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Do We Need Risk Management in Agile Projects?

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In this article, we’re addressing a common question in modern project management: Do we need risk management in agile projects? Do agile projects have risks associated with them? And do we want to let those risks run wild without any effort to contain them? Why is Risk Management in Agile Projects Even a Question?

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How We Reduced Cycle Time from 164 Days to 8 Days in 6 Months

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In December 2020, my friend Adrian Galarza and I delivered a Scrum.org Scrum Pulse Webinar - A Cycle Time Journey: 164 to 8 Days in 6 Months that summarized the journey of Adrian’s Scrum Team. Some key topics that we covered in the webinar were…. CADENCE & RELIABILITY. What was sustainable cadence after improvements?

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Webinar Recap: Winning Presentation Skills

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Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Carl Pritchard’s Mastering Winning Presentation Skills webinar being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. You may watch the live recording of this webinar at your convenience. There may be exclusions, such as those steps included in product demonstrations.

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Webinar Recap: Introduction to the Power BI Suite

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Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Ben Howard’s session, Power BI for Business Users and Project Managers – Part 1: Introduction to the Power BI Suite, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. You may watch the live recording of this webinar at your convenience. Ben Howard: Brilliant.

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Harnessing the Power of the Muses: How Ancient Inspiration Fuels Modern Project Management

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Introduction: First, I am not writing this to be highbrow; besides technical and project management topics, I have enjoyed history and mythology for years. I recently watched an old Greek mythology movie from the early 80’s, and I had a revelation: the muses and project management.

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28+2 Sprint Anti-Patterns Holding Back Scrum Teams

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Welcome to the Sprint anti-patterns article from my series on Scrum anti-patterns, covering the three Scrum roles—pardon me: accountabilities—and addressing the contributions of stakeholders and the IT/line management. When a Sprint’s horizon is too long the Sprint Goal may become invalid, complexity may rise, and risk may increase.

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Scrum: 20 Sprint Planning Anti-Patterns

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Irregular Sprint lengths: The Scrum team has variable Sprint cadences. Otherwise, transparency will suffer and flawed decisions might be made, reducing value creation and increasing risk.). Just take it to the team, respect Scrum Values, self-management, and Scrum’s built-in checks & balances. Related Posts.

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