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5 Whys to Explore Scrum with an independent Scrum Caretaker

Gunther Verheyen

Besides having engaged with many teams and organizations I have also created and facilitated many Scrum workshops and classes about various topics for various audiences since then. After ending the exclusivity of Scrum.org over my work in 2016, I had to think about a new title.

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Emotional Intelligence

International Institute for Learning

The first step in choosing our battles wisely is pausing the instinctual response by exercising self-control. The client is annoyed you are late, and that your team is not unified. Do not worry if they are bad or unrealistic. Bad outcome and low probability of success—avoid these. This is harder said than done.

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Daily Habits of Successful Leaders: Examples and Lessons

ActiveCollab

Steve Jobs](([link] used to spend his mornings in meetings with his product and management teams. At that moment he told his team members to focus on four great products (one for each quadrant) and cancel the others. At the same time, Jobs began taking his team of a 100 carefully selected people on a retreat once a year.

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Webinar Recap: Project Performance Measurement – Part 1: Overview Of Project Performance Measurements

MPUG

He is responsible for the implementation of enterprise project management solutions for Edwards’ clients as well as overseeing the custom application development performed at Edwards around enterprise solutions and Microsoft Project for both desktop and server as well as SharePoint. What does the team care about?

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

Planio

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable. The best books for building better habits (for yourself and your team). Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good habits & Break Bad Ones. Executing: Managing teams and stakeholders and ensuring you hit your deadlines. Gantt Chart. Communication Plan.

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Webinar Recap: Microsoft Project Do’s, Don’ts, and Cool Customizations

MPUG

Sam first gained insight into Microsoft Project while working as a member of the project development and support team. This technique that I’m using by the way is what you might use to focus a team on individual tasks or individual areas of the project, so they don’t have to see all of the project.

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Project Charter Example and a Comprehensive Guide (+Template)

PM Basics

In addition, you can get a simple template I developed and used throughout 10 years as a software development project manager. An investigation was conducted to develop performance requirements and a new vision of the UI. The purpose of this project is to develop a new design and implement a brand new site. Business Case.