ProjectManager.com

JUNE 27, 2019

The product owner comes to the meeting with a prioritized list of the product backlog items, which is presented to the group. People report honestly on what they did, what they plan on doing and how they might be getting blocked in the process, and this is all done in front of their peers. It typically lasts for an hour or two.

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SCRUM Development Team Review Underperforming Technical Team 2011 203

Scrum.org

AUGUST 1, 2022

Some find the process of creating them “childish” or “a waste of time”. Illustration by Thea Schukken The process of creating a skill matrix and having an open and honest conversation about the skills and what each of the member's needs from others are probably more important than the work agreements that come out of it. R., & Chu, A.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 8, 2021

Immediate Actionable Goals , critical known near-term tactical objectives toward which a team or group of teams will work help toward Intermediate Goals. . Having urgency is a great motivator and starting point as shown in John Kotter’s 8-Steps process. . . Figure 5 The 8-Steps Process for Leading Change* * [link].

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2007 2011 Risk Management 2020 218

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Throughout this post, we define them as “all users, customers, and other people or groups who have a clear stake in the outcomes of what this team produces, and invest money, time or both in making sure that happens”. But adherence to a framework or prescribed process does not guarantee agility. The first term is Stakeholder.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 8, 2017

If that applies to you, you should include your manager in your stakeholder group and work on their understanding of why stakeholder engagement matters. If you need an invoice or receipt to process the cost through your company then let me know and I’ll get that actioned for you. Enrolment is open now and closes on 19 March.

2011 166

2011 PMO Risk Management Closing 166

Agilemania

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The year 2011 saw the Arab Springs and that sent shock waves throughout the world. 46% of the organizations reported they are inconsistencies in practices and processes. Largest Agile & Scrum Community Run by Agile 30 Group. Agile 30 is a Scrum Alliance user group managed by Agilemania. Why Scaled Agile Framework?

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MPUG

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

I believe that for a productive work environment to be created, a project manager should have in mind, the following goals: Provide the essential training, processes, and tools: Employee productivity is at its highest when the team knows what to do and how to do it. According to a 2015 chaos report by the Standish group, it hasn’t.

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Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 2011 2015 104

MPUG

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The following are examples of factors from the PMBOK Guide that lead to said project’s creation: Business process improvements. Even if you do not have defined model in place, you probably have some processes that could be used as part of your selected methodology. Contains consistent and repeatable processes. Customer request.

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Binfire

APRIL 23, 2020

Binfire , after all, has been a remote work environment since we started in 2011. For your organization to be effective when people work from home, you need to have a set of processes and rules to lay the groundwork on how people work and collaborate. Don’t complain in the group meetings. Remote Work best practices.

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2011 Retail Manufacturing Software 139

LiquidPlanner

JULY 18, 2022

This time management process is all about asking yourself the right questions. Systems and tools such as LiquidPlanner not only help you decide what projects you can commit to, they serve to bring together diverse groups, so they are literally on the same page and, as such, insights are relevant, timely, and actionable.

2011 78

2011 PMO Engineering Risk Management 78

Agilemania

DECEMBER 6, 2021

It was circa 2011 when Dean Leffingwell decided to conceptualize the Scaled Agile Framework. A SAFe agilist has deep knowledge as to what is needed to revamp your current agile product development process and attain business agility in the organization. Group teams and regroup teams around the flow value. Why SAFe Agilist (SA)?

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Herding Cats

MARCH 17, 2019

Managment Processes. Making the Impossible Possible: Applying Heliotropic Abundance for creating Program and Project Management Processes. Establishing the Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB) , AACE Workshop, Denver, Colorado, April 16, 2011. Establishing the Performance Measurement Baseline , AACE Workshop , April 16, 2011.

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2003 2011 2008 Performance Measurement 54

Agilemania

JANUARY 24, 2022

Agile is an umbrella term for a group of iterative product development frameworks. The entire organization had to be in the process, not just a few self-managed teams. . Between 5 and 15 teams are typically involved with a value stream, and this grouping of teams is called an Agile Release Train popularly known as ARTs.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 16, 2019

I initially wrote about this topic back in 2011. If you work on versatility of your people, or already have a great group of generalizing specialists, this will be less of a problem. Does Kanban believe teams cross-functional self-organizing teams aren't useful? . Teams as an emerging property? Yes, I did.

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Initiating 2011 Software Review SCRUM 123

Binfire

APRIL 23, 2020

Binfire , after all, has been a remote working environment since we started in 2011. Managing remote workers is not hard as long as you have set a good remote working process in place. . Having process and rules is good, but it is not worth the paper it is written on (if you still use physical papers) if they are not enforced!

2020 78

2020 Underperforming Technical Team 2011 Retail 78

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Meanwhile, some ideas have gained buzzword status in the process, causing the occasional collateral damage along the way. This core agile product creation process is agnostic to the product delivery framework, be it Scrum, XP, or any other framework. Think of “MVP.”). Download for free : The Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide.).

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Software Review Technical Review Cadence SCRUM 145

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Root Cause is the fundamental initiating cause on a causal chain leading to a failure of a process which results in a recurrence of the problem. Root Cause Analysis is a systematic documented approach to arrive at the true Root Cause of the process problem. Common Sense is the common feeling of humanity. All for the want of a nail.

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2014 Aerospace 2011 2013 45

Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

5, September/October 2011. Project Risk Management: A Combined Analytic Hierarchy Process and Decision Tree Approach,” Prasanta Kumar Dey, Cost Engineering , Vol. A Simulation-Based Risk Network Model for Decision Support in Project Risk Management,” Chao Fang and Franck Marle, in Decision Support Systems , Elsevier, 2011.

Risk Management 38

Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 38

Resource Guru

JANUARY 29, 2024

Both founded in 2011, they’ve been solving scheduling problems across the globe ever since. Similarly, in Resource Guru, you can add a new project or client at any point in the scheduling process. The ability to customize the tool to fit your specific requirements and processes is essential. on G2 ) and Float ( 4.2

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2024 Technical Review Software Review CTO Hire 52

Scrum.org

MAY 29, 2020

The reason in 2011, Gojko Adzi introduce a different name to group these practices - “ Specification by Example ". Dan and his colleagues used similar concept to come up defining a ubiquitous language for the analytics process itself, hence when the Given, When, Then for acceptance criteria came. Add a test.

Software Review 135

Software Review Technical Review 2004 2003 135

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 21, 2018

Program Management and Systems Engineering are two critical processes for the success of any product or project development endeavor. from INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook: A Guide for System Lifecycle Processes and Activities , 4th Edition, Edited by D.D. This book is a must-read for anyone working on non-trivial projects.

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2011 2013 2015 Engineering 33

Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2017

This quote demonstrates a lack of understanding of making decisions in the presence of uncertainty and the processes and events that create uncertainty. There is naturally occurring variability from uncontrolled processes. Aleatory uncertainty is expressed as a process variability. First, let's establish a principle.

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Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

5, September/October 2011. Project Risk Management: A Combined Analytic Hierarchy Process and Decision Tree Approach,” Prasanta Kumar Dey, Cost Engineering , Vol. A Simulation-Based Risk Network Model for Decision Support in Project Risk Management,” Chao Fang and Franck Marle, in Decision Support Systems , Elsevier, 2011.

Risk Management 35

Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 35

The Lazy Project Manager

MAY 5, 2016

Worried that I am speaking too much, that others (like myself) are speaking too much, that we as a group might have become boring, irrelevant and potentially be doing detriment to the profession that we all love; which is the main reason we speak at events and conferences and congresses in the first place after all, at least I hope that is why….

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Proofhub

APRIL 17, 2018

ProofHub was launched in 2011 as a solution to provide simple but effective project management. And, popular names like that of NASA, Taco Bell, Disney, Netflix and other 83000+ small groups are using ProofHub to end their project management woes. How ProofHub came into being?

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2011 Software Review Defining Software 60

MPUG

MARCH 28, 2021

Stakeholders are obvious audiences for project communications, but other groups often need or want project information. As you build your communication plan, ask stakeholders and other groups you’ve identified as audiences if there’s anyone else who needs to know something about your project.

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Planning Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Executing 90

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 29, 2023

Agile A methodology for project and product management, typically used to deliver software projects in an iterative way with short bursts of work called “sprints” Though initially designed as a process for IT and engineering projects, it has since been successfully applied to other industries like marketing.

Software Review 393

Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Lean Event Chain 393

Herding Cats

JUNE 9, 2018

Cognitive bias - a mistake in reasoning, evaluating, remembering, or other cognitive processes, often occurring as a result of holding onto one's preferences and beliefs regardless of contrary information. Ingroup bias - a pattern of favoring members of one's in-group over out-group members. System One - automatic.

Transportation 39

Transportation Software Engineering Finance 2011 39

Herding Cats

JUNE 9, 2018

Cognitive bias - a mistake in reasoning, evaluating, remembering, or other cognitive processes, often occurring as a result of holding onto one's preferences and beliefs regardless of contrary information. Ingroup bias - a pattern of favoring members of one's in-group over out-group members. System One - automatic.

Transportation 28

Transportation Software Engineering Finance 2011 28

Velociteach

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The creative problem-solving process is far beyond simply generating ideas, and the project manager’s role is critical in the process. Hear how to facilitate the clarify/ideate/develop stages of the creative problem-solving process to a successful implementation. Then in 2011 I actually started a Ph.D. Yes, you do.”

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Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Process Leadership 52

Stepping Into Project Management

MARCH 10, 2014

Today we interview Siddhartha Govindraj, who specializes in Lean/Agile processes for software development. An occasional organizer of events as a part of Chennai Agile User Group and speaks in conferences in India and abroad. This is easy to learn, and anyone can learn what a product backlog is and how a particular process works.

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EasyProjects

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Have you ever seen a chef send a dish out without tasting it several times at every stage of the process? First, you must understand the Agile Manifesto and read the 12 principles outlined by the group that started agile in 2001. There is no limit to how many stages you can have but make sure that they work well with your process.

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Agile Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team 41

Scrum.org

APRIL 7, 2022

Bushe and Chu (2011) identify seven situations that drive the use of fluid teaming in those environments: High turnover among employees, leading to changes in teams. Even a single change in team membership can disrupt that process, and consequently, make it harder for teams to become high-performing sooner. The need for fluid teams.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 17, 2020

If you take the time to fully read and digest this post, you will (hopefully): Understand how easily your thinking and the thinking in groups is biased, tainted or distorted by a eight very common cognitive and social biases. Ross & Nisbett (2011) offer an extensive overview of research in this area. . How to reduce this bias.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 4, 2022

Individuals and interactions over processes and tools: Processes and tools are important in software development, but individuals and how they interact with those processes and tools are more important. Also, remember that planning is a short process, so don’t get bogged down in the details. Keep the plan collaborative.

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SCRUM Software Review Development Team Review Underperforming Technical Team 338

Velociteach

MARCH 20, 2023

In this unique project story, John Holmes explains how he navigated the selection process and became the exclusive supplier of turfgrass for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. We didn’t invent the process, but we somewhat perfected it. And we set off, took off running in 2011. And we’ll get into that process, sure, in a little while.

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Logistics Transportation 2022 Governance 52

Scrum.org

AUGUST 13, 2019

The ultimate corporate Application & Process Management path, or so I thought. In hindsight, I already started writing the paper “ The 8 Stances of a Scrum Master ” around 2011–2014, although it was published via Scrum.org years later. In the process of becoming a Professional Scrum Trainer, I probably read every book about Scrum.

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SCRUM Certification Telecoms Agile 119