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Vodafone New Zealand's Agile Transformation Case Study

Scrum.org

To achieve employee buy-in, the programme was structured around four core principles: Clear Purpose, Simplicity, Pragmatic and Deep Agile Expertise, and Great Leadership. . By September 2019, nine months into the rollout, Vodafone was ahead of plan and the agile mindset now widely adopted. Reaching Agile Maturity Ahead of Plan.

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The Best Self-Help Books to Make 2019 Your Best Year Yet

ProjectManager.com

But we do know that when it comes to business, leadership, personal productivity and work-life balance, a slew of seriously helpful self-help books has recently been published that can help you make 2019 your best year yet. Best Self-Help Books About Leadership. Everyone can benefit from the development of leadership skills.

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What Makes A Good Product Owner?

Scrum.org

But as Unger-Windeler and her colleagues write (2019): “While [the] role is supposed to maximize the value of the product under development, there seemed to be several scattered results on how the Product Owner achieve this, as well as what actually constitutes this role in practice.”. This makes the Product Owner clearly a leadership role.

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Agile 2019 Presentations

Leading Answers

I learned this week that two of my presentation submissions for the Agile 2019 conference in Washington D.C. My talks will be on moving beyond agile approaches and case studies in transitioning from projects to products. It recounts my experience as a consultant working with the leadership team and development teams.

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Encouraging Innovation in an Established Product Culture

Speaker: Richard Cardran, Chief Creative Officer and VP Strategy, HIA Technologies

Innovation and Leadership go hand in hand. Join Richard Cardran, Chief Creative Officer and VP Strategy, HIA Technologies, as we assess some case studies to see how to lead with a clear strategy well-defined tactics, and an unbiased understanding of the fundamental question: "why are you innovating?".

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Artificial Intelligence and Project Management: The First Step

The IIL Blog

This means that project managers will also stay relevant in the age of AI if they focus on the core skills of project management, namely: Leadership, Communication (verbal & non-verbal), Empathy, Emotional intelligence, and Negotiation. [6]. Schmelzer, “AI In Project Management”, Forbes online version, Jul 30, 2019. Maltzman, J.

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Agile. Creativity. Innovation.

International Institute for Learning

The Agile Innovation allows teams to launch new products quickly and at a lower risk than with traditional innovation practices (Kerzner, 2019). . They don’t like strict schedules, small tasks and organized charts and don’t see how it helps them unleash their talent (Del Marmol, 2019). Del Marmol, L., July 2013). Highsmith, J.