Planview

JULY 9, 2019

This blog is part of a series on Lean portfolio management for the enterprise. If you haven’t already, we recommend reading: Part 1: What is Lean Portfolio Management? Part 2: Lean Portfolio Management: Lean Budgets and Investment Funding. Didn’t we just say that a centralized PMO undermined LPM?

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Techno-PM

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The lean portfolio management is a new way to look at the old problem of balancing cost vs. value in product development projects. The use of Lean portfolio management agile has exploded in the last decade as more and more companies have found that it is a powerful tool for structuring their product development processes.

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Project Accelerator News

APRIL 18, 2024

When new to a role (in many business environments, not just IT Project Management), new managers tend to lean into making sweeping changes, it’s human nature. Find out more about PMO Services from Stoneseed The post New Broom, Sweeps Lean! Often though, hindsight shows that making small tweaks could have been more productive.

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Henny Portman

APRIL 26, 2022

There are not that many books on agile portfolio management, so I am curious what the book Agile Portfolio Management – A guide to the methodology and its successful implementation “knowledge that sets you apart” written by Klaus Nielsen, offers. What I am missing are the real agile portfolio risks. I miss structure.

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Planview

JANUARY 2, 2020

We facilitated a roundtable discussion of our customers at the 2019 Planview Horizons Customer Conference where enterprise agility in financial services organizations was discussed. In this case, the budget is adjusted at any time during the cycle to accommodate changes in customer requests. Agile teams are largely self-governing.

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

First, however, you might wonder how Disney implements its agile framework at such a large scale. This article will discuss how Disney can use the Scaled Agile Framework® to address the challenges a large organization will face when implementing it in its software development process. How Did Scaled Agile Framework® Work for Disney?

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Scrum.org

MARCH 20, 2024

The guardrails may differ based on the Scrum team’s maturity level, organizational needs, and budget.) Agile leaders should encourage autonomy, trust, and accountability among team members. Below are a few guardrails from the Scrum framework described in the Scrum Guide.

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International Institute for Learning

JUNE 2, 2022

Rubin Jen has been in the project management field for over 23 years, spanning aerospace, engineering, telecom, software development, outsourcing, consulting, not-for-profit and government sectors. He has worked with companies such as Bombardier Aerospace, Celestica, Accenture and the Ontario Government.

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Kiron Bondale

JUNE 16, 2018

In one of my previous articles I’d written about the need for change across multiple areas of an organization when undertaking an agile transformation. A key enterprise partner is the Finance department and the organization’s model for project funding will have significant influence over successful agile delivery.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 21, 2024

Adaptive project management equips you with the agility to meet evolving demands and enhances stakeholder satisfaction through timely and relevant deliverables. It operates on the principle that project scopes and objectives may shift, prioritizing agility over strict adherence to predefined plans.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 25, 2024

By: Hajime Estanislao, PMP, CSM Are there projects missing deadlines, going over budget, or failing to meet expectations within your organization? A Project Management Office (PMO) is a centralized department within an organization that standardizes the governance of projects. You're not alone. What is a Project Management Office?

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Planview

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Santander UK, one of the world’s largest retail and commercial banks, has been on an Agile and digital transformation journey for some time. This included incorporating Agile processes and other work methodologies into its traditional project portfolio management (PPM) processes, to help speed delivery of new products and services.

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NimbleWork

APRIL 25, 2024

Helping Enterprises Align Strategy to Execution by Humanizing Work!

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Agile A flexible and dynamic approach to project management that allows for iterative updates during defined time blocks, which allows for incremental value. Agile Manifesto The fundamental document that outlines the values and principles of Agile project management. Agile team A cross-functional group of individuals (e.g.,

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Are you aiming to achieve your PMI Agile Certified Professional ( PMI-ACP )®? Below, I list the best agile books for your certification studies. These are guides that support your learning but also help you go deeper into the world of agile. If you’re looking for those, check out my list of the best agile study guides.

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Binfire

MARCH 6, 2018

I am sure by now you have heard about agile, companies big and small like Amazon and Google are using agile to manage work. You may be forgiven if you wonder why agile is used more and more for managing work and projects. If you still think Agile is good for managing software projects only, you are making a big mistake.

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Planview

MARCH 6, 2020

The answer may not surprise you: “Organizational agility.” Success requires becoming a more “Adaptive PMO,” evolving how you plan, govern, and empower delivery teams to do their best work. Since every organization is different, you need to find your PMO’s optimal path to facilitate agility and deliver strategic outcomes faster.

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Agilemania

MARCH 10, 2022

Scaled Agile Framework is rising in popularity. And to further testify the benefits of SAFe, 37% of the organizations use SAFe as per the 15th State of Agile Report. The path to these SAFe jobs are the SAFe certifications offered by Scaled Agile. . Why and how business agility is the need of the hour for enterprises?

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Be it monitoring and control, collaboration, stakeholders onboarding, change management, and governance methods, the problems only keep increasing. It was circa 2011 when Dean Leffingwell decided to conceptualize the Scaled Agile Framework. Software and IT teams delivering in an agile way alone isn’t enough.

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Leading Agile

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Today, we’re exploring what it looks like to transform the way your company finances itself in a new, agile world. Annual funding, long wait times for approvals, and all the read tape that goes along with that, aren’t as agile as the teams are. You still have ROI, you still have budget and actuals. So it’s very similar.

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International Institute for Learning

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Since the Agile Manifesto was written in 2001 by a group of software practitioners, Agile approaches have been taking over the project management scene at a steady pace. Some say Agile is a mindset, not a methodology. Source: The Agile Practice Guide, PMI and Agile Alliance. Agile in Practice.

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Henny Portman

APRIL 11, 2019

The book An executive’s guide to disciplined agile – Winning the race to business agility written by Scott W. Ambler and Mark Lines give a good overview of Disciplined Agile. DA provides the process foundation for business agility. DA provides the process foundation for business agility. Disciplined DevOps.

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Leading Agile

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

When I first learned about Agile methods in 2002, the principles seemed to offer an ideal solution to many organizational issues common at the time. It’s time now to move forward to the next level of proficiency in software delivery; what we might call “post-Agile.” Stable Team. Dedicated Team. Team Spaces.

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Agilemania

MARCH 21, 2023

Copyrights: © Scaled Agile, Inc. SAFe Team Kanban is a Lean-Agile method (Figure 17) that helps Agile Teams facilitate the flow of value by visualizing workflow, establishing Work in Process (WIP) limits, delivering value continuously, measuring throughput, and improving their process. Built-in Quality – SAFe 6.0

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ProProfs Project Management

JANUARY 9, 2020

Meeting project deadlines in time, budget, and scope. . Meet project deadlines effortlessly in the time and budget. Highly accurate timelines and budgets as results. Scope is variable, and within specified time and budget constraints, APF strives to maximize business value by adjusting scope after every iteration.

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Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 15, 2024

Malinawan, PMP Choosing the appropriate tools and techniques to your advantage is essential for professionals working in the dynamic field of project management who must contend with issues like project budget constraints, tight deadlines, and constantly changing requirements. In effect, it may help reduce time and resource waste.

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Planview

DECEMBER 13, 2019

These include realizing Agile-at-scale, embracing the changing world of work, and creating an innovation culture. Today, the organization has shifted its focus from projects that were completed on time and on budget to optimizing a project portfolio worth hundreds of millions of dollars that focuses on achieving strategic outcomes.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 17, 2020

If you are looking to fill a position for a Scrum Master (or agile coach) in your organization, you may find the following 47 Scrum Master interview questions useful to identify the right candidate. Then sign up for the Food for Agile Thought newsletter and join 26k other subscribers. Question 02: Success Factors of “Agile”.

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Agilemania

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Budgets allocation to conduct and publish early consumer research and create the buzz around the new product is needed. The need for identifying the quality and compliance regulations set by government bodies is paramount because of its impact on product development, time-to-market, and cost implications. Introduction .

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Resource Guru

JUNE 7, 2023

Examples of project management methodologies (some of which we’ll take a closer look at later in this article) include Waterfall, Agile (Scrum, Kanban), Lean, PRINCE2 (PRojects IN Controlled Environments), and PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge). Agile PMs achieve gradual improvements through repetition.

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Planview

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

The measure of success is typically based on completing projects on-time and within budget. This method uses a hybrid approach to include shorter work periods (sprints) and agility to be more responsive to change as work progresses. Progress of work is driven by established milestones and upfront requirements.

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Leading Agile

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Those are cultural attributes that the people that I was talking to in the agile community were prioritizing for. Preamble, Introductions, and Text for Deck What I wanted to talk with you guys about today is a topic that I’ve been noodling around on for about 13, 14, 15 years in the Agile community.

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Leading Agile

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Those are cultural attributes that the people that I was talking to in the agile community were prioritizing for. Preamble, Introductions, and Text for Deck What I wanted to talk with you guys about today is a topic that I’ve been noodling around on for about 13, 14, 15 years in the Agile community.

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Planio

APRIL 24, 2023

Planning sprints and running agile ceremonies 8. Using the chosen project management process to track progress and budget. The project manager transfers the plan into a project management tool like Planio so that the team knows what to build (and the PM can easily monitor the schedule, budget, risk, and issues as things progress).

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Planio

OCTOBER 24, 2022

But while there are countless reasons why projects fail — scope creep , budget overrun, lack of stakeholder support — there’s one roadblock that’s easily avoided. Assess the budget and resources required to deliver on schedule. Do Agile teams need project plans? Project budget. Define your goals, objectives, and scope.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 3, 2018

It’s a lot to read, so here are some spoilers drawn from common themes I heard time and time again in the interviews: Agile – if you don’t know enough about it, you need to start learning. In 2018, it might seem like we could let our increasingly agile, multi-disciplinary, and highly collaborative teams just get on with it.

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Planio

JANUARY 16, 2023

Lay your cards out by creating a solid governance structure. Plan in an Agile way. Give yourself some budget breathing room. Lean into risk management straight away. Agile templates. If you want to deliver something great to your customers, you’re going to need a budget. 5 tips for organizing your team.

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