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Transformation Coaching vs Agile Coaching

Leading Agile

Although there is not a written rule on the difference between an Agile or Transformation coach, in my experience there is a distinct difference. . Agile Coaching. Agile coaching is the outcome of successful Transformation coaching. . In essence, the outcome of Transformation coaching is to establish a structure to change behavior so that Agile coaching can enhance the System of Delivery.

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Tips for the temporary project manager

Kiron Bondale

The happy path for a project manager is shepherding their project’s delivery from start to finish. Just like raising one’s own child to the point where they have become an independent adult, there is a sense of accomplishment which you only get from having been there at the beginning and witnessing the successes at the end. But as with all journeys, there are exceptions.

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9 Types of Artifacts in Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In this article we’ll look at the types of artifacts in project management, typical documents for each type. There’s also a checklist of project artifacts by phase at the end, which you can use as an aide-memoire for creating your own documentation. What is an artifact? An artifact is something you create. In project management, artifacts relate to documents: the project documentation you produce that defines and supports the work you are doing.

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Best Construction Scheduling Software of 2021 for Managing Projects

ProjectManager.com

Construction projects can be big, complex and often unruly, with regulatory issues, safety concerns, equipment rentals, multiple teams and more. If you want to keep a construction project on track and meet your deadlines, you want construction scheduling software that is robust and dynamic. There are many construction scheduling software products on the market that sell themselves as the go-to tool for the construction project manager.

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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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Amplifying Agile Leadership

Scrum.org

One continuing problem we see with many of today’s business leaders is that they rarely adopt Agile at the leadership level. It’s not that they are resistant to the idea of creating an Agile organisation. Most understand the value of agility at the level of the project/delivery teams, but all too often they don’t see how it applies to them or feel that they are exempt.

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Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) Estimate and How to Calculate It (with example)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

What is a ROM estimate used for? A rough order of magnitude estimate is used to give you a very high level view of potential project costs. Ideally, you’d be able to provide a definitive estimate, carefully created from loads of input from subject matter experts and plenty of research on past projects and their budgets. But in reality, we rarely have the time or luxury of being able to provide that level of estimate at the earliest stage of project.

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Easy Ways to Create a Gantt Chart with Google Sheets (Plus Templates)

ProjectManager.com

Gantt charts are the glue that holds projects together. They’re probably the most referred to document when managing a project. Project managers use them, teams are directed by them and stakeholders stay updated when they’re shared. Since it’s such a staple of project management, there is no shortage of options out there to help you build a Gantt chart , such as an Excel sheet or a project management software tool.

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YDS: Should a Scrum Team Estimate Bugs and Defects?

Scrum.org

On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: Should a Scrum Team Estimate Bugs and Defects? Today's question is about how a Scrum Team should handle bugs and defects. Todd and Ryan break down their past experiences handling the unexpected work that can happen when bugs and defects emerge. The big lesson here: don't turn into bug managers and work on your definition of done!

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10 Best Project Management Software With Client Portals

The Digital Project Manager

The post 10 Best Project Management Software With Client Portals appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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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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Keeping up to date: the value of training

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Project Management Rebels is a teaching-led group mentoring programme. It’s a library of curated resources with something new added each month. There are dozens of training videos at your fingertips from Day 1. It is open for enrolment through 16 April. Join today ! I meet a lot of dynamic, switched on women doing what I do. After all, most people who attend conferences and networking events, or who get in touch with me through this blog, are people who are already aware that it takes a bit of

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MPP File Extension: What Is It & How to Open It

ProjectManager.com

Managing a project is a team effort. Throughout the lifecycle of your project, it’s crucial to maintain communication with team members, executives, clients and other stakeholders. In order to do so, you will no doubt be sharing different types of files that contain data about the project. Depending on the project management tools that you use, you could end up with files of various types—and this can cause compatibility issues.

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YDS: Where Does Quality Assurance (QA) Fit on a Scrum Team?

Scrum.org

On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: Where Does Quality Assurance (QA) Fit on a Scrum Team? We get this question pretty often, especially when speaking at conferences: "I'm a tester or quality assurance (QA) specialist at a company that just adopted Scrum. Am I now out of a job?" The quick answer is: Of course not, but there are likely some changes coming your way.

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Review 12.5 years AGILE in the Netherlands

Henny Portman

Xebia published an interactive e-magazine Agile NXT ‘ 12.5 years AGILE in the Netherlands – more than a decade of agile captured in compelling stories and next steps for the future’. In total seven interviews and five articles. The first interview and 5-minute video is with Jeff Sutherland talking about the future of agile organizations, the importance of leadership and the use and impact of Scrum and Scrum at Scale (“ It’s all common sense with an uncommon level of discipline ” – Je

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

You’ve read the PMBOK® Guide several times, taken the certification exam for project managers, passed, and you are now a PMP®. So why do you keep making rookie mistakes? This whitepaper shows 20 of the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make, issues that can cost significant time and money. It's a good starting point for understanding how and why many PMs get themsleves into trouble, and provides guidance on the types of issues that PMs need to understand.

