International Institute for Learning

APRIL 12, 2023

So, is the answer for everyone to just use Agile methods? There’s a phrase out there: “Doing Agile vs Being Agile” It’s used to describe organizations and groups who are using the ceremonies and artifacts, but not much else. And that will lead our organizations to achieve true business agility.

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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. Final Thoughts.

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The IIL Blog

MAY 17, 2023

Public Sector Project Manager Selection In most government agencies, PMs were seen more so as project monitors rather than project managers. The assignment as a government project monitor was seen as an add-on to one’s normal job. Executive sponsorship was merely eyewash for government agencies.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Agile and Scrum are the two most popular names in the industry. Most organizations think all Agile frameworks come with a one-size-fits-all approach. As a result, they set unrealistic expectations when using Agile practices in their organizations. More than 44% of Agile projects fail due to a lack of experience.

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International Institute for Learning

JUNE 22, 2022

Is there a dark side to agility? The approach many Agile “purists” will expound on is that you must do things a certain way, or if that way of working does not work, you have failed, and it’s your fault. The opposite of agile, thus agilists impose anti-agility practices termed, “agile fragility.”

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 2, 2023

Many of these roles are predicted to be in software development and sub-sectors like app development, IT security, and healthcare tech. Government jobs typically pay better than working in education. Kickoff from PMI An excellent free beginners project management course that comes in Agile and Predictive versions.

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Technical Review Prince2 Healthcare Certification 348

Leading Agile

DECEMBER 1, 2023

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. Next, he talks about how Agile Transformation is an ongoing process and the importance of teaming strategies. Is SAFe Agile?

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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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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 25, 2024

A Project Management Office (PMO) is a centralized department within an organization that standardizes the governance of projects. It acts more as a consultant and mentor, offering services as needed while not mandating processes. Project Governance It oversees project governance, ensuring that each aligns with the strategic goals.

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 19, 2020

Agile isn’t ever really about Agile. In our Business Drivers of Agility webinar series hosted by LeadingAgile CEO, Mike Cottmeyer, Mike dives deep into six key business drivers to uncover how Agile can enable organizations to connect these drivers to better business outcomes. It’s about creating business outcomes.

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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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Scrum.org

MAY 9, 2020

In software development context, it doesn’t work differently. . Although it can be argued that figuring out the systemic constraints is not that straightforward, it actually works in a similar way in software development context. Imagine you have a team that works on a specific feature.

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LiquidPlanner

JULY 7, 2020

Richard Reynolds, senior engineer at consultancy firm E&M West, has over 30 years of experience in the construction industry, including leading the multi-disciplinary design team for the Media Center at the London 2012 Olympics. “But Previous experience of handling delays will stand a project manager in good stead in the current crisis.

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International Institute for Learning

APRIL 19, 2023

Sprint Zero: Starting Off Right So, you’ve started off applying Agile practices with a Scrum project. Having these important things will ensure a better start for your Agile project. Rubin also has extensive consulting experience in strategic and operational planning. But it’s been much harder than they said it would be.

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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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Henny Portman

JULY 26, 2020

Levine wrote with People Over Process – Leadership for Agility a very pragmatic and down to earth book about leadership and agile projects. The classic formulation of agile in the Agile Manifesto has no role for leadership. To download: QRC (Leadership for agility, 200725) v1.0.

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nTask

MAY 3, 2019

From the 1960s to early 2000s, Agile Framework adoption was still in its infancy. Teams and organizations who were looking to expand, unknowingly adapted to a specific set of daily rituals that were later termed as Agile Project Management, PMP and other such condiments. Why Are Project Management Certifications Important?

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Certification 2019 PMI Technical Review 159

Leading Agile

DECEMBER 1, 2023

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. Next, he talks about how Agile Transformation is an ongoing process and the importance of teaming strategies. Is SAFe Agile?

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MPUG

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Federal and state governments. Software development. Figure 1: Major Activities of Waterfall and Agile Models. According to a Standish Group Study in 2015, it was found that 29% of traditional projects failed outright and were cancelled, but that number decreased to 9% for Agile projects. Agile Model.

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Leading Agile

MAY 19, 2021

The latest report on software development from the organization’s consultant, a Big 4 Firm, concluded that his organization needed more separation of duties. At a high level in my non-lawyer basic premise, Separation of Duties controls are to ensure changing the software is done with intent and validation for correctness.

