Thu.Jul 27, 2023

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10 Causes of Projects Delays and How to Manage Them

ActiveCollab

In the dynamic world of project management, delays can often become an unwelcome yet recurrent reality. These unexpected hiccups not only disrupt timelines but can also have a significant impact on overall productivity and profitability. This article aims to delve into the complex issue of project delays, unraveling their causes, implications, and potential solutions.

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How Usable Working Products Are Your Ultimate Weapon Against Risks

Scrum.org

It baffles me how some agile teams, who claim to be the pioneers of modernity, are living in archaic times where usable working products are as rare as unicorns! Just a heads-up, my dear agile practitioners: the linchpin of Agile is a Usable Working Product. Yes, you read it right! TL;DR; The only way to mitigate risk when employing Agile practices is by continuously delivering a usable working product.

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Running a Successful Creative Agency: New Business

Function Point

At Function Point we’ve worked with creative firms, advertising agencies and digital agencies for the past 20 years. We help define internal processes and workflow, and in doing this we have come up with 6 personas that interact within the typical creative agency. Helping people in the New Business role work more efficiently and effectively together will help the agency become much more profitable.

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How the Sprint Backlog Supports Adaptation (29)

Scrum.org

Remember that Scrum is founded on empirical process control, and that adaptation is the third pillar, following transparency and inspection. Each of the Scrum Artifacts is adapted in one or more Scrum Events in order to minimise deviations to acceptable limits which they have learned during inspection. Adaptation is making adjustments in order to minimise any deviations to acceptable limits concerning agreed goals.

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Understand Digital Debt, Form a Team, Set Goals, and Plan Roadmap for Transformation

Understanding digital debt is crucial before digital transformation. Assemble a team to assess internal operations, market pressures, and digital debt's impact. Define future digital vision with measurable goals. Refine hypotheses and conduct market analysis. Develop a roadmap for transformation with defined projects, cost estimates, and governance.

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7 Best Employee Monitoring Software (That Aren’t Creepy)

Teamweek

Employee monitoring software has a bad reputation. And for good reason. There’s nothing more stressful to a team than a boss that combs every working second tracked. The good part of employee monitoring is that it doesn’t need to be creepy! What’s the best employee monitoring software? Here’s our list of the best (non-creepy) employee monitoring software: Toggl Track Harvest Timely Paymo My Hours Timeular ClickTime Top tip: Toggl Track stands against employee surveillance and micromanagement.

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7 Steps to Create a Professional Development Plan

Teamweek

Rome wasn’t built in a day and no CEO became a CEO overnight. All good career paths consist of gradual steps, lots of learning and hard work. And if you don’t want to take chances with your employees’ career paths, you need a solid professional development plan. In this piece, we’re giving you 7 practical steps for writing one, as well as examples of a professional development plan for any industry and role.

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Experiment: Observe What is Happening

Scrum.org

Inexperienced Scrum Masters often rush to solve problems, offer suggestions, and show the path forward. While this can be helpful, it can also impede a team’s ability to learn and grow and undermine their ability to self-organize. This experiment is designed for Scrum Masters to find a better balance between solving problems and enabling growth and autonomy.

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ATTRACTING TALENT, DEVELOPING EMPLOYEES & MANAGING TEAMS: A CONVERSATION WITH CHERYL LIM (PART TWO)

Clint Padgett – Project Success

Episode Information: Clint continues his conversation with Cheryl Lim, Chief Human Resources Officer at Vertiv. During their discussion, Cheryl talks about attracting and retaining top talent, including the need to align personal values with company values, and the importance of balancing what people need with what the company needs. She also shares the leadership principles that she follows and the best piece of advice she ever received.