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7 Hidden dangers of project management (Or why even well-planned projects sometimes fail)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Take Microsoft, for example (April 2021: link to case study removed as broken). A version of this article first appeared in 2017. From feature creep to technology updates, there are various reasons why things can go wrong when you don’t plan for quality in your project plan.

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The unbreakable bond: How outstanding service = brand loyalty

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Check out Elizabeth Harrin’s book, Customer-Centric Project Management , for examples and a real-life case study of how to implement a new way of thinking about lessons learned. The video below is me speaking at the Øredev Conference in Sweden, sharing the case study from the book.

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How To Improve Release Automation Within Your Team?

Scrum.org

However, many scientific case studies are available of successful automation in highly regulated environments (e.g. Morales, Yasar & Volkman, 2018 , Yasar, 2017 , Toivakka, 2021 ). Release automation is sometimes considered as feasible only in small and unregulated environments. So what are strategies to start improving? ?

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The Best Team Ever — David Burkus on the Surprising Science of High-performing Teams

Scrum.org

Drawing on decades of research and diverse case studies, Burkus reveals what some of the most effective teams in the world do differently, and how you can start doing the same on your team. Since 2017, Burkus has been ranked as one of the world’s top business thought leaders by Thinkers50. The team makes the talent.

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What Makes A Good Product Owner?

Scrum.org

Van Waardenburg & Van Vliet (2013) offer a case study in a large organization and conclude that “The Project Manager focuses on the ’how’ of a project, the Product Owner focuses on the ’what’”. Kristinsdottir, Larusdottir & Cajander (2017) followed and interviewed Product Owners at Spotify. So what do they communicate about?

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Artificial Intelligence and Project Management: The First Step

The IIL Blog

Project Workflow Management: A Business Process Approach (2014), Driving Project, Program, and Portfolio Success: The Sustainability Wheel (2015), Bridging the PM Competency Gap (2017), How to Facilitate Productive Project Planning Meetings, with Jim Stewart (2018), Great Meetings Build Great Teams, with Jim Stewart (2023).

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In-Depth: The Evidence-Based Business Case For Agile

Scrum.org

Hoda & Noble (2017) identified learning processes as essential for teams to become Agile. Interpretative case studies on agile team productivity and management. A teamwork model for understanding an agile team: A case study of a Scrum project. 2017, May). Cruzes, D. Kon, F., & Conradi, R.

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