...ption is where the interest rate is calculated based on principal only and it is constant throughout the period, while compound interest is the other way

...ificance of a novel process in Project Management is consistently growing. It is understood as an approach to implement creativity into problem-solving a ...e in the fourth category. The matrix is not going to be further discussed, it is just used to illustrate the differences between the two Project Manageme

...ow much the whole project and every segment of it will cost, how much work it will take and when the project is supposed to be finished. <ref>Project sco ...It is therefore important for a project manager to have a scope and manage it properly. <ref name = "besefi"/>

...me risks are referred to as opportunities and threats for the project, and it is the management of all these that constitute the Risk Management in Const ...ect starts. Therefore it is important to prioritize risk management, since it will likely lead to more problems if handling the risks is procrastinated.

...tly on the employees and partly on the team. The second result was to make it possible to predict how well the team will perform from the different compo ...reat source of original ideas, the Resource Investigator is effective when it comes to picking up other people's ideas and promoting them. As the name su

...wledge that allows him or her to identify and classify a conflict, resolve it accordingly, and design a working environment that minimizes the risk of co ...birth of conflicts does not exist. There are too many factors. Even though it is impossible to articulate the reason for a conflict prior to its occurren

...software development to avoid waste and increase responsiveness to change. It represents the solution to the unpredictability of the market in which cust

...cessfully achieved changes and pitfalls faced during the sprint. Moreover, it facilitates the implementation of improvements to the next Sprint . ...nsures the organization’s target values and requirements to be achieved. It is management who chooses the Product Owner, monitors the progress, and opt

...odel''' is a project management method for project planning and execution. It comes from the “Waterfall methods” and has begun to be widely used in t ...n adapted since then. Thus, you may find several and different versions of it. The following one reaches a global consensus.

...escribed in this article. While this article is going to be used publicly, it is also important to know other properties of this methodology, for example ...s the activities of the project manager, within each stage of the project, it also specifies the way in which progress should be monitored and how the hi

...n-variance model as risk measurement, which shows interest until today and it is used by investors. Thereafter, various other methods were developed, foc ... risk over the longer term. The "investor" is a business manager whose job it is to put assets to function efficiently as a portfolio <ref>Nikonov, O.V,

...2's relevance in this subject is bilt upon its universal nature, which let it be used from every type of organization for every project typology. ...stem of the government in order to improve delivery of their services; now it has become a valuable project tool for any type of organization.

...oject because the future is highly unpredictable and uncertain. Therefore, it is really important to control how the different tasks are progressing. In ...t meets the objectives of cost, it is on plan, but the truth could be that it is in reality delayed. In cases like the previous example, how do we actual