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A Simple Exercise To Define The Product Of Your Scrum Team

Scrum.org

In this blog post, we focus on one specific question that was raised: “What is a product, actually?”. It influences the Product Owner's role, determines the self-managing capabilities of the Scrum team, and the opportunities to ship fast and gather feedback from your stakeholders. How can I help my team define success criteria?

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The Influencer (A Preferred Product Owner Stance)

Scrum.org

What is an Influencer? These gentlemen are in all the top-10 lists of being the ‘the best’ Politician, Influencer, world changer, etc. So before diving into the Product Owner taking an Influencer stance, let’s first inspect what an Influencer is. The Influencer is also referred to as the Politician.

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10 Strategies for Successful Project Execution

ProjectManager.com

Conduct Team-Building Exercises. Team-building exercises is a way to upstart trust, especially for new teams that don’t have a lot of shared experience. Manage those communications by finding how often they want to be updated and how they prefer to get those updates. Proper execution only occurs when teams work together.

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How To Make Product Discovery An Integral Part Of Your Scrum Team?

Scrum.org

All of the workshops we’ve included in this blog post include a step-by-step approach to use them and help you move in the right direction. In this blog post, we offer you a short description of these workshops. Design The Box’ is a fun, creative exercise to help Scrum teams step into the shoes of their users.

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The Struggle Of Organizational Overweight

Scrum.org

Check the related blog posts for a step-by-step explanation. Try this exercise within your organization, and plot all the activities, roles, projects, processes, and relationships on the Ecocycle. Systems Thinking offers a perspective on how we can influence complex systems. All of them are based on Liberating Structures.

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10 Free Stakeholder Management Templates for Excel & Word

ProjectManager.com

There are fields to capture basic stakeholder information, including their title, contact information and influence or power over the project. It’s clearly important to identify and define the roles and responsibilities of your project team, but often project managers will neglect the same exercise when dealing with project stakeholders.

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Growing Your Project Management Career in 2024: Strategies for Success

The IIL Blog

Embracing Leadership Opportunities The role of leadership in project management is pivotal, serving as the guiding force that influences the success and outcomes of a project. In 2024, seek out ways to exercise more leadership.

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