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What Is Change Management? Process & Models Explained

ProjectManager.com

There are several organizational change management strategies that can be applied to manage work, resources, business processes and budget allocations as well as different types of organizational changes. Kotter is a professor of leadership, emeritus, at the Harvard Business School.

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How To Make 2023 A Successful Year for Your Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Would you like to make 2023 a successful year for your projects? Leadership : ethical, authentic leadership is what helps get work done and set you apart from your peers. Successful project managers will be those that embrace the mantle of leadership.

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An Effective 3-Step Change Management Process For Project Managers

The Digital Project Manager

If you’re a digital project manager (or aspire to be one) you probably know all too well how important it is to have an effective change management process. Leadership & Team Management ProjectsIt might be cliche, but it’s true, the only constant in life is change. Right?

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10 Project Meetings to Guide Your Project Management Team

ProjectManager.com

Another term for a group that works to help the project achieve its goals is a stakeholder board, senior leadership, project working group or project oversight committee. This process occurs during a change control board meeting.

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Scrum Master Interview Guide 2023: The Scrum Master Role

Scrum.org

TL; DR: Scrum Master Interview Guide 2023: The Scrum Master Role If you want to fill a Scrum Master position in your organization, you may find the following interview questions helpful in identifying the right candidate. The Agile Manifesto infers people over processes.

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Leadership Tips for Project Managers

International Institute for Learning

By Mike Griffiths Welcome to part three of this four-part series introducing basic leadership ideas that any project manager or Scrum master can employ. This article examines leadership styles, motivation, and psychological safety – all critical skills for today’s project manager.

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Our project management future is analog…

Kiron Bondale

So long as the scope of projects is delivered by human beings, I find it unlikely that we will abdicate leadership responsibilities to a machine. If you liked this article, why not read my book Easy in Theory, Difficult in Practice which contains 100 other lessons on project leadership?

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Leadership Tips for Project Managers – Part 1

International Institute for Learning

By Mike Griffiths Welcome to part one of a four-part series introducing basic leadership ideas that any project manager or Scrum master can employ. This first article explains how leadership differs from management and outlines five core leadership attributes for managing projects.

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Why is Satya Nadella a better example of agile leadership than Steve Jobs?

Scrum.org

Steve is great, but in terms of Agile leadership , he doesn’t touch sides – in my opinion – to Satya Nadella. So, a great product owner , absolutely, probably one of the best that has ever lived, but there are chinks in the leadership armour that are impossible to ignore.

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Weighing the Pros and Cons of Autocratic Decision Making

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In this blog post, we’ll look at what autocratic decision making is, when you should use it in your projects, how it fits with leadership styles, strategies for successful implementation within the workplace, and more! The decision-making process is barely a process.

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Top 8 Importance Of Leadership In Management

Agilemania

However, only 5% of businesses have included leadership development. Leadership is a critical success factor for any organization. Providing practical and inspiring leadership can differentiate between an organization thriving or failing.

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Agile Transformation: ChatGPT or McBoston?

Scrum.org

Professional Scrum Master Training w/ PSM I Certificate — Live Virtual Class: February 7-10, 2023. I created all prompts and scenarios on January 19, 2023, based on the ChatGPT Jan 9 version. What would you suggest to the leadership of that organization to help the change effort?

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A ChatGPT Job Interview for a Scrum Master Position

Scrum.org

Guaranteed : Professional Scrum Product Owner w/ PSPO I Certificate — January 23-26, 2023. The Scrum team is responsible for solving their own problems and finding ways to improve their processes and work. TL; DR: A ChatGPT Job Interview for a Scrum Master Position.

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Seven Priorities for Project Managers in 2023

ProjectManager.com

Anyone who tells you, with 100 percent certainty, what 2023 will look like at the start of the year is bonkers. If you want to know what your priorities should be for 2023, look at the way your world was at the end of 2022 and at the start of this year. Courageous Leadership.

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Top 8 Importance Of Leadership In Management

Agilemania

However, only 5% of businesses have included leadership development. Leadership is a critical success factor for any organization. Providing practical and inspiring leadership can differentiate between an organization thriving or failing.

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How To Identify Leadership Strengths And Weaknesses In The Workplace

nTask

Leadership is more than just a position of power, it’s an ongoing learning process. Leadership is an essential part of any successful business. Agile Project Management Agile leadership Project Management team management

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An Ultimate Guide to Creating a Team Building Process

Proofhub

Team Building Process You’ve got the best resources on the team. However, team building can be challenging, especially when everyone has a different personality and prefers following their own process to make things happen at work.

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How To Lead Scrum Masters With Liberating Structures?

Scrum.org

Regardless if you’re an Agile Coach or Scrum Master, servant leadership is the desired mindset, behavior, and attitude. Servant Leadership Here’s how I describe servant leadership in the paper “ The 6 Stances of a Scrum Master ”.

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Agile won’t fix organization dysfunctions

Kiron Bondale

If the processes for integrating with or updating those legacy assets can’t be improved or if the skills required to do are unavailable, that will be the constraint which defines your delivery speed. Onerous external requirements for documentation or process adherence.

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Breaking Barriers: How Shifting Mindsets Unlocks AI’s Potential in Project Management

International Institute for Learning

Analyzing data to make informed decisions can be a time-consuming process that, in today’s fast-paced environment, may not be affordable. You can learn more about Marcus at [link] Registration is now open for Agile & Scrum 2023 Online Conference! Thought Leadership

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Risks in the project: an overview

Inloox

In addition, risk management in the project should not be a one-time task, but rather an iterative process must be established to continuously identify and appropriately handle emerging risks. Often the root of the problem lies in insufficient leadership or in the unavailability or poor quality of resources provided. Both an unsuitable organizational structure and a deficient process organization can ensure that project goals are missed. Know the risks in your project!

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Leadership Today Means Leading with Human Values in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

International Institute for Learning

It was a beginning step in natural language processing and while it was very simple in its conversational capabilities, it did not deter users from attributing to it “background knowledge, insights and reasoning ability.” So, what does this have to do with thought leadership?

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Why You Should Use Ranged Estimation for Your Projects

LiquidPlanner

Creating accurate project schedules, schedules you can commit to, that meet the expectations of customers, company leadership, project managers, and peers, is daunting. How would you accommodate additional steps needed in the process? Deadlines are an inevitable part of project work.

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[VLOG] How to start Scrum for Enterprise Transformation

Scrum.org

If Scrum is one of the options that your company has selected to start the journey towards agility, in this video I will share with you a structured process to start Scrum that I have used in several large scale transformation. What's good this week awesome people?

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ChatGPT Product Owner Job Interview

Scrum.org

I am also skilled in stakeholder management and communication, which are critical for ensuring that everyone involved in the product development process is informed and aligned. Join your peers on April 5, 2023 : Hands-on Agile #50: The Product Community of Practice w/ Petra Wille.

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ChatGPT 4: A Bargain for Scrum Practitioners?

Scrum.org

Guaranteed on March 23 : Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills Class — March 23, 2023. ? Learn more about the new GPT-4 model from OpenAI’s GPT-4 Developer Livestream of March 14, 2023 , or the OpenAI GPT-4 Technical Report. Highlighting the importance of empirical process control?

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The Stoic Scrum Master

Scrum.org

Guaranteed on March 23 : Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills Class — March 23, 2023. ? As a Scrum Master, I find that the principles of Stoicism align closely with the core principles of Scrum, including Scrum Values, the Definition of Done, self-management, and servant leadership.

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Improving Your Scrum with the Agile Kata (Part I)

Scrum.org

Think about improvement ideas that would suggest organizational change, something the team can't solve without external help, for example leadership, procurement or HR. Or, think about a desire to automate a process (goal), but there are many different possible paths.

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Potential Challenges With Ongoing Projects

PM Times

These primarily relate to not having been with the project team from the beginning and, therefore, not having been part of the planning process. Articles application Best Practices Leadership Project Management

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5 Ways Empiricism Can Make You a Better Scrum Master

Scrum.org

Transparency allows us to observe the aspects of our process that affect our outcomes. Successful Scrum Masters continuously find ways to improve their practice to have greater influence and impact on their teams and organizations.

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7 tips for setting more effective goals

Scrum.org

Various A-B-C formulas lead us to believe it’s a straightforward process, but setting and using goals effectively is challenging. Goal setting is a process. Goal setting is an essential tool supporting agility in complex environments.

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How to Hybrid: Setting Up the Team

International Institute for Learning

We do this by balancing leadership behaviors and good management practices for achieving outcomes. Leadership behaviors include: Establishing a supportive environment for team members. Leadership skills are critical to project success, but so are management skills.

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Collaborative Relationships Between Project and Functional Managers

PM Times

Frequently, project scope, resources, and schedule are already determined through strategic planning, Project Portfolio Management (PPM), or the project charter process. Articles Best Practices Business Analysis Leadership Stakeholder Strategic & Business Management

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Top 10 Books on Change Management (2023 edition)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In other words, if you want people to use what you create — or to shift their ways of working to the new standards and processes you implement — then you have to help them through the transition. Aimed at people doing change management in a leadership role (aren’t we all?),

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A Leadership Paradigm Shift for Strategic PM’s

The Strategic Project Manager

Leadership is complicated. It then explores a simpler and more versatile approach that can bring more clarity to the leadership task. Finally, it looks at the impact to strategy and project management of such an approach to leadership. A Breakthrough Leadership Technique?

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Why Saying ‘Thank You’ Matters: The Role of Gratitude in Client Intimacy

International Institute for Learning

Winning over clients can be an arduous and time-consuming process, and when you finally succeed, it’s crucial to build a strong and lasting relationship with them. Leadership is about more than just steering a company to success. Thought Leadership

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Uncovering What a Product Owner Does: A Comprehensive Guide

Scrum.org

Improved team collaboration and communication is also achieved since everyone has clear roles and responsibilities which helps streamline decision-making processes. To achieve this, agile teams use iterative development cycles with regular feedback from stakeholders throughout the process.

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The Agile Facilitation and Facilitation Mindset

Agilemania

Rosanna Von Sacken, IAF Regional Director in Canada, defines facilitation as a set of four actions that the facilitator needs to complete to call it facilitation: Plan, prepare and design a facilitated session, applying the appropriate methods and processes, and developing the session materials.

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Resource Management Guide

EasyProjects

Successful team management often comes from having the right leadership skills and the right tools to help engage your team.This guide will teach you to properly manage your “people” resource in a way that will save time and money. Short and clear resource management guide.

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Scrum Master Power-Ups

Scrum.org

To do this, team members engage in participative leadership, use minimal process, collaborate well, respect each other and their differences, trust one another, work with urgency and focus, manage healthy conflict, share a high sense of morale, and succeed or fail as a team.”

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