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Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Listen to the Agile Unplugged Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to Agile Unplugged on: Apple Podcasts. Welcome to our latest episode of the Agile Unplugged podcast with host Mike Cottmeyer, LeadingAgile’s CEO. Soundcloud. Transcript. – Everybody welcome. Welcome Matt, how are you doing? – Interesting.

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Leading Agile

JANUARY 21, 2021

Mike Cottmeyer explores the key attributes in each of the three systems necessary for making a success out of the otherwise complex tax of large scale Agile Transformation. And what we are is we’re a consultancy that’s focused on doing Agile Transformation specifically. Transcript. I’m not talking about SAFe.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 26, 2024

Applications of Digital Project Management Skills IT and Software Development - Managing software projects, including updates and releases, requires acute data analysis and effective coordination of development teams. The digital landscape is very flexible, and adaptability is a must.

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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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Epicflow Blog

AUGUST 29, 2019

Then check out our list of the 7 best Gantt chart software tools below and choose the best one for your business to succeed! Read more: Top Features of Project Management Software in 2019. Selecting Software for Comparison. Read more: 5 How-Tos to Achieve Top Results with Epicflow Software for Multi-Project Management.

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Agilemania

AUGUST 19, 2021

So, if you are having the same critical questions in mind and want to explore agile development, then you are on the right page. It is an iterative and incremental structure for project management mainly used in agile software development. Agile Expert — Great Scrum Masters are experts in Agility.

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Agilemania

AUGUST 19, 2021

So, if you are having the same critical questions in mind and want to explore agile development, then you are on the right page. It is an iterative and incremental structure for project management mainly used in agile software development. Agile Expert — Great Scrum Masters are experts in Agility.

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Leading Agile

OCTOBER 4, 2018

If you’ve attended many Agile conferences and/or user group meetings, then you’ve probably played or heard of a game designed to teach the elements of Scrum by having participants iteratively design and build a city, following the Scrum model as they work. I have played, observed, and facilitated this game many times.

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MPUG

MAY 6, 2021

We are a consulting company in the DC Baltimore area that specializes in project and portfolio management for about 80% of our customers in the government space, the other 20 in the commercial space. It is taking both traditional waterfall and agile and pushing them together into a project or a program.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 30, 2024

Your company has embraced agile and teams now enjoy greater focus and clearer collaboration. Although agile has markedly improved organisations, the full benefits are unattainable unless the entire work system is aligned with agile principles. Yet the anticipated business benefits have not materialized.

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Binfire

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

There are four categories of project management software in the market today: Simple to do (check) list. Visual PM tools which only support Agile or Kanban. In this article we only target SaaS project management software and not the old desktop varieties. Agile using Kanban board or other visual work progress tools.

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MPUG

APRIL 15, 2022

Melanie: Jeff is currently the Lead Course Developer for Edwards Performance Solutions, as such he oversees the production and maintenance of courses on project management, systems engineering, software development, business process improvement, and cybersecurity. ” Like, “What are we doing?”

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 27, 2017

Although I understand measuring productivity could work well for repeatable activities, it's hard to believe it works well for abstract and, ultimately, non-repeatable tasks like software development. We engineers should always keep in mind that software development is usually one part of many others inside the company.

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Herding Cats

MAY 8, 2016

Uncertainty of course is present in all software development work both reducible and irreducible uncertainty. Before listening to any conjecture that estimates aren't needed to make decisions in the presence of Uncertainty for software development, please read these books. What are we looking for? Reading Materials.

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Project Pulse Journal

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Consult Internal Stakeholders : Talk to department heads and team members to identify internal challenges a new project could solve. Agile project management, for instance, employs a more iterative and flexible initiation process that allows for changes and adaptations as the project develops. References Ambler, S.

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Leading Agile

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Companies, governments, and such have always had a keen interest in squeezing as much work out of people as possible; you know, for building railroads , for agricultural work , and other things. I had changed the ambient lighting in my work space, and the result was improved effectiveness. They didn’t buy it. I should explain.

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MPUG

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Renowned for apps that work with Microsoft Project data, Sorin leads a team of software developers that are well versed in PM methodologies and practices. Jigs has over 30 years of experience in both the private and public sectors working as a project manager and PM consultant. Getting a little bit of feedback here, sorry folks.

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