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Projects are a People Thing: What if Success or Failure is not Based on Technology?

MPUG

Running a project is akin to reading a book. You have a beginning (otherwise known as the project charter) and an ending (the project closeout). A book consists of many chapters, just as there are numerous “highs” and” lows” of running a project. In the following article, I’d like to make some suggestions that I hope will give you more project “highs” than “lows.

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Progress Report Template

ProjectManager.com

Periodically, you’re going to need to report on the progress of your project. Not a status report, but a picture of the project and its movement over the course of a specific amount of time. Whether that’s a week or a month, you’re going to need a template to capture the pertinent information. Use our free progress report template to make that job easier.

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Product Backlog Anti-Patterns: Your Questions Answered

Scrum.org

A few weeks, Scrum.org hosted a webinar on Product Backlog anti-patterns with me, which left several questions unanswered as we ran out of time. Hence please find following my answers to the additional 18 questions I could not answer during the webinar Product Backlog anti-patterns Q&A session. I also included the replay of the webinar at the end of the article. ??

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Scrum Vs. Kanban: Uncover the Key Considerations

Agilemania

Scrum vs. Kanban is one of the most trending comparisons in the world of agile methodology! We often use these terms while talking about the agile way of solving problems. However, while Scrum and Kanban both have differences, their principles are the same. Both Kanban and Scrum will help you to build high-quality products and provide better services with less hassle.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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Critical Success Factors in Project Management

ProProfs Project Management

Projects can get very hectic. There’s a lot to look out for in an ocean full of tasks and deliverables. So, losing focus and forgetting about project critical success factors is something that’s common for project managers. Lately, this has been the reason behind poor project management. With more than 67% of the projects running out of time or budget, it sums up that most of the project managers and companies are not identifying the critical success factors.

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Transparency In Remote Work: A Guide To Ensuring Long Term Project Success

nTask

Transparency in remote working is one of the keys to success. Having visibility into the performance of your team is one of the firsts for maintaining a smooth and steady workflow. Remote work empowers employees to be as creative as they can be, work the way they want, and utilize their time without any restrictions. On one hand, remote work has liberated workers by offering more freedom and more flexibility but, on the other hand, it has challenged managers’ ability to efficiently manage their

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YDS: Context Switching - Scrum Teams and Multiple Projects

Scrum.org

On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: Should a Scrum Team Context Switch and Work on Multiple Projects? Today's question is all about the dangers of context switching. Todd and Ryan take a look at what happens when a Scrum Team isn't able to focus on their work and has to take on multiple projects. Spoiler Alert!!!! Context switching causes a lot of headaches and anti-patterns.

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PMI-ACP Supported Self-Study Group - April 10, 2021 Start

Leading Answers

The next Supported Self-Study Group starts on April 10th. Sign-up now at the early-bird price of $99 if you would like to attend. Email  Mike@LeadingAnswers.com  for more details. Part book-club, part study-group, these sessions feature weekly live Zoom calls with me, Mike Griffiths and exclusive study materials. This small group, seven-week program is a cost-effective alternative to full-blown training courses for people able to work through my book independently.

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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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European Defense Industry 2021: Challenges and Trends

Epicflow Blog

There’s probably no industry in the world that hasn’t been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The defence industry has undergone some changes, though not as negative as other industries have. In any case, it will take some time for it to get back to the pre-pandemic level. That’s crucial for the European countries’ economy as it’s one of the main contributors with a turnover of €100 billion/year and more than 360,000 highly skilled jobs.

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Top 10 Scoro Alternatives for Effective Project Deliveries in 2021

nTask

Scoro is one of the finest project management software out there but what if you want a different set of features or affordable pricing? Fortunately, there are tons of Scoro alternatives in the market that offer better features at a reasonable price. Finding an app like Scoro, that efficiently manages your projects, is no longer a tough feat. To make things easier for you, we have compiled a list of the top 10 Scoro alternatives.

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YDS: How Does a Scrum Team Use a Project Status Report?

Scrum.org

On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: How does a Scrum Team Use a Project Status Report? Today's question is about how a Scrum Team should handle a request for a project status report. Todd and Ryan break down their past experiences handling this situation and what we can do use a status report as a way to encourage agile behaviors. Ryan Ripley and Todd Miller are the author of Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems.

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Why Agile Doesn't Work and How to Solve This

PM Times

Written by: Staff Since the early 2000s, Agile has been gaining in popularity and becoming the go-to approach to project management in companies of all sizes and backgrounds.

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From Concepts to Actionable Insights: Powering Digital Transformation Success

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

70% of most digital transformation projects fail. Learn how you can quickly improve that success rate. To be successful, digital transformation involves the strategic application of digitalization to improve a business’ entire system of production, procurement, sales, operations, human resources, and financial management. In short, to basically transform the way a company makes money and delivers value to customers.