ProjectManager.com
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
To ensure that your project is meeting scheduling and budget milestones, you need to have project metrics to measure your progress and performance. Project metrics are essential to delivering a project on time and within its budget. But what are project metrics? Why are they so important to a project? We’ll answer those questions and show you some examples of common project metrics.
Scrum.org
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
TL;DR This blog explores the crucial role of a Product Owner (PO) in managing the Product Backlog, a central element in Scrum, which serves as a roadmap for the Scrum Team's potential tasks. Through adept facilitation, a PO can enhance team and stakeholder understanding of the backlog, turning it into a narrative that drives everyone towards a shared vision and product goal.
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Bridge the Gap Consulting
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
“Sorry sir, we have no seating in the restaurant or at a high top table at this time. There are seats at the bar, however, and they offer a full menu. Otherwise, it will be about 30 minutes.” I’m hungry I thought to myself. So is my buddy, whom I just got done playing golf with. Bar it is. As we bellied up we were greeted by a smiling but all business bartender.
Scrum.org
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Over the past decade, a recurring query has been echoing in my ears: "How can we normalise Story Points across teams so that we can look across and maybe compare teams?" It's high time we address this. TLDR; Story Points, while subjective, can be a valuable tool for team discussions and understanding. However, they shouldn't be the primary metric for comparing teams or predicting future deliverables.
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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.
Leading Agile
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
In this episode of SoundNotes, our two in-house CSTs get together to talk about the importance of sprint goals. They dive into everything from what they are, why they’re important, and how to go about creating them—even in the absence of an explicit business goal. Want to Listen Instead? LeadingAgile · An Introduction to Sprint Goals Contacting Vic Bonacci If you’d like to contact Vic you can reach him at: LeadingAgile: [link] LinkedIn: [link] Email: Victor.Bonacci@leadingagile.com Contacting Da
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Wrike
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
In today’s rapidly changing business landscape, effective leadership is essential for driving performance and achieving organizational success. One leadership style that has gained significant recognition is coaching leadership. By adopting a coaching leadership style, leaders can empower their teams, foster growth and development, and ultimately enhance performance.
Scrum.org
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
The Product Backlog is the heart of Scrum, serving as the central hub for all potential work the Scrum Team might tackle. It aims to offer a clear and transparent roadmap for everyone involved in the product’s journey. Through organizing Product Backlog items - be it features, epics, user stories or bugs - it lays out the perceived value of each task.
Hive
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
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Scrum.org
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
The Scrum Master accountability extends far beyond guiding the Scrum team through Scrum events and facilitating meetings as requested or needed. Scrum Masters are change agents who transform not just the team, but also the entire organization. I once had the opportunity to collaborate with a Scrum Master who was facing an uphill battle. Their Scrum team was drowning in a sea of poor organizational processes that surrounded them.
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
NimbleWork
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
We believe that the heart of any organization is its people, and it’s time to place them back at the center of the workplace narrative. Humanizing work means prioritizing employees’ well-being, trust, and individuality to achieve exceptional results by adapting workplaces to fit people’s needs, not the other way around. Why Humanize Work Matters In today’s rapidly evolving world, understanding the essence of “Humanizing Work” is the key to unlocking incredible
Scrum.org
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
? The more people become proficient in living the Scrum values, the more successful the use of Scrum will be. When the Scrum values are embodied by the Scrum Team and the people they work with, the empirical Scrum pillars come to life, building trust. Reminder: the Scrum Values are Commitment, Focus, Openness, Respect, and Courage. So far I have covered the Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Retrospective and Sprint Review.
Scrum.org
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Product Owners are accountable to provide stakeholders have a clear understanding of the product's direction. ? In this new episode of the take5IRL podcast, Jeff and Mike explore methods for enhancing transparency. Discover how Product Owners can harness this Scrum Artifact to foster a shared vision and facilitate meaningful collaboration. ? One exciting highlight of this episode is a sneak peek at our upcoming virtual event: Professional Scrum Product Backlog Management Skills™ training course.
Scrum.org
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Navigating the Scrum landscape, one role consistently stands out as the linchpin: the Product Owner. But what truly encapsulates this role, and why is it so integral to the success of Scrum? At its heart, the Product Owner isn't merely a job title; it's an accountability. It's about taking responsibility for maximising the value of the work done by the Scrum team.
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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.
Scrum.org
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
How do you “implement agile” in an organization that has no experience with agile practices? Or does the phrase “implementing agile” even make sense? If agility is more of an outcome than something you do, how do you take an organization that is new to agility, and help them become more flexible and adaptable? PST's Robert Pieper , Gregory Crown , and I share our thoughts in this Responsive Advisors Scrum Lightning Round.
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