201 Answered Questions for the topic Project Management

Project Management Planning Documentation

04/20/19

What is the preferred number of tasks to assign?
I am going to lead a small team for the first time in my career and I am determined to not subject my team to the same issues that I perceive to have been subjected to as a programmer.This question... more
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Project Management Business

04/20/19

What are the main stages of project preparation?
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Project Management Business

04/20/19

Can I get a PMP without a degree?
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Project Management Agile Scrum Planning

04/20/19

During a sprint, should we try to achieve 100% user story completion or 100% productivity?
We know that during every sprint, the team's primary goal is to achieve 100% completion of user stories which are part of the sprint backlog. But what happens in practice is that, development... more
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Project Management Planning Tracking Gantt

04/15/19

Best usage of milestones in a Gantt?
**Background**I'm building a project Gantt, involving multiple teams. In the past I've had a good experience with a Gantt as a means of planning a project but not so much as a means of tracking a... more
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Project Management Agile Planning User Stories

04/15/19

How to handle confusion of "user stories" term in agile methodology?
I find myself in an non-agile environment where "user story" actually means "use case, backed by an excel requirements specification, a testing specification doc, and a few required wireframes ||... more
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Project Management Business Planning Meetings

04/12/19

Proof that badly scheduled meetings hurt productivity?
I have a friend who is a developer. He is very stressed out by his manager, who seems addicted to meetings. The volume of meetings is a problem, but what is more of a problem is that they are... more
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Project Management Tools Planning

04/12/19

How can I get my team to use our tools and follow a (any) workflow?
I am a Software Engineer at a startup ( 16 employees ), and we are still working like we have 3 employees. The buy in for our tools is very minimal and renders them almost useless.I know we are... more
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Project Management Deadline Change Management Planning

04/12/19

how to handle multiple project managers?
I am a team leader. My team handles multiple projects. Each has a different project manager. Our priorities keep changing according to deals the company is about to close. The project managers are... more
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Project Management Communication Budget Risk

04/12/19

How do you plan for risks in your project's estimates?
I have been working on the risk-management topic in software development for a while. According to the different literature there could be knowns knowns (typical risks), known unknowns (product... more
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Project Management

04/08/19

Which coaching is recommended for the PMP exam
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Project Management Business

04/04/19

What do you do as a project manager?

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Project Management

04/04/19

How do project managers manage human resources?

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Project Management Business Planning

04/04/19

Are processes and procedures only for enterprises?
I've had the opportunity to work at quite a few start-ups. One thing I've found to be common in them is adhoc way of doing things and ignorance towards processes, best practices and known project... more
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Project Management Business

04/04/19

What is strategic management?
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Project Management Planning Work Breakdown Structure

04/04/19

Where to get general info on Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)?
I work in a software development company. I have this major ticket for which I have to produce a WBS (Work Breakdown Structure). I also have to prepare an estimation for the ticket. The ticket... more
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Project Management Estimation Planning

04/04/19

How can we mitigate uncertainty about project estimation in the initial phase?
According to *Boehm’s Software Engineering Economics*, during the project initiation, estimates can be off by as much as 400%.However, in order to make the sale, account managers are expected to... more
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Project Management Agile Planning Meetings

04/01/19

Agile - How to increase engagement of team members in the planning meeting?
Acting as a team lead I feel the engagement in our sprint planning session is low.Some people are very comfortable to talk and share ideas/knowledge in order to help the team to define tasks for... more
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Project Management

03/27/19

Which is the best way to pass the PMP exam?
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Project Management Estimation Methodology Deadline

03/27/19

Small firm with 4 developers and 2 project managers in need of some guidance for project workflow?
I work as a developer in a small IT firm with 4 developers and 2 project managers.We currently implement some sort of traditional project management, in which the workflow for a given project is as... more
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Project Management

03/27/19

What are the best PMP exam books and material?
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Project Management Sales Pricing Planning

03/19/19

The Case for Hourly Estimates?
My boss has always operated on fixed pricing projects; where we rarely see a profit on. I'm on board with selling our clients hourly rates on large projects. We have yet to get a client willing to... more
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Project Management Business

03/19/19

How do I get a PMP certification?
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Project Management Business

03/19/19

What are the 4 phases of project management?
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Project Management

03/19/19

what does a project manager do?

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