The IIL Blog

APRIL 24, 2024

By Alan Zucker Agile is a mindset described by a set of values and principles. Lean is industry-agnostic and offers insight into agility. Companies innovate and develop new products. But customers validate those innovations by “voting with their wallets.” They learn from their customers and continually innovate.

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Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Is an Agile Transformation Coach any different than being an Agile Coach? When most people think about Agile Coaches, they tend to think about a person who comes in and assists the teams with things like: Learning Scrum, SAFe, LeSS. If that’s your definition of an Agile Transformation Coach, you’d be right—but only partially.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

We’ll go through some of the most popular project management methodologies, which are applied in many sectors such as software development, R&D and product development. Agile Methodology. What It Is: In a nutshell, Agile project management is an evolving and collaborative way to self-organize across teams. Scrum Methodology.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 16, 2024

These striking innovations, which look like toys, are the facade of a profound shift in the industrial paradigm based on speed of change, open-source, decentralization, and composability. Changing a traditional production tool is long and difficult, generating high costs, hindering innovation, and causing loss of economic opportunities.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

It’s too bad that this shift undermines Agile principles and hampers long-term success and innovation. Overemphasis on Utilization : Prioritizing keeping teams busy with feature work over allowing time for creativity, exploration, and addressing technical debt also contributes to a feature factory environment.

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Leading Agile

JULY 3, 2023

As more and more companies scramble to untangle the code of their monolithic legacy software and get it into the cloud, strategic priorities are shifting. Today, Agilists must have a plan for incorporating DevOps practices into the early stages of Agile Transformation. We’ll also discuss the lack of automation.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 1, 2021

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 31,000-plus other subscribers. Join more us on July 6, 2021, for the Hands-on Agile #32: How to Win with Agile Resistant Teams—Scott Weiner. Remember, “Agile” is a mindset, not a methodology. Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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Planio

JUNE 8, 2022

As products become more complex, technical project managers have quickly become the holy grail for growing businesses. Technical project managers (TPM) bridge the gap between understanding what’s technically possible in a project and managing the resources, timelines, and expectations to get it done. First, learn the basics.

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Planio

MAY 8, 2023

On average, IT projects come with more complexity and risk, and can quickly fall to pieces without proper due diligence, management, and leadership. with examples of IT projects) IT project management is the process of planning, organizing, running, and managing information technology projects. And that’s no simple job.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 3, 2023

Encouraging self-management and promoting a culture of collective problem-solving can lead to a more independent, motivated, and innovative team. By encouraging self-organization, the Scrum Master empowers the team members to take ownership of their work and find innovative solutions to obstacles that arise.

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Project Bliss

MAY 10, 2017

Everybody’s talking about agile software development these days: project managers, software developers, IT directors, small startups and big corporations. What is Agile Software Development? Agile software development is an approach that promotes delivering value quickly to the customer.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Let’s look ahead and see what the next 10 years will bring for project management software, jobs, and the role itself. Hybrid Project Management: The Next Step for Agile. But there does seem to be a trend in accepting that agile approaches like Scrum can fit within a hybrid framework. What is the future of project management?

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Fast forward to our modern era, as we traverse the intricate landscape of software development, particularly through the lens of the agile approach, we find these age-old Greek sins echoing in the challenges and pitfalls agile teams often encounter.

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Scrum.org

MAY 15, 2023

TL; DR: 60 ChatGPT Prompts for Agile Practitioners ChatGPT can be an excellent tool for those who know how to create prompts. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 46,000-plus subscribers. Suggest how to help the Scrum team balance technical debt and new feature development.

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Proofhub

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In today’s tech-driven world, Software as a Service (SaaS) is revolutionizing businesses across the globe. In this blog, we’ll explore the crucial responsibilities and best practices of SaaS product managers, uncovering strategies to drive innovation, enhance customer satisfaction, and ensure organizational success.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2024

It doesn’t matter if you are agile or waterfall, iterative, predictive, incremental or hybrid: what’s important is that when a new requirement comes along, it is clear and thought through, and you know what it is! Quality assurance reviews, peer reviews, health checks and quality audits might sound scary for project managers – they’re not.

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NimbleWork

MARCH 7, 2024

As the Agile project management framework reaches adoption maturity at lean, progressive and disruptive startup firms, many teams at established organizations are struggling to fully embrace the Agile project management framework at scale. How to migrate from Traditional PM to Agile?

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Inloox

APRIL 16, 2024

How to perform a SWOT analysis Once the SWOT analysis is completed: 5 key approaches for strategy development Concrete example: SWOT analysis in a software development project Conclusion 1. How can we benefit from new technological developments? SWOT analysis in the project management context Why should I conduct a SWOT analysis?

