Project Management

Project management is the use of specific knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to deliver something of value to people.

Project management is the process of leading the work of a team to achieve all project goals within the given constraints. This information is usually described in project documentation, created at the beginning of the development process. The primary constraints are scope, time, and budget.

The project management process generally includes four phases: initiating, planning, executing, and closing. Some may also include a fifth “monitoring and controlling” phase between the executing and closing stages.

Agile project management is an iterative approach to managing software development projects that focuses on continuous releases and incorporating customer feedback with every iteration.

Behavioral Science Theory combines elements of psychology, sociology, and anthropology to provide a scientific basis for understanding employee behavior. It examines why employees are motivated by specific factors, such as social needs, conflicts, and self-actualization

Scientific research from organizational psychology, behavioral economics, and other social sciences tells organizations how people tend to behave at work and why, what really motivates them, and what allows them to perform at their best.

Fostering well-being builds on understanding the human psyche and human needs.

Behavioral science provides insights into the cognitive biases and nuances of human behavior, which can be leveraged for your communications strategy to learn more about the experiences and contexts that influence audience behavior.

Behavioral Sciences is an interdisciplinary program encompassing the disciplines of anthropology, psychology, and sociology. These disciplinary perspectives offer different but complementary views of people.

Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species.

Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. Psychologists are actively involved in studying and understanding mental processes, brain functions, and behavior.

Sociology is the study of human social relationships and institutions. Sociology is concerned with the study of human social behavior and the influence of society upon this behavior. More specifically, sociologists examine the behavior of individuals as members of social networks and groups such as the family, the work group, organizations, communities, and societies.

Semiotics is the study of sign processes, which are any activity, conduct, or process that involves signs, where a sign is defined as anything that communicates something, usually called a meaning, to the sign's interpreter.

Semiotics, put simply, is the study of how an idea or object communicates meaning — and what meaning it communicates.

Biosemiotics is a field of semiotics and biology that studies the prelinguistic meaning-making, or production and interpretation of signs and codes and their communication in the biological realm.

Adaptive leadership helps individuals and organizations adapt and thrive in the face of challenge and prepare them to take on the process of change. This leadership approach involves diagnosing, interrupting, and innovating as a means of creating capabilities that align with the aspirations of an organization

The four phases of strategic management are formulation, implementation, evaluation and modification.

Strategic management is the ongoing planning, monitoring, analysis and assessment of all necessities an organization needs to meet its goals and objectives. Changes in business environments will require organizations to constantly assess their strategies for success.

Organizational Project Management is defined as the execution of an organization's strategies through projects by combining the systems of portfolio management, program management, and project management.

Project portfolio management is the centralized management of the processes, methods, and technologies used by project managers and project management offices to analyze and collectively manage current or proposed projects based on numerous key characteristics.

Program management is the process of managing programs mapped to business objectives that improve organizational performance. Program managers oversee and coordinate the various projects and other strategic initiatives throughout an organization.

In management, an action item is a documented event, task, activity, or action that needs to take place. Action items are discrete units that can be handled by a single person.

The purpose of sprint planning is to define what can be delivered in the sprint and how that work will be achieved. Sprint planning is broken down into actionable items, people in charge, and an anticipated time frame. The goal is to determine how much work can be done in one sprint.