Moira Alexander

MAY 2, 2017

The foundation for overall business success and project initiatives starts here, making it imperative for executive sponsors to be in sync with project leadership out of the gate. The first component is building the institutional IT strategy. are done properly thus minimizing technology risk.". A big win for business.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 20, 2022

Ron Rosenhead, co-author of Strategies for Project Sponsorship. I spoke to the authors of Strategies for Project Sponsorship , a book about how to sponsor projects, and reading it from a project manager’s perspective is a great way to improve how you interact and engage with your project sponsor. Here’s what he had to say.

Retail 392

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Scrum.org

APRIL 10, 2024

EBL leaders use evidence to guide their strategy, improve organizational performance, and enhance employee engagement. EBL empowers leaders to adapt by grounding decisions in real-time data and trends, ensuring responsive and relevant strategies. Why Do We Need Evidence-Based Leadership?

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MPUG

APRIL 26, 2021

Risks were identified, then qualified, and risk responses planned. For implementation of these risk responses, a number of actions were needed. Some were taken, but most ignored or overlooked because of other projects and lack of understanding of risk management at an organizational level.

Governance 122

Governance Government Risk Management Risk 122

The IIL Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Analysis: uncovering hidden insights from your project data, analyzing risks, identifying trends and improvement opportunities. Integration Strategies: Let us explore some practical strategies for integrating generative AI solutions: Start small: Begin with a pilot project focusing on a specific task or challenge.

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UPQODE

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

For businesses engaging in B2B transactions, the distinction and appeal of your brand are primarily driven by your branding strategy. This underscores the importance of a solid B2B branding strategy for the prosperity of your small business. In this piece, we delve into the subtleties of an effective B2B branding strategy.

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Proofhub

DECEMBER 22, 2020

As such, you need to come up with ways to overcome such challenges and also to have the right methods of implementing digital transformation strategies. So, what impacts does the digital transformation have on leadership strategies? one of the main hindrances toward business success is poor communication.

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Proofhub

MARCH 24, 2023

This article explores six strategies that help foster trust and respect among employees and result in a more positive workplace. By implementing these strategies, managers, employees, and teams can work together to build a positive work culture where everyone feels valued and motivated to achieve success!

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Leading Agile

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Fortunately, there’s a way to weed out poor product assumptions early in the build process to mitigate risk, reduce waste, and save some dollars and heartache along the way. The Product Strategy You Want & Need. Features into stories. Typically, we see some automation to mitigate the risk of escaped defects.

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Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Agile Innovation 118

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 12, 2022

New work is being assigned without being reviewed for priority or as part of the long term strategy/plan,” wrote one project manager, and many others added similar comments about the lack of organizational portfolio management, like these: Poor strategy planning hence poor implementation in order to realize benefits sought.

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Risk Management Engineering 373

Scrum.org

JULY 24, 2023

This approach provides fast feedback and reduces the risk of building something not valuable to customers. It helps keep the Product Backlog filled with well-defined and validated items, reducing the risk of wasting effort on unwanted features. Use it to validate assumptions and mitigate risk, especially in highly uncertain projects.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 23, 2019

Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill. Basically, the right environment for success ebbs and flows, but a keen businessperson is never passive. Related: 10 Conflict Resolution Strategies That Actually Work. All you must do is pick it up and turn the lock.

Risk Management 402

Risk Management Healthcare Risk Executing 402

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 17, 2023

With the right approach and strategy, you can assess the situation, develop an action plan and implement it effectively so that your team learns from this experience for future projects. Everyone needs to have the same message and hear the same story. These are the little successes you can walk away with, and celebrate with your team.

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nTask

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Gary David Cohn once said, “If you don’t invest in risk management, it doesn’t matter what business you’re in, it’s a risky business.”. Project manager or not – professionals on all levels have to interact with researching, identifying, and resolving risks. Risk Identification Techniques.

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Risk Management Risk Underperforming Technical Team Manufacturing 76

ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 4, 2022

This is like creating a risk management plan , identifying what risks there might be and how you’ll respond to them. The strategic fit refers to how the product you’re producing aligns with the overall business strategy of the organization. List the Scope: User Stories & Requirements. Record Success Metrics.

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Engineering Software Review Defining Risk Management 287

The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Change Management The approach to plan and implement strategies that guide individuals and organizations through a change (e.g., Critical Success Factor This project management term is an essential element or condition that is vital to project success. process, policy, practices, perceptions, etc.) effectively and efficiently.

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Development Team Review Project Life Cycle Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 148

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

New work is being assigned without being reviewed for priority or as part of the long term strategy/plan,” wrote one project manager, and many others added similar comments about the lack of organizational portfolio management, like these: Poor strategy planning hence poor implementation in order to realize benefits sought.