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Scrum.org

JULY 25, 2023

As Scrum.org trainers, we often come across common misconceptions from course attendees about Agile and Scrum. We tend to hear red flags of misalignment when we explore folk's current definitions and understanding of Agile and Scrum at the start of our courses. Agile eliminates the need for planning or documentation.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Let’s look ahead and see what the next 10 years will bring for project management software, jobs, and the role itself. Hybrid Project Management: The Next Step for Agile. But there does seem to be a trend in accepting that agile approaches like Scrum can fit within a hybrid framework. What is the future of project management?

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Leading Agile

JULY 18, 2023

Agile needs to be tied to business-driven results. If not, then we start measuring things like people trained, teams doing Scrum, or the organization’s sentiment toward Agile to tell us if we’re succeeding. If your Agile isn’t helping you do that, then it’s not really Agile at all. First, how are we forming teams?

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Scrum.org

JUNE 3, 2021

Organizations need to move fast and receive ongoing feedback from customers to drive sustainable innovation through continuous discovery and value delivery. According to Michael James , dependencies in knowledge work — as in software development — are caused by knowledge gaps and not by the laws of physics. . Inner Sourcing.

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Leading Agile

APRIL 12, 2021

She had just taken over this part of the organization, and I was the technical consultant tasked making her dreams come true: working-tested product in the demo. and I followed with “Could we take that idea and build a small slice of working tested software in the next 24 hours and reconvene?” and that is what the team did.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 26, 2021

A lot of talk in the Agile space centres on breaking down silos, and yet it appears that in practice it is one of the things that is met with the most inertia. However, in my experience (which has mainly been within the software development industry) many of these teams appear to be thought of and treated as a delivery capability.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

It’s a lot to read, so here are some spoilers drawn from common themes I heard time and time again in the interviews: Agile : if you don’t know enough about it, you need to start learning. These past few years have seen an incredible evolution in the way software is built. Find her on Twitter.

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Wrike

JANUARY 12, 2024

Today, we’re going to discuss the ins and outs of the NPD process, an effective method that can accelerate innovation, bring new ideas and designs to market, and propel you to success. If you’re ready to accelerate innovation, follow these steps: Idea generation: What is the specific market need or problem that your business aims to solve?

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The IIL Blog

MARCH 26, 2024

As organizations strive for efficiency, productivity, and innovation, project managers must adapt to this new reality. Consider a software development project where an AI tool reads and analyzes code repositories and development timelines. Human Oversight: The AI is a tool; critical review and adjustments are still essential.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 19, 2022

What is the business case for Agile teams? We think we do well to base our beliefs about Agile more on evidence. This post is our attempt to bring an evidence-based perspective to the business case of Agile teams. Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams.

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Scrum.org

JULY 7, 2020

TL; DR: Agile Laws and Remote Agile. On many occasions in the recent past, working with distributed agile teams has amplified existing organizational, technical, and cultural challenges in many organizations. Join the 25th Hands-on Agile meetup on August 20, 2020, to explore the virtual Ecocycle Planning.

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Henny Portman

MAY 25, 2020

Many organizations are struggling with their business agility transformation. The focus was probably on efficiency and if these teams start to use agile ways of working, this doesn’t make the organization agile. Start with the team for effective software delivery. The book is divided into three parts. Team first.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 7, 2021

TL; DR: Essential Agile Failure Patterns — When Noise Interferes with Signal. When Scrum becomes an element of an agile transformation, the following three common essential agile failure patterns prove to be an exceptionally tough nut to crack for any Scrum Master. Is Agile a Fad or a Trend?

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Leading Agile

JULY 28, 2022

They depend on the software or product they produce and their audience or market. The goal of adopting Agile is always about achieving the desired business outcome unique to the organization that is pursuing it. Improved Quality of Software or Product. Innovation. Cost Savings. Product Fit.

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Henny Portman

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Definition DevOps: “ DevOps is an evolution of the ideas of agile software development and lean manufacturing, applied to the end-to-end value chain in IT, which allows businesses to achieve more with modern information technology due to cultural, organizational and technical changes ”.

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Scrum.org

MAY 14, 2020

Technology alone won’t solve the problem. In an effort to curb productivity leakage, some managers are turning to software to monitor their people. So online tooling doesn’t guarantee productivity, let alone innovation or creativity. People and Interactions over tools and software. Management Innovation.

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Scrum.org

MAY 17, 2021

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 31,000-plus other subscribers. ?? Join more than 210 peers from May 27-29, 2021 , for the Virtual Agile Camp Berlin 2021, a live virtual Barcamp using open space technology principles and practices. Coders Code; They Don’t Talk to Customers.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 26, 2024

Do you find yourself overwhelmed by the demands of integrating new technologies and leading remote teams? Digital project management is a skill requiring competency in our technology-driven workplace. By: Hajime Estanislao, PMP, CSM Are you struggling to manage complex projects in an increasingly fast-paced and digital environment?

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Scrum.org

JUNE 15, 2020

TL; DR: Remote Agile Transitions. Since the pandemic has forced many of us to work remotely, this unique capability has been kicked into overdrive regarding remote agile transitions. Here are my top-10 challenges of organizational change that remote Agile has made more urgent to address than ever before. ??

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