NimbleWork

MARCH 7, 2024

As the Agile project management framework reaches adoption maturity at lean, progressive and disruptive startup firms, many teams at established organizations are struggling to fully embrace the Agile project management framework at scale. How to migrate from Traditional PM to Agile?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 5, 2022

The book approaches the project world from the perspective of someone in a leadership role, so it’s not directly relevant to project managers doing the day-to-day work. If your manager is happy to fund this one, get it! PRINCE2 Agile. Are you taking the Agile version of PRINCE2? Buy PRINCE2 Agile on Amazon.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

However, the traditional hierarchical management approach is evolving, giving rise to the concept of servant leadership within PMOs. Servant leadership is a leadership philosophy where the leader’s primary focus is on serving and empowering team members within the PMO. Servant Leadership Approach. Case Study.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 30, 2023

TL; DR: Agile Transformation with ChatGPT or McBoston? I was interested in learning more about a typical daily challenge many agile practitioners face: How shall we successfully pursue an agile transformation? Or shall we embark on an agile transformation with ChatGPT providing some guidance?

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Agile Coach

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Yesterday Adriana Girdler and I presented Timeless Leadership at the Toronto Agile Tour. Our intent was to show that everything we need to know about leadership has already been invented, we just need to stop and look around once in a while instead of jumping on the next agile fad.

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Kiron Bondale

OCTOBER 18, 2020

A question which I’m asked regularly during my classes is what the best place is to start an agile transformation within a company? A common approach for major organizational changes is to start at the top with executive leadership, creating a coalition of commitment and support towards a shared vision for the future.

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Kiron Bondale

JUNE 13, 2021

I’ve written previously about my three tests for assessing agility: are we delivering value to our stakeholders early and regularly, are we progressively improving quality, and are we helping our customers, team members and key stakeholders to be awesome. An agile team is a learning team. Let’s start with a simple example.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

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. Leadership : ethical, authentic leadership is what helps get work done and set you apart from your peers. Find her on Twitter.

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The IIL Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Project managers in 2024 will adopt more forward-thinking strategies, emphasizing scenario planning and agile responses to mitigate unforeseen challenges. This resilience-driven approach ensures project robustness and adaptability in the face of changing external factors.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 24, 2022

Brush up on your virtual leadership skills. Virtual Leadership: Practical Strategies for Getting the Best Out of Virtual Work and Virtual Teams. Learn the skills needed to lead a virtual team, chair online meetings and manage the work remotely. Integrating change management for project success. What you can do.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 30, 2024

However, the Scrum Master role is evolving rapidly to be more capable and standing for true leadership in an ever-changing work environment. Being a Scrum Master today represents the first step towards higher leadership in a product focused organisation. The Scrum Master accountability is not fading.

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Proofhub

DECEMBER 22, 2020

So, what impacts does the digital transformation have on leadership strategies? Before delving deeper in understanding how digital transformation can affect leadership strategies , it would be a good idea to first understand what this entire concept entails. What Is Agile Project Management?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 14, 2024

The most common way of defining different types of project manager is by industry. For example: A Digital Project Manager will oversee projects to do with online initiatives, digital marketing, software, apps and so on. An IT Project Manager is — unsurprisingly — based in the IT department of an organization.

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Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Is an Agile Transformation Coach any different than being an Agile Coach? When most people think about Agile Coaches, they tend to think about a person who comes in and assists the teams with things like: Learning Scrum, SAFe, LeSS. If that’s your definition of an Agile Transformation Coach, you’d be right—but only partially.

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LiquidPlanner

JANUARY 16, 2018

If you’re fresh out of Certified Scrum Master training, you are likely invigorated to start applying the Agile and SCRUM based techniques to your next project. Then you get back to work and the real world hits you—implementing Agile isn’t going to be as easy as you thought. Adopting Agile is an Exercise in Change Management.

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The IIL Blog

JANUARY 17, 2024

Frohnhoefer In the ever-evolving landscape of project management, staying ahead of the curve is not just beneficial—it’s imperative. As we step into 2024, the dynamics of project management continue to shift, demanding professionals to be agile, skilled, and strategically focused.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Underneath, I list skills grouped together by: Interpersonal skills Leadership Each of those headings has a list of bullet points underneath that give examples of how I have demonstrated those skills. And you don’t have to work as a project manager for very long before you realize they are truly not easy.

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Kiron Bondale

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

A lot has been written about the challenges caused by functional managers when their company undergoes an agile transformation. But with this emphasis on what they shouldn’t be doing, not as much gets published about the specific activities we should be doing to help them through the change.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 15, 2021

Try Our Award-Winning Project Management Software Free! Anything that has a start and a finish, resulting in a product, is a project and its life cycle requires the oversight and leadership of a project manager. Project managers need resources to complete the project tasks, which include skilled and experienced team members.