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Risk Management Engineering 347

Scrum.org

APRIL 9, 2023

While these outward symbols have their uses, they don’t tell the real story of agility at scale and don’t talk to the executive audience that needs to know about performance in market share, share price and speed to market. Key concerns for business agility are improvement in outcomes, reducing risks and optimising investments.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 26, 2021

Shipping fast is important because it allows your team to learn what your stakeholders need and reduce the risks of creating the wrong things. While shipping fast doesn’t guarantee success, it is your best survival strategy when faced with complex work. In many stories ‘fear’ was also an important factor.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 1, 2024

Why it matters Incremental delivery is a game-changer because it ensures continuous improvement, allows for early and frequent feedback, and mitigates risks associated with late-stage changes. Why it matters Limiting WIP is a proven strategy to enhance workflow within a team. 2) Improve the Retrospective What is it?

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Leading Agile

JUNE 24, 2019

Watch this video to learn about the impact this could have on your Product Strategy. I have my business case, I had my value proposition, success criteria. We break them up into smaller Stories and we execute against them, right? So one Epic is a bunch of Stories. That’s where our User Stories come into play.

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Risk Management Executing Risk SCRUM 92

PM Basics

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

In this article, you’ll find the real-life project risk management plan example. Below the example, you’ll find all the required information and resources to create your Risk Management Plan quickly and for free. Risk Management Plan Definition. Risk Register, WBS). Risk Management Plan Template.

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Risk Management Risk Planning Technical Review 105

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 30, 2022

One of their duties is to come up with strategies that realize the defined program objectives. Identify and mitigate issues and risks. Naturally, collaboration is key to success. Identify and mitigate program risks. For example, in project management, a program director defines the programs and their objectives.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 21, 2019

The idea of user story mapping can be traced back to Jeff Patton. His holistic approach is about using stories, but not forgetting the big picture. Everyone likes stories. Are stories just as useful in business when it comes to understanding the customer and their needs? What Is a User Story? It sounds nice enough.

Technical Review 286

Technical Review 2005 Software Review Development Team Review 286

Scrum.org

MAY 24, 2023

Effective Stakeholder Engagement is key to the product's success and one of the essential skills all product people should have. Product Strategy Product Strategy can change based upon not only big disruptions such as technology or economy but also because the organisation/product vision can get changed.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Strategic planning is done on an organizational level, dictating the direction of the company strategy and allocating resources to make that strategy come to life. The implementation plan plays a large role in the success of your overall strategic plan. That’s another story entirely. Map Out Assumptions and Risks.

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Scrum.org

MAY 15, 2023

List strategies for resolving team conflicts and promoting a healthy work environment. Prioritize user stories by value and complexity: [Your user story list]. Improve the description of the following user story: [Your user story]. Split the following user story into tasks: [Your user story].

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The Strategic Project Manager

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Finally, the post applies these same steps to strategy and project management, identifying similarities and differences, all to stimulate thinking as a strategic project manager. Telling stories is an effective way to communicate complex and detailed information. Strategy Impacts of Charlie Munger’s Approach Content goes here.

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nTask

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

In today’s age of ever-fluctuating market trends, risks are inevitable. Whether you’re running a start-up or are a part of a giant corporate culture, eventually you’ll be faced with risks that need your utmost dedication for timely mitigation. There are some essential steps that are to be taken for successful risk management.

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MPUG

AUGUST 26, 2019

Having been a project manager for all of my working life and now a teacher of project management skills for more than a decade, I always tell my students to follow sound project management principles and to manage risks proactively. Proactive project risk management is integral part of project management. Identify risks.

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Risk Risk Management Governance Government 85

PM Basics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

It is hard to imagine what you can do with a project risk. What can you, as a project manager, do to mitigate a risk? Adding some risk reserves and removing requirements from the scope are not the only options. I want to share some stories of risk management with you. Risk of Losing an Important Team Member.

Risk Management 52

Risk Management Risk Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 52

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 13, 2020

I’m not sure if I agree with this as a long term strategy for getting your team to trust you, but it would be interesting to investigate this further. Techniques to improve success in virtual teams. He also says that it is possible to improve success in virtual teams by using techniques like: human resource policy.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 5, 2020

This is the story of my friend Angela, see if you relate. This story isn’t unique to Angela. Modern leaders are expected to, of course, lead projects and devise the corporate strategy, align with high-level organisational goals, and also align their behaviour with modern-day employee behaviour.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 21, 2024

By: Hajime Estanislao, PMP, CSM Adaptive project management is a vital strategy in a world where project landscapes are shifting. Imagine leading projects where changes and uncertainties are not setbacks but stepping stones to innovation and success.

Technical Review 52

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 29, 2018

Project design is a major first step towards a successful project. Project planning software can help with organizing both the high level strategy and the specific details of a project design. There are steps to take for defining projects and developing an implementation strategy. The Details. It’s difficult! What’s the Problem?

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Underperforming Technical Team Budget Defining Estimate 270

Proofhub

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In today’s fast-paced and interconnected business environment, effective communication and seamless collaboration are essential for the success of any organization. As a result, teams can work more cohesively, minimizing the risk of miscommunication and missed deadlines. Check out these 17 communication tools.

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2025 Risk Management Innovation Risk 78

Binfire

DECEMBER 20, 2023

This guide aims to provide startup entrepreneurs with essential insights and strategies to navigate the complex financial terrain, ensuring a robust foundation for their burgeoning enterprises. Grasping the Basics: Financial Literacy for Entrepreneurs Financial literacy is the cornerstone of a startup’s success.

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