Below is a video about project management, designed as the start towards making a great project manager. What is a project? (an effort or initiative with a defined beginning and an end). What are the triggers of this initiative? What is project management and what does it mean to you? It [...]
There are three primary types of project management methodologies:
Linear or waterfall
Spiral development
Product development
All three of these types of methodologies can be related to process management in some way or another.
Linear or Waterfall Project Management Methodology — This methodology is sometimes referred to as the Life cycle, and is the best known of all project management [...]
There are several properties that are generic to all project management methodologies, including all of the following:
- A project management methodology should define all of the stages of work. These stages of work may vary based on how an organization wants to chunk out the work, but should define all five “W”s. These five [...]
Project management systems cannot be effective without some form of project management methodology in place. A project management system without a methodology of some sort will be challenged because nothing is measured. The term ‘project management methodology’ is being thrown around a lot these days, as software developers, vendors and consultants are claiming to have [...]