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Projects, Products, and the Project Portfolio: Part 2, Assess & Rank the Work

Johanna Rothman

I prefer Cost of Delay to either ROI or NPV. This is where taking an agile approach to the projects can really help your project portfolio decisions. I have a guideline for my clients: Not more than 25% in (KTLO) Keep The Lights On. See Cost of Delay: Why You Should Care, Part 6.) Projects that grow the current business.

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How My Company Created an Apprenticeship Program to Help Diversify Tech

Harvard Business

We then enrolled them in online courses teaching necessary job and technical skills, like computer science fundamentals, complex problem solving, group collaboration, agile methodology, effective written communication, and so on. We selected 15 people from that group who demonstrated strong work ethic, grit, and excitement for the program.

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