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Posts By Bill Brantley
Lean Scope Project Management: The Video Briefing
Over 700 project managers from around the world were briefed on Lean Scope Project Management. You can view a version of that briefing at http://billtestbed.me/LSPM/ Lean Scope Project Management combines human-centered design, the lean startup method, and agile project management to help you design and deliver highly-innovative projects with greater stakeholder buy-in and collaboration. TheRead… Read more »
Lean Scope Project Management: Project Management for Highly-Innovative Projects
I will present my Lean Scope Project Management methodology on Wednesday to the Project Management Institute’s Government Community of Practice. On Thursday, I will release a YouTube video explaining Lean Scope Project Management. I look forward to the comments of project management practitioners and human-centered design practitioners. The origin story of Lean Scope Project ManagementRead… Read more »
Reduced Registration for Government Employees at the UMD Project Management Symposium June 9-10
Register with your .gov or .mil address to register at reduced government employee rate ($350) for the two-day University of Maryland Project Management Symposium. There is an exclusive government project management track and three government keynote speakers: Karen Durham-Aguilera, Director of Contingency Operations and Office of Homeland Security, Headquarters, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers“ProgramRead… Read more »
PolicyOps – A Better Way to Create and Implement Government Policies and Programs?
Nearly 45 years ago, the United States landed two men on the Moon. It was not only an amazing technological achievement but also showed that the American government could achieve the big goals. All through the 20th Century, America’s government accomplished landmark mega-projects: the Hoover Dam, winning World War II, atomic power, the agricultural revolution,Read… Read more »
Data Science Fridays – The Six Basic Questions
Data science has many analytical methods which can make the field sound very mysterious. Methods such as K-Means Clustering, Naïve Bayes Classifier, and Random Forests. The math behind the methods can be complex but for many methods, the concepts are easy to understand. Especially when you know what question the method is being used toRead… Read more »
Data Science Friday – What is Data Science?
There are many definitions of data science but this is how I derive a common definition: data science is the set of techniques, methods, and technologies that allow people to collect, refine, analyze, and visualize data so that knowledge is created. Many experts will say that this is a new field but, in my opinion,Read… Read more »
Welcome to Data Science Fridays!
So, it has been a while since I’ve regularly blogged on GovLoop. It has been a busy 2013 as I’ve been concentrating on building up a data science function in my agency. Recently, I have given a couple of talks on big data and data science which have shown me the need to educate theRead… Read more »
Share Your Knowledge as a Government Project Manager at the U. of MD Project Management Symposium
Earn PDUs and be recognized as an expert by your fellow project managers by presenting at the University of Maryland’s (College Park) Project Management Symposium. We have an entire track devoted to government project management in the two-day symposium. The call for abstracts has been extended until January 20th, 2014 so send in your presentationRead… Read more »
Call for Papers – Project Management Symposium at the University of Maryland
Project Management Symposium An Entire Track Devoted to Government Project Management Save The Date! June 9-10, 2014 Student Stamp Union, University of Maryland Academically Rigorous and Practically Applied: For two days, join project managers from the Baltimore-Washington metro area and abroad for DC’s premier academic project management symposium. Share experiences, make connections, and learn theRead… Read more »