The IIL Blog

JUNE 28, 2023

By Alan Zucker Agile seems like a mystery to many. However, when we step back and inspect agile, we see that it follows common, recognizable patterns from our daily lives. Let’s explore how agile practices can be applied to this common predicament. Changes to the garden and improvements to the process will be discussed.

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The IIL Blog

MAY 17, 2023

Insights from Bosch By Johannes Köber Agility, dynamic, and flexibility are trendsetting words, with good reason. These challenges impact project management practices and project managers, spurring much-cited Agile Transformation. billion euros and is already implementing agile transformation in many units.

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International Institute for Learning

AUGUST 17, 2022

IIL’s Advantage Program will be contributing to NCPMI’s 2022 Annual Conference, Changemakers: PM With Impact. As the landscape for project managers has changed, PMI North Carolina is using the annual conference as a spring-board to enhance our members with skills to change their communities and organizations. Mike Griffiths.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 29, 2024

See our article What is Iterative, Incremental Delivery? Incremental delivery is central to Scrum because many of the benefits of Agile come from this concept. In this article, we'll explore - and debunk! Explanation: Software development is an evolving process. Instead, Developers deliver something of value every Sprint.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 12, 2024

An unusual article featured in the latest edition of the Harvard Business Review titled "Case Study: Should I Pitch a New Project-Management System?" The piece created a false dilemma between "Scrum" and a hypothetical "Flow" process, essentially referring to Kanban.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 30, 2020

TL; DR: Mastering Zoom — Remote Agile (Part 3). In this third post of the Remote Agile series, we address the tool at the heart of working with a distributed team as a Scrum Master, Agile Coach, or Product Owner: Zoom. Do you want to get this article in your inbox? Let’s have a look at what mastering Zoom is all about.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 24, 2023

This article highlights the significance of incorporating employee satisfaction measurement into Retrospectives and how it can contribute to team success. A team that is no longer content with their work environment or processes may become disengaged, impacting their ability to deliver high-quality results.

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Leading Answers

AUGUST 25, 2020

There has been a debate raging since 2012 about the use and value of estimates on agile projects. It has spawned the #NoEstimates hashtag, a website, a book and countless blog posts and conference presentations. This article sets out to unravel some of it. Then people can make up their minds based on their unique environment.

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International Institute for Learning

APRIL 19, 2023

By Alan Zucker Disciplined Agile® (DA) and the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) are two popular, second-generation agile methodologies. They build on lean-agile thinking, and standard Scrum, Kanban, and DevOps practices. They emerged about a decade after the Agile Manifesto.

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The IIL Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

By Tom Friend – Agile Consultant / LtCol USAF (Ret). The 6th International Conference on Space Mission Challenges for Information Technology, held in Alcala de Henares, Spain, brought together scientists, engineers, and researchers from NASA, the European Space Agency, universities and industry. Representing Scrum, Inc.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 25, 2021

Read on and learn how to employ search-engines, LinkedIn’s people search, reaching out to peers in the agile community, and analyzing the event markets in the quest for your next Scrum Master job. ?? Shall I notify you about articles like this one? How to Get an Idea of an Organization’s Maturity Regarding Scrum or “Agile?”.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 9, 2023

Imagine standing before a room filled with Project Management professionals at a conference, sharing insights gained from your experience. In this article, we will explore some tactics which I found valuable when I was in need to align Scrum with Project Management practices. Partner with the PMO, they are your key stakeholder.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 26, 2016

This is a guest article by Isidora Roskic. Learning to successfully manage agile projects requires you to first familiarise yourself with the concept of Agile. What is the agile methodology? The agile movement first began in the 1970s when it was introduced by a doctor named Winston Royce. Where did it start?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 24, 2022

In 2012, I went to Las Vegas for the Pink Elephant ITSM conference. I took some time out of the conference to meet Dave Gordon, author and the project management expert behind The Practicing IT Project Manager website, which has sadly since been taken offline as I believe Dave has now retired. I don’t think there’s a way around that.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 31, 2023

I was an analyst for Forrester research on a panel at the Agile conference in Orlando. After the conference, I bought Eric Ries’s book - Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses. I remember the first time I heard about Lean Startup.

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International Institute for Learning

MARCH 29, 2022

IIL’s 6th annual Agile and Scrum Online Conference: Co-Create for Greater Value opens on June 3, 2021. In this article, we’ll preview what you can expect to take away from this unique learning event. Today, agile concepts have expanded well into nearly every industry, across products and services. Agile Transformation.

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Scrum.org

MAY 30, 2023

Let's explore this topic in an agile software development context. This approach fosters creativity, agility, and efficiency, allowing teams to adapt and thrive in the ever-changing software development landscape. Successful cross-functional teams thrive on clear goals, defined accountabilities, and processes established by the team.

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The IIL Blog

MARCH 12, 2024

By successfully completing the rigorous requirements of the certification process, you demonstrate a mastery of project management principles, methodologies, and best practices. Networking Events: Attending industry conferences, seminars, and meetups provides PMP-certified professionals with face-to-face networking opportunities.

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The IIL Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

These innovative tools are poised to revolutionize project processes, augment decision-making capabilities, and optimize resource utilization. Project managers in 2024 will adopt more forward-thinking strategies, emphasizing scenario planning and agile responses to mitigate unforeseen challenges. Register here.

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The IIL Blog

JULY 26, 2023

The World’s Leading Framework and Certification for Agile Project Management By APMG International July 26, 2023 Agile’s influence on the project management industry continues to rise at pace. Since its introduction in 2010, AgilePM has fast established itself as the leading framework and certification for agile project management.

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International Institute for Learning

APRIL 18, 2022

This blog is part of an article that was originally published at www.bain.com/insights/agile-innovation. Agile software development is often inhibited by a company’s legacy architecture, because the new software can’t easily plug into the rest of the system. It’s much the same with Agile teams. Results improve quickly.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 3, 2023

This article explores the challenges faced by Scrum Masters in their balancing act and how they navigate through it to ensure effective team performance and continuous improvement. This approach allows the team to continuously improve and adapt, fine-tuning their processes to fit their evolving needs.

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International Institute for Learning

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Leave the education system prepared to work in teams that embrace agility (and not require training people how to think in their organizations)? Transform their school and district into an agile and responsive community? Agile In Education. Learn how to learn (a required skill in this century)? In practice. Not theory.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Shall I notify you about articles like this one? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 36,000-plus other subscribers. ?? ?? ???? Join 875-plus peers—less than 125 to go : The Anonymous Scrum Master and Agile Coach Salary Report 2023.

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The IIL Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

And so, we were not at all surprised to see that at IIL’s November International Project Management Day Virtual Conference , the most attendance in any one session was at the panel discussion on, you guessed it: AI. To start with, this article will provide you with some key definitions in the world of AI. Scenario-Based Prompts.

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The IIL Blog

MAY 17, 2023

and Cynthia Snyder Dionisio, MBA, PMP We have all attended project management workshops, conferences, and symposiums. We have read books and journal articles on various project management topics. In the 1970s, I presented a paper at a technical conference. By Harold Kerzner, Ph.D.,

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The IIL Blog

MAY 24, 2023

In an Agile environment, practitioners learn to design, fail fast, iterate, and deploy. This process can work well for innovation, but relies on several areas of commitment, including thoughtful connection among team members, mindset, and ultimately, ownership.

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The IIL Blog

JANUARY 3, 2024

And so, we were not at all surprised to see that at IIL’s November International Project Management Day Virtual Conference , the most attendance in any one session was at the panel discussion on, you guessed it: AI. To start with, this article will provide you with some key definitions in the world of AI. Scenario-Based Prompts.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 1, 2016

Regular readers will know that I’m not at all experienced in formal Agile project management, but I know it is something that I need to know more about. Today I’m partnering with Eylean to give you an overview of three agile methodologies: Scrum, Kanban and Scrumban. I’ve learned a lot during the research for this article!

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International Institute for Learning

MARCH 22, 2023

By Dr. Harold Kerzner Growth of Agile and Scrum For the past two decades, companies began expanding the use of project management to non-traditional types of projects that were initiated based upon just an idea rather than clearly defined requirements, a business case, and a statement of work.

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The IIL Blog

JANUARY 17, 2024

As we step into 2024, the dynamics of project management continue to shift, demanding professionals to be agile, skilled, and strategically focused. Develop Advanced Project Management Skills The skillset required for project management has expanded beyond traditional and predictive vs. agile boundaries.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Let’s imagine you’re a ghostwriter and you’re writing an article for one of your clients. Now instead of asking for any early feedback, you write the entire article and send it to your client at once. To get such negative reviews after putting so much effort into writing an entire article.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 6, 2023

In this article, we explore the concept of catharsis and how its intentional, occasional integration into the Sprint Retrospective can foster emotional release, team bonding and ultimately drive higher team performance. This process encourages participants to delve deeper into their thoughts and reflect on what they most want to convey.

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Leading Agile

DECEMBER 1, 2023

We thought it would be cool to round up all those Field Notes into one article and share the best of the best with you. Four Common Misconceptions About Agile Transformation In this article, our CEO, Mike Cottmeyer, explores why focusing on practices and culture isn’t the right place to start an Agile Transformation.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Despite decades-long efforts of the whole agile community—books, blogs, conferences, webinars, videos, meetups; you name it—we are still confronted in many supposedly agile organizations with output-metric driven reporting systems. Shall I notify you about articles like this one? Cooking The Agile Books.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 17, 2021

In this highly engaging speaker session from the Agile Camp Berlin 2021, Jutta Eckstein and Maryse Meinen point out the advantages of creating diverse, cross-functional teams to benefit your customers and your organization. ?? Shall I notify you about articles like this one? The Benefits of Creating Real Cross-functional Teams.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 4, 2021

PRINCE2 is process based, with processes covering starting a project, directing a project, initiating a project, managing stage boundaries (sign off and moving between stages), controlling a stage, managing product delivery (there is an emphasis on product based planning) and closing a project. In brief, how does PRINCE2 work?

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