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Agile. Creativity. Innovation.

International Institute for Learning

2009), include eXtreme Programming (XP) (Beck and Fowler, 2001) and Scrum (Schwaber and Beedle, 2002). The Agile Innovation allows teams to launch new products quickly and at a lower risk than with traditional innovation practices (Kerzner, 2019). . August 2002). Beedle (2002). Del Marmol, L., July 2013). Kerzner, H.

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Project Management Worker Engagement

The IIL Blog

If a worker was unhappy with an assignment or the leadership provided by the project manager, they knew that all projects eventually must come to an end, and they would move on to another assignment that could be more challenging and interesting. Engagement activities do not end at the completion of the staffing process or shortly thereafter.

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A History of PMI & Its Role in Project Management

ProjectManager.com

During the 1990s, PMI tripled its membership to 90,000 in 120 countries, under the leadership of then president Virgil R. Following Carter, Gregory Balestrero directed PMI for a decade, starting in 2002. The PMI EMEA Congress 2019 takes place in mid-May in Dublin, Ireland. Currently, Mark Langley is the president of PMI.

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The 23 Best Project Management Books For Upgrading Your Career in 2020

Planio

The best books for crafting your leadership qualities. True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable. Published date: 2019 (Updated edition). Why you should read this: Project management (and especially project leadership) is more about people than processes.

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Questioning Agile Dogma

Leading Agile

When I first learned about Agile methods in 2002, the principles seemed to offer an ideal solution to many organizational issues common at the time. How can the same principle be a good idea in 2002 and a bad idea in 2019? Leadership tends to think in terms of one-off point solutions to immediate tactical issues.

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Focusing on Results, Not Agile Approaches

Leading Answers

2019 marks the 25 year anniversary of Scrum and DSDM. I received more training in Scrum by Ken Schwaber in 2002 and offered a training role (before they were called CSTs)  but I have never offered Certified Scrum Master training. As 2019 starts, I am doubling down on my “Yes, and…” commitment. Quarter Century.

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Team Management: The Key of to Success

International Institute for Learning

In general, just to simplify and generalize, two Leadership approaches are possible: Autocratic and Democratic. Steve Jobs’ leadership style was autocratic; he had a meticulous eye for detail and surrounded himself with like-minded people to follow his lead [7]. Schwaber, K. Hackman, J. The design of work teams. Lorsch (Ed.),