Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Many organisations are investing in people, processes and structure to create teams focused on strategy execution, often by establishing project management offices (PMOs). Establishing solid communication as part of project leadership will also help team leaders gain the trust of the project teams they are managing.

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Leading Agile

JULY 3, 2023

We need to obtain buy-in, address ambiguity, and navigate the process. Different change cadences. The package is changing at one cadence and maybe you’re trying to innovate and change at another cadence, right? They were accustomed to a process where they would examine the requirements, build, and then test.

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International Institute for Learning

APRIL 19, 2023

To coordinate the teams, SAFe applies cadence and synchronization. Cadence means all teams are aligned to a standard, two-week delivery cycle. DA defines “process blades” to describe common enterprise capabilities. Disciplined DevOps is the set of process blades enabling the continuous delivery of working software.

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The IIL Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Context and environmental factors should govern process requirements, specificity, and formality. Large, complex projects will require more highly structured processes than smaller ones. Risk and Assumptions Logs The assumptions and risk logs are primary tools for managing these processes. Are there new items?

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The emergent process and work must be visible to those performing the work as well as those receiving the work. In my experience, many internal transparency issues are rooted in organizational processes or practices or particular individuals. To help with inspection, Scrum provides cadence in the form of its five events.”.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 11, 2022

In other words, what do you want to get out of your strategic planning process? There’s no fixed cadence for strategy conversations. If you are putting together your first strategy or doing a complete overhaul, you’ll need to spend a lot more time on it to get the strategic process set up and the relevant data collected.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 4, 2022

The duration of the Sprint is timeboxed to a maximum of one month, establishing a cadence within which the Scrum team works together to deliver value. Additionally, Scrum is based on the empirical process, which relies upon transparency, inspection, and adaptation. Professional Agile Leadership. Professional Scrum Master .

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Agilemania

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

LPM also known as Lean Portfolio management, refers to how senior leadership uses lean principles and systems thinking approaches to align strategy with execution. Always indicate good servant leadership – A good servant leader always ensures your organization keeps delivery cycle times low. Strategic Portfolio Review.

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Inloox

JULY 1, 2021

High flexibility, adaptability and increased communication are just a few of the benefits that have led to significant improvements through the introduction of agile work processes in organizations. Lean Agile Leadership: Managers are the very core of lean agile development and business agility.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Leadership often focuses on the wrong measures and isn’t aligned around customer outcome-based goals. That doesn’t sound like the path to influential leadership, does it? Making a habit of cycling through this process helps us to have more influence and create the impact we want to have. There is no perfection. Conclusion.

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Scrum.org

MAY 24, 2022

I think of the Sprint as the heartbeat of Scrum because it sets the cadence and frequency for the other events. Members discuss how the Sprint went regarding individuals, interactions, processes, tools, and their Definition of Done. Professional Agile Leadership. The first event in Scrum is the Sprint. Conclusion.

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MPUG

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Introduction of Cadence. For the first time, we are introduced of a concept called “Cadence.” Cadence is used in other Agile frameworks such as Kanban , and is basically a rhythm that gets developed as one continuously follows a set of events over a period of time. Lean Thinking.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 12, 2023

Various A-B-C formulas lead us to believe it’s a straightforward process, but setting and using goals effectively is challenging. Common pitfalls include not going deep enough with what we aim to achieve and bringing a success-or-failure perspective to the process rather than an empirical mindset. Goal setting is a process.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

Strong leadership in projects is important for success, so getting your project board and/or project steering group set up as soon as you can is a good start. For example, on one project, I had the CFO steering group, and attendees were all SLT (senior leadership team members). Who will get you access to the resources you require?

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Planview

OCTOBER 19, 2020

It’s worth listening to Joaquim tell their story: How Santander transitioned from different companies working independently, to an integration of business with IT processes and KPIs under a single operating model. In Technology they were used to the processes and tools, so the transition was easy and simple.

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Planview

JUNE 1, 2021

At the same time, our traditional planning processes cannot keep up or sustain us anymore: The annual plan is most on-strategy the day you finish it. A continuous planning cadence – quarterly, monthly, or even weekly – enables organizations to be ready to move fast when change occurs, or new opportunities appear on the horizon.

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Leading Agile

APRIL 20, 2021

Solve those problems with your leadership, let me know if I can help. As you already know, there are zero ways for you to invoke any lasting change to the teams without team partnership and without leadership buy-in. The process is straightforward – on a regular cadence execute these themed conversations with the team.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The emergent process and work must be visible to those performing the work as well as those receiving the work. To help with inspection, Scrum provides cadence in the form of its five events.”. Denken Sie an Servant Leadership, Radical Candor oder psychologische Sicherheit, um nur einige Beispiele zu nennen. Adaption. “If

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Planning and Execution of Program Increment: A SAFe Agilist has envisioned a roadmap for the success of the Agile Development and successful SAFe implementation process. Conventional design and life cycle practices encourage selecting a single design and requirements option early in the development process.

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Velociteach

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Context and environmental factors should govern process requirements, specificity, and formality. Large, complex projects will require more highly structured processes than smaller ones. Risk and Assumptions Logs The assumptions and risk logs are primary tools for managing these processes. Are there new items?

Risk Management 78

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Planio

AUGUST 28, 2023

Helps you to develop coaching and leadership skills. Are there parts of their job or team processes that are annoying or frustrating them? Set up (and stick to) a meeting cadence Meeting cadence is important to ensure you’re providing enough support without wasting time or coming across as a micro-manager.

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Planview

JULY 19, 2023

In the first two posts of this blog series, we shared how one large biotech company defined its pain points and business goals for its PPM transformation process and the five steps it took to beat the transformation odds. (If Most change in organizations is slow and requires careful guidance and thoughtful, consistent leadership to stick.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

To use the leadership styles model we discuss in the Leading SAFe class - the starting point is more of an orchestrating and technical expert kind of leadership stance and the goal should be to evolve towards a more serving the team and the process style over time. SAFe has a cadence at the Team and Program levels.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 30, 2023

What would you suggest to the leadership of that organization to help the change effort? Engage key stakeholders early on in the process to gather input and buy-in. Be prepared to address and resolve any conflicts that may arise during the change process through effective conflict resolution strategies.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

MAY 16, 2023

Meeting Cadence Calendar. I didn’t see the importance of this when I first read about “Cadence Calendars.” The PMO I was working in and eventually lead had a handful of project managers, each with around 5-6 projects under their leadership. Processing… Success! Fight for training dollars. Then another.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Once about four or five key results are determined for each objective, it is the job of an OKR Champion (servant leader) to coach and guide the team in executing on a cadence towards the objectives. A Scrum Master may decide to take on the role of OKR Champion as part of a servant leadership commitment to the organization and Scrum Team.

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Leading Agile

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

“Technical agility is the underlying precondition for process agility, which is the underlying precondition for organizational agility, which is the underlying precondition for business agility. No amount of leadership attitude or mindset will change this.” I don’t know, I guess I’m behind the times.

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

46% of the organizations reported inconsistencies in practices and processes as their main challenge with agile transformation. Aligning numerous departments is a herculean task, a SAFe Agilist Certification will give you the knowledge of processes and principles to do so without breaking a sweat. Develop Lean-Agile Leadership.

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International Institute for Learning

JANUARY 18, 2023

Product variables include innovation, scope stability, requirements certainty, ease of change, and delivery cadence. Methods and processes you are familiar with is conducive to waterfall approaches. Methods and processes you are familiar with is conducive to waterfall approaches. Delivery cadence. Bulletin Board.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

To use the leadership styles model we discuss in the Leading SAFe class - the starting point is more of an orchestrating and technical expert kind of leadership stance and the goal should be to evolve towards a more serving the team and the process style over time. SAFe has a cadence at the Team and Program levels.

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Leading Agile

APRIL 7, 2023

That having weekly planning cadences; daily standups, reviews, and retrospectives would give people a reason to get in the same room and collaborate. Traditional project management methodologies are process focused and agnostic to organizational design. Transformation itself is a process that takes years.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Cadence and synchronization: Teams should work in fixed iterations, known as sprints, and synchronize their work to deliver a consistent flow of value. This cadence allows for regular feedback and course correction, so that teams stay on track and deliver high-quality results.

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Leading Agile

MAY 12, 2020

IT leaders driving the business are working with (not for) other leaders to continuously deliver value, manage on-demand, architect process change for business growth, becoming strategic advisors, and navigate through technology changes. Teams delivering on a predictable cadence earn the trust of the business.

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 13, 2021

46% of the organizations reported they are inconsistencies in practices and processes. 41% proclaimed absence of leadership to be the main problem. SAFe contains a combination of principles, processes, and best practices that help large organizations in easy adoption of agile frameworks including Lean, Kanban, and Scrum.

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 24, 2022

In small, lean startups, there aren’t a lot of legacy processes and systems in place to overcome, and your teams are small and conducive to an Agile governance model. They meet on a regular cadence to move high-level work items through the system of delivery. *A We landed on this idea of something we called a value story.

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Planio

AUGUST 1, 2022

But a full Agile transformation isn’t just about the development process you use — it’s a way to bring creativity, innovation, and lean operations to every aspect of your business. Build a leadership team that can get your required buy-in. Scale and improve your Agile processes. What does an Agile organization look like?

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 10, 2021

Any software that you create is an organisational asset and decisions to cut quality need to be reflected in your company accounts and as such those decisions need to made by your executive leadership and should not be made by Developers. Professional Developers create working software. Release planning and predictable delivery.

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