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Kiron Bondale

DECEMBER 5, 2021

I frequently see questions asked in project management discussion groups about hybrid projects. As I wrote in last week’s article, projects themselves can’t be waterfall, agile, traditional or hybrid but how we approach them can be. But what does “hybrid” really mean?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 21, 2021

Hybrid project management is a trending topic at the moment. It refers to the tailoring of the project management approach in use to deliver work. Having said that, I think organizations have always taken a tailored approach, but the part that was missing in the formal project management guidance was often the permission to deviate.

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Leading Agile

DECEMBER 7, 2021

An Agile Transformation Consultant who wants to lead a successful Transformation is going to need more than a deep understanding of Agile. In a recent blog post, we discussed the various types of Agile Transformation Coaches needed to run a sustainable Transformation. Agile Transformation Consultant: Team Attributes.

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Susanne Madsen

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Projects fail because of unclear scope and success criteria, lack of strategic alignment, lack of buy-in and engagement from senior stakeholders, lack of change management skills, underestimation, inadequate risk management and poor resourcing. Anyone can be a leader within his or her field. Stand up tall and sharpen your saw.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 19, 2021

Underneath, I list skills grouped together by: Interpersonal skills Leadership. I don’t specifically call out project management skills on my resume here: it’s implied in the list of projects I have led in the work experience section underneath. Describe your project management skills. Mine is called ‘Skills Profile’.

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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. Requirements and boundary conditions are constantly changing, long planning phases are often impossible, and products and solutions are developed in close contact with customers.

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Leading Answers

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Now that my Beyond Agile book has been published, I would like to thank people who helped shape its content and ideas. The Kanban Method can teach agile practitioners many useful ideas about incremental improvement, successful organizational change, and improved team performance. Change management.

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Leading Agile

MAY 3, 2023

If you could magically create a new world where large organizations had overcome the barriers to Business Agility and Agile came naturally, what would have to be true about that world, the organizations, and the people working there? And how would we know that this new Agile world was any good? What other conceptual gaps?

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 7, 2019

There are four key words in the first value of the Agile Manifesto: “ Individuals and their interactions over processes and tools ”. Failing to understand and address the culture of the organisation is a significant cause for failure in Agile Transformations. Change the language. Encourage acts of leadership at all levels.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 4, 2021

Agile will stay and Kanban will stay, but lots of organisations are choosing hybrid structures. If we look at research from PMI and research done by the Georgia Chapter, waterfall is used in construction but in IT and financial services are using agile and hybrid. Read next: Project Management Trends.

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Agile Coach

APRIL 19, 2018

Context : it’s important to understand what triggered me to move away from agile, and into org change. It’s also important to understand what influenced thinking about org change differently. peaked at #6444 out of 8,000,000 books on Amazon, #198 in Leadership and Management. F-bombs and all.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

As a project manager , I have used it in financial services, and to a lesser degree, a modified version in a healthcare setting. It’s a predictive methodology, although PRINCE2 Agile ® allows for agile frameworks. PRINCE2 Agile ® came along in 2018 to enable PRINCE2® to work with agile concepts like timeboxing and Kanban.

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Leading Agile

JULY 18, 2018

This means a move away from the predominate way of organizing, managing, and funding work. For small companies, Agile Transformation can be straightforward—since getting alignment can be accomplished by getting everyone in a room and creating shared understanding. The Meaning of Agile Transformation. Agile vs Business Agility.

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Kiron Bondale

JANUARY 28, 2018

Changing mindset is all the rage in the agile community. Years of failed transformations which started with practice, methodology or tooling changes are convincing many that changing the hearts and minds of all stakeholders involved in value delivery provides a more safer road to organizational agility.

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Leading Agile

JULY 19, 2021

We are at the midway point in our Agile Transformation-focused exploration of Stephen R. I’m sure we’ve all said it in business and even relationships, but how does Covey intend it towards being highly effective and what does it mean to an Agile Transformation? Effective Interpersonal Leadership.

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Planview

AUGUST 26, 2019

As we finalize our six-part blog series on how to become agile, let’s take a look back at the previous five blogs and provide you with a brief summary of their key points. Part 1: Driving Agile at Scale: The Agile PMO. The path toward agility necessitates a thoughtful strategy and patience. This must change.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Agile is in the news yet again. In the 15th State of Agile Report, 94% of the respondents reported that their company is using Agile while 65% report that their organization has significant experience with Agile. The percentages must surely have piqued your interest, so let’s understand today’s topic, Agile.

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Leading Answers

JUNE 9, 2017

April’s theme at ProjectManagement.com where I write a monthly column was “Consulting,” and in this article, I examine the world of Agile Consulting and coaching. Depending on where people are in their careers, their agile adoption and their corporate culture, some people want a consultant, others a coach and sometimes they want a blend.

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