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Seven Priorities for Project Managers in 2019

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Anyone who tells you, with 100% certainty, what 2019 will look like at the start of the year is bonkers. If you want to know what your priorities should be for 2019, look at the way your world was at the end of 2018 and at the start of this year. The one trend that seems to be 100 percent reliable coming into 2019 is disruption.

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

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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. In the process, he’s collected some actionable tips. He explains his process through an engaging personal story.

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SoundNotes Live at Agile 2019: Day One

Leading Agile

In this live talk with Natalie Warnert of Women in Agile, an event for female Agilists each year before Agile 2019. Then we delve into the topic of her Agile 2019 conference talk about aligning strategic intent and vision with what you’re building. She will also share a few easy exercises you can use to get calm and grounded anytime.

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What You Learn About Teams By Parking Cars

Leading Agile

PS: We’ve attached the actual job aide from this exercise later in this post, and we’d love to hear your feedback. For example, in 2019 self-parking cars were becoming more prevalent, so owners of those cars had a different opinions on their capabilities than non-owners. Answer : Parking Cars. A Little History.

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In-Depth: How Coherence And Cohesion Are Critical To Scrum

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Forsyth, 2009 or Brown, 2019)? This recognition of the socio-dynamic processes in groups of people is also what attracts me to Scrum. Many methodologies are so focused on process efficiency that they seem to ignore the human factors involved. Although this is a fun exercise, there is a lot of team identity building going on.

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How to Write a Business Case

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Again, you’ll want to have this process also documented in your business case. So, you’ve identified your business problem or opportunity and how to reach it, now you have to convince your stakeholders that you’re right and have the best way to implement a process to achieve your goals. This post updated December 2019).

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How to Be More Productive? 10 Productivity Tips to Stay Focused

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Featured Read: 36 Best Productivity Apps of 2019. The 36 Best Free Productivity Apps of 2019. Take time out to exercise. Workplace productivity and exercise go side by side. As much as you dislike it, if you want to be more productive, you have to exercise. How to Be More Productive Generally. Take regular breaks.