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Agile Beyond IT: Lean Thinking

The IIL Blog

It traces its roots to Lean, which is also foundational to other modern management theories. Lean’s primary focus is delivering value quickly and eliminating waste. Toyota was a Lean pioneer. It developed the just-in-time delivery model, which freed up working capital. Lean is a set of principles.

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Project Success: Implementation AND Adoption

The IIL Blog

The development team was devastated. In my consulting practice, I see development teams struggling with their users. A primary reason is poor stakeholder engagement. Poor alignment with project objectives and expectations. Develop mitigation strategies. This experience is not unique.

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Improve Your Project Schedule

International Institute for Learning

These tools were developed in the 1950s to manage the U.S. The plans will be more realistic, helpful and lead to happy customers and project teams. I knew an executive who was fond of the phrase, and to no one’s surprise was a poor project leader. Lean-Agile teams often use Kanban to prioritize, organize, and manage work.

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Fika Stories 1 – Help! Our Kanban Died!

Digite

In this 2-part series, we are honored to publish a couple of blog posts by (2016 Brickell Key award winner) Christophe Achouiantz, Kanban thought-leader, consultant and coach. What can you more ask of the poor thing? Look at Jason Little and his excellent Lean Change Management for guidance. Now, Good luck! Our Kanban Died!

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How To Make 2018 A Successful Year for Your Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This article, How To Make 2018 A Successful Year for Your Projects , first appeared on Girl's Guide to Project Management. High performing teams are motivated by an exceptional vision. In 2018, it might seem like we could let our increasingly agile, multi-disciplinary, and highly collaborative teams just get on with it.

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43 Learning Resources for New and Experienced Project Managers

LiquidPlanner

Results Without Authority: Controlling a Project When the Team Doesn’t Report to You by Tom Kendrick. Leading a project team that doesn’t report to you is a whole new challenge in itself. Kendrick walks through how to motivate a team to contribute to a project’s success. Cost: Coursera: Agile Development Specialization.

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Fight Club for Project Managers: 12 Powerful Conflict Resolution Techniques for the Workplace

Planio

A happy team is a productive team. The 12 best conflict resolution techniques for keeping your team on track. As a project manager, you’ll deal with conflicts between members of your team, your team and stakeholders or clients, and even with yourself and the people you work with. Jump to a section.