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Implications of Artificial Intelligence on Project Management

The IIL Blog

AI technology will automate repetitive processes, generate insightful program reports, and highlight potential problems before they arise. He received the PMI Fellow award in 2017. The use of AI is rapidly increasing and, as a result, the role of a project manager will continue to evolve. Euguene earned an M.S. He is a retired U.S.

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

Scrum.org

But adherence to a framework or prescribed process does not guarantee agility. Adherence to a framework or prescribed process does not guarantee agility.”. I prefer a process-based definition of agility. Although we used Scrum teams for our investigation, these processes are generic enough to apply to Agile teams in general.

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What makes the difference between a GOOD Scrum Master and a GREAT Scrum?Master?

Scrum.org

Understanding the role became a little bit easier after the 2017 update of the Scrum Guide, when the Scrum master’s services to the Product Owner, the Development team and the whole organization were described more explicitly. The Scrum Master helps everyone change these interactions to maximize the value created by the Scrum Team.”.

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Are Scrum Masters Sufficiently Focused On Valuable Outcomes?

Scrum.org

Namely, that Scrum Masters are often more focused on the quality of the process than on the value of the outcomes. Adapting the process to suit the context in which a team operates and selecting practices to apply with this team (31%). The first perspective is process-based. The second perspective is value-based.

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Software Estimating Resources

Herding Cats

So start here to build your academic foundation, that can be put to work to build a foundation of validated experience of making estimates in the presence of uncertainty and protect yourself from fallacious claims that estimates are a waste, not needed, and produce bad resulting in the decision making process for those paying you to produce value.

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What Makes A Good Product Owner?

Scrum.org

Traveler: The process of building an understanding of stakeholders by visiting them and spending time with them. Intermediary : Acting as an interface between management and the team and the process of disseminating domain knowledge. Kristinsdottir, Larusdottir & Cajander (2017) followed and interviewed Product Owners at Spotify.

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Biases in Project Management and How to Remove Them

Herding Cats

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. Because of that, we don't separate the thinking processes into a dual-system. A process based on tangible evidentiary materials.