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Ghosts of Agile Past: Dogma!

Scrum.org

Is Dogmatism Ruining Your Agile Team's Potential? One of the ghosts of Agile past is dogmatism. We've all encountered those who rigidly adhere to an idea, irrespective of the data and the experience of the people around them. In my journey with teams, I strive to be pragmatic, adapting to the unique circumstances of each team, yet maintaining a certain pedantry in training situations.

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Resource Smoothing Steps, Templates and Tools

ProjectManager.com

Managing resources effectively is one way to deliver your projects on time and within budget. But what do you do when you don’t have enough resources and the deadline is quickly beating down on you? Project managers use a technique called resource smoothing. What is resource smoothing? We’ll get to that in a moment and show how it differs from resource leveling as well as when to use it.

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What Really Is a Servant Leader?

Scrum.org

Servant leadership is about collaboration, trust, empathy, and the ethical use of influence. At the heart of it is the desire to serve people first, with leadership emerging as a by-product of service. A servant leader has a guiding mindset and a set of practices that value the individuals, help to build better teams and organisations, and nurture fairness and care with work and life balance.

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Maximizing Your PMO’s Value Starts with a Mindset Shift

Planview

Elevate your Project Management Office (PMO) to become one of the most effective strategic partners in your organization. You have big plans for the new year. But how do you turn those plans into business outcomes while navigating the unexpected? It all starts with a mindset shift. Adopting a sponsor’s mindset enables the PMO to drive value across the business, even when faced with disruption and economic uncertainty.

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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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Como a Autogestão Funciona no Scrum?

Scrum.org

Introdução A autogestão é um conceito fundamental no universo dos Métodos Ágeis e uma das pedras fundamentais do Scrum. O princípio destacado no Manifesto Ágil ressalta que as melhores arquiteturas, requisitos e designs emergem de equipas auto-organizadas. Este artigo aborda o conceito de autogestão, explorando sua importância e fornecendo orientações para promovê-la eficazmente em sua equipa.

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A Better Way to Approach Culture Change

Leading Agile

Mike and Dave sit down to reflect on 2023 and discuss some of the biggest revelations we had as a company. Together, Mike and Dave explore how LeadingAgile is already applying our latest learnings to our client engagements and the impact of them on the future of the company. Additionally, in this sprawling conversation, the guys chat about whether personal agility plays a role inside your organization, the history of Agile, Mike’s beef with estimation, and the disconnect between Agile and “the b

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20 Key Qualities of a Good Employee & How to Test Them

Teamweek

Ask 10 different managers about the defining qualities of a good employee, and you’ll probably get 10 different answers. That’s because what ultimately defines the “right fit” can mean different things across different roles, companies, and industries. Many businesses, however, are looking for some common traits in their employees. Whether you’re hiring a manager , developer, or entry-level assistant, here are the essential soft skills and personality attributes any good employ

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Project Manager of TomorrowWith Cyndi Snyder Dionisio Tuesday, January 30 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EST

International Institute for Learning

International Institute for Learning, Inc. IIL is a global leader in training, consulting, coaching and customized course development, and is proud to be the educational provider of choice for thousands of for many top global companies. IIL's core competencies include Project, Program and Portfolio Management, Business Analysis, Microsoft® Project and Project Server, Lean Six Sigma, PRINCE2®, ITIL®, Agile, Leadership and Interpersonal Skills, Corporate Consciousness and Sustainability.

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How To Track Progress With the Maturity Model Framework

Wrike

The exciting process of constructing your own home is about a six-month-long endeavor. It begins with the setup of your base, where concrete is poured onto your chosen building site to create a foundation. Once it dries, the doors, windows, walls, and flooring can be installed. You will notice a visible ‘skeleton’ come into shape, which is essentially your house’s framework.

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Strategic Project Finance Essentials: A Project Manager’s Guide to Financial Metrics

Speaker: Ketan Jahagirdar - Sopheon’s Director of Product Management

Empower yourself as a project manager with insights that directly influence the financial landscape and strategic direction of your organization! Join us for a deep dive into the world of financial strategy, as we dissect key metrics that drive CFOs and business leaders’ investment decisions. This session will equip you with the necessary tools to craft compelling business cases as well as a comprehensive understanding of the crucial distinction between capital expenditure and operational expend

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Essential Skills for Product Owners

Scrum.org

It’s more than just ordering the work for a team. A great Product Owner must have hard skills to make them more effective at working with stakeholders and managing a Product Backlog. Tune in as Mike and Jeff suggest techniques for improving facilitation and breaking down work. ? Check out our upcoming Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills and Professional Scrum Product Backlog Management Skills classes.

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What Are Project Management Resources? Ultimate Guide With Types and Examples

GanttPRO Project Management

If a project is a complex organism, then project management resources are functional elements that make this organism viable and moving forward towards its goals. Without these elements, you won’t […] The post What Are Project Management Resources? Ultimate Guide With Types and Examples first appeared on GanttPRO Project Management Blog.

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Prioritizing Panic? No Problem! 3 Scrum Gurus Show You How to Tame the Backlog

Scrum.org

Feeling backlogged? In this Responsive Advisors Lightning Round, Professional Scrum Trainers Robb Pieper , Jason Malmstadt , and I share their secrets to backlog prioritization! Conquer assumptions, focus on the purpose, unleash goals, and calm the backlog prioritization storm.

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How self-management can be taken up by the Product Owner (53)

Scrum.org

We started this Scrum foundation series explaining we see four underlying concepts of the Scrum framework. In the past series of mails we covered the three pillars of Empiricism, and we covered the Scrum Values. Now that we understand that we need trust, which is built up by living the Scrum Values, to bring transparency and as such have a good basis to inspect and adapt, we can have a look at the self-managing aspect of the Scrum Team. ?

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Acclaim Projects Helps Deliver Innovation Projects on Time and on Budget

This large intercity transportation company for people and freight employs 100+ IT employees and contractors across North America and Europe and spends $10MM annually for approximately 50 inflight projects. The company needed the right financial tools to budget for innovation initiatives and real-time information on spending and forecasting. This transportation company turned to Acclaim Projects by Sopheon to help deliver projects on time and within budget.

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Classes of Service in Kanban: what are they?

Scrum.org

Classes of Service in Kanban: what are they? This is my understanding of classes of service from the Kanban method. Classes of Service Standard/As soon as possible (ASAP) This is normal work that needs to be done and should be done as quickly as possible. Fixed Date Work This is work that has to be done by a particular deadline. Deadline does not include somebody’s grandmother’s birthday or daughter’s birthday.