Project Management

Program vs. Project management: NOT the same

Program management is the process of managing several related projects, often with the intention of improving an organisation’s performance. In practice & in its aims it is closely related to systems engineering, industrial engineering, change management & business transformation.(Wikipedia) Program management is a sort of mysterious discipline, for many reasons. Some of them being it usually …

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How To Integrate Project Management With OKR Methodology

UpRaise, an OKR app is an add-on for JIRA, a project management tool. One of the frequent questions that we hear from our evaluators is – how the objective and key result relationship is different from project-task, epic-story (or whatever combinations you can think of) relationship. In this article, we address this potential source of confusion …

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Project Feedback template (internal) for continuous improvement

We have recently discussed differences between Agile & Traditional (Waterfall) project management techniques. Depending on a variety of factors, the appropriate technique could be decided for a project. But one thing that should remain intact irrespective of the methodology chosen, is the process to ensure learnings & scope for improvements are documented. More often than …

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7 key differences between Scrum and Kanban

Project management world, especially software project management world is abuzz nowadays with two approaches – Scrum & Kanban. Scrum and Kanban are both highly sought after Agile methodologies that have helped organisations streamline their projects and complete them with increased efficiency. There are various similarities as well as differences between them, yet both have proven …

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Best agile project management certification to boost your career

Project management certification: We have seen 5 project management certifications that differentiate highly efficient project managers from the rest. Getting certified has a lot of benefits such as professional recognition worldwide, higher packages but most importantly being able to manage projects efficiently by adapting to evolving management practices. Need for Agile project management: Agile is …

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5 Project Management certifications you should be aware of

If we were to analyse qualifications of Project managers it is quite easy to observe that Project Management is one of the most underrated disciplines. Many managers just manage projects owing to their seniority. Although seniority can be of serious assistance, it would be naive to ignore different management methodologies. If you believe in managing …

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