Pared-Down Project Management – June 16, 2014

Not everyone who manages projects is a certified project manager, yet we could all stand to learn a thing or two from the experts. So, here are this week’s project management principles and practices put into language we can all understand.

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Discussion: Scrum and Agile, The Death of Project Management?

There’s little doubt that scrum and other agile IT project build approaches require a different look at documenting and tracking milestones, but does all project management fly out the window?
Source: scrum.org

Hagar International, Changing Lives with Project Management Principles and Software

Hagar International (@HagarIntl) is an NGO rebuilding the lives of women and children who have suffered the most severe human rights abuses in the world. Learn how they are expediting their life saving activities with the application of PM principles and software. 
Source: Hagarinternational.org

Vision: Project Planning Step One

With the myriad of intricacies inside any project, it’s very easy to get lost in tactics and tasks while losing site of your project’s key driver – change. Find out how Gary Nelson, PMP, learned this important lesson under very harrowing circumstances.
Source: gazzascorner.com

Project Management and Business Analysis Collide (or they should)

Dr. Harold Kerzner explains how a portfolio-based Project Management Office (PMO) can help projects where they need them most, delivering value.
Source: camelblog

5 Simple Systems to Improve Your Business

At Workzone we believe not every business is ready for true project management software, especially if your organization has never tracked a project before. This article by Anne Samoilov (@annesamoilov)  helps some smaller players and project management neophytes dip their toes into project efficiency.
Source: annesamoilov.com