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Building the Appian Way

Musings on Project Management

As a project, the Appian Way was monumental for its time: Phase I, built in only one year. 312 BCE. the paved road (originally, a military road) cuts through the Alban hills and the coastal Pontine marshes to connect Rome to far southeast Brindisi.

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Experiment: Measure Lead And Cycle Time

Scrum.org

Zombie Scrum flourishes in environments where people are unaware of how much time items from the Product Backlog are “in progress” somewhere in the organizational pipeline. Product Backlog items are only valuable when they are released to stakeholders. Not releasing them early is essentially a form of waste, as those items have to be tracked, managed, and coordinated throughout their lifetime in the pipeline.

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Spotting Project Threats: How to Find the Sources of Project Risk

Online PM Courses

Projects are inherently uncertain. So we set out to spot what can go wrong as early as possible. Let's examine the sources of project risk. The post Spotting Project Threats: How to Find the Sources of Project Risk appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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Don't Sleep on Culture

Scrum.org

In our last episode, we discussed FAILure in Agile transformations. (See that post here.) However, big Agile changes can also succeed and often do. What is the key ingredient? Culture! Agile cannot be implemented effectively if the culture of the organization doesn’t evolve with the new ways of working. In this episode we invite a special guest, Jim (an agilityIRL founder), to share why and how organizational culture is so important.

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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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The Growing Shift towards In-House Marketing: Is Outsourcing the Right Choice?

Admation

In recent years, there has been a remarkable surge in the adoption of in-house marketing teams among brands. According to the Association for National Advertisers' 2018 report, an astonishing 78% of their members now have dedicated in-house marketing teams. This represents a significant increase from the 58% reported in 2013, which itself marked a 16 percentage point jump from the survey results in 2008.

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