The Strategic Project Manager

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Agile is a broad term, and there are many ways to look at it. From a strategic project management perspective, this post examines some key agile methods and there impact of strategy and project management. An Agile Methods List Overview. Are there more agile methods? Applicability of Each Agile Method.

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Leading Agile

APRIL 20, 2023

Muscial Interlude) The Challenges of Empowring Agile Teams I’m Dennis Stevens, Chief Methodologist at a company called LeadingAgile. I think there’s an interesting challenge in our industry, too, that the Agile community has been fighting for a long time to be allowed to be empowered. What does it mean to empower teams?

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 2, 2018

If you’re a veteran of the software industry, you probably remember those days where we released to production/GA every couple of months. When we say “Working Software” in the Agile Manifesto, we don’t mean just “It is working and we tested it meets our acceptance criteria and our definition of Done”. The Increment Got Us Here.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 2, 2018

If you’re a veteran of the software industry, you probably remember those days where we released to production/GA every couple of months. When we say “Working Software” in the Agile Manifesto, we don’t mean just “It is working and we tested it meets our acceptance criteria and our definition of Done”. The role of the Sprint.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 30,000-plus other subscribers. In the attempt to fill Scrum’s product discovery void, product delivery organizations regularly turn to other agile frameworks like lean UX, jobs-to-be-done, lean startup, design thinking, design sprint—just to name a few.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe™) is one of the most popular approaches to applying agile at scale out there. SAFe's perspective is that "Nothing beats an Agile Team" and it doesn't try to reinvent the wheel or even innovate too much when it comes to the Team level. SAFe's Scrum Master is more of an Agile Team Lead.

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The Strategic Project Manager

JUNE 28, 2022

This post outlines the essentials of the agile scrum process. It then looks at implications of the agile scrum process for project management and strategy. A Basic Agile Scrum Process Diagram. Sprints set a cadence for the team. The diagram above provides a basic structure for organizing a scrum process.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe™) is one of the most popular approaches to applying agile at scale out there. SAFe's perspective is that "Nothing beats an Agile Team" and it doesn't try to reinvent the wheel or even innovate too much when it comes to the Team level. SAFe's Scrum Master is more of an Agile Team Lead.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

In addition to Fitness and Nutrition Coaching, I’m fortunate to serve two incredible teams as their Scrum Master and Agile Coach at a Fortune 100 company. Scrum and Agile are ultimately about fostering change in a way that creates the most value for the customer or end-user. Agile is about the “becoming.”

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Planio

AUGUST 9, 2021

How do Agile teams create a project schedule? What is the best project scheduling software to use? Planio: Best for teams of all sizes (Agile and traditional). For example, maybe you need to finish cleaning out old code or squash some lingering bugs before building out new features. Who’s going to do it?

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Agilemania

MARCH 19, 2021

Scrum vs. Kanban is one of the most trending comparisons in the world of agile methodology! We often use these terms while talking about the agile way of solving problems. Though Scrum is one of the most popular methods in agile, organizations are recently choosing Kanban. Software Development. Sprint Review.

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 13, 2018

Technical teams who are building or supporting application software usually work from a prioritized list of improvements, new features, and ideas to try out. People leave and are replaced with new team members who don’t know the code base or the organization’s internal procedures. Scrum calls the list the Product Backlog.)

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Scrum vs. Kanban is one of the most trending comparisons in the world of agile methodology! We often use these terms while talking about the agile way of solving problems. Though Scrum is one of the most popular methods in agile, organizations are recently choosing Kanban. Software Development. Sprint Review.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 31, 2020

Listen to the Agile Unplugged Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to Agile Unplugged on: Apple Podcasts. Remember to subscribe and listen to Agile Unplugged on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Podbean—and watch each and every episode on YouTube , IGTV , and Facebook. . Soundcloud. – Yeah. When did we first meet?

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Wrike

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Embracing Agile as a means to combine strategy with output. In 2022, companies will need to ensure that their teams are Agile and fast-moving. Over the past year, more companies have started using Agile methods to improve their project management processes. We would expect them to increase their usage in the coming years.

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Leading Agile

APRIL 7, 2023

As a community, we have developed a handful of team-based Agile approaches over the years; some of which we would consider scaled. Implementing Agile, especially in larger, more complex organizations, still seems to be a black art. We pull the customer close. But here we are. I imagine it went down something like this.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 11, 2024

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 42,000-plus subscribers. ? Every activity required to achieve the Product Goal, such as Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective, occurs within Sprints. Hence, you may notice tickets queueing in the code-review column, for example.

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Leading Agile

JUNE 29, 2023

What do we have to do to make Agile tangible for our executives? Are Executives Getting in the Way of Agile? One of the challenges we face is the perception that executives don’t care about Agile. There’s a belief that executives are the number one obstacle to successful Agile transformation in organizations.

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MPUG

MAY 18, 2022

s webinar, Use Agile Project Management with MS Project, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. You may wish to use this transcript for the purposes of self-paced learning, searching for specific information, and/or performing a quick review of webinar content. He’s our Agile certified expert today.

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MPUG

JANUARY 31, 2022

Many times, managing a Hybrid-Agile project with a sole Lean-Agile approach doesn’t meet the needs of an organization, the expectations of stakeholders, required delivery frequency of customers, or address uncertainties associated with engineering work. This project is largely focused on development, employing both Waterfall and Agile.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 28, 2022

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 34,000-plus subscribers. ?? All the work necessary to achieve the Product Goal, including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective, happen within Sprints. Hence you may notice tickets queueing in the code-review-column, for example.

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Planio

JANUARY 11, 2021

Timing and team cadence: Decouple team cadences whenever possible. A major part of project management is adding restraints and order to the chaos of building software. Sticking with a less-than-optimal process just because that’s how it’s been done is about as anti–Agile as you can get! Two independent teams.

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Scrum.org

JULY 31, 2023

To realize this ambition, a transformation was initiated that aimed at implementing a uniform agile way of working with independent, integrally responsible customer journey teams. It covers three organizational design phases: Org scan of the pre-agile setup before August 2021. Org scan of the 2022 dVM pilot.

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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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Planio

APRIL 24, 2023

Planning sprints and running agile ceremonies 8. Updating project management software to keep their team on track 9. But over the years, project managers have learned to follow a strict project lifecycle, which helps them manage every step of the journey, from establishing initial goals to handover and closing.

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MPUG

DECEMBER 28, 2020

It’s less prescriptive and seems to be intended for a wider audience group, particularly non-software users. My perspective is based on my analysis, my own interpretations, and the interactions I’ve had with Agile practitioners who follow my publications, books, and/or courses. Introduction of Cadence.

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Velociteach

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

So that book was about what I learned from playing in small ensembles, and how it would mimic the concept of agile work as a project manager. So you think about agile work. A Cadence to Managing Projects BILL YATES: Okay. There’s a cadence. Every two weeks you’re delivering something. And it’s like, we’re it, guys.

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MPUG

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Tim Runcie’s Agile Series Part 2 webinar being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. You may wish to use this transcript for the purposes of self-paced learning, searching for specific information, and/or performing a quick review of webinar content.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 11, 2019

Intended audience: Scrum masters, Product owners, Managers and Agile coaches. Delivering working software is perceived as an IT responsibility instead of a Business-IT collaboration. I was successful with optimising for feature size that could be delivered in a two-sprint cadence. Lack of product focus. No Release management.

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Leading Agile

OCTOBER 3, 2023

And that’s typically how I think about a lot of the talks that I give because everything in the agile communities about doing it and learning from it and sharing with people and getting feedback and figuring out how to do it better and that kind of stuff. What is an Agile Culture So, here’s the end of the talk.

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Planio

OCTOBER 15, 2020

But to learn what it takes to really manage and lead a remote team, we spoke to remote managers at some of the world’s top companies, including Buffer, Zapier, Remote Year, Close, and Dribbble. This also means all your reviews are on record (and searchable as Planio issues), so the learnings are shared collectively as a team.

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Workamajig

JANUARY 11, 2021

Activity ID: An alphanumeric code used to identify an activity. Administrative Closure: A list of the requirements necessary to formally close the project. Agile: A project management methodology that focuses on delivering work in an iterative fashion. Activity List: A list of all the activities that make up a project.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Here's a collection of presentations, briefings, papers, essays, book content used to increase the Probability of Project Success (PoPS) I've written and applied over my career in the software-intensive system of systems and other domains. Agile Project Management (#APM). Agile Software Development (#ASD).

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MPUG

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

You may wish to use this transcript for the purposes of self-paced learning, searching for specific information, and/or performing a quick review of webinar content. This session is eligible for 1 PMI PDU in the strategic category, and the MPUG activity code for claiming the session is on the screen now. We have the Power BI Gateway.

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 20, 2018

An unattended software delivery pipeline frees technical staff to spend more time on value-add activities rather than tediously performing repetitive tasks by hand, such as. Reviewing code by eyeballing it to ensure compliance with coding standards. Handling merges of code changes made by more than one person.

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MPUG

JUNE 1, 2022

You may wish to use this transcript for the purposes of self-paced learning, searching for specific information, and/or performing a quick review of webinar content. Today’s PMI activity code, I’ll have up on the screen here in a minute. Especially when they released the Sixth Edition, giving this agile guide.

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