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All technical debt is a risk to the product and to your business

Scrum.org

This commercial product was built using traditional project management practices and delivered on a two-yearly cadence. From 2005 (first beta) until 2012 they worked, successfully delivering a new version every 2 years. Even before 2012 Leadership, and engineers, had noticed that things were getting bogged down.

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Is Knibergā€™s Aligned Autonomy matrix still relevant?

Scrum.org

He worked at Spotify around 2012 when they were pushing the boundaries of scaling agile and experimenting with new organizational designs. Instead, by sharing the same Sprint cadence and Goal, they will see opportunities for collaboration. You've probably heard of Henrik Kniberg.

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Disciplined Agile & SAFe

International Institute for Learning

Dean Leffingwell released the first version of SAFe in 2012. To coordinate the teams, SAFe applies cadence and synchronization. Cadence means all teams are aligned to a standard, two-week delivery cycle. Without strong leadership support and commitment, change efforts fail. Interestingly, Dean also worked at Rational.

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Project Boards and Project Steering Groups: An Introduction

Rebelā€™s Guide to PM

Strong leadership in projects is important for success, so getting your project board and/or project steering group set up as soon as you can is a good start. For example, on one project, I had the CFO steering group, and attendees were all SLT (senior leadership team members). Who will get you access to the resources you require?

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How do you implement SAFe agile in your organization?

Agilemania

41% proclaimed absence of leadership to be the main problem. Leadership: SAFe inculcates the Lean-Agile mindset which is necessary to become a Lean-Agile leader. Apply cadence and synchronize with cross-domain planning. Spotify: Spotify came into being in 2012. So, let the percentages do the talking.

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

But each method needs to be based on 5 Immutable principles to be successful, no matter the domain or context, PMI Spring Seminar , 2012, Austin TX. Five Principles of Project Success - The recurring theme of 5 Immutable Principles , is the basis of this workshop at PMI, Northern Utah Chapter, Professional Development Day , 2012.

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Use Agile Project Management with MS Project ā€“ Transcription

MPUG

So I just want to let you know that the only drawback, real life drawback, is that they really haven’t updated this since about 2012. Procedures, 77%; leadership, 73% and software, 27%. ” And then you’re having that cadence that fast, but not frantic cadence of getting things done, communicating, continuing